EPISODE #1: Returning Champs. 5 To Start.
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EPISODE #2: Self Portraits. 5 to Start.
New Season.
HOSTS: Same as Season 4 - Eddie & Ree.
PRIZE: $10,000 for every episode.
JUDGES: Only Eddie & Ree.
PLAYERS (5)
1. ABBY TUCKER Home Bakery Owner --------------------
2. SALMA TARIQ " " " ------------------
3. KAREN VALENTIN Home Baker (Puerto R New York City, NEW YORK
4. CRYSTAL WALKER " " ------------------------------
5. ALESSANDRO CARIA Home Bakery Owner (Italy) Windermere, FLORIDA
DECORATING CHALLENGE - Creating two Holiday Mug Cookies. One Mug for yourselves and the other for a family member or friend in 90 minutes.
ELIMINATED - Karen - she didn't meet the challenge,
Alessandro - Designs weren't neat.
DISPLAY CHALLENGE - Creating Cookie Self-Portraits. Theme - My Perfect Christmas. Use two doughs & Ingredients: Saffron, Butterfly Pea Tea & Beets in 2 hours.
THE WINNER IS - ABBY $10,000.
EPISODE #3: Christmas Cookie Game. 5 to Start.
PLAYERS (5)
1. KELSEY MAE Home Baker -------------------------
2. JESSICA INGEMI Pharmacy Worker -------------------------
3. CAITLIN HECKENLIABLE Home Baker ------------------------
4. BRYONI PRENTICE Caterer ----------------------
5. WES PUDWILL Human Resources ---------------------
DECORATING CHALLENGE - Make two cookies - one represents a Christmas phrase and the second is the opposite in 90 minutes.
ELIMINATED - Caitlin - ran out of time,
Wes - needs to be more refined.
DISPLAY CHALLENGE - Make a Christmas Board Game out of cookies. Include flavors - Vanilla Cream Liqueur, Peppermint Schnapps, and Creme de Cacao. in 2 1/2 hours.
THE WINNER IS - KELSEY $10,000.
EPISODE #4: A Very Retro Christmas. 5 to Start.
PLAYERS (5)
1. TAMMY HUNZIKER Bakery Owner Monterey, CALIFORNIA
2. PRISCILLA GUPANA Pediatrician -------------------------
3. AMBER BAILEY KLOVSKI Home Baker Monument, COLORADO
4. KAREN THI " " Portland, OREGON
5. NOLAN SCHOOLEY Pastry Chef Belmont, MASS.
DECORATING CHALLENGE - Design two cookies that celebrate their favorite decade with at least one character in 90 minutes.
ELIMINATED - Nolan - Too Sweet,
Amber - Too Simple.
DISPLAY CHALLENGE - Creating your version Snow Globe of a Classic Scene made from cookies - 6" tall. Ingredients - Blood Oranges, Golden Berry & Grapes. In 2 1/2 hours.
THE WINNER IS KAREN $10,000.
EPISODE #5: Christmas Chandeliers. 5 To Start.
PLAYERS (5)
1. JUSTINE BANKS Bakery Owner Las Vegas, NEVADA
2. ROBERTA COLA-MONTGOMERY " " ------------------
3. KYRA JIGANIE Bakery Owner -------------------
4. MELISSA CACHA " " ------------------
5. STEVEN VARGAS, JR. Pastry Chef Houston, TEXAS
DECORATING CHALLENGE - Fault line Cookies.
- Look like 2 layers of cookies decorated to show the inside shifting apart in 90 minutes.
ELIMINATED - Melissa - her decoration was too simple,
Steven - didn't follow the challenge - didn't have a clear fault line.
DISPLAY CHALLENGE - Christmas Chandelier.
- Build a Christmas cookie Chandelier hanging cookies from them, Use Holiday flavor from candle - Apple cider, Peppermint or Mulled Wine.
ROBERTO - Apple Cider KYRA - Mulled Wine MELISSA - Peppermint.
THE WINNER IS ROBERTO $10,000.
EPISODE #6: Present for Santa Claus. 5 To Start.
PLAYER (5)
1. RENEE TERRY Home Bakery Owner -----------------------
2. DOUG WILLIAMS " " " ----------------------
3. EMILY SOLOMAS " " " ----------------------
4. C.C. WEAVER Hobby Cookie Artist Santa Cruz, CALIFORNIA
5. KIMMY CAWKWELL Home Bakery Owner -------------------------------------
DECORATING CHALLENGE - Make cookies decorated for Santa Claus and the other Santa enjoying the gift in 90 minutes.
ELIMINATED - Doug - More Details, not enough detail on the cookies,
Kimmy - her flavors didn't come thru.
DISPLAY CHALLENGE - Ugly Sweaters.
- Make Life-Sized Sweaters out of cookies, must be 15" long and two different dough and add 3D cookies element. Must use: Star Fruit, Rambutan, or Buddha's Hand in 2 1/2 hours.
THE WINNER IS RENEE $10,000.
Again, another Black baker DID NOT win.
EPISODE #7: Tsunami Cookies. 5 To Start
PLAYERS
1. LAUREN RAVAN Social Media Influencer -----------------------
2. ASHA HOPSON Pastry Chef ------------------------
3. MARIANNA MONTES DE OCA Home Baker originally from El Salvador
4. ERNEST STRICKLAND Bakery Owner -----------------------
5. MEGAN NUNEZ Home Baker ----------------------
DECORATING CHALLENGE - Create two Christmas Wreath cookies in 90 minutes.
ELIMINATED - Asha - her piping was terrible. (Another Black eliminated),
Mariana - her two wreaths - was the same.
DISPLAY CHALLENGE - Create a Christmas Pull Up Cookies Display with icing falling over the display. Use these flavors - Carrot, Coconuts & Pistachio in 2 1/2 hours.
THE WINNER IS - MEGAN $10,000.
EPISODE #8: Reindeer Auditions. 5 to Start.
PLAYERS (5)
1. JANAE BARCUS Bakery Owner ---------------------------
2. BECKY O'DOWD Home Bakery Owner ---------------------------
3. SAM OPENBOSCH Bakery Owner ------------------
4. BENJAMIN CASTILLO " " ------------------
5. VALENTINA D'AQUINO " " ---------------
DECORATING CHALLENGE - Brand New Helper for Santa in 90 minutes. Two New Sleigh pullers that show off for the job.
ELIMINATED - Becky - Her Giraffe cookie was rushed,
Ben - didn't have much flavor & unbaked.
DISPLAY CHALLENGE - Snowman
- Made out of cookies, must be 8" tall & 3D with a round shape. Must include frozen fruit: Strawberry, Blueberries, Blackberries, and Raspberries in 2 1/2 hours.
THE WINNER IS SAM $10,000.
END OF SERIES!
