EPISODE #1: 12 to Start
HOST: Jesse Palmer
JUDGES: Kardea Brown,
Nancy Fuller,
Duff Goldman.
PRIZE: $25,000
PLAYERS (12)
1. SANDRO AROTINO Pastry Chef Jacksonville, FLORIDA
2. ZOE MA Pastry Chef Langley, BRITISH COLUMBIA
3. ROCHELLE DESOUZA (India) Bakery Owner Toronto, ONTARIO
4. STEVEN TRAN Chocolatier Toronto, ONTARIO
5. NICKEY BOYD (Jamaica) Pastry Chef Jacksonville, FLORIDA
6. ALEXANDRE BONNEFOL (France) Pastrhy Chef Boston, MASS.
7. KATELYN BOUTILLER Pastry Chef-Owner Salmon Arm, BRITISH COLUMBIA
8. ANNA SIMEONLDES Bakery Owner Winston-Salem, NORTH CAROLINA
9. ERICKA WELLS Pastry Chef Oakland, CALIFORNIA
10. MICHAEL BASS Pastry Chef Denver, COLORADO
11. ROBERT GONZALEZ Pastry Chef Boston, MASS.
12. SABRINA COURTEMANCHE Exe. Pastry Chef Pompano Beach, FLORIDA
PRE-HEAT CHALLENGE: Fun-Celbration.
- Inspiration baked desserts. Creating a tropical dessert & designing inspired by a tropical flower & including tropical; ingredients in 2 hours.
WINNER: Anna - won an advantage.
MAIN HEAT CHALLENGE: Spring Break Travel.
- Create a cake inspired by a spring break vacation in 3 hours.
ANNA'S ADVANTAGE: pick first of the citrus & pick Meyer Lemons.
JUDGING:
TOP 3: Alex, Sabrina, & Nickey.
WINNER: Alex.
SAFE: Anna, Sandro, Kate, Zoe, Rochelle, Robert, & Steven.
BOTTOM 2: Ericka & Michael.
ELIMINATED: Ericka.
EPISODE #2: Spring has Sprung. 11 Left.
The Scene: Jesse is gardening in his front yard.
PRE-HEAT CHALLENGE: Ube - A Purple Ingredient.
- Bake an Ube dessert for the first day of the spring equinox party which is the sun appears directly over the equator only twice/year which gives 12 hours of daylight & 12 hours of night, which you will be inspired for your dessert in 90 minutes.
(My opinion is that they spend more TV time on showing the bakers baking & Jesse appearing to talk to them which I think is VERY BORING).
WINNER: Robert - won an advantage.
MAINHEAT CHALLENGE: Floral Dome Cake.
- Feature a Spring Flower in 2 1/2 hours.
ROBERT'S ADVANTAGE: exclusive use of any flowers - he picked Lavender.
TWIST: Add an Almond Element.
JUDGING:
TOP 2: Steven & Anna.
WINNER: Steven.
SAFE: Sandro, Nickey, Alex, Kate, Sabrina, Robert, & Zoe.
BOTTOM 2: Michael & Rochelle.
ELIMINATED: Michael.
EPISODE #3: Awards Springing Up Everywhere. 10Left.
Jesse is dressed in a tuxedo waiting for an Award.
PRE-HEAT CHALLENGE: A Dozen Envelope-Shaped Hand Pies.
- Decorate your edible version in spring coloring & include berries in 90 minutes.
WINNER: Steven won the Golden Berry Award & the advantage.
MAIN HEAT CHALLENGE: Award Show Afterparty.
- Use the flavors of a sparkling wine cocktail to bake a glamourous two-tiered bubble cake & working in pairs in 3 hours.
STEVEN'S ADVANTAGE: Pick the pairs: Steven/Anna, Rochelle/Alex, Nickey/Robert, Kate/Sabrina, and Zoe/Sandro.
JUDGING:
WINNING PAIR: Rochelle & Alex.
WINNER: Kate
SAFE: Sabrina, Anna, Steven, Robert, Nickey,.
BOTTOM 2: Zoe & Sandro.
ELIMINATED: Sandro,
EPISODE #4: Earth Day: Inspired by Bugs. 9 Left.
Bugs & Flowers Decoration.
PRE-HEAT CHALLENGE: Earth Days Desserts.
- Honor creatures who are very small but play a huge part in making spring on Earth beautiful in 90 minutes.
WINNER: Alex.
MAIN HEAT CHALLENGE: A Globe. or Bake Alaska
- Different regions of the world: Artic, Desert, Mountains, Grassland in 2 hours.
JUDGING:
TOP 2: Steven & Sabrina.
WINNER: Steven - his mountain cake was beautiful.
SAFE: Kate, Nickey, Robert, Anna, & Alex.
BOTTOM 2: Zoe & Rochelle.
ELIMINATED: Zoe.
EPISODE #5: International Spring. 8 Left.
THEME: Decoration in Holi, the festival of Color in India.
PRE-HEAT CHALLENGE: Put an American spin on the Indian tradition of Holi by making inspired doughnuts & using vibrant colors of Holi and filling them with jams & pastry cream such as Saffron, Rose, Pistachio & Turmeric in 2 hours.
WINNER: Rochelle & won the advantage.
MAIN HEAT CHALLENGE: Thailand - Songkran Water Festival.
- Make Songkran Cakes featuring the national animal of Thailand, the Elephant, paired in 2 in 3 hours.
ROCHELLE'S ADVANTAGE: gets to pick her partner & picked Alex.
Nickey/Robert Steven/Anna Sabrina/Kate
- Sabrina's cake head fell.
JUDGING:
TOP 2 PAIRS: Steven/Anna and Rochelle/Alex
WINNER: Steven/Anna.
SAFE: Nickey/Robert.
BOTTOM 2: Kate & Sabrina
ELIMINATED: Sabrina - the head on her cake fell.
EPISODE #6: Going to the Prom. 7 Left.
DECORATION THEME: Prom Theme.
PRE-HEAT CHALLENGE: Corsage.
- Design a prom corsage made out of macarons in 90 minutes.
TOP 2: Kate & Anna.
WINNER: Anna.
MAIN HEAT CHALLENGE: Prom Dress.
- Cake Designer & Fashion Designer - Create desserts that have all the sparkle & movement of a spring floral gown - making prom dress tsunami cake in 2 hours.
ANNA ADVANTAGE: doesn't have to do the twist.
TWIST: add a fruit punch to your dessert.
JUDGING:
TOP 2: Rochelle & Alex
WINNER: Rochelle.
SAFE: Kate, Nickey, & Robert.
BOTTOM 2: Anna & Steven.
ELIMINATED: Anna.
EPISODE #7: April Showers. 6 Left.
THEME: April Showers.
PRE-HEAT CHALLENGE: Tea Party - Petit Fours.
- In 90 minutes make one dozen petit fours.
WINNER: Alex - won an advantage.
MAIN HEAT CHALLENGE: May Day.
- Each bake a flower wreath, made up of mini shortcakes & assemble it into the shape of a ring, decorate with lots of spring flowers & an edible maypole.
ALEX'S ADVANTAGE: get a basket full of tools only he can use.
ROCHELLE - Pineapple NICKEY - Cherries
ROBERT - Peach KATE - Blackberry
ALEX - Strawberry STEVEN - Plum.
JUDGING:
TOP #2: Kate & Robert
WINNER: Kate.
SAFE: Alex & Steven.
BOTTOM #2: Nickey & Rochelle.
ELIMINATED: Rochelle.
EPISODE #8: Derby Day Celebrations. 5 Left.
Theme: Kentucky Derby.
PRE-HEAT CHALLENGE: Mint Julep.
- Bourbon, Sugar, & Mint. Combined the iconic flavors & flamboyant colors of the jockey uniforms into a brand new dessert eclairs in 90 minutes.
NICKEY: Elderflowers, ROBERT: Original flavor
KATE: Rhubarb ALEX: Passion Fruits
STEVEN: Peach Basil.
WINNER: Nickey, finally. Won the Advantage.
MAIN HEAT CHALLENGE: Carrot, Prize for the Horse.
- Baking carrot desserts. TWIST: Can not bake a carrot cake. Decorated in Roses, add some tempered white chocolate decor in 2 hours.
NICKEY'S ADVANTAGE: declare what type of dessert & no one else can bake it.
JUDGING
TOP #2: Alex & Steven.
WINNER: Steven.
SAFE: Nickey.
BOTTOM #2: Kate & Robert.
ELIMINATED: Kate.
EPISODE #9: Music Festival. 4 Left.
FINAL 4: Nickey, Alex, Robert, & Steven.
THEME: Spring Music Festivals - Palm Springs, CA.
PRE-HEAT CHALLENGE: Flower Crowns.
- Take inspiration from the desert locale to bake succulent cupcake crowns with blooming cactus flowers & include a desert flavor in 90 minutes.
PRICKLY PEARS - Robert DATES - Alex
CHIPOLE POWER - Steven MESQUITE FLOUR - Nickey.
WINNER - Nickey - won the Advantage.
MEAT HEAT CHALLENGE: New Orleans Jazz Music.
- Make a jazzy spring entremets with a local flavor & a Louisiana treat, Sno-Ball & combine them in 2 hours.
NICKEY'S ADVANTAGE - get a 10-minute head start.
JUDGING
TOP 2: Steven & Robert - both in the finals.
WINNER: Robert.
BOTTOM 2: Nickey & Alex.
ELIMINATED: No One.
EPISODE #10: Something Borrowed. Still 4 Left.
Headed to a BAKE-0FF: between Nickey & Alex.
- A Wedding based on the saying "Something Borrowed" a dessert lent to you by Robert & Steven in 90 minutes.
NICKEY: get a dessert by Robert: Key Lime Pie,
ALEX: gets a dessert Taramune by Steven
WINNER: Nickey - Back in the finals.
ELIMINATED: Alex.
THE FINALS
PRE-HEAT CHALLENGE: Something Old
- The Wedding verse of Something Old inspired by the 3 judges in 90 minutes.
ROBERT: gets Nancy's Sandwick Pistachio Cookies,
STEVEN: gets Kardea's Buntz Lemon Lime Cake,
NICKEY: gets Duff's Tea Cake.
CONTINUE IN THE NEXT EPISODE
EPISODE #11: The Wedding. 3 Left.
The WINNER of the Pre-Heat Challenge: Steven -won the Last Advantage.
LAST MAINHEAT CHALLENGE: Bake the quintessential spring celebration Wedding Cake featuring something new: colorful stained-glass-inspired wedding cakes that will illustrate 3 themes: Birds,
Flowers, & dragonflies.
STEVEN'S ADVANTAGE: pick first then assign the other bakers.
STEVEN - Flowers, ROBERT - Birds, & NICKEY - Dragonflies.
THE WINNER IS
STEVEN - WON THE $25,000
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