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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 more 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 all the
00:26pressure and savor the 50 000 prize elizabeth we're coming for you this is sweet empire yours truly lord
00:38gingerton well here we have it the final two empires how you guys feeling very good fantastic excited
00:47francois you're the rookie of the group right yes it's my first appearance did you think you
00:53make it this far no i pack only for a week so how do you think it is that your team has made it this
01:03far well i think i picked the best people i could find we just work as a great team because we use
01:10the best of feature i cannot believe we're in the finale i was like this close to being sent home in
01:18the first challenge this all seems so surreal our empire is flying a little bit under the radar so
01:24we're ready for a breakout in the finale elizabeth how does it feel to get your empire this far in the
01:29competition honestly i i'm i'm shocked everyone here is so so good i know obviously everyone always
01:37wants to win my motivation for this one is about being recognized for the skill that i have and that
01:42my empire has so i do want to win this our empire has really come a long way we're going to make
01:49magic fifty thousand dollars is on the line but more importantly the winner of sweet empire we want
01:54that title so it all comes down to this last challenge both empires have battled their way to the top
02:02and now an epic showdown awaits the winning empire today will walk away with fifty thousand dollars
02:09so let's cut to the chase for the first time ever we're giving you complete creative freedom
02:20let your imaginations run wild we want to see the strengths of your empire presented in your
02:25creation this isn't just a showpiece this is your empire's grand finale this challenge has no rules
02:34it's just do whatever you want this is the hardest thing about this because there's so many ideas in my
02:39head and we had to come up with something and stick with one thing the judges want to see remarkable
02:44creativity incredible technique and a tasting element worthy of this stage in the game now show us a
02:51holiday world only your empire could create you've got 11 hours to create your show piece and for the last
02:58time your time starts now all right all right this is the big show we're in the finale oh wild i seriously
03:10can't believe it what is christmas for you what's the strength of the empire we're good on chocolate
03:17we're good on cake we have to mix all of this yeah we definitely have to make a mix of everything let's do
03:22it well i remember christmas vacation with my parents and we were in a chalet in the alb and this
03:28chalet like warmed my heart all the time i see it the wood texture and we were building the snowman
03:35with my brother i remember this huge you know christmas tree that was everywhere the pine tree
03:41so i think we should try to do a chalet yes with a snowman on the front and a pine tree you know
03:47we're gonna be making a chocolate chalet it'll have a chimney we're gonna try to have some smoke coming out
03:51of it we'll have a giant chocolate tree it's gonna be spinning we're not gonna use any support
03:55structure and it's a risk the house could fall at any given time but you're trying to impress
04:00the judges right so we are going to do a technically difficult build that nobody else could do sounds
04:07good i've never had christmas in the alps so i i'm willing to go there with you guys this journey is
04:14like a roller coaster we have the upper end on this challenge because we're working so good together
04:19we're gonna win this challenge for sure let's do it i'm ready we need a story and how it correlates
04:25back to us or growth as a team well i mean i know what that is obviously like it's i know it sounds
04:29it 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
04:40help is always there yeah so what about if santa claus is in a predicament where he needs help
04:44we could do the yeti carrying center's sack and center could be like on his back on his back
04:52that our piece we're gonna have a 3d sculpted yeti carrying center's bag on his back we want to have
05:00a gorgeous background we're gonna have a really cool archway we're also gonna have a little baby
05:05yeti trekking along on the journey this is the finale and we want to win so you're meant to go big and
05:12create something that no one else can create that's the whole point all right i think we got
05:17a plan yeah that sounds good i think so i'm just gonna go into casting these big pieces because we
05:24have to get them set i'm gonna make royal icing and so we can make all of the little royal icing
05:30decorations i'm making the coconut cake right now perfect i think what difference my team and elizabeth
05:36team on term of leadership is i don't push them as much i let them feel comfortable i let them feel
05:42doing what they do the best this is my royal icing ready to start piping accent pieces kami is gonna
05:49decorate the whole house we got to make walls roofs support bars everything is made out of chocolate
05:54there's no support structure in there other than chocolate it's like building an actual house
05:59nia's gonna make all the cutting for the chocolate and i'm gonna make all the recipes i want to build a
06:05cake that's gonna look like a pina colada so my goal is to have a coconut and rum ganache with a
06:10pineapple confit and a chiffon cake with coconuts i'm making like a tropical cocktail inside a snowman
06:17so to reinforce the taste of the coconut i'm gonna add some coconut flakes that already toasted it's
06:23almost like cold and hot too much contrast maybe so it's a big risk but i think risk always paid off
06:29if it works everyone knows what they're working on yep i'm getting started on the tasting element
06:34elizabeth per usual awesome i'm going to start stacking some cake okay yeah i'm going to pour
06:39all the chocolate for our piece we're going to try to focus on making sure we really make the use of
06:45everyone's skills oh i can't believe this is the finale i'm going to start focusing on the yeti because
06:52he's so big i'm just making a few jingle bells rainu's going to be focusing on showcasing her awesome
06:58chocolate skills 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 sugar sugar sugar sugar and of course
07:08we're going to put to use jonathan's sugar skills he's going to be blowing sugar ornaments making
07:13snowflakes for us and he's also going to be doing both tastings this is definitely a group effort
07:19so i think my taste element i'm going for an olive oil lemon cake okay with a lemon basil curd
07:23a white chocolate basil ganache and then we're going to do a cheesecake layer and then we're also going
07:27to do a pine nut shortbread crumble that sounds delicious this final challenge is fairly daunting
07:34there are so many aspects that need to get done i'm going to create jingle bells as we've seen before
07:41a little bird to go in the bird's nest directional signs for the north pole and some chocolate trees
07:47it's going to be stretched for me to try to help out once my chocolate jobs are done it's pretty tricky
07:52timing wise but i do trust that elizabeth does know that so i trust the process
08:01i'm making all the little decoration pieces for the snowman so he's got to have a top hat and little
08:08cold buttons giant christmas trees we're making this huge christmas tree that's gonna spin the front
08:16of the house on the first challenge i made a big tree and because i didn't have time to finish it on the
08:21first one i felt like i could have done better and that's the time to do my revenge for myself
08:26it's really a big tree that we have to fill up so i want to make sure that we have at least
08:30five six seven trees on it so it's gonna look full all right trees are done they're just gonna set
08:36they'll be in they'll be in the freezer for you quick francois good you guys i'm carving the snowman now
08:43all right i'm excited for the snowman
08:48so 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
08:57i'm making some line of chocolate and then i'm making other line of chocolate and i cross them
09:01together so it gives you this aspect i'm starting my other dessert it's a crinkle philo dessert in our
09:07culture we all call it maachaka but it means like wrinkled for my second tasting element i'm doing
09:12something that's classic to my culture and my dad's absolute favorite dessert i make it every
09:16christmas for him it looks just like a bird's nest all right i'm going to start some of those eggs
09:19jonathan yes for the little surprise treat and to make it more interactive i'm going to be making a
09:25pistachio creme anglaise sauce and reina is going to be making these chocolate eggs that we're going to
09:29fill with our sauce and when the judges go to eat their dessert they get to bite the egg and pour the
09:33sauce right all over the dessert it's the finale so i got to give everything brow bones little narrow
09:40bridge for the nose i'm just adding texture to the eyebrows okay great because he is an abominable
09:46snowman obviously there is differences like some skin texture and then the first starts
09:51so i really want to make sure that that reads i've never ever sculpted a yeti before ever so this is
09:58definitely a challenge on a personal level but i want to make sure it looks like a believable yeti
10:04he's pretty muscly so i don't think he would be like podgy i'm trying to make sure that i have both
10:09the elements of human-like muscular structures as well as primate because that's kind of what it's
10:15meant to be is like this in-between kind of missing link so to speak i also use two different colors of
10:20modeling chocolate because this is the fleshy that's going to be like the skin oh smart and then we have
10:24the white contrast for the fur yeah every detail counts are you ready to assemble now yeah man i'm just
10:31marking so we know exactly where everything's going to lay got it all laid out i got the instructions
10:35we're going to need the side panel first bring that over drop it right on there and i'll hold it
10:41while you get the others piece
10:51this is the most ambitious chocolate build i've ever attempted as far as time constraints the pressure on
10:57it square it up you're good and i'll hold this while you get the other side panel ready you have
11:02to have a good foundation you have to reinforce certain parts of the house
11:09wait wait i got space all right let me tell you dope you have to make sure everything's connected
11:14properly all right i got this side up it's getting set ready to put the back on we just got to make
11:20sure it's like right on point you know what i'm saying and then you have to hope it holds you know
11:24it's construction just in chocolate this is gonna be so fragile oh yeah i don't want to do that do what
11:35oh sketchy at best
11:41okay i'm over here are you on yeah okay all right the piping bags right there stress levels up i know
11:49the risk of this francois knows the risk of it cammy doesn't know the risk of it but we're gonna
11:54not tell her that and um we're gonna roll the dice we gotta go big this thing's gonna have to support
12:0030 pounds of chocolate with just chocolate francois team is making a piece standing on its
12:05own with chocolate which is very precarious anything can happen and anything can break
12:10i would not make something that big so these are the cross beams that are going to hold the weight of
12:14the roof since the roof is made of chocolate it is quite heavy it's taking a while to do this
12:20chocolate structure and we have so much work to do on it so we have to work fast but also we have to
12:25be steady this is the 30s we're gonna get we can go roof time whenever you're ready if this fall i'm
12:30going home for sheriff
12:41here we go should be good now
12:45i think we're good it's always interesting to see what people are doing it for cammy what would
12:49it mean for you to win this you know i've said it a million times my job gets look or our job really
12:56gets viewed as a hobby that is by a lot of people very true and to see that you can come on here and
13:01make something amazing with your friends it makes a huge difference i walked in not having a ton of
13:08confidence in myself but i came from the bottom and worked my way up to the finale i am ready to win
13:16and show that i do have skill i need to prove my worth now what about you it's for my kids family
13:23everybody believed in me you know after certain things happen in life it really shifts your
13:27perspective the last few years of my life were kind of tough when i was 37 i had to have emergency
13:33surgery to drain fluid out of my heart i almost died like legitimately there was a real possibility
13:38of that and um it changes everything i just want to show my kids that you can't give up like if you
13:44really want something it may not be the first one two three ten years you know you just have to stick
13:50with it and that perseverance matters francis what about you oh directly for my daughter all this
13:56show all these things is just to show off to go home that she's proud of the daddy you know oh yeah
14:01no better feeling how long until it sets um two minutes hey cammy what's up babe it's crazy how
14:08you were on my empire not too long ago and here we are different empires on the on the final challenge
14:14i was at the very bottom and you saved me you did i knew i should have sent her home no i'm just joking
14:20and here we are i'm glad to see you here with me thanks babe i owe a lot to jonathan he saved me
14:27from the first challenge and i'm very thankful but i'm really excited to take them down
14:32i am so confident she's confident elizabeth's team is strong we just have to bring everything
14:40that we have in our arsenal to make our project over the top it's go time may the best team win
14:47we will oh i will say it's definitely a different vibe from the first challenge i joined you two on
14:55i think we're just having fun now we're just enjoying what we're creating yeah i think it's
14:58showing in our in our pieces yeah the judges said you know you've got to work as a team and that's what
15:03you're going to be you know judged on as well so it forced us to really reevaluate things and the way
15:10it works yeah and that i have to relinquish control more and not try to take on too much and ask for
15:18help you ask for help i know that i can rely on you guys and you'll be there yeah let's freaking go
15:23we 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
15:50it and you've got francois who can make anything out of chocolate yeah but what will they make
15:55it'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
16:07doesn't seem like the type who takes losing lightly it's also going to come down to how your empire and
16:14your team dynamics work right this is the most pressure the most is at stake today how well can
16:21your team come together in the most difficult times all right guys i think it's time for you all to go
16:27take a closer look at these final two empires let's go bring back food okay hello hello what are you
16:37working on renew their 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 light 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 scouting is beautiful yes as usual i have
17:02a quick challenge okay if i asked you to describe your team in one word what is the one word jonathan
17:08ah dang that's hard why do you put me on the spot one word yeah chaotic that's me it's courageous
17:15you just scared elizabeth chaotic that's her kryptonite chaotic courageous now you have to pick
17:21a c word i have no c words just a word oh creative creative very good see that's why i'm the leader
17:30because i'm there too and she told me which c word to use why do you need to win today what's at stake
17:37i've done one or two shows recently and i keep coming up the runner-up oh okay it wears you a
17:43little bit you're like dang it you know i'm just trying to work my butt off to help them achieve
17:48you know their goals because rain has never won a competition before either and i want to break my
17:52curse 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 for you as a
18:32cake decorator i know it's actually not something that i delve into very much in my own job so they
18:38are confident that they could build this house and i knew i could decorate it so what do you guys feel
18:43is your biggest challenge at this moment cami's got to get through a ton of piping and decorations we are
18:50relying heavily on her skill set we've got to make sure this works we got to get everything done
18:55really ultimately it's just coming together i didn't have to build a house but you do have to
18:59wait till the house is built before you just start piping right that's why it's important that you stay
19:04on track those things are going to be last minute i'm trying to stay calm cool and collected but there's
19:10so much more we need to finish up the time is ticking and we need to start decorating this chalet
19:15three hours left three hours to get into overdrive i am building my kiko's list
19:27i'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
19:45nice i've got my tasting done i've got all my sugar ornaments done i've casted my snowflakes
19:53i've gotten my lantern finished i'm doing well with my timing let me know jonathan when you want to
19:57cover the backboard i'm ready for you whenever but we are getting down to crunch time and this
20:01means i have to do everything to help the team out as much as possible me and elizabeth are covering
20:07the main backdrop and fondant we're covering the candy cane poles and then elizabeth has to do this
20:11really cool airbrush work to give it the illusion of a city if we just stay focused we can finish this
20:18however we are giving ourselves a lot to do it looks like just a blob at the moment but i'm making
20:23center's head i need a beard i need a mustache he's really small when i'm having to make this
20:31little tiny face i'm trying to make him as realistic as i kind of can for something that's so small that
20:38actually looks pretty darn freaking good and my idea is to have him riding the yeti nice yeah perfect
20:47hey jonathan rainey look i'm doing a different technique than i did for the walrus so it looks a bit more
20:51icy oh nice i'm definitely gonna do my eyes a little bit different to the walrus eyes these eyes
20:57need to look more human and a little bit more intense so i'm hand painting individual lines that
21:03are going in towards the pupil and i'm using like six different shades of blue bluey purple white for
21:10highlights i'm assuming i'm casting eyes for those yes of course yes please boom with the sugar lenses it
21:18should really really read as convincing how good those came out we're still clear i want my yeti
21:24staring down the competition i'm gonna get the chimney in and sealed and we'll have to test it to make
21:29sure it doesn't leak out we're working on getting the smoke machine ready for the chimney okay what the
21:34hell and of course it won't work what the heck all right hold on i'll troubleshoot this can i start to
21:42assemble the big tree yeah okay all right you're wrong my main man
21:53i'm starting to paint it and then i need a crack
21:59looking around one panel four here's where you have one more panel for the tree hold on
22:05yeah what happened the chocolate was really cold right out the freezer there was a temperature shock
22:11he's spraying it and it starts to fall apart so i'm just making another tree piece real quick
22:16because it's breaking a little bit i'm just like dang this is the part that's supposed to be
22:22on the board spinning really nice and huge worst timing for something like this to happen
22:26so the big tree is all crumbling what do you mean it's breaking out where oh my god francois tree
22:46broke that's horrible that's the absolute worst thing that can happen thank god it wasn't us all right let me
22:53cut there'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 don't
23:12have time to play around because we still have to do so many things stay calm at this point in the
23:17competition how devastating is it if anything goes wrong oh to make it this far and to not win because
23:24of something breaking or falling apart very devastating we got the other trees so we'll
23:29just switch over to a medium there which is totally fine i know i've got some other trees i've made we've
23:34got backups but it's not the big tree it's just at this point it's just getting it done it's not one of
23:39the focal 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
23:49you have an hour left 60 minutes all right we in business coming you okay yep what you're doing now
23:57piping garland trying to finish up stuff before i get started on the actual house the guys have this
24:03thing 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 these tiny details might not
24:21seem like a lot but when you step back and see it that is what's going to make the difference this is
24:29almost as bad as hanging actual christmas lights but there's very little time left so i hope that we
24:36can pull this off how's that look cami that looks awesome hey bakers you got 30 minutes oh my goodness
24:44not a big deal only fifty thousand dollars up for grabs yeah no big deal i'm making the back side of
24:49santa in case we want to put him near the christmas tree inside we're gonna overwhelm the judge with so
24:55many details we're gonna have snow on the roof snow on the balcony pathway made in chocolate rocks looking
25:01great cami i'm gonna try to get the candy canes going real quick oh yes i'm also making little
25:06christmas presents in chocolate that's gonna be a chocolate bumble made with rum ganache
25:13i'm a little worried about the time we have so much work to do on it i'm start to stress
25:19slowly so far gently gently in the last 30 minutes you always feel kind of panicked i know that's not
25:27normal for francois's team but you know we always go a little bit more intricate and a bit more
25:32detailed with our designs what can i help you with elizabeth what i want you to do is to take our frame
25:37here just put the fat sausages okay on him on his legs a big mound for his body are you serious i
25:46know we talked about a baby yeti but we didn't talk about making a baby yeti in the last 25 minutes
25:53rainu is working on something yeah she's got some wire it looks like tin foil they've only got 30
25:58minutes and she's starting something right now why crazy to think that like that's a little
26:05ambitious your priority is to have presentable peace and then you know if you have time do
26:10something else yeah do you want me to sculpt a head for it no no no just get the body done
26:15this is a finale and this is a serious curveball i've been thrown there's still a lot of other things
26:22that 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
26:35yeti 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
26:45then we can start put the snowman here are you sure because the tree can spin it's whatever francois
26:50once this one but it's not as messy but 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
27:03of 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
27:27you're capable of you're trying to put it all on display all at once look look what's going on
27:32oh god oh boy he's so heavy he's very heavy holy moly and i'm letting go yeah it's terrifying
27:40i should sit him down or he goes the other way careful don't hit your head make sure santa shows
27:48make sure his posing is good yeah that's perfect hey bakers you got 10 minutes brand new
28:00hey rainer yep i think it's time you finish that up and come on over okay i'll bring it over but i'm just
28:06going to keep on working on it while it's over here there is no time you can keep going spread
28:11buttercream please yep yeah elizabeth has too much on her plate she's airbrushing the yeti yes we have
28:19to get icing on everything there are so many details that we want on this piece trying to get all these
28:27pieces onto the display and it is chaos it looks so good the nest there's not much time left and the
28:34clock is ticking i know the baby yeti isn't going to be the star focal point so there's going
28:39to be less detail on him than our main character it is what it is oh he an ugly baby dude what the
28:47heck literally what is going on that is just working it was spinning yeah it was it's not now
28:55why is that not going now
28:56two 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
29:24how does that look oh beautiful we are running out of time very quickly and i don't have time to
29:29get my snowflakes on the board i am just freaking out oh my god
29:39oh where's the bird it's right over here 30 seconds everyone 30 seconds grab a new arm
29:45we need a different arm oh get it where the arms i don't know now right beside it you got this you got
29:54the 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 it's
30:27kind of unfinished i wanted to get five snowflakes on the board but in the chaos of trying to finish i just
30:33managed to get only three just this sucks this is the finale and just one misstep could take you out
30:40of 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 holiday
30:57season 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 us
31:39so santa claus has had a rather bad time his sleigh is broken and he's had to ask for a helping hand
31:45so his neighbors which are a family of yetis have offered to give him a ride and help him deliver all
31:51his presents the yeti is fantastic your sculpting is so precise and so realistic you've really brought
31:58this mythical creature to life i love the idea of santa on his back santa looks jolly and cheerful as
32:05usual is all the skin on the outside of the yeti is that uh modeling chocolates yes it holds on to the
32:12texture very well and i love that i can see all of his muscles he's very oh yeah he's yes that's
32:18exactly what i look like by the way to piss off body hair included so who did the airbrushing of the
32:26back um you did you're very talented it's amazing the way that you bring this to life i love it i do
32:34wish there were more of your beautiful snowflakes jonathan because if there were more of them hanging
32:38then i think the glowing lights would come sort of between the gaps and also through the snowflakes
32:44which would look very pretty when i look at santa face or even the the face of baby yeti
32:50it's very different you know the real shame is because the mama yeti is so detailed it's very obvious
32:57that the baby yeti is not it's a little bit harder to do that kind of detail on something that small
33:04but i agree that definitely we could have put a bit more shading on the baby yeti i noticed you had
33:10beautiful trees which i believe you made renu were they supposed to be a part of this they were yes i
33:16was sad to not see those trees but they are not into the presentation i think that would have added a
33:24lot of texture and they would just add another element of holiday to this piece well can we try it of
33:31course absolutely for our flavor it's an olive oil and lemon cake with a basil and lemon curd white
33:38chocolate basil ganache cheesecake center and then it also has a pine nut shortbread crumble so the
33:43nest is what we call in our culture machaca it's basically a crinkled filo dough that's baked three
33:48times with a custard soak has cardamom rose water and pistachios and then in the egg you will be cracking
33:53that open by take a bite and then you'll be pouring a pistachio crema ingles onto your dessert
33:57i'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 see it a little bit too much the cake
34:14is very tasty what's the crunch in the cake the crunch is a pineapple shortbread crumble that's it it's
34:21really delicious and the butteriness of the pine nuts just make the shortbread even more buttery and
34:27all 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 filo desserts but not this one in particular i love that it's
34:37crunchy and caramelized on the top and then it gets softer with the custard as your fork goes down
34:42the pistachios are overpowering the rose water but i really like the cardamom flavor in there as well
34:49you guys always bring the artistry absolutely insane holiday show piece well done thank you
34:55the judges really nail us on our timing but we did such a massive massive piece and i hope we get the
35:02credit for that my heart is pounding in my chest our piece is amazing and i know the other team
35:10couldn't have recreated what we did so it's gonna be tough team francois okay let's go
35:16well first time when i enter into the lodge here he remind me this moment with my parents we went on
35:23vacation in the alp for the christmas period just this image of the chalet with all the trees around
35:29it'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 the theme that
36:07you chose today it really brings together all your talents in one place this is a big risk doing
36:14something like that with no structure inside it's looking for trouble and we both know if anything go
36:22wrong it's over you're out and so nothing happened one little thing christmas tree are a lot wider
36:30on the bottom and as you go to the top they become thinner here they are pretty much almost the same size
36:35from the bottom all the way to the top so that's one thing that you know maybe you can do a little
36:40bit different i think it's very clever that you just revealed the shingles in certain areas but i do
36:46wish it wasn't just two uniform patches on either side of the roof i think it would make sense if the
36:51snow started to melt maybe around the chimney or where there would normally be warmth in a sort of
36:56patchier pattern than two perfect rectangles revealing the shingles on either side of the roof damn
37:03they're kind of picking on my two things that were part of my job dude am i going to cost my team
37:08the finale like what is this right well let's dig in so today for tasting i made a piña colada inside
37:18a cake coconut chiffon cake with a coconut milk and coconut rum and then rum ganache that is whipped
37:24with a pineapple confit and some little pieces of coconut cookie and also we're gonna have a rum raisin
37:31chocolate bonbon so you have also some texture inside the bonbon from the alps to the caribbean
37:37combination of flavor is good it's not too sweet you have all those flavor coming to you
37:42at an equal proportion it's not one more than the other is the flavor of a piña colada the coconut
37:47cookie 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 rum especially the rum raisin usually you find them in the the bread pudding and things like that
38:15and i really wanted to make it and both of the boys are in florida you know they're florida boys
38:22and they don't get a chance to go to a chalet probably every christmas so it shows a little bit
38:27of them too cami thank you francois cami nils your show pieces are always incredible and your flavors
38:37are always fantastic well done thank you thank you i want another bonbon
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
39:33francois cami and nils
39:55good job you guys i'm shocked i'm so surprised we did it
39:59we did it yeah you guys did awesome love you guys yeah you're awesome a little bit disappointed but
40:09i'm really really proud of my team we did an amazing piece
40:14thank you merci beaucoup you guys are so great it was such an incredible journey i learned that i can
40:21you know push myself so much and to finish by a win it's even better and i knew i picked the right
40:27people for my empire cami and nils they just you know make my empire so so strong i couldn't find
40:35better people to work with i'm very lucky i'm very very lucky i mean we really put just our childhoods
40:41our memories our stuff into that piece i just think it just felt so christmas that you couldn't deny it
40:48oh all right we got it we got it
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