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00:00Previously, holiday wreath desserts.
00:02Can you pull off three of them?
00:04Ashley finally brought the Naughty team a main heat win.
00:07This is magnificent.
00:09It's a total wow.
00:11Ashley, congrats.
00:13Violet, your frosting is a little too sweet.
00:16And the Nice team lost their first baker, Violet.
00:20Naughty team star Charles stumbled.
00:23That cat is naughty, but not your best work, chef.
00:27Ooh, girl.
00:28And so did Chase from the Nice team.
00:30I'm a little surprised at what you're delivering today.
00:34I feel like I got taken down.
00:43Oh, hey, bakers.
00:44Welcome back, Naughty team.
00:45Welcome back to the Holiday Village.
00:47Wonderful seeing you too, Nice team.
00:49Good to see you too.
00:50Here's the thing.
00:51We're at the mid-season mark, and the judges really
00:54want to see what you can do.
00:55So for this challenge, you're going to be making holiday
00:59pies.
01:00Holiday, all right.
01:02And you can make any kind of pie you want.
01:07Oh, yeah.
01:08OK.
01:09I think this challenge can divide who is a really good baker
01:14and who is not.
01:15You have to have a perfect flaky crust.
01:19Your feeling cannot be runny.
01:21So it is a really tough challenge.
01:25And while you're at it, each of you
01:27needs to make two identical pies for serving.
01:31And we'll tell you why later.
01:33OK.
01:33OK.
01:34There's been so many twists and turns and shenanigans
01:37this season.
01:38And now we have to make two pies.
01:40Who knows what surprise Jesse has for us.
01:44Now this is your only bake.
01:45Oh, again?
01:47OK.
01:48OK.
01:49So after this challenge, somebody's
01:50going home from the losing team.
01:52Oh my god.
01:53OK.
01:53So there are no limits and there are no advantages.
01:57Just go out there and make the best pie
02:00you can to win immunity for your team.
02:03All right.
02:03The stakes are so high.
02:05Do it.
02:05I'm just hoping that we can solidify another win.
02:07I feel like Team Naughty had a taste of victory.
02:10And I don't want them to keep that taste in their mouth.
02:13No pressure.
02:14All right, bakers.
02:15Two and a half hours on the clock.
02:17And your baking time starts.
02:21Now.
02:22OK.
02:23OK.
02:24Pies, pies, pies.
02:25I'm going to do lemon meringue.
02:28I know they already like my meringue,
02:30so I feel confident in that.
02:31Yeah.
02:32I would really love to do a sweet potato pie.
02:35I'm not either do like a cream pie or a blueberry pie.
02:37What if you blend the two and do like a blueberry cream pie?
02:40That's such a good idea.
02:42I think the Naughty team is really, really starting
02:44to find their footing.
02:45We're collaborating a lot more.
02:47I think winning that last main heat really gave us
02:50a lot of like positive motivation.
02:52I was going to say, just remember,
02:53let your pie crust chill.
02:54Pies are really demanding.
02:57Technical bakes.
02:58And I think that the pressure is a lot.
03:01Team Naughty.
03:03Oh, Team Naughty, go.
03:04Let's go get pants, pants, pants, pants.
03:05Get pumpkin.
03:07Where are the baking pans at?
03:09Nico, don't take all the pecans, my friend.
03:12Pan, pistachio.
03:13No, it's apple.
03:14The Holiday Village is stress, girl.
03:17But I'm feeling confident in our team
03:20because we have Pie Bae, AKA Chase.
03:25A lot of pressure on Chase for a pie challenge.
03:29Makes an amazing pie, has to make another amazing pie.
03:31Ain't that right, Alex?
03:32Yes, sir.
03:33I won the first challenge with a bomb chest pie.
03:38That chest pie was ridiculous.
03:40That feeling was absolutely delicious.
03:43I make a stellar pie.
03:44So we're going to kick Team Naughty's butt today.
03:48I'm going to make a chocolate pecan bourbon pie.
03:50And we're adding tons of bourbon, obviously.
03:54For this challenge, I'm feeling inspired
03:56by Thanksgivings at my grandma's house as a kid.
04:00We would often build leaf piles in the yard.
04:03So I'm going to decorate with leaf piles made out of pie dough.
04:07Because what's nicer than like a bunch of children
04:10playing in leaves?
04:11Making an all butter crust.
04:13I learned a long time ago that you
04:15don't want to leave your butter too big.
04:16The more you can work it into the dough,
04:18the more tender it's going to be.
04:20And I'm making a metal tin because it conducts heat
04:22faster than glass or ceramic.
04:24It helps you to more quickly evaporate
04:25the water in your butter to create the separation
04:28of layers in your dough.
04:29So that you don't have soggy bottom,
04:30that you have a good crust.
04:32And then for my filling, I pre-toasted my pecans
04:36just to express the oils, get them aromatic.
04:39The judges told me last time that my flavors weren't balanced.
04:41And I really want to make sure that I do that today.
04:43I tasted elimination last time.
04:45And I don't ever want to taste it again.
04:47I came here to win.
04:48I feel like it would validate a part of myself that's always
04:52wondered, like, should you have gone to culinary school?
04:55Or should you have done something different?
04:57I'm going to fight with everything I got.
05:00Anybody need some pie weights?
05:01Me, please.
05:02You know, it's been such a wild ride.
05:04Coming into this competition in the beginning,
05:06I don't know that I did believe in myself enough.
05:08But today, I'm a top contender.
05:11Ashley, how does it feel?
05:13You could win this whole thing.
05:14You could take home $25,000.
05:15I could.
05:16And part of the dream of doing that is being able to take my dad
05:20on a trip to Scotland.
05:22He had a liver transplant about nine years ago,
05:25so hasn't been able to travel as much.
05:26And then this would be a dream for us.
05:29I love that.
05:29So what kind of pie are you making?
05:30So I am making a pumpkin black pepper.
05:34Whoa.
05:35So that's kind of the secret ingredient.
05:36The black pepper really adds a little zing to it.
05:39And then I'm going to top it with a maple whipped cream,
05:41as well as stained glass confetti sugar cookies
05:44to represent Christmas ornaments.
05:47The reason I'm making it today, actually,
05:48is because of my dad, because he hates pumpkin pie,
05:51like absolutely despises it.
05:53It became my favorite pie as an adult.
05:54And now, out of spite, I bring it to Thanksgiving.
05:57So we're going a little bit naughty on the sense
05:59that my dad hates pumpkin pie.
06:01It's so ironic you're making something your dad hates.
06:03Hopefully to send him to Scotland.
06:04Hopefully to send him to Scotland, so.
06:06The irony.
06:07I hope that that makes him proud.
06:10I hope this pie is good enough to win immunity.
06:12Pie is something that I feel pretty confident about.
06:15So today I'm making a lemon meringue pie.
06:18On the top will be a toasted Swiss meringue
06:21with some silver bells out of chocolate,
06:23candied lemon, and holly leaves.
06:25And I think it just really reads nice Christmas.
06:29Oh, hi.
06:30Oh, hey.
06:31How are you?
06:31You know, just checking out on someone
06:33who's been dominating in this competition.
06:35No pressure, right?
06:37Yeah, but Ashley, like you, she's bringing it every week.
06:39She dominated.
06:40But I know my way around pie dough.
06:42I use shortening.
06:43Shortening kind of gives you a little bit of that structure.
06:45It gives you some flakiness.
06:47And then I did add some lemon zest and some thyme to the crust,
06:50just to give it a little bit of an herbaceous pop.
06:52So Team Nice is going to continue to keep rocking it.
06:55We can whittle the Naughty team down a little bit.
06:58You ain't seen Naughty yet, though, Alex.
07:00Ooh.
07:01Ooh.
07:02I feel like I'm on the field pregame here.
07:04This is unbelievable.
07:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:06A football game.
07:07Yes.
07:07Keep doing what you're doing, Alex.
07:08Keep doing what I'm doing.
07:10See you in a bit.
07:13Tariq, let me pick your brain for a minute.
07:15What's up?
07:16Who have you got your eye on on the Nice team?
07:19The biggest competition is Chase.
07:20What he knows how to do, he's very good at doing.
07:23He knows how to make a mean pie.
07:24But I mean, if you had to guess, who's the next baker
07:27to go home on that side?
07:30I would say either Aaron or Kamri,
07:32just because I think the other three have been really consistent.
07:34Yeah.
07:35But you know, who am I to talk, right?
07:38Overall, my bakes have been average at best.
07:42And I feel like I'm kind of the weakest link on my team,
07:46which is why this week I want to make something mind-blowing,
07:49something that's not only going to taste great,
07:51but something that's just going to be memorable.
07:54And so I'm making a blueberry cream pie.
07:57To add a little bit of a deeper flavor to my blueberry filling,
08:00I want to play into the warm spices like cinnamon and ginger
08:03and stuff that you would traditionally see around the holidays.
08:06And then also I'm adding bourbon.
08:08I feel like the flavor of the alcohol plays well with fruit,
08:11and it's going to taste bomb.
08:13And then I'm going to decorate it inspired by one of my old family traditions,
08:17which was where my siblings and I would not only leave milk and cookies,
08:20but we would leave shots and a pack of cigarettes for Santa.
08:26It was definitely naughty.
08:27I'll say that.
08:28So my pie is going to have a cream filling.
08:31There's going to be a spiced blueberry filling,
08:33and then I'm going to top it with pretzel cigarettes.
08:36Because I really want my pie to look like an ashtray.
08:39It's definitely a risk.
08:41You know, I can't help but to be like really nervous.
08:43But yeah, I think if this one can come out the way I want it to,
08:45it'd be a winner.
08:4790 minutes, bakers.
08:48We are talking holiday pies to keep your team intact.
08:52Oh, and remember, you always got Jingle Jab over here
08:55in case you need a pick-me-up.
08:56Hey, naughty team, how are we feeling about coffee?
08:58Um, I'll take an iced one.
09:00I'll take one.
09:01Iced too.
09:02Iced.
09:02Hello, can I get full iced coffees for the naughty team?
09:05Coming right on up.
09:06I'll take an Americano, naughty.
09:07I know you will.
09:08Sorry.
09:09Sorry, mom.
09:10Even though we're on separate teams,
09:15I have built a special bond with Erin.
09:17I did a snowman.
09:18Tiny little thing in the middle.
09:19Yeah, that's cute.
09:20That's a cute one.
09:21Yeah, good.
09:23Anytime, anytime.
09:24Love you.
09:25What did I come in here for?
09:26She's so quirky and funny and, you know, that selfless mother figure.
09:32So I wish that Erin was kind of on our team.
09:34I just love her to bits.
09:36I'm feeling very nostalgic today.
09:38I'm feeling inspired by my grandma Maxine and her love of Elvis Presley.
09:44And every year, we would sit in her living room while she played his records.
09:51And this year, I'm feeling a little blue Christmas.
09:53So I'm making a blueberry ganache pie.
09:56There we go.
09:57I'm getting teary-eyed thinking about my pie.
10:00Coincidentally, I woke up this morning and I was really, really missing my grandma.
10:05I started thinking about all of the things that made me feel close to Christmas and close
10:12to her.
10:13And I think, how do I turn that into a pie?
10:16So it will be a blueberry pie filling, a blueberry white chocolate ganache top, and decorated with
10:24a goat cheese whipped cream Christmas tree and pie crust snowflakes and stars.
10:29I spent most of my childhood sitting on my grandmother's lap in the Lake of the Ozarks
10:34staring up into constellations.
10:36I learned constellations from her.
10:38So I'm really excited to make this in her memory.
10:44Oh.
10:45Wow.
10:46Well, this hasn't been shut the whole time.
10:49So that's great.
10:50Oh.
10:51Was somebody in there?
10:52Was somebody else?
10:53My pies.
10:54I'm feeling nervous.
10:55My bottom oven just was left open.
10:58So oven temp dropped to 250.
11:00I'm not going to blame anybody else, but I don't have time.
11:03Kicking up the fan?
11:04Yeah, I need to get this temperature back up.
11:06Yeah.
11:07I need 350 really bad.
11:09I'm scared because it takes a while to bake such a thick pie.
11:12To make sure it's baked in the center, and I have to make sure that it cools in time to
11:16put on my decor.
11:17I just don't know how I'm going to get everything done on time.
11:20We got one hour left now, guys.
11:27You have to make two pies.
11:29We've got a surprise for you later.
11:32Oh, no.
11:33Remember, you are baking to not lose another baker from your team.
11:37I'm pushing time on my pies.
11:39If I can use the blast when my pies come out, I would greatly appreciate it.
11:43Otherwise, I might not make it to my plate.
11:44Uh-oh.
11:45Because my door was left wide open.
11:47Oh, God.
11:48I feel so much pressure at the end of this bag.
11:51Someone is going home from the losing team, and I'm just really hoping that I can pull
11:55out the immunity because, ultimately, I want to stay in this competition so bad.
11:59I want to make it to the end.
12:01Hopefully, I'll be fine, but I'll be running up to time.
12:05Let's go, T-Nice.
12:07Let's go.
12:08The inspiration for this dessert today is a combination of one of my favorite pie flavors.
12:13I'm making a pumpkin and cherry pie.
12:16Pumpkin pie was the first pie I was excited to eat when I got here in America, and I love cherries.
12:23So, I'm going to bake my pumpkin filling, and later, I will add my top for the cherries.
12:29And I will cover the pie with puff pastry lettuce, and I will decorate with cinnamon buttercream,
12:36cherries, candy cans, and hollies.
12:39For my cherry compote, I'm adding orange juice to make my cherry really pop.
12:45I will take Team Naughty down by the flavors.
12:48He's talking smack over there?
12:49Yes.
12:50Be ready.
12:51I'm coming for you.
12:53Oh, my God.
12:55So, I get my pies out of the oven with a pistachio frangipan baked on the inside.
13:00I'm feeling good.
13:01So, today, we have to make two identical pies.
13:04So, my inspiration is, honestly, just, like, my love for the flavors.
13:07Apple pie is, like, classic, but I want to do, like, a little twist on it.
13:11So, I'm making a bourbon ginger miso apple pie.
13:16And I'm going to build each of the layers.
13:18So, I want a little layer of frangipan, a little layer of miso caramel, a layer of cooked apples.
13:24And then, to decorate, I want to do a cute beanie-inspired hat.
13:29It's going to stay nice because it's going to be the cutest little hat you ever did see.
13:34Fit for the holidays.
13:36So, the main thing with this challenge, I feel like there's something coming.
13:40Because, like, having to make two pies, why?
13:44I don't know.
13:45So, we just got to wait and see.
13:46I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.
13:48Definitely interesting.
13:49I'm excited.
13:50Bakers, we've got 30 minutes.
13:53Woo!
13:54We're done.
13:56Thank goodness.
13:58My pie is out of the oven.
13:59It looks great.
14:00I'm going to get it into the blast chiller so that I can hopefully get the whipped cream on top at a cool temperature so that it doesn't melt away.
14:07Because this could be a winning pie, you know?
14:09I think it could.
14:10Charles, good to see you.
14:11You're such an amazing pastry chef.
14:12The thing is, even though you haven't won a challenge, technically, yet.
14:15Yes.
14:16This close.
14:17I know.
14:18You're going to stop being the bridesmaid soon.
14:19I hope.
14:20But I'm happy Ashley pulled through for us.
14:23Yeah.
14:24I feel like she's kind of carrying Team Naughty a little bit.
14:26That's fine.
14:27Wear her out before the finale.
14:28Dude.
14:29Unbelievable.
14:30I feel like when you say that, you should, like, do the...
14:32Yeah.
14:34And then just wait till the final day.
14:36Exactly.
14:38Well, I've got to keep cutting.
14:39Yeah, go ahead.
14:40Back your job.
14:41I have decided on an apple pie because it's kind of an American classic.
14:45It's a risk to go simple, but I'm going to make it stand out by...
14:49I shred apple and dice it.
14:52I cook down the shredded apple so it really concentrates that flavor.
14:55So there's no mistaking it's an apple pie.
14:57And I try not to use too many spices because otherwise it just covers up all the natural kind of brightness that apples have.
15:03And then I am decorating it with braided pie crust and a little whipped creme fraiche.
15:08And I'm also going to make a little semi-rotten apple in the center with a little Christmas worm.
15:13And just to really tie in the naughty theme.
15:15It's a lot to make the filling and break down all these apples, but I think it can be very delicious and impress the judges.
15:21Oh, my God.
15:22Ugh.
15:23This looks so dark.
15:24I'm freaking out a little bit because my pies are looking just a little on the scorched side.
15:30I'm worried about what the judges are going to think about this, but it's too late for me to really do anything about that now.
15:35So I'm just going to keep moving forward with my plan and hope for the best.
15:39Nico, are you writing up a hit list? What is this over here?
15:43No, so this is Santa's real naughty list.
15:45The only thing naughtier than being naughty is being naughty and pretending to be nice.
15:49All right.
15:50Well, tell me about your pie, holiday pie.
15:52So a sweet potato and pecan pie sitting on a pretzel and ginger snap crust with a toasted brown sugar meringue.
15:59And I'm going to have the nice team made out of showbread cookies setting aflame a marzipan Santa's real naughty list, trying to destroy the evidence of their naughtiness.
16:09I've sort of made a name for myself as being the one to kind of go a little past the line on the naughty side, and I want to just keep that up.
16:15You have? Okay, well, Lisa, if anything, you're consistent.
16:17You have such an incredible energy and passion for this, I can tell.
16:20How did you find baking?
16:21Like, a lot of kids is kind of doing it for fun at home, and then as time went on, I started to continue to find my love and my passion for it.
16:29But it, like, I had a while where I wasn't sure if it was going to be something that lasted.
16:34Okay.
16:35Because I just had a lot of struggles with, like, food and eating.
16:38I'm diagnosed with anorexia.
16:39Okay.
16:40So I actually had to drop out of culinary school.
16:42Oh, man.
16:43Yeah, to go to a recovery.
16:45But since then, I've gone through treatment.
16:47I'm in the greatest place I've ever been in my life right now.
16:50And the last four months, I've gained about 50 pounds.
16:53And a big motivator in doing that was being able to come out here and live out a dream of being here.
16:58And it's like, even, like, if I'm not successful in every bank, just being physically healthy enough to be here is, like, a win in and of itself.
17:05Yeah.
17:06I'm so happy you're doing so great.
17:07Thank you, I appreciate it, man.
17:08Keep it up, man.
17:09There's such a stigma around this disorder, and especially being male.
17:14And I think if I'm able to be that person to talk about it and to show that there is a way out, that would just mean the world to me.
17:24That's a beautiful meringue.
17:26Come on, man.
17:31I'm having a little bit of a hard time getting my chocolate out.
17:34It just doesn't seem to want to come out of these molds.
17:36If I don't get these out, I'm not going to have these silver bells that my whole thing is based off of.
17:40Well, that was kind of the main component of my decoration, so this is incredibly frustrating.
17:45Okay.
17:46I'm just not doing that today.
17:48So I'm, like, rushing to do a backup plan right now.
17:51Instead of silver bells, I'm going to try to do some white chocolate snowflakes, and hopefully it doesn't get lost in translation.
17:58Hey, bakers.
17:59Ten minutes.
18:00Fuego.
18:01Bakers, remember, you have to make two identical pies.
18:05Just wait till they find out what's going to happen next.
18:09Right now I'm making the ornament cookies.
18:12I'm going to use isomalt in the middle of them to kind of give them, like, a 3D look.
18:17The reason I chose this decoration for today is because my niece makes me stained glass ornaments every single year for Christmas, and it's one of my favorite things to receive from her.
18:28And she's eight.
18:29Shout out to Clara.
18:30So I'm going to take a little spin on those ornaments and stack the cookies with a little bit of royal icing to glue them together with some sprinkles in the center to make them look like a little bit of a snow globe with sprinkles inside.
18:41I just want a little bit more sprinkles.
18:44Now I'm carving my cherries and dipping in red chocolate because I want this to be my decoration on top of my pie.
18:56Oh, I need you to sit, please.
18:59I realize that my blueberry ganache, this is looser, this needs to be frozen, which I know, but I am running out of time right now.
19:08Five minutes left.
19:10All right, all right, let's go.
19:12That's a nice tam.
19:14That's so funny.
19:16Hallelujah.
19:17They're beautiful.
19:18Look at that crust.
19:19Now I have all the components, my pie is cool, and I have just a few minutes to decorate.
19:24I'm making my cigarettes, and then I'm going to dip the tips into sanding sugar.
19:30I want to hear, this is definitely naughty.
19:33One minute left.
19:34Final details.
19:35More important than ever.
19:37It all counts.
19:39No fresh.
19:40I start adding my snowflakes on.
19:42I'm not thrilled about this.
19:4420 seconds left.
19:45I'm going to hurry.
19:46Oh.
19:47Something big is about to happen.
19:54Oh, my gosh.
19:55Okay.
19:56That's it.
19:57Time's up.
19:58Everything is riding on these pies.
20:05Hey, bakers, can I get everybody's attention, please?
20:08I need all eyes up here because we've never done this before.
20:12Oh, my God.
20:13It's a massive twist.
20:18There's no more time for twists.
20:19You're late to the game, buddy.
20:21What do you mean?
20:22Guys, this is going to be groundbreaking.
20:25Oh, my God.
20:26We just finished.
20:27What could it be?
20:28I'm going to throw up.
20:34What is happening?
20:36All right, bakers, I bet you're wondering what's up.
20:39Yeah.
20:40Yeah.
20:41In a test of team dynamics and a test of your palates, we want to see if you can make good decisions as a team.
20:48So the judges want you to choose only the top two pies from your team to put in front of them.
20:55Oh, my God.
20:56You're going to be tasting each other's pies to decide.
21:00And that's why we made two pies.
21:02Okay.
21:03That's right.
21:04Wow, okay.
21:05Your entire team's fate rests in the hands of the two pies.
21:08Are you kidding?
21:09You select to represent you.
21:11All right, let's get to tasting.
21:12Team Naughty, you're up first.
21:15I'm a little stunned.
21:16And it is a bit shocking to then have to now judge your own teammates, especially because we all are competitive and we all want to win.
21:25Yeah, we'll see how this turns out.
21:27All right, Team Naughty.
21:28You're already down two bakers.
21:29You don't want to be down a third.
21:31So it's very important you guys are honest with one another in terms of whose two pies are the best.
21:37Okay, so Charles, tell us what you made.
21:40So I just made a classic apple pie.
21:42And then on the top, it's a little Christmas worm coming out of a rotten apple.
21:46I think that blade is a really, really strong technical scale.
21:49The crust is so beautiful.
21:50Yeah, I think this is a phenomenal apple pie.
21:53The textures are insane.
21:54The cream is really good.
21:55Honestly, I can't find a single negative.
21:58Well, that's only one dessert.
21:59Yeah, so true.
22:00Sounds like you guys are off to a good start.
22:02I really want to beat out Ashley at some point.
22:05So I'm feeling optimistic.
22:06I want to go next.
22:07I did a sweet potato custard, pecans on top, and then obviously the real naughty list.
22:13Did you also make caricatures of the other bakers on Team Naughty?
22:16I did.
22:17I have Alex, their MVP at the moment.
22:19She's the one really getting rid of the evidence.
22:21And we have Violet over here, rest in peace.
22:23It's so funny.
22:24They would absolutely eat this up for Naughty theme.
22:27I agree.
22:28It's like Team Naughty all the way.
22:30I think it tastes good, but the top part of your crust, it's like burned.
22:33So I'm worried they're going to harp on you over that.
22:35I agree.
22:36I hear that.
22:37A little scorched, yeah.
22:38We'll see how the other two are, but I think I'm on the fence on this one.
22:41On the fence on this one?
22:42Yeah.
22:43Okay.
22:44All right, Tarek, you're up, man.
22:45So it's supposed to be like an ashtray for Santa.
22:47So this is a blueberry cream pie.
22:50Nico, I feel like this theme is right down your alley.
22:53It really is.
22:54I think it's really, really funny.
22:55I think it's so silly.
22:58Tarek, that's really good.
22:59And that blueberry compote is great.
23:01Yeah, your custard is super smooth, and it's a good balance of sweetness and acidity without being overpowering.
23:06So, best ashtray I've ever eaten.
23:09This is good.
23:10Like, I feel good about this.
23:11I think my pie could make it into the top, too.
23:14All right, Ashley, what did you make?
23:16So I made black pepper pumpkin pie, and I did the pumpkin pie because my dad hates pumpkin pie.
23:22It's beautiful.
23:23I love the cookie.
23:24My one potential iffy thing is it doesn't immediately scream naughty like the rest of them maybe do.
23:29And the...
23:30Okay.
23:31It's a little underbaked, yeah.
23:33Yeah, my crust is raw.
23:34It's a little raw in the middle.
23:35A little raw in the middle, yeah.
23:36A little raw in the base, yeah.
23:37I'm seeing it now.
23:38All right.
23:39I don't need to taste any more of mine.
23:42We can't serve that.
23:43Yeah.
23:44If your pie isn't chosen, you could be facing elimination if your team loses.
23:49All right.
23:50We can't serve what looks like a raw pie to the judges, and I'm just heartbroken.
23:54I think it's pretty unanimous at this point.
23:56Yeah.
23:57Tarek and Charles.
23:58This is a big challenge to keep Team Naughty all intact, and ultimately, Tarek, Charles,
24:03it's gonna come down to you and your pies.
24:05All right.
24:06Oh, my gosh.
24:07I feel like I'm gonna vomit.
24:08If Tarek or Charles' pie doesn't win the immunity for us, I'm actually on the chopping
24:13block for the first time, and it feels a little bit like a fall from grace.
24:17To potentially go home because of a pie, I am sick thinking about it.
24:24Yeah.
24:26So, we'll see.
24:28Yeah.
24:29No pressure.
24:30Okay.
24:31It seemed nice.
24:32All right.
24:33So, Kamri, go ahead and introduce your pie for everybody.
24:35What did you make?
24:36So, my little Christmas hat pie is a bourbon apple ginger miso pie with a pistachio French
24:44pan.
24:45It's adorable.
24:46Oh, so cute.
24:47Cute.
24:48I'm confident that we can all deliver on constructive criticism, but I think stepping into this moment
24:54as the pie guy, I feel like I could have the tendency to be a little overcritical.
24:59I think it's pretty sweet.
25:01Sweet?
25:02Okay.
25:03Overall, I'm just worried about it hitting the judge's palate.
25:05Like, the saltiness is there, but there's a lot of sweet.
25:08Yeah, I agree with you.
25:09All right.
25:10Next up, we have Erin.
25:11My pie is a blueberry ganache pie.
25:14It's reading nice.
25:15I've never really seen that color blue.
25:17I like the texture on the crust.
25:19It's, like, nice and flaky.
25:20I think the ganache up top is just a touch broken.
25:23I don't like the consistency of my pie, but it needs me a more solid pie.
25:28Yeah.
25:29Okay, we're gonna go Giancarlo's next.
25:30So, my pie is a pumpkin and cherry, and on the top, cinnamon buttercream.
25:38I love it.
25:39I would see this in a storybook.
25:41I like the flavors going on.
25:43I really like the tartness and contrast to the spice of the filling.
25:46Yeah.
25:47It's a fun choice.
25:48It's not one that I think I've seen.
25:50I agree.
25:51Not just because I made, but I think tea's great.
25:54I'm happy.
25:55All right, pie guy, you're up.
25:57Chase.
25:58I made a bourbon pecan chocolate pie, a mascarpone whip.
26:02I made toffee, candy nuts, and a chocolate crumble on top.
26:05This is so good.
26:06The pie is nice and flaky.
26:07I love the creaminess of the filling.
26:10I love that I can get the bourbon.
26:11It's not too much?
26:12No.
26:13I could eat that all night.
26:14All right.
26:15Good stuff.
26:16Chase, way to go.
26:17Good job, babe.
26:18All right.
26:19Guess that leaves Alex.
26:20So, what do we got?
26:21So, we have a lemon meringue pie.
26:23It also has a lemon thyme pie dough.
26:26The crust for this one, unfortunately, looks like a little undercooked.
26:31And I'm not sure about the meringue.
26:33It seemed like a little bit loose.
26:35And the citrus flavor is very strong.
26:38Yeah.
26:39I definitely agree.
26:40Everything about the pie was not what I wanted.
26:42And I would be incredibly embarrassed to present it to the judges.
26:46So, I think the consistency of Chase's pie was so good.
26:50The flavors were so unexpected in Giancarlo's.
26:53Chase and Giancarlo's, that's my vote.
26:55I would agree.
26:56Your two best pies in this challenge belong to Chase and Giancarlo's.
26:59Without a question.
27:00I hope you made the right decisions.
27:02Let's bring in the judges.
27:03Okay, judges, we've never done this before.
27:07We've asked each team to present to you their two best holiday pies that they're hoping are going to win their team immunity.
27:15Okay.
27:16Up first.
27:17Chase from the Nice Team.
27:18Chase, come on up.
27:19Yay!
27:20So, this is our first time getting to see Team Nice being judged in front of us.
27:26And I am so nervous because we're going up against the pie king himself, Chase.
27:31Great to see you again.
27:32Okay.
27:33Why don't you tell our judges what you made?
27:34So, it is a bourbon pecan chocolate pie.
27:37Oh, my God.
27:38That crust.
27:39That's gorgeous.
27:40Yeah.
27:41This is the whole Thanksgiving experience at my grandma Mary's.
27:46The pecan pie is not only the one that's always fought over, but while we were kids, I think to distract us and keep us out of the kitchen, it was like, go collect sticks, go make leaf piles in the yard.
27:59So, I wanted to replicate the leaf piles.
28:02It looks delicious.
28:04Like, if I would see that in a bakery case, I would say, give me three of those.
28:09So, I love what you've done here.
28:11Now, I do think it's nice looking, but does it really show the nice theme?
28:16I don't know.
28:17Oh.
28:18Oh, my God.
28:19I feel so weird to be in here to watch this and luteful bad comments.
28:22It's like a little too even, a little too symmetric to give me something as organic as a leaf pile.
28:28Okay.
28:29Maybe you'll get that nice theme and the flavor.
28:31Mm-hmm.
28:32Sure will.
28:33Just wait.
28:34I feel really uncertain.
28:37I'm feeling nervous for my team because it just felt like a little bit of mixed reviews in terms of decor.
28:43So, I'm just hoping that it's going to really hit with the flavors.
28:48Are they being poker-faced on purpose?
29:02God, I don't know.
29:03Hopefully, no.
29:04Oh.
29:05Okay.
29:06It's not your typical pecan pie.
29:07Mm-mm.
29:08It is well baked.
29:09I'm loving all of those, like, toasted flavors you get from the pecan, but the bourbon kind of overtakes a lot of it for me.
29:19Yeah.
29:20Nance, how about you?
29:21Well.
29:22More bourbon.
29:23More bourbon.
29:24Maybe just a scotch too much bourbon.
29:28Wow.
29:29Oh.
29:30Oh.
29:31Oh.
29:32Oh.
29:33You think so?
29:34What?
29:35Yeah.
29:36I'm so shook that I out-bourboned Nancy.
29:40I mean, we all know she has a stronger palate for alcohol, so.
29:44It's delicious.
29:45Yes.
29:46But the bourbon is forward.
29:47It is forward.
29:48Yes.
29:49Yeah.
29:50Oh, my God.
29:51I loved the bourbon in it.
29:52I did, too.
29:53I don't, I mean, I don't even drink.
29:55I think the bourbon in here is fantastic.
29:57Yeah.
29:58I really like it.
29:59And, I mean, your crust is really some of the best we've had on the show.
30:04Really incredible, man.
30:05This crust is amazing.
30:06Just A+.
30:07All right, Chase.
30:08Nice job.
30:09Chase's pie wasn't perfect, though.
30:10It was not perfect.
30:11It was great.
30:12You did such a good job.
30:13It was such a good time.
30:14Thank you all.
30:15All right, judges from the nice team, Jean Carlos.
30:19The way we go.
30:20Let's hope it falls apart.
30:22I made for you a pumpkin and cherry pie.
30:26Oh.
30:27Pumpkin and cherry?
30:28Pumpkin and cherry.
30:29Pumpkin and cherry.
30:30Pumpkin and cherry.
30:31On my decoration, I decide to go for a cartoonish.
30:34We have cherries on top.
30:36We have the Christmas decoration.
30:38And the piping is a cinnamon buttercream.
30:42Buttercream.
30:43Wait, what?
30:44Buttercream?
30:45Buttercream?
30:46Cardi, are you seeing the nice here?
30:47I see the nice.
30:48Those are some really big cherries.
30:50And like you said, it's like the cartoonish side of it.
30:52And I really like that.
30:53Yeah.
30:54And cherries and pumpkin.
30:56We'll see, man.
30:57I'm confident this pie can be a winner because I take so many risks, especially with the flavors.
31:05And I hope the judges understand that.
31:08Well, I am tasting a lot of pumpkin.
31:13And I like it a lot.
31:14Ooh.
31:15Good.
31:16The cherry is underwhelming because the pumpkin is overwhelming.
31:22And I think it's not balanced.
31:24Yeah.
31:25Everything is just a little bit off.
31:27First of all, buttercream on a pie I think is pretty weird.
31:30That is weird.
31:31I like that you kind of pushed the envelope with making pumpkin pie with cherry.
31:36And your crust is incredible.
31:38It's flaky.
31:39It's buttery.
31:40Between you and Chase, I don't know who makes a better crust.
31:42You guys make awesome crust.
31:44All right, Giancarlos.
31:45Thank you so much.
31:46Thank you, Giancarlos.
31:48God.
31:49I'm feeling more confident because I thought they were going to get rave reviews.
31:53But at the same time, that means they're going to be as critical with ours, if not more.
31:57So it's a little of both.
31:59Yeah.
32:00Up next, the naughty team.
32:02Can they beat the nice team and win immunity?
32:04Okay.
32:05Let's see, guys.
32:06I love Nico.
32:07Smoking's naughty.
32:08That's funny.
32:09Uh, we've got a smoker.
32:12Tarek, come on up.
32:15Our little teenager.
32:16Our little...
32:17Tarek!
32:18This is not the little kid you knew from kids baking.
32:20I knew this guy was this little kid.
32:22What?
32:23He's smoking cigarettes and drinking now.
32:26You are bad.
32:27He's in a red ape one for a reason.
32:29Wait, there's a story for this one.
32:30Okay.
32:31When we were kids, not only would we give Santa milk and cookies, we would give him shots and
32:35a pack of cigarettes.
32:40That was my inspiration for my decoration.
32:42And so my design is like trying to be like a bit of an ashtray.
32:45Wait, wait.
32:46Hold on.
32:47Hold on, Tarek.
32:48This is like a real story.
32:49Now, did dad smoke and drink too?
32:50Yeah.
32:51My parents like...
32:52That was for dad.
32:53Oh, of course it was.
32:54That's for your dad.
32:55I know that now.
32:57You know, I gotta tell you, Team Naughty, you guys have absolutely committed to the naughtiness.
33:04I love it.
33:07Well, tell us what kind of pie you made, Tarek.
33:09So I have a blueberry cream pie.
33:11And no one else made a cream pie, so hopefully you guys really like it.
33:15Okay, let's see.
33:16Bad crust.
33:17Bad crust.
33:18Bad crust.
33:19Bad crust.
33:20Bad crust.
33:21Bad crust.
33:22Bad crust.
33:23Oh!
33:24My face, I'm gonna face.
33:26You nailed it.
33:28That crust is delicious.
33:31That blueberry cream, well balanced.
33:34It's very, very good.
33:37Tarek, this is delicious.
33:39Creamy.
33:40Your crust is salty.
33:42It is flaky.
33:43This is a really great pie.
33:45Nice work, man.
33:47Thank you, guys.
33:49Let's go, buddy.
33:50Nice job.
33:51Like, I'm just feeling so pleased with myself because this is like the first bake I've had
33:56in this competition that was received this well.
33:59This makes me really nervous.
34:01Yeah, me too.
34:05Hello, judges.
34:06Hi, Charles.
34:07I made a classic American apple pie, and we would go apple picking as a kid.
34:12But every once in a while you get a little critter inside that rotten apple.
34:16So I did a little cheeky play on that character.
34:19It's sort of naughty nice.
34:21Like, you could have gave us like a really like nasty looking worm.
34:24It's cheeky, but I want to see a little bit more naughty.
34:27Got it.
34:28Naughty?
34:29There's a worm in your pie.
34:30Like, what do you want?
34:31Would it have like a switchblade?
34:32I make a pretty good apple pie, so I'm anxious to taste this one.
34:39I'm excited for you to taste it, too.
34:40Let's do it, Charles.
34:41Whenever you're ready.
34:45Look how thick the bottom is.
34:46Yeah, that bottom crust is super thick.
34:48It's just this crust is all pretty thick.
34:50If you sell an apple pie, let's see.
34:57All right, Cartier.
34:59I don't like it.
35:02Just kidding.
35:04I'm being naughty.
35:05I love it.
35:07And I'm not a big apple pie girl, but I think this would change my mind.
35:12Well, I love your filling.
35:15The apples are cooked perfectly.
35:16I love the cream.
35:17I don't love the bottom.
35:19I just think it's a little bit thick.
35:21Yes.
35:22Yeah, just need a little more of something.
35:24Because the underside, it's almost floury.
35:26Like, you kind of get that sort of flour, that flour flavor.
35:29Oh.
35:30At least mine don't taste flour.
35:33It's true.
35:34But on the whole, this whole thing together is a really, really nice bite of apple pie.
35:39Charles, thank you.
35:42That one's pretty good.
35:45All right.
35:46Well, I think we nailed it.
35:48Yeah, in terms of crust.
35:49We have some notes, but he had some notes.
35:51Yes.
35:52So I think it's just tight.
35:53Yeah.
35:54I think it's just tight.
35:55All right, so bakers, we know it wasn't easy picking just two holiday pies from each of
36:01your teams to present to the judges, but the judges have identified the top pie from each
36:06team.
36:07The best pie from the naughty team came from Tarek.
36:14Come on.
36:15Good job, Tarek.
36:16Good job.
36:17And the baker who made our favorite pie on the nice team was...
36:22Chase.
36:23Hi, babe.
36:24But only one baker left us booing and aahing, and that baker is...
36:31Tarek.
36:32Let's go!
36:33We did it.
36:34We did it.
36:35We did it.
36:36We did it.
36:37We did it.
36:38We did it.
36:39We did it.
36:40Tarek, the crust on your spice blueberry cream pie was crispy, and the filling was so satisfying
36:45and delicious.
36:46Really great job, Tarek.
36:49Oh, my God.
36:51Now that I know that my entire team is safe, and it's because of me, I feel like I really
36:57redeemed myself in so many ways.
36:59Good job, buddy.
37:00It's a bummer that I didn't take the win for my team, but I'm really happy for Tarek.
37:07Okay.
37:08So that means, of course, one member from Team Nice is now up for elimination.
37:13But here's the thing.
37:14We don't feel comfortable deciding who's going home since we didn't taste all of your team's
37:20pots.
37:21We only tasted the top two.
37:23So, you guys are gonna have to do it.
37:27Oh, my God.
37:30That sucks.
37:33Only you know who deserves to be walking out that door.
37:39So, you're gonna have to make the decision amongst yourselves.
37:42That's brutal.
37:44Gagged.
37:45I am shocked that Team Nice has to eliminate one of their own.
37:49This was not what I was expecting.
37:50I am gooped, gagged, bewildered.
37:52So, we have to decide.
37:54We have to decide.
37:55This is a really, really horrific shock.
38:00Now, as you know, Nice Team, of course, the top two pie makers from your team are safe.
38:06That's Chase and Giancarlos.
38:09That, of course, leaves Alex, Aaron, and Kamri.
38:12But, as a team, you now have a decision to make.
38:15Why don't you all come with me?
38:17Always?
38:18No.
38:19I wouldn't wanna be them.
38:20Oh, my gosh.
38:21Okay, guys.
38:24Look, I know this is a really emotional moment.
38:26We've obviously never done this before.
38:29You're gonna write down on this card the name of the baker that's gonna be going home.
38:34I'll be waiting for you here.
38:36Good luck, everyone.
38:42I feel sick to my stomach.
38:44I really, I feel like I'm gonna go home.
38:47Okay.
38:48I feel like this bake is poor enough that it wouldn't be unfair if they sent me home.
38:54I would absolutely understand where they were coming from.
38:57Gosh.
39:00What's going through my head is how important it is for each of the other people on my team to be where they're at.
39:08They want to live to bake another day where I feel like I did this.
39:14So this is who I decided should be eliminated.
39:22I voted for myself.
39:24Thanks.
39:25To leave.
39:27I don't feel good about this.
39:31Thanks.
39:32This is not easy.
39:36Everyone on Team Nice has so much passion and talent.
39:42But we promised each other to be honest.
39:48Here.
39:50I'm glad we don't have that pressure.
39:53It's brutal, but at the end of the day it still is a competition and we will narrow down to only one winner.
39:59So it's the name of the game.
40:01Thank you, Jean-Carlson.
40:07Okay.
40:08Nice team.
40:09We have a verdict.
40:10Why don't you follow me and we'll let everybody know.
40:12Yeah.
40:13This is unprecedented.
40:16Nice bakers, I know this was not an easy decision for you.
40:20Sadly, now we have to say goodbye to one of you.
40:23Unfortunately, the baker leaving us from the nice team is...
40:30Erin.
40:35Erin, I am so, so sorry.
40:37You have been such a joy here in the kitchen.
40:41We are all going to miss you.
40:43I don't know what the nice team is going to do without their alpha mom.
40:46They're going to get naughty.
40:50Well, you can take a moment.
40:51You can say goodbye to your fellow bakers.
40:52I love you so much.
40:53I love you so much.
40:54I came here to holiday baking.
40:57For me.
40:59Stepping outside my comfort zone to do something solo.
41:03And I feel like this is the one time in my life I'm really, really happy and proud that I said yes.
41:10And I took a chance on myself.
41:12So, yeah, I would do it all again.
41:14We love you so much.
41:16Bye, baby girl.
41:18Okay.
41:19Tough day in the holiday village.
41:21That was an emotional one.
41:22But let this be a reminder to everybody.
41:24You never know what's coming next.
41:27So you always have to be ready.
41:29Okay.
41:30You can exit the kitchen.
41:32Good job, everybody.
41:33This sucks.
41:34How they wrote it.
41:36Aww.
41:39Oh, that's sweet.
41:40This one, right?
41:41Aww.
41:45Next time, the bakers slay with snow day desserts.
41:49That's magical.
41:50It brings tears to my eyes.
41:53Really good.
41:55And there's a jaw-dropping twist no one sees coming.
41:58Are you serious?
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