SEASON #4: ASHLEE.
EPISODE #1: Let the Game Begin! 10 to Start
HOST: None.
JUDGES/HOSTS: Cynthia Stroud, Cake Designer,
Steve Hodge, Pastry Chef & Master Chocolatier,
Anna Olson, Chef & Author of Cookbooks.
PRIZE: $50,000
PLAYERS (10)
1. TIM 35 Police Atlanta, GEORGIA
2. ASHLEE 33 Medical Assistant Baltimore, MARYLAND
3. EMMA 23 Health Record Clerk Coquitlam, BRITISH COLUMBIA
4. MIKE 38 Emergency Doctor Chicago, ILLINOIS
5. ALLY 30 Stay-at-Home Mom Saskatoon, SASKATCHEWAN
6. DONNA 50 Props Builder Langley, BRITISH COLUMBIA
7. CHARLI 43 Music Teacher Jacksonville, NORTH CAROLINA
8. KRISTEN 23 Food Delivery Driver Jackson, MISSISSIPPI
9. MEREDITH 35 Stay-at-Home Mom Temple, TEXAS
10. RAPLHEAL 27 Retired Army Soldier Fayetteville, NORTH CAROLINA
FIRST TECHNIQUE TEST: Tempered Chocolate.
- Create a Tic Tac Toe board complete with 4 tempered chocolate X's & 4 O-shaped Mini Chocolate desserts in 2 1/2 hours.
JUDGING:
ONLY 6 TO BE TASTED: Ally, Donna, Tim, Charli, Kristen, & Ashlee.
SAFE: Ashlee, Tim, & Ally.
WINNER: Tim.
NOT SAFE: Meredith, Mike, Emma, & Raplheal.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: 3 hours to make a cake scape.
- Create a themed cake cape with 3 cakes.
JUDGING:
SAFE: Charli, Emma, & Mike.
TOP 2: Meredith & Donna.
WINNER: Meredith.
BOTTOM 2: Raplheal & Kristen.
ELIMINATED: Raplheal.
EPISODE #2: Thinking Outside the Bar. 9 Left,
TECHNIQUE TEST: In 2/1/2 hours Create a 3D Chocolate Bar with Nougat filling. The Winner will win the Golden Whisk which they used as Immunity in the next four challenges. The judges will only taste 6.
JUDGING:
Kristen, Donna, Tim, Meredith, Chari & Ally.
TOP 3: Chari, Kristen & Tim.
WINNER: Tim with his Teddy Bear - won the Golden Whisk & Immunity.
SAFE: Chari & Kristen.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Create a plated dessert that pairs chocolate & cheese in 2 1/2 hours.
Emma - Parmigiano Reggiano Mike - Gruyere
Meredith - Goat Cheese Ashlee - Age White Cheddar
Ally -Manchego Donna - Triple Cream Brie.
JUDGING:
TOP 2: Meredith & Ally.
WINNER: Ally.
SAFE: Emma & Mike.
BOTTOM 2: Ashlee & Donna.
ELIMINATED: Donna.
EPISODE #3" Pie Society. 8 Left.
TECHNIQUE TEST: In 2 1/2 hours Create a chocolate pie with an artistic crust.
- Tim still does not use his Golden Whisk.
TOP 3: Emma, Ally, & Mike.
WINNER: Ally.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Create a plated dessert favoring the taste bud.
- MEREDITH - Sour, TIM - Spicy, AHLEE - Bitter, KRISTEN - Savoury, & CHARLI - Salty.
WINNER: Kristen.
BOTTOM 2: Ashlee & Meredith.
ELIMINATED: Meredith.
EPISODE #4: Best Fruit Forward. 7 Left.
TECHNIQUE TEST: Pate de Fruits.
- In 2 1/2 hours Create a chocolate form bejeweled with Pate de Fruit & accompanying desserts.
TASTED ONLY 5 & ONLY 2 WILL SAFE.
- Tim used his Golden Whisk leaving only 1 safe.
TO BE TASTED: Charli, Mike, Ashlee, Ally & Emma.
WINNER: Emma & to be Safe with Tim.
CHOCOLATE ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:
- In 2 hours Create 3 Entremets that look & taste like some fruit.
- KRISTEN - Cherry, CHARLI - Mango, ALLY - Lemon, ASHLEE - Coconut, & MIKE - Pear.
JUDGING:
TOP 2: Kristen & Mike.
WINNER: Mike.
BOTTOM 3: Ashlee, Charli & Ally.
ELIMINATED: Charli.
EPISODE #5: World of Flavor. 6 Left.
TECHNIQUE TEST: Meringue
- Working in pairs, Create a themed meringue tower and six meringue desserts in 2 hours & 45 minutes.
Emma & Ashley, Kristen & Ally, Mike & Tim.
WINNING TEAM: Kristen & Ally - won an advantage.
ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Received postcards from home.
- Flavorful adventure. Create a plated chocolate dessert highlighting ingredients from the international pantry. 2 1/2 hours.
Tim - Blue Corn, Ally - Sumac, Kristen - Wattle seed, Emma - Black Sesame Paste, Mike - Adzuki
Kristen & Alley's Advantage - will receive help from the judges.
JUDGING:
SAFE: Mike & Kristen.
TOP 2: Tim & Ashlee
WINNER: Ashlee.
BOTTOM 2: Ally & Emma.
ELIMINATED: Ally.
EPISODE #6: Light, Camera, Chocolate. 5 Left.
TECHNIQUE TEST: Making Bread.
The dessert Deli Bread looks of a classic sandwich transformed into a chocolate dessert in 2 1/2 hours will win a special advantage.
WINNER: Tim - with his burger.
CHOCOLATE ELIMINATION CHALLENGE:
- Create a plated chocolate dessert inspired by the iconic film genre in 2 hours.
Kristen - Musical, Emma - Western, Mike - Animated Film, Tim - Sci-Fi, & Ashlee - Mystery.
JUDGING:
SAFE: Mike.
TOP 2: Tim, & Ashlee.
WINNER: Ashlee.
BOTTOM 2: Kristen & Emma.
ELIMINATED: Emma - didn't make chocolate the star of her dessert.
EPISODE #7: Sweet Suspensions. 4 Left.
FINAL 4: Kristen, Ashelee, Tim, & Mike.
FINAL TECHNIQUE TEST: Dessert Terrarium.
- Create a themed chocolate trifle terrarium in 3 hours.
KRISTEN: Desert Heat, Mike: Magical Garden, ASHLEE: It's a Jungle out There, &
TIM: Life on Mars.
WINNER: Mike - won the advantage.
FINAL ELIMINATION CHALLENGE: Sweet Suspensions.
- Create a 3-tiered suspension cake in 3 hours.
TIM: Crystals, ASHLEE: Geometry, MIKE: Art, & KRISTEN: Bubbles.
JUDGING:
TOP 2: going to the finals - Kristen & Ashlee.
BOTTOM 2: Tim & Mile.
ELIMINATED: Tim.
EPISODE #8: A Tale of Three Bakers. 3 Left.
THE FINALE: Ashlee, Mike, & Kristen.
$50,000
THE FINAL CHALLENGE: Tell your story through baking story in 4 delicious dessert chapters:
1) First Dessert you made - in a humble beginning,
2) Sweet Tribute to someone you loves,
3) Judges' Choice: Kristen - Frasier Cake,
Ashlee - Black Forest Cake,
Mike - Marjolaine.
4) Final a Stunning Showpiece in 7 hours.
- Help from previous winners: Ashlee gets Casey S-1 winner
Mike gets Latice S-2,
Kristen gets Maile S-3.
THE WINNER IS ASHLEE - WON THE $50,000.
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