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Sweet Empire - Season 1 Episode 6 -
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00:00head to rise above the rest let's freaking go let's make it morph their mission to present
00:05creative creatures straight out of a wintry wonderland the two empires rose to the top
00:11and one melted just short of the finish line team erin your empire has fallen and now the winter
00:18wars finale is upon us only one empire shall claim victory the sweet empire title it is now
00:26all the pressure and savor the fifty thousand dollar prize elizabeth we're coming for you this
00:34is sweet empire yours truly lord gingerton well here we have it the final two empires
00:43how are you guys feeling very good fantastic excited francois you're the rookie of the group
00:50right yes it's my first appearance did you think you'd make it this far nope
00:56i pack only for a week so how do you think it is that your team has made it this far well i think
01:04i picked the best people i could find we just work as a great team because we use the best of each
01:12i cannot believe we're in the finale i was like this close to being sent home in the first challenge
01:19this all seems so surreal our empire is flying a little bit under the radar so we're ready for
01:25a breakout in the finale elizabeth how does it feel to get your empire this far in the competition
01:30honestly i i'm i'm shocked everyone here is so so good i know obviously everyone always wants to win
01:38my motivation for this one is about being recognized for the skill that i have and that my empire has so
01:43i do want to win this our empire has really come a long way we're gonna make magic 50 000 is on the
01:51line but more importantly the winner of sweet empire we want that title so it all comes down to this last
01:58challenge both empires have battled their way to the top and now an epic showdown awaits the winning
02:05empire today will walk away with 50 000 dollars so let's cut to the chase for the first time ever
02:15we're giving you complete creative freedom let your imaginations run wild we want to see
02:23the strengths of your empire presented in your creation this isn't just a showpiece this is your
02:29empire's grand finale this challenge has no rules it's just do whatever you want this is the hardest
02:36thing about this because there are so many ideas in my head and we had to come up with something and
02:42stick with one thing the judges want to see remarkable creativity incredible technique
02:47and a tasting element worthy of this stage in the game now show us a holiday world only your empire
02:53could create you've got 11 hours to create your showpiece and for the last time your time starts now
03:04all right later guys this is the big show we're in the finale i seriously can't believe it
03:12what is christmas for you what's the strength of the empire we're good on chocolate we're good on
03:17cake we have to mix all of this yeah we definitely have to make a mix of everything let's do it well
03:23i remember christmas vacation with my parents and we were in a chalet in the alp and this chalet
03:29like warmed my heart all the time i see it the wood texture and we were building the snowman with my
03:35brother i remember this huge you know christmas tree that was everywhere the pine tree so i think we
03:41should try to do a chalet yes with a snowman on the front and a pine tree you know we're going to
03:47be making a chocolate chalet it'll have a chimney we're going to try to have some smoke coming out of
03:51it we'll have a giant chocolate tree it's going to be spinning we're not going to use any support
03:55structure and it's a risk the house could fall at any given time but you're trying to impress the judges
04:01right so we are going to do a technically difficult build that nobody else could do sounds good i've never
04:08had christmas in the alps so i i'm willing to go there with you guys this journey is like a
04:14roller coaster we have the upper end on this challenge because we're working so good together
04:19we're gonna bring this challenge for sure let's do it i'm ready we need a story and how it correlates
04:25back to us our growth as a team well i mean i know what that is obviously like it's i know it sounds
04:30it sounds corny and cheesy but for us it was the whole like relinquishing control coming together
04:35me relying on you guys more knowing that when times get tough or something goes wrong help is
04:40always there yeah so what about santa claus is in a predicament where he needs help we could do the
04:46yeti carrying center's sack and center could be like on his back on his back that our piece we're
04:53gonna have a 3d sculpted yeti carrying center's bag on his back we want to have a gorgeous background
05:02we're gonna have a really cool archway we're also gonna have a little baby yeti trekking along on the
05:07journey this is the finale and we want to win so you're meant to go big and create something that
05:14no one else can create that's the whole point all right i think we got a plan yeah that sounds good
05:21i'm just gonna go into casting these big pieces because we have to get them set
05:25i'm gonna make royal icing and so we can make all of the little royal icing decorations i'm making
05:32the coconut cake right now perfect i think what difference my team and elizabeth team on term of
05:37leadership is i don't push them as much i let them feel comfortable i let them feel doing what they do
05:43the best this is my royal icing ready to start piping accent pieces cami is gonna decorate the whole house
05:50we got to make walls roofs support bars everything is made out of chocolate there's no support structure
05:56in there other than chocolate it's like building an actual house nia's gonna make all the cutting for
06:01the chocolate and i'm gonna make all the recipes i want to build a cake that's gonna look like a pina
06:06colada so my goal is to have a coconut and a rum ganache with a pineapple confit and a chiffon cake
06:13with coconuts i'm making like a tropical cocktail inside a snowman so to reinforce the taste of the
06:19coconut i'm gonna add some coconut flakes that already toasted it's almost like cold and hot
06:25too much contrast maybe so it's a big risk but i think risk always paid off if it works
06:31everyone knows what they're working on yep i'm getting started on the tasting element elizabeth
06:34per usual awesome i'm gonna start stacking some cake okay yeah i'm gonna pour all the chocolate
06:41for our piece we're gonna try to focus on making sure we really make the use of everyone's skills
06:46oh i can't believe this is the finale i'm gonna start focusing on the yeti because he's so big
06:53i'm just making a few jingle bells rain is going to be focusing on showcasing her awesome chocolate
06:58skills she's going to make our chocolate archway she's also going to do some hand sculpted chocolate
07:03work and she's going to be jumping on that yeti with me and of course we're going to put to use
07:09jonathan's sugar skills he's going to be blowing sugar ornaments making snowflakes for us and he's also
07:15going to be doing both tastings this is definitely a group effort so i think my taste element i'm
07:20going for an olive oil lemon cake okay with a lemon basil curd a white chocolate basil ganache and then
07:25we're going to do a cheesecake layer and then we're also going to do a pine nut shortbread crumble that
07:30sounds delicious this final challenge is fairly daunting there are so many aspects that need to get
07:37done i'm going to create jingle bells as we've seen before a little bird to go in the bird's nest
07:43directional signs for the north pole and some chocolate trees it's going to be stretched for
07:48me to try to help out once my chocolate jobs are done it's pretty tricky timing wise but i do trust
07:55that elizabeth does know that so i trust the process i'm making all the little decoration pieces
08:04for the snowman it's always going to have a top hat and little cold buttons all right giant christmas
08:11trees we're making this huge christmas tree that's going to spin the front of the house on the first
08:17challenge i made a big tree and because i didn't have time to finish it on the first one i felt like
08:22i could have done better and that's the time to do my revenge for myself it's really a big tray that we
08:27have to fill up so i want to make sure that we have at least five six seven trees on it so it's going to
08:32look full all right trees are done they're just going to set they'll be in they'll be in the
08:37freezer for you quick francois good you guys i'm carving the snowman now all right i'm excited for
08:44the snowman so i'm gonna do the design for the balcony now okay guys one of the balcony that you
08:52find in the house is just cross wood so what i decide to do is using the stencil that i have i'm
08:57making some line of chocolate and then i'm making other line of chocolate and i cross them together so it
09:02gives you this aspect i'm starting my other dessert it's a crinkle filo dessert in our culture we all
09:08call it machica but it means like wrinkled for my second tasting element i'm doing something that's
09:12classic to my culture and my dad's absolute favorite dessert i make it every christmas for him it looks
09:17just like a bird's nest all right i'm going to start some of those eggs jonathan yes for the little
09:21surprise treat and to make it more interactive i'm going to be making a pistachio creme anglaise sauce
09:27and reina is going to be making these chocolate eggs that we're going to fill with our sauce and when the
09:30judges go to eat their dessert they get to bite the egg and pour the sauce right over the dessert
09:34it's the finale so i gotta give everything brow bones little narrow bridge for the nose
09:42i'm just adding texture to the eyebrows okay great because he is an abominable snowman obviously there
09:47is differences like some skin texture and then the first starts so i really want to make sure that that
09:52reads i've never ever sculpted a yeti before ever so this is definitely a challenge on a personal level
10:00but i want to make sure it looks like a believable yeti he's pretty muscly so i don't think he would
10:06be like podgy i'm trying to make sure that i have both the elements of human-like muscular structures
10:13as well as primate because that's kind of what it's meant to be it's like this in-between kind
10:17of missing link so to speak i also use two different colors of modeling chocolate because
10:21this is the fleshy that's going to be like the skin oh smart and then we have the white contrast for the
10:26so yeah every detail counts are you ready to assemble now yeah man i'm just marking so we
10:32know exactly where everything's gonna lay got it all laid out i got the instructions we're gonna need
10:36the side panel first bring that over drop it right on there and i'll hold it while you get the other's
10:42piece this is the most ambitious chocolate build i've ever attempted as far as time constraints the
10:56pressure on it squared up you're good and i'll hold this while you get the other side panel ready
11:01you have to have a good foundation you have to reinforce certain parts of the house
11:05you have to make sure everything's connected properly all right i got this side up it's getting
11:17set ready to put the back on we just got to make sure it's like right on point you know what i'm saying
11:22and then you have to hope it holds you know it's construction just in chocolate this is gonna be so
11:27fragile oh yeah i don't want to do that do what oh sketchy at best francois okay i'm over here are you
11:43on yeah okay all right the piping bags right there stress levels up i know the risk of this francois
11:50knows the risk of it cammy doesn't know the risk of it but we're gonna not tell her that and um we're
11:56gonna roll the dice we gotta go big this thing's gonna have to support 30 pounds of chocolate with
12:01just chocolate francois's team is making a piece standing on its own with chocolate which is very
12:06precarious anything can happen and anything can break i would not make something that big so these
12:13are the cross beams that are going to hold the weight of the roof since the roof is made of chocolate
12:17is quite heavy it's taking a while to do this chocolate structure and we have so much work to do on
12:22it so we have to work fast but also we have to be steady this is as 30 as we're gonna get we can go
12:27roof time whenever you're ready if this fall i'm going home for sure
12:42here you go should be good now i think we're good it's always interesting to see what people are doing
12:48it for cammy what would it mean for you to win this you know i've said it a million times my job
12:54gets look or our job really gets viewed as a hobby that is by a lot of people very true and to see that
13:00you can come on here and make something amazing with your friends it makes a huge difference i walked in
13:06not having a ton of confidence in myself but i came from the bottom and worked my way up to the finale
13:14i am ready to win and show that i do have skill i need to prove my worth now what about you it's for
13:22my kids family everybody believed in me you know after certain things happen in life it really shifts
13:27your perspective the last few years of my life were kind of tough when i was 37 i had to have
13:32emergency surgery to drain fluid out of my heart i almost died like legitimately there was a real
13:38possibility of that and um it changes everything i just want to show my kids that you can't give up
13:44like if you really want something it may not be the first one two three ten years you know you just have
13:50to stick with it and that perseverance matters what about you oh directly for my daughter all this show
13:56all these things is just to show off to go home that she's proud of the daddy you know oh yeah no better
14:02feeling how long until it sets um two minutes hey cammy what's up babe it's crazy how you were on my
14:09empire not too long ago and here we are different empires on the on the final challenge i was at the
14:14very bottom and you saved me you did i knew i should have sent her home no i'm just joking and here we
14:21are i'm glad to see you here with me thanks babe i owe a lot to jonathan he saved me from the first
14:27challenge and i'm very thankful but i'm really excited to take them down i am so confident she's
14:35confident elizabeth's team is strong we just have to bring everything that we have in our arsenal to
14:42make our project over the top it's go time may the best team win we will oh i will say it's definitely
14:52a different vibe from the first challenge i joined you two on i think we're just having fun now we're
14:56just enjoying what we're creating yeah i think it's showing in our in our pieces yeah the judges
15:01said you know you've got to work as a team and that's what you're going to be you know judged on
15:05as well so it forced us to really reevaluate things and the way we worked yeah and that i have to
15:13relinquish control more and not try to take on too much and ask for help you ask for help i know that i can
15:20rely on you guys and you'll be there yeah let's freaking go
15:26we all look really good so this must mean this is the finale yes rosie we've got our final two teams
15:38fighting for fifty thousand dollars today what are our thoughts on these two juggernauts of empires
15:44this is quite the face-off yeah you've got elizabeth who can make anything out of cake
15:50and you've got francois who can make anything out of chocolate yeah but what will they make
15:56it's going to be difficult to judge because two different medium yes francois is a bit of an
16:01underdog in that he's never competed so i think this probably means a lot to him but elizabeth doesn't
16:08seem like the type who takes losing lightly it's also going to come down to how your empire and your
16:14team dynamics work right this is the most pressure the most is at stake today how well can your team
16:22come together in the most difficult times all right guys i think it's time for you all to go take a
16:28closer look at these final two empires let's go bring back food okay hello hello hello what are you
16:37working on reno they're bells but what are they for they're for decoration for this sort of vignette we're
16:41creating um so this is sort of a frame over the vignette lots of elements in the background lots
16:46of little details so hopefully it's a magical winter wonderland jonathan what are you working on i'm
16:51working on a white post right now it's uh casted with sugar we're going to decorate the sides to look
16:55like a like a lantern light post and i'm working on a yeti the sculpting is beautiful yes as usual
17:02i have a quick challenge yeah okay if i asked you to describe your team in one word what is the one
17:07word jonathan oh dang that's hard why do you put me on the spot one word yeah chaotic that's me
17:15elizabeth courageous you just scared elizabeth chaotic that's her kryptonite chaotic courageous now
17:21you have to pick a c word i have no c words just a word oh creative creative very good see that's why i'm
17:29the leader because i'm there because you told me which c word to use why do you need to win today
17:36what's at stake i've done one or two shows recently and i keep coming up the runner-up oh okay it wears
17:43on you a little bit you're like dang it you know i'm just trying to work my butt off to help them
17:47achieve you know their goals because rain has never won a competition before either and i want to break
17:52my curse i feel like i've been trying so hard so it would be nice to be able to have a win under my belt
17:59i'm gonna bloody well try you can guarantee it good luck thank you thank you
18:07hi hi bonjour bonjour
18:14we try to do like a big project big construction we didn't want any support we want to do everything
18:19by ourselves and everything's gonna be edible anything's gonna be in chocolate sugar or cake
18:24so you're not using any type of armature whatsoever exactly wow cami how does that feel
18:31for you as a cake decorator i know it's actually not something that i delve into very much in my own
18:37job so they are confident that they could build this house and i knew i could decorate it
18:42so what do you guys feel is your biggest challenge at this moment cami's got to get through
18:47a ton of piping and decorations we are relying heavily on her skill set we've got to make sure
18:53this works we got to get everything done really ultimately it's just coming i didn't have to build
18:58a house but you do have to wait till the house is built before you can start piping right that's why
19:04it's important that you stay on track things are going to be last minute i'm trying to stay calm cool
19:09and collected but there's so much more we need to finish up the time is ticking and we need to start
19:14decorating this chalet three hours left three hours kicking into overdrive i am building my cake
19:21elizabeth i'm gonna continue on the toy site yeah and i'll just keep going with the taxpayer everywhere
19:32yep i need you to get this done in eight to ten minutes okay yeah you got it there you can do it
19:45what's it happen oh nice i've got my tasting done i've got all my sugar ornaments done i've
19:52casted my snowflakes i've gotten my lantern finished i'm doing well with my timing let me know jonathan
19:57when you want to cover the backboard i'm ready for you whenever but we are getting down to crunch time
20:01and this means i have to do everything to help the team out as much as possible me and elizabeth
20:06are covering the main backdrop and fondant we're covering the candy cane poles and then elizabeth
20:11has to do this really cool airbrush work to give it the illusion of a city
20:16if we just stay focused we can finish this however we are giving ourselves a lot to do
20:21looks like just a blob at the moment but i'm making center's head i need a beard i need a mustache
20:29he's really small when i'm having to make this little tiny face i'm trying to make him as
20:35realistic as i kind of can for something that's so small that actually looks pretty darn freaking
20:40good and my idea is to have him riding the yeti nice yeah perfect hey jonathan rainey look i'm
20:48doing a different technique than i did for the walrus so it looks a bit more icy oh nice i'm definitely
20:54gonna do my eyes a little bit different to the walrus size these eyes need to look more human and a
20:59little bit more intense so i'm hand painting individual lines that are going in towards the
21:05pupil and i'm using like six different shades of blue bluey purple white for highlights i'm assuming
21:12i'm casting eyes for those yes of course yes please boom with the sugar lenses it should really really
21:19read is convincing how good those came out we're still clear i want my yeti staring down the competition
21:27i'm going to get the chimney in and sealed and we'll have to test it to make sure it doesn't leak
21:30out we're working on getting the smoke machine ready for the chimney okay what the hell and of course
21:36it won't work what the heck all right hold on i'll troubleshoot this can i start to assemble the big
21:43tree yeah okay all right you're on my main man i'm starting to paint it and then an ear crack
21:59looking around one panel four here's where you have one more panel for the tree hold on yeah what
22:05happened the chocolate was really cold right out the freezer there was a temperature shock he's spraying
22:12it and it starts to fall apart so i'm just making another tree piece real quick because it's
22:17breaking a little bit i'm just like dang this is the part that's supposed to be on the board spinning
22:23really nice and huge worst timing for something like this to happen
22:27so the big tree is all crumbling it's breaking out where oh my god francois tree broke that's
22:47horrible that's the absolute worst thing that can happen thank god it wasn't us all right let me cut
22:53there's a lot on the line it's the finale if this tree falls apart we're toast
23:06oh my god we don't have a tree anymore i feel kind of disappointed but we have to react fast we
23:12don't have time to play around because we still have to do so many things stay calm at this point
23:17in the competition how devastating is it if anything goes wrong oh to make it this far and to not win
23:24because of something breaking or falling apart very devastating we got the other trees so we'll just
23:29switch over to a medium there which is totally fine i know i've got some other trees i've made we've got
23:35backups but it's not the big tree it's just at this point it's just getting it done it's not one of the
23:39focal points we had made a point to make i made the chimney in white chocolate so i'm gonna spray orange
23:44and then score to make it looks like bricks all right i don't want to freak you guys out but yeah
23:50you have an hour left 60 minutes all right we in business camille you okay yep what you doing now
23:57piping garland trying to finish up stuff before i get started on the actual house the guys have this
24:04thing built it's go time i am the most in my element when i'm piping all of these royal icing decorations
24:13this is where i shine all right how you guys doing yeah just lots of details
24:19these tiny details might not seem like a lot but when you step back and see it that is what's going
24:27to make the difference this is almost as bad as hanging actual christmas lights but there's very little
24:34time left so i hope that we can pull this off how's that look cami that looks awesome hey bakers you
24:42got 30 minutes oh my goodness not a big deal only fifty thousand dollars up for grabs yeah no big deal
24:48i'm making the back side of santa in case we want to put him near the christmas tree inside we're going
24:54to overwhelm the judge with so many details we're going to have snow on the roof snow on the balcony
24:59pathway made in chocolate rocks looking great cami i'm going to try to get the candy canes going
25:03real quick oh yes i'm also making little christmas presents in chocolate that's going to be a
25:08chocolate bombo made with rum ganache i'm a little worried about the time we have so much work to do
25:16on it and start with stress slowly so far gently gently gently in the last 30 minutes you always
25:25feel kind of panicked i know that's not normal for francois's team but you know we always go a little
25:30bit more intricate and a bit more detailed with our designs what can i help you with elizabeth what i
25:35want you to do is to take our frame here just put the fat sausages okay on him on his legs a big
25:42mound for his body are you serious i know we talked about a baby yeti but we didn't talk about
25:50making a baby yeti in the last 25 minutes rainu is working on something she's got some wire it looks
25:56like tin foil they've only got 30 minutes and she's starting something right now why crazy to think that
26:02like that's a little ambitious your priorities to have presentable peace and then you know if you
26:09have time do something else yeah do you want me to sculpt a head for it no no no just get the body
26:14done this is a finale and this is a serious curveball i've been thrown there's still a lot of other
26:22things that need to be done too i don't know what's happening right now and i'm a little terrified
26:26rainu yes how much longer on that uh well uh we're not sure we have no time to get started on this baby
26:35eddie we got we got a lot of stuff to do over here i'm just panicking trying to get all these pieces
26:40onto the display i could definitely use the help time is ticking away can i put that tree there so
26:45that we can start put the snowman here are you sure because the tree can spin it's whatever francois
26:50wants this one but it's not as massive as the other one that's fine well okay no the snowman can spin
26:56that's fine plan b is the snowman all right like you know i still think a tree would look good because
27:04of the shape but snowman it is hey jonathan you want to put the se on now yeah yeah yeah yeah
27:14both these teams are very ambitious but do you think that they're biting off a little more than
27:20they can chew pardon the pun let's hope not but i think that's always tempting you know what you're
27:27capable of you're trying to put it all on display all at once look look look what's going on oh god
27:33oh boy he's so heavy he's very heavy holy moly yeah it's terrifying i should sit him down
27:41or he goes the other way careful don't hit your head make sure santa shows make sure his posing is
27:49good yeah that's perfect hey bakers you got 10 minutes brand new hey rainer yep i think it's time
28:02you finish that up and come on over okay i'll bring it over but i'm just going to keep on working on it
28:07while it's over here there is no time you can keep going spread buttercream please yep yeah elizabeth
28:14has too much on her plate she's airbrushing the yeti yes we have to get icing on everything there
28:22are so many details that we want on this piece trying to get all these pieces onto the display and
28:29it is chaos it looks so good the best there's not much time left and the clock is ticking i know
28:36the baby yeti isn't going to be the star focal point so there's going to be less detail on him
28:41than our main character it is what it is he an ugly baby dude what the heck literally what is going
28:50on that is just working it was spinning yeah it was it's not now why is that not going now
28:59two minutes bakers oh my god like what is happening what is going on it literally was
29:05spinning five seconds ago it's a technical nightmare right now and we cannot lose because
29:11this stuff does not work like literally it has one job turn just get that up get a bag of my buttercream
29:17please why is this not if our effects aren't working like we're toast one minute how does that look
29:26oh beautiful we are running out of time very quickly and i don't have time to get my snowflakes on the
29:30board i am just freaking out oh my god oh where's the bird it's right over here 30 seconds everyone
29:4430 seconds grab a new arm we need a different arm oh get it where the arms i don't know now right beside it
29:53you got this you got this same i got it francois get that arm out 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 hands up bakers
30:08yeah it was so chaotic at the end and i didn't put the trees on our cake looking at the display
30:27it's kind of unfinished i wanted to get five snowflakes on the board but in the chaos of
30:32trying to finish i just managed to get only three just this sucks this is the finale and just one
30:39misstep could take you out of the running and i don't want to lose i want to win that's why i'm here
30:51we gave you bakers complete creative freedom to make an unbelievable showpiece celebrating the
30:57holiday season our expectations are sky high for your creativity and technique for this challenge
31:03there is no room for error today every little details will be examined and of course your flavors
31:11have to be perfect team elizabeth you're up first
31:17so for us the holidays are all about you know a magical time and it's about helping those in need
31:23and that's exactly what we wanted our piece to represent and it also represents us on this
31:28competition as well we've kind of learned that sometimes you can have a bad day and you need to
31:33ask for help and that's what we've learned to do as a team is to rely on one another and those around
31:38us so santa claus has had a rather bad time his sleigh is broken and he's had to ask for a helping
31:45hand so his neighbors which are a family of yetis have offered to give him a ride and help him
31:50deliver all his presents the yeti is fantastic your sculpting is so precise and so realistic you've
31:58really brought this mythical creature to life i love the idea of santa on his back santa looks
32:03jolly and cheerful as usual is all the skin on the outside of the yeti is that modeling chocolates yes
32:11it holds on to the texture very well and i love that i can see all of his muscles he's very
32:16strong yes that's exactly what i look like by the way with this soft body hair included
32:24so who did the airbrushing of the back um that'd be me you did you're very talented it's amazing
32:30the way that you bring this to life i love it i do wish there were more of your beautiful snowflakes
32:36jonathan because if there were more of them hanging then i think the glowing lights would come sort of
32:41between the gaps and also through the snowflakes which would look very pretty when i look at santa
32:48face or even the the face of baby yeti it's very different you know the real shame is because the
32:54mama yeti is so detailed it's very obvious that the baby yeti is not it's a little bit harder to do that
33:01kind of detail on something that small but i agree that definitely we could have put a bit more shading
33:07on the baby yeti i noticed you had beautiful trees which i believe you made renu were they
33:13supposed to be a part of this they were yes i was sad to not see those trees where they are not
33:20into the presentation i think that would have added a lot of texture and they would just add another
33:27element of holiday to this piece well can we try it of course absolutely for our flavor it's an olive
33:34oil and lemon cake with a basil and lemon curd white chocolate basil ganache cheesecake center and
33:41then it also has a pine nut shortbread crumble so the nest is what we call in our culture machaca
33:45it's basically a crinkled filo dough that's baked three times with a custard soak has cardamom rose
33:50water and pistachios and then in the egg you will be cracking that open by take a bite and then you'll be
33:55pouring a pistachio crème inglese onto your dessert i'm gonna watch this demo wow look at that
34:05the cake is delicious i like the lemon that you put in it is very refreshing it's the kind of cake
34:10that you want after dinner when you have a holiday dinner and you need a little bit too much the cake
34:14is very tasty what's the crunch in the cake the crunch is a pine nut shortbread crumble that's it it's
34:21really delicious and the butteriness of the pine nuts just make the shortbread even more buttery
34:26and all together it's a wonderful bite the second dessert is also very delicious and i've never really
34:32had anything like it i've had a lot of phyllo desserts but not this one in particular i love
34:36that it's crunchy and caramelized on the top and then it gets softer with the custard as your fork
34:42goes down the pistachios are overpowering the rose water but i really like the cardamom flavor in
34:48there as well you guys always bring the artistry absolutely insane holiday show piece well done
34:54thank you the judges really nail us on our timing but we did such a massive massive piece and i hope
35:02we get the credit for that my heart is pounding in my chest our piece is amazing and i know the other
35:09team couldn't have recreated what we did so it's gonna be tough team francois let's go
35:18well first time when i enter into the lodge here he reminded me this moment with my parents we went
35:23on vacation in the alp for the christmas period just this image of the chalet with all the trees around
35:30it's really for me what was the meaning of christmas i think you definitely succeed to make an alpine
35:36chalet i love all the details there was a christmas tree a fire the little reef with the ribbon those are
35:44beautiful and they do have those type of balcony it's very switzerland also yes i love every single
35:52detail the wood panels the snow on the roof the path even just the texture of the chalet itself cami
36:00your piping the garlands the wreaths every little detail and that's what's so fun about
36:07the theme that you chose today it really brings together all your talents in one place this is a
36:13big risk doing something like that with no structure inside it's looking for trouble and we
36:20both know if anything go wrong it's over you're out and so nothing happened one little thing christmas
36:28tree are a lot wider on the bottom and as you go to the top they become thinner here they are pretty much
36:34almost the same size from the bottom all the way to the top so that's one thing that you know maybe
36:39you can do a little bit different i think it's very clever that you just revealed the shingles in
36:44certain areas but i do wish it wasn't just two uniform patches on either side of the roof i think
36:50it would make sense if the snow started to melt maybe around the chimney or where there would normally
36:55be warmth in a sort of patchier pattern than two perfect rectangles revealing the shingles on either
37:02side of the roof damn they're kind of picking on my two things that were part of my job do you want
37:07to cost my team the finale like what in the is this right well let's dig in so today for tasting
37:16i made a piña colada inside a cake coconut chiffon cake with a coconut milk and coconut rum and then
37:23rum ganache that is whipped with a pineapple confit and some little pieces of coconut cookie and also we're
37:30gonna have a rum raisin chocolate bonbon so you have also some texture inside the bonbon from the
37:35alps to the caribbean combination of flavor is good it's not too sweet you have all those flavor coming
37:41to you at an equal proportion it's not one more than the other is the flavor of a piña colada the coconut
37:48cookie as the crunch is perfect and the bonbon is i love rum raisin so i'm a big fan both tastings are
37:56very very good what i'm curious about is how these flavor profiles tie back to the holiday you're
38:03describing it doesn't necessarily connect to the piece you've made it's just the warm the warm of
38:10the rums especially the rum raisin usually you find them in the the bread pudding and things like that
38:16and i really wanted to make it the boys are in florida you know they're florida boys and they don't get
38:23a chance to go to a chalet probably every christmas so it shows a little bit of them too cami thank you
38:32francois cami nils your show pieces are always incredible and your flavors are always fantastic
38:39well done thank you thank you come on another bon bon
38:44the rest of mine was good it is good yeah it was good
38:49bakers congratulations your show pieces were absolutely stunning we expected nothing less though
38:58but only one team will be walking away with the fifty thousand dollars
39:02judges judges you have a very difficult decision to make yes you do good luck
39:15yolanda who is the champion of sweet empire
39:20i just want to say that all six of you are extremely talented in your own right and together
39:26you comprise two empires that pack a powerful punch the winner of sweet empire is
39:34francois francois cami and nils
39:55good job you guys i'm shocked i'm so surprised
39:59we did it we did it god you guys did awesome love you guys yeah you were awesome a little bit
40:07disappointed but i'm really really proud of my team we did an amazing piece thank you
40:16so great it was such an incredible journey i learned that i can you know push myself so much
40:23and to finish by a win it's even better and i knew i picked the right people for my empire cami and nils
40:30they just you know make my empire so so strong i couldn't find better people to work with
40:37i'm very lucky i'm very very lucky i mean we really put just our childhoods our memories
40:43our stuff into that piece i just think it just felt so christmas that you couldn't deny it
40:48it all right we got it we got it
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