EPISODE #1: Christmas Cookies. 4 Couples to Start.
HOST; Eddie Jackson,
Ree Drummond.
PRIZE: $10,000
JUDGE: None.
PLAYERS (4 Couples)
1. JOE & DANIELLE McLEAREN Married --------------------
2. BRETTVANDERBROOK/LUKE Engaged LOUISANA
3. AIMEE & JONATHAN HINES Married ------------------
4. SELENA & ANTAVIS DENNIS Married FLORIDA
DECORATING CHALLENGE - Create 2 personalized gift tags, 1 representing you and the other representing your loved ones. Your partner will make two & must match yours in 90 minutes.
ELIMINATED: Aimee & Johnathan
DISPLAY CHALLENGE - Snowball Fight. Create holiday characters and them a cookie fortress and must be 6" tall in 2 1/2 hours.
THE WINNERS ARE DANIELLE & JOE $10,000 AND THE GOLDEN ORNAMENT.
EPISODE #2: Gingerbread Parties and Downtown North Pole. 5 to Start.
PLAYERS (5)
1. CHAD STONE Owner -----------------
2. LINDSAY DEIBLER Interior Decorator -------------------
3. JORGE CRUZ Architect -------------------
4. MARK LIE 3D Art Director -------------------
5. SHARON BUCKWELL 66 yrs. old Baker -------------------
DECORATING CHALLENGES - 5 Costume Designers will Create 2 gingerbread partygoers, each dressed up in a different Christmas costume in 90 minutes. 2 will be eliminated.
ELIMINATED - Sharon - didn't taste too good, was slow,
Lindsay - wasn't neat in her designs.
DISPLAY CHALLENGE - Construct one building that could exist in the North Pole's downtown district, also, include 2 characters in the display. INGREDIENTS TS: Licorice, Root Beer Barrels, Butterscotch candies, and Malt Balls.
THE WINNER IS CHAD - WHO WON $10,000 & THE GOLDEN ORNAMENT.
EPISODE #3: Crafty Christmas. 5 To Start.
PLAYERS (5)
1. BETH HENNINGTON Bakery Owner MISSISSIPPI
2. RABIHA SAMI Rookie via Pakistan ------------------
3. CORY JONES Home Baker Unadilla, GEORGIA
4. ALLI HARRIS " " -------------------------
5. MEREDYTH ROTLISBERGER Bakery Owner -------------------------
DECORATING CHALLENGE - Bakes version of string art in 2 hours by making a realistic wooden board look.
ELIMINATED - Cory & Rabiha.
DISPLAY CHALLENGE - Make a Christmas Carousel out of cookies in a 3D model that must be 8" tall & use two different doughs in 4 hours.
THE WINNER IS BETH OF $10,000 & THE GOLDEN ORNAMENT.
EPISODE #4: Christmas Roots. 5 to Start
PLAYERS (5)
1. KELLI BRILL Bakery Owner San Fransico, CALIFORNIA
2. HUONG NGUYEN Bakery Owner via Viet Nam New Orleans, LOUISANA
3. FRESCIA MALONE Electrical Engineer --------------------------
4. KAYLA BLOCK Therapist ---------------------
5. JAY ANTHONY IRIZARRY Owner via Puerto Rico Bronx, NEW YORK
DECORATING CHALLENGE - Make cookies that tells the story of what The Clauses were in 90 minutes.
ELIMINATED - Jay Anthony & Frescia.
DISPLAY CHALLENGE - Build a house out of cookies for a special resident, A Christmas Tree, A Greenhouse in 2 1/2 hours with lots of light & entirely out of glass.
THE WINNER IS: KELLIE OF $10,000 & THE GOLDEN ORNAMENT.
EPISODE #5: Our Better Angels. 5 to Start.
TEAMS
1. MITZI TORGERSEN Cookie Educator UTAH
2. SIM CHOPRA Bakery Owner via New Delhi, India New York City, NEW YORK
3. JONAH GERSHON College Student -------------------------
4. SARA HEMENWAY Bakery Owner Lola, MONTANA
5. LARISSA CODR " " Omaha, NEBRASKA
DECORATING CHALLENGE - Create one cookie that shows someone who might earn a spot on Santa's Nice List, and one cookie that shows them on his Naughty List will win $10,000 in 90 minutes.
ELIMINATED - Jonah & Mitzi.
DISPLAY CHALLENGE - The Christmas Angel Figurine.
- Create a standing angel figurine, which must be 8" tall, and decorated 360 degrees. SPIRITS - White Chocolate Liquor, Mezcal, Honey Liquor, and Cinnamon Schnapps in 2 1/2 hours.
THE WINNER IS LARISSA - WHO WON $10,000 & THE GOLDEN ORNAMENT.
EPISODE #6: Christmas Then and Now. 5 to Start.
TEAMS
1. LAUREN JACOBS Hobby Baker --------------
2. GERRYANNE BOHN Bakery owner WASHINGTON
3. BREANNA ANDERSON " " -----------------
4. ANDREA DE GORTARI " " Houston, TEXAS
5. FRED CSIBI-LEVIN Pastry Chef --------------------
CHALLENGE - Create 2 different cookies showing how Christmas might have been celebrated in pre-historic times in 90 minutes.
ELIMINATED - Breanna & Fred.
DISPLAY CHALLENGE - Santa Sleigh
- Build a 3D vehicle for a North Pole residence. Choose a Christmas characters & customize your vehicle in 2 1/1 hours.
THE WINNER IS ANDREA & HER MRS. CLAUS & HER SCOOTER.
ESIPODE #7: Wacky Christmas. 5 to Start
TEAMS
1. DANIELLE AMARAL Bakery Owner San Diego, CALIFORNIA
2. JESSICA LUTOVSKY " " Pacific Northwest
3. MARISSA SANTACRUZ " " ---------------------
4. PATRICIA LONG Home Baker from Slovakia
5. EUGENIA OPUDA " " -------------------
CHALLENGE - Cookie Comics.
- Design 3 panels that tell a story about Christmas Characters in comics in 90 minutes.
ELIMINATED - Marissa & Eugenia.
DISPLAY CHALLENGE - The Titantic Tree.
- Make over-sized ornaments out of cookies using the Ingredient - Sesame Seeds, Pumpkin Seeds,
Sunflower Seeds, and pine Nuts in 2 1/2 hours.
THE WINNER IS PATRICIA - WHO WON $10,00 & GOLDEN ORNAMENT.
ESIPODE #8: Christmas Behind the Scenes. 5 to Start.
TEAMS
1. LIZ SHIM Social Media Creator Katy, TEXAS
2. ALICIA JOOS Pastry Chef ---------------
3. NICK NAPIERALA Art Teacher Buffalo, NEW YORK
4. SAMATHA BAUGHMAN Home Baker Murfreesboro, TENNESSEE
5. WENDY ALBA " " Newman, GEORGIA
CHALLENGE - Create two Christmas Characters and imaging how they spend Dec. 26 in 90 minutes.
ELIMINATED - Samantha & Alicia.
DISPLAY CHALLENGE - Rooftop Scene.
- Build a 3D Rooftop scene that reveals something going on just above your head Using Ingredients - Peppermint Bark, Honeycomb Candy, or English Toffee in 2 1/2 hours.
THE WINNER IS WENDY - WHO WON THE $10,000 & GOLDEN ORNAMENT.
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