1 00:00:01,500 --> 00:00:03,066 [Jonathan] This season on Halloween Wars, 2 00:00:03,066 --> 00:00:06,066 -we take scary to a whole other level... -[crow cawing] 3 00:00:06,066 --> 00:00:08,300 ...as we celebrate the beasts, 4 00:00:08,300 --> 00:00:10,066 the baddies, 5 00:00:10,066 --> 00:00:12,200 the monsters. 6 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:15,200 And for the first time ever, each team will be captained 7 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,400 by one of our very own all-stars, 8 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,800 eight former champions looking to stake their claim 9 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,367 in the Halloween Wars hall of fame. 10 00:00:24,367 --> 00:00:25,333 [Shellane] I'm an all-star, you know? 11 00:00:25,333 --> 00:00:28,200 You have to bring it every single challenge. 12 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:30,000 [Jonathan] The displays get bigger. 13 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 [man] No, no, no. 14 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,867 [Jonathan] And the monsters become even more terrifying. 15 00:00:35,867 --> 00:00:38,900 -She's creepy AF. -[laughter] 16 00:00:38,900 --> 00:00:42,066 [Jonathan] Brace yourselves for a monstrously good time. 17 00:00:42,066 --> 00:00:43,700 Why? 18 00:00:43,700 --> 00:00:48,000 The most heart-pounding season of Halloween Wars All-Stars starts right now. 19 00:00:50,467 --> 00:00:53,867 Bone Battalion, Two Ghouls and a Butcher, 20 00:00:53,867 --> 00:00:56,867 Delectable Demons, and Scream of the Crop. 21 00:00:56,867 --> 00:01:00,867 To survive today's battle, you must impress our judges, 22 00:01:00,867 --> 00:01:06,300 award-winning cake artist, design and decor guru, Shinmin Li, 23 00:01:06,300 --> 00:01:10,166 and master culinary storyteller, chef and author, 24 00:01:10,166 --> 00:01:11,266 Aarti Sequeira. 25 00:01:11,266 --> 00:01:13,500 -Hi, everybody. -[cheering, applause] 26 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:16,900 Some beasts are just born that way. 27 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:22,567 But some are just regular people that become tortured souls. 28 00:01:22,567 --> 00:01:26,767 In your first challenge, we want you to capture the moment of mayhem 29 00:01:26,767 --> 00:01:30,867 where a mild-mannered mortal turns into the wildest, 30 00:01:30,867 --> 00:01:34,166 most unique monster you can imagine 31 00:01:34,166 --> 00:01:37,367 at the absolute worst possible time. 32 00:01:37,367 --> 00:01:39,700 -[laughter] -[chuckles] Oh, great. 33 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:44,900 Each display must have at least two distinct, fully realized characters. 34 00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:48,967 And to represent that devious duality in a tasting element, 35 00:01:48,967 --> 00:01:52,467 you've been randomly assigned two opposing flavors 36 00:01:52,467 --> 00:01:57,900 you must successfully combine into a singular sweet treat. 37 00:01:58,667 --> 00:02:02,233 Scream of the Crop, you get miso and maple. 38 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:07,166 Bone Battalion, cheese and honey. 39 00:02:07,166 --> 00:02:08,767 Oh. 40 00:02:08,767 --> 00:02:13,000 Two Ghouls and a Butcher, chocolate and onion. 41 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,600 -What? -[laughter, scoffing] 42 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:16,967 -That's mean, Jonathan. -That's very mean. 43 00:02:16,967 --> 00:02:20,066 -[laughter] -Oh, my gosh. 44 00:02:20,066 --> 00:02:24,533 [Jonathan] And Delectable Demons, peaches and sage. 45 00:02:25,266 --> 00:02:27,500 That is a lot to handle. 46 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:28,433 But don't panic. 47 00:02:28,433 --> 00:02:31,000 Each team will be given one baking assistant 48 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:33,000 to help you keep your heads. 49 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,667 -Yes. -Oh, good. 50 00:02:34,667 --> 00:02:37,600 You've got seven hours. Go. 51 00:02:39,266 --> 00:02:41,066 -All right. Let's do this, guys. -All right, guys. 52 00:02:41,066 --> 00:02:43,800 -What if we went with a baby? -What? 53 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,166 What if, like, the most opportune moment would be 54 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:49,367 -something, like, in the bathroom? -[Lincoln] On the toilet? 55 00:02:49,367 --> 00:02:52,100 [Reva] Our team's the Bone Battalion. 56 00:02:52,100 --> 00:02:54,066 So, maybe they could be in a bathtub. 57 00:02:54,066 --> 00:02:56,000 [Lincoln] I like the idea in the bathtub. 58 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,867 My name is Reva. I'm here to do some sugar work. 59 00:02:58,867 --> 00:03:01,066 I won on Season 9. 60 00:03:01,066 --> 00:03:03,767 There's got to be another element because it needs to be a surprise. 61 00:03:03,767 --> 00:03:05,600 So, what would be in her bathroom with her. 62 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:07,567 When I'm in a bathtub, in the shower. 63 00:03:07,567 --> 00:03:09,600 uh, my pet always accompany me. 64 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:12,367 [Reva] So, we decide on a bewitched bathtub 65 00:03:12,367 --> 00:03:15,600 with a lady transforming into a sea creature. 66 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,700 This happens because she had a mysterious bottle of bubble bath 67 00:03:19,700 --> 00:03:22,300 that she decided to use on Halloween night. 68 00:03:22,300 --> 00:03:25,500 What do you think of a vampire? Like, someone getting bit by a vampire. 69 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:27,867 This is bigger. We gotta do something different. 70 00:03:27,867 --> 00:03:29,100 Something that's never been done. 71 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:31,767 [Briea] Our team is Delectable Demons. 72 00:03:31,767 --> 00:03:32,900 My name is Briea Lowe. 73 00:03:32,900 --> 00:03:35,000 I'm doing your sugar. I won Season 4. 74 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,667 Maybe somebody turns into something like a scientist or something, like... 75 00:03:38,667 --> 00:03:40,266 [gasps] I love science. 76 00:03:40,266 --> 00:03:44,200 So, our story is, a mad scientist lab is 77 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,100 infested with a bunch of beetles. 78 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:50,867 He would love to make a chemical that would take care of his problem, 79 00:03:50,867 --> 00:03:55,066 but instead, it explodes, and turns his assistant 80 00:03:55,066 --> 00:03:57,867 into one of the infestations. 81 00:03:57,867 --> 00:04:01,266 Okay. So, there's an Irish monster called the nuckelavee. 82 00:04:01,266 --> 00:04:04,000 -What's that? -[Kyle] It's a centaur where the rider 83 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,800 is coming out of the center of the spine of the horse... 84 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:08,400 -[Sarah] Oh, that's cool. -...and it's skinless. 85 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,767 [Kyle] The name of our team is Scream of the Crop. 86 00:04:10,767 --> 00:04:13,567 My name is Kyle Miller. I'm a cake artist. 87 00:04:13,567 --> 00:04:16,166 I won Season 4 with Briea. 88 00:04:16,166 --> 00:04:19,100 Our display is a clown that didn't like his life. 89 00:04:19,100 --> 00:04:23,100 So, he opened a Necronomicon, summoned a portal that transformed 90 00:04:23,100 --> 00:04:27,834 his best friend, a cowboy, into a nuckelavee while he's at the rodeo. 91 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:29,600 Werewolf. That's classy. 92 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,500 -Werewolf, that is the beast transforming. -You can never go wrong... 93 00:04:31,500 --> 00:04:32,433 Let's do a werewolf. 94 00:04:32,433 --> 00:04:34,266 [Emerlie] He has to be mid-transformation. 95 00:04:34,266 --> 00:04:36,967 -So, that's something... -Oh, mid. So, it has to be half-human. Okay. 96 00:04:36,967 --> 00:04:39,467 [Shellane] Our team's name is Two Ghouls and a Butcher. 97 00:04:39,467 --> 00:04:41,500 My name is Shellane. I'm the cake artist. 98 00:04:41,500 --> 00:04:43,900 I won Season 11. 99 00:04:43,900 --> 00:04:48,166 Our piece is a teen werewolf who goes out with his friends 100 00:04:48,166 --> 00:04:49,533 to record some content. 101 00:04:49,533 --> 00:04:53,100 The moon comes up. He starts contorting. His bones are breaking. 102 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:55,567 His friend is like, "I'm not sure what's happening, 103 00:04:55,567 --> 00:04:57,100 but I feel like I need to run away." 104 00:04:57,100 --> 00:04:58,667 -All right. Let's go. -Let's do this, guys. Come on. 105 00:04:58,667 --> 00:05:00,367 -High-five. -We got this guys. Cool. 106 00:05:00,367 --> 00:05:02,467 I really hope this is gonna go well, but I'm gonna bring it. 107 00:05:02,467 --> 00:05:03,900 [Alan] Are you the one? 108 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,266 I like this one. This is it. This one speaks to me. 109 00:05:08,266 --> 00:05:09,900 [Reva] Lincoln is our pumpkin artist. 110 00:05:09,900 --> 00:05:14,100 He's known for doing faces and a lot of elaborate designs. 111 00:05:14,100 --> 00:05:17,467 Lincoln is starting out with his tentacles for our monster in the tub. 112 00:05:17,467 --> 00:05:19,400 He's got to get at least eight of them done. 113 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:23,567 [Lincoln] So, I cut out those tentacles, but I need to get them smooth. 114 00:05:23,567 --> 00:05:27,300 And this pad, it acts like sandpaper. 115 00:05:27,900 --> 00:05:29,000 [Reva] I'm making a slurry. 116 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,567 We're gonna make a nice little paste. 117 00:05:30,567 --> 00:05:33,600 I'm gonna go ahead and get the vinyl shower curtains started, 118 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,667 because that needs a lot of time to dry. 119 00:05:35,667 --> 00:05:39,400 It has water, cornstarch, gelatin, and sugar. 120 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,367 Fingers crossed it works out. 121 00:05:41,367 --> 00:05:44,600 It normally takes about 12 hours to dry. 122 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,300 So, I'm gonna push it, and we're gonna get it done in the seven hours. 123 00:05:48,300 --> 00:05:50,867 It's an honor to be invited back for the All-Star season 124 00:05:50,867 --> 00:05:54,100 because Halloween Wars is the pinnacle in the sugar world. 125 00:05:54,100 --> 00:05:56,367 You want to be on Halloween Wars, and you want to win. 126 00:05:56,367 --> 00:05:58,667 I'm gonna go to the dehydrator, get this in. 127 00:05:58,667 --> 00:05:59,867 -So, hopefully... Fingers crossed. -Go, Reva. 128 00:05:59,867 --> 00:06:03,367 Okay, now I'm starting with the cake part of the element, 129 00:06:03,367 --> 00:06:05,266 which is milk cheesecake. 130 00:06:05,266 --> 00:06:06,867 Daphne is our cake artist. 131 00:06:06,867 --> 00:06:11,367 She is a home baker, and she really specializes in cakes with special effects. 132 00:06:11,367 --> 00:06:14,567 So, for our tasting element, we're going to be doing 133 00:06:14,567 --> 00:06:19,266 a milk cheesecake with apricot puree, 134 00:06:19,266 --> 00:06:20,600 and a honey mousse. 135 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:24,567 My egg white is going to my cheesy batter 136 00:06:24,567 --> 00:06:28,467 to make a light-as-cloud cheesecake. 137 00:06:28,467 --> 00:06:31,200 Cake God, give me power. 138 00:06:31,767 --> 00:06:32,967 Well, right now, I've got to get 139 00:06:32,967 --> 00:06:35,600 the pumpkin glued to this board so it looks like stone. 140 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:37,467 And then, I got to paint it to look like stone. 141 00:06:37,467 --> 00:06:40,367 [Briea] Our pumpkin artist, Eric, is in charge of the backdrop. 142 00:06:40,367 --> 00:06:42,100 He's making all the stone out of pumpkin. 143 00:06:42,100 --> 00:06:45,467 Eric is extremely fast at carving pumpkin. 144 00:06:45,467 --> 00:06:48,467 He is the ultimate pumpkin carver. 145 00:06:48,467 --> 00:06:53,300 And our cake artist, Shannon, is in charge of both characters. 146 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:55,767 Shannon, she can sculpt realism. 147 00:06:55,767 --> 00:06:59,266 I don't have that ability. So, she complements my weak points. 148 00:06:59,266 --> 00:07:01,867 It makes me feel so secure as a teammate, 149 00:07:01,867 --> 00:07:03,800 but it makes me a little nervous. 150 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:07,166 But she says she can complete all of the bug body 151 00:07:07,166 --> 00:07:10,300 made out of rice cereal treat and modeling chocolate. 152 00:07:10,300 --> 00:07:13,600 And she's gonna make the scientist out of the same thing. 153 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:16,567 So, I'm now sculpting the torso of the scientist. 154 00:07:16,567 --> 00:07:19,500 So, Eric, how do you feel about me leaving it super rough? 155 00:07:19,500 --> 00:07:22,200 If I can come back to it, I will. But I'm gonna leave it here for now. 156 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:23,200 [Eric] Okay. 157 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,867 It's almost there, guys. Pastry cream has awoken. 158 00:07:26,867 --> 00:07:28,867 My focus is the tasting element. 159 00:07:28,867 --> 00:07:30,767 Oh, man, I got peaches and sage. 160 00:07:30,767 --> 00:07:34,000 The only thing I can think to make sage really shine 161 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:35,800 is something buttery and creamy. 162 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:40,567 So, my tasting element is gonna be a play on baklava and fruit tart 163 00:07:40,567 --> 00:07:42,500 made out of layers of phyllo dough 164 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:44,266 and sage sugar in between, 165 00:07:44,266 --> 00:07:49,667 and a beautiful, velvety vanilla pastry cream with roasted peaches. 166 00:07:49,667 --> 00:07:51,600 This is ready. 167 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,000 I'm gonna get my peaches in the oven to roast, to deepen the flavor. 168 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,567 And I fry the sage leaves in the canola oil. 169 00:07:58,567 --> 00:08:00,467 And then, you sugar it. 170 00:08:00,467 --> 00:08:02,000 Sage is very aromatic, 171 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:04,066 meaning that, when you fry it in oil, 172 00:08:04,066 --> 00:08:07,266 it's actually gonna release its essential oils. 173 00:08:07,266 --> 00:08:12,467 So, when you put it in the sugar, you have that aroma left in that infused sugar. 174 00:08:12,467 --> 00:08:14,567 -Oh, my gosh. -Do you like it? 175 00:08:14,567 --> 00:08:15,834 This is so good. 176 00:08:17,367 --> 00:08:19,567 [Kyle] I'm working on one of the hind legs 177 00:08:19,567 --> 00:08:22,367 for the nuckelavee on the horse side. 178 00:08:22,367 --> 00:08:27,700 I'm gonna cover it with a mixture of gum paste and modeling chocolate. 179 00:08:27,700 --> 00:08:28,867 I'm back here competing 180 00:08:28,867 --> 00:08:31,367 because I want to show everyone that I've still got it. 181 00:08:31,367 --> 00:08:34,266 Everything that I do, with my hands, with my mind, 182 00:08:34,266 --> 00:08:36,000 everything that I see, it's all art. 183 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,367 I'm gonna show everyone that I'm one to be feared. 184 00:08:38,367 --> 00:08:41,867 So, I start with the legs first on the horse. 185 00:08:41,867 --> 00:08:43,900 So, then, all our pumpkin carver has to do 186 00:08:43,900 --> 00:08:46,600 is fit the pieces on, and then tap them in. 187 00:08:47,266 --> 00:08:48,700 How're you doing, Blood Stain? 188 00:08:48,700 --> 00:08:50,567 [laughing] I call this technique 189 00:08:50,567 --> 00:08:52,767 -"I need more arms." -[Kyle laughs] 190 00:08:52,767 --> 00:08:55,600 [Kyle] Sarah Blostein, who we actually call "Blood Stain," 191 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:56,800 is the pumpkin carver. 192 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,967 Blood Stain has to cut out individual pieces of pumpkin, 193 00:08:59,967 --> 00:09:04,100 and then smash the pumpkin onto the dowels to hold the melon into place. 194 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:08,066 I'm putting it on in pieces because, uh... 195 00:09:08,066 --> 00:09:09,667 since we have smaller pumpkins, 196 00:09:09,667 --> 00:09:13,200 we can't really make the whole thing out of one piece. 197 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:14,467 I'm making the spell book right now. 198 00:09:14,467 --> 00:09:17,400 [Kyle] Our sugar artist, Sarah, is working on our isomalt. 199 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,266 [Sarah] I'm doing it in a frame, so that way, it'll be flat. 200 00:09:20,266 --> 00:09:23,900 [Kyle] Sarah Arnold is very, very clean with her art. 201 00:09:23,900 --> 00:09:28,667 Everything is beautiful. It's all symmetrical. It's absolutely gorgeous. 202 00:09:28,667 --> 00:09:31,400 I got the little wafer paper. There we go. 203 00:09:32,667 --> 00:09:34,400 What part are you working on first, Alan? 204 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,567 I'm working on the werewolf's face. 205 00:09:36,567 --> 00:09:38,800 Our pumpkin carver is Alan Silva. 206 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,266 He's making an entire werewolf. 207 00:09:41,266 --> 00:09:43,367 Alan is serious about his sculpting. 208 00:09:43,367 --> 00:09:46,600 He has his custom drills and tools 209 00:09:46,600 --> 00:09:48,567 that he used just for his sculpting. 210 00:09:48,567 --> 00:09:51,867 [Alan] Now that I'm done using the power tools to cut through the pumpkin, 211 00:09:51,867 --> 00:09:53,867 I am using this fruit carving knife. 212 00:09:53,867 --> 00:09:55,667 It's a Kiwi knife. It's very sharp. 213 00:09:55,667 --> 00:09:57,467 [Shellane] Mmm. So, that's how you get your details? 214 00:09:57,467 --> 00:09:59,166 [Alan] That's how I get the details. 215 00:09:59,166 --> 00:10:01,600 Now, look at this. It just got a nose job. 216 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,100 -Hey... -[Shellane] Oh, snap. 217 00:10:03,100 --> 00:10:04,667 -Alan, that's so good. -[Alan] You like it? 218 00:10:04,667 --> 00:10:05,533 -[Shellane] It's perfect. -Thank you. 219 00:10:05,533 --> 00:10:06,767 [Emerlie] This is for the ring light. 220 00:10:06,767 --> 00:10:09,467 [Shellane] Emerlie starts working on sugar work. 221 00:10:09,467 --> 00:10:12,667 I poured some isomalt down. I'm going to cover it in plastic wrap. 222 00:10:12,667 --> 00:10:16,467 And then, I'm going to put a cookie cutter over this 223 00:10:16,467 --> 00:10:19,967 and another cookie cutter because I want this cool, beveled shape. 224 00:10:19,967 --> 00:10:21,900 [Shellane] I'm so excited to have her on our team. 225 00:10:21,900 --> 00:10:26,100 Emily is very well known for her hyper-realistic edible props. 226 00:10:26,100 --> 00:10:29,100 She can literally make anything out of food, 227 00:10:29,100 --> 00:10:31,266 and make you think twice if it's sugar or not. 228 00:10:31,266 --> 00:10:34,900 She does isomalt and includes actual lights in it. 229 00:10:34,900 --> 00:10:37,300 I'm astounded by her work. 230 00:10:37,300 --> 00:10:38,500 [Emerlie] Okay, okay. 231 00:10:38,500 --> 00:10:41,800 [Shellane] I take some rice cereal and start sculpting 232 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,166 our dancing friend character's head. 233 00:10:44,166 --> 00:10:46,467 I'm covering my RCT 234 00:10:46,467 --> 00:10:49,700 in some skin tone modeling chocolate. 235 00:10:49,700 --> 00:10:53,500 I start with just blocking out the major features of the face, 236 00:10:53,500 --> 00:10:57,000 and then, going back in and fine-tune mouths and nostrils. 237 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,400 It means a lot to me to be back here. 238 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:03,066 It's just like coming home again and going up against people 239 00:11:03,066 --> 00:11:07,567 who know what it's like to compete in this atmosphere and know how hard it is. 240 00:11:07,567 --> 00:11:09,100 I'm ready to go at it. 241 00:11:09,500 --> 00:11:12,500 Hurry up. Come together. 242 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:14,000 Teams, you have six hours left. 243 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:15,567 -Oh, my goodness. Oh, my God. -Six hours. 244 00:11:15,567 --> 00:11:17,600 Oh, boy. Already an hour. 245 00:11:21,467 --> 00:11:24,000 [Jonathan] So, this week, it's all about the monsters, 246 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,300 -and as the monsters transform. -[both] Yeah. 247 00:11:26,300 --> 00:11:27,900 So, what are you excited to see? 248 00:11:27,900 --> 00:11:30,367 [Shinmin] We want to see a transformation in action, all right? 249 00:11:30,367 --> 00:11:33,000 We want to see something that looks innocent and normal, 250 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,600 but changing, turning into a monster. 251 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:39,200 [Aarti] You had asked them to create two distinct characters. 252 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:43,667 So, that's also difficult, who is the supporting actor in this scene. 253 00:11:43,667 --> 00:11:48,000 We are stacking our cake for the scared, frightened teenager 254 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,166 who's witnessing her friend turned into a werewolf. 255 00:11:50,166 --> 00:11:52,300 Her torso is entirely cake. 256 00:11:52,300 --> 00:11:54,900 I layered the cake with some chocolate ganache. 257 00:11:54,900 --> 00:11:58,266 After that, I want our character to have 258 00:11:58,266 --> 00:12:00,066 pretty fashionable clothes. 259 00:12:00,066 --> 00:12:01,667 We've got Two Ghouls and a Butcher. 260 00:12:01,667 --> 00:12:03,700 And I love Shellane who is back 261 00:12:03,700 --> 00:12:05,567 -as their returning all-star. -[Shinmin] Yes. 262 00:12:05,567 --> 00:12:08,166 Yeah, I think the reason why Shellane was always 263 00:12:08,166 --> 00:12:10,667 the secret weapon in her previous team 264 00:12:10,667 --> 00:12:12,667 -is because she's so quiet. -Yeah. 265 00:12:12,667 --> 00:12:17,100 [Shinmin] But she is one of the best sculptors I've seen in a long time. 266 00:12:17,100 --> 00:12:20,500 And one of the reasons I think that her creations are always so great 267 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:22,100 is because they're pretty realistic. 268 00:12:22,100 --> 00:12:25,867 -She knows anatomy down to the nerve ending. -[Shinmin] Yes. 269 00:12:25,867 --> 00:12:30,667 I probably shouldn't go for realism on a time competition. 270 00:12:30,667 --> 00:12:34,200 There's just so many details like this. It honestly could take a week 271 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,100 to get down exactly how I would want it. 272 00:12:36,100 --> 00:12:37,567 Like, am I insane? 273 00:12:37,567 --> 00:12:40,867 You're insane for coming back. I can't believe you want to do this again. 274 00:12:40,867 --> 00:12:42,800 I guess I like to torture myself. 275 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:46,967 [Reva] I'm frantically rushing to create chocolate shells 276 00:12:46,967 --> 00:12:49,367 for Daphne's tasting element. 277 00:12:49,367 --> 00:12:53,200 She's thinking she wants the tasting element to look like bubbles. 278 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:55,266 [Daphne] Since Reva has the chocolate ball ready, 279 00:12:55,266 --> 00:12:58,000 I'll start working on the honey mousse. 280 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,867 [Reva] The honey mousse will then go 281 00:12:59,867 --> 00:13:03,767 into the chocolate spheres, along with apricot puree. 282 00:13:03,767 --> 00:13:06,100 We still have to wait until the cheesecake is done 283 00:13:06,100 --> 00:13:08,400 before we can finish off her recipe. 284 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:11,567 [Daphne] Okay. Got it. 285 00:13:11,567 --> 00:13:17,100 I am beginning to sculpt the monster bug lady's body out of rice cereal treat. 286 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:22,467 [Shinmin] It looks like there's a bug that's coming out over this wall of pumpkin. 287 00:13:22,467 --> 00:13:27,467 And it's a large character, and it looks super structurally sound. 288 00:13:27,467 --> 00:13:29,700 [Shannon] So, I still gotta finish refining the body. 289 00:13:29,700 --> 00:13:32,266 I have to sculpt in some details. 290 00:13:32,266 --> 00:13:34,166 I have to make some wing shells. 291 00:13:34,166 --> 00:13:36,400 And then, the wings come out from underneath those. 292 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:39,000 And then, I got to sculpt the whole torso and the head. 293 00:13:40,166 --> 00:13:41,900 [Eric] Okay, I'm gonna start the face. 294 00:13:41,900 --> 00:13:44,266 Right now, I'm making a mad scientist. 295 00:13:44,266 --> 00:13:47,867 Scared look, kind of like an Einstein look. We're kind of going with that. 296 00:13:47,867 --> 00:13:49,767 [Briea] Eric, literally, can carve anything. 297 00:13:49,767 --> 00:13:52,066 Realistic, cartoon, it doesn't matter. 298 00:13:52,066 --> 00:13:57,266 He owns his own business, doing caricatures for locals and famous people. 299 00:13:57,266 --> 00:14:00,500 And he also carves snow and sand on top of pumpkins. 300 00:14:00,500 --> 00:14:03,266 How talented can someone possibly be? 301 00:14:03,266 --> 00:14:06,266 [Eric] I'm gonna have to sit down and paint this guy's face. 302 00:14:06,266 --> 00:14:09,567 I take food coloring and I take confectionary sugar, 303 00:14:09,567 --> 00:14:12,200 and I add that in with some edible gels. 304 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,867 The viscosity is a lot more than what you typically have 305 00:14:14,867 --> 00:14:17,266 from a regular food color gel. 306 00:14:17,266 --> 00:14:19,767 So, it's thicker. It sticks really well to pumpkin. 307 00:14:19,767 --> 00:14:22,200 All right. So, I'm working on our tasting element. 308 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:26,000 So, I'm just gonna start my caramel for the miso-pear compote. 309 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:29,767 So, we actually get miso and maple. [groans in disgust] 310 00:14:29,767 --> 00:14:33,100 Good thing is that Sarah is actually excited to get miso. 311 00:14:33,100 --> 00:14:36,266 So, Sarah is going to make a miso-pear compote 312 00:14:36,266 --> 00:14:37,900 with a maple mousse, 313 00:14:37,900 --> 00:14:40,600 and a miso-walnut crunch to look like rocks. 314 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:44,667 I want to chop these really fine so that I can roll out a layer 315 00:14:44,667 --> 00:14:47,500 and it won't be too, too thick and hard to bite through. 316 00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:51,900 [Kyle] Sarah gets her walnuts. She smashes them all down with her miso crunch. 317 00:14:51,900 --> 00:14:55,166 And then, she cuts them all out into little round circles. 318 00:14:55,166 --> 00:14:58,767 And then, she does her coating on the inside with the maple mousse. 319 00:14:58,767 --> 00:15:00,700 [Sarah] Compote is going in. 320 00:15:00,700 --> 00:15:03,266 And then, I get my crunchy crunch. 321 00:15:03,266 --> 00:15:05,767 Okay, guys, tasting element is done. 322 00:15:05,767 --> 00:15:07,800 It's gonna go into the freezer 323 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:09,367 -for a long, long time. -Awesome. 324 00:15:09,367 --> 00:15:11,266 Only five hours to go. 325 00:15:11,266 --> 00:15:12,500 Five hours. 326 00:15:13,467 --> 00:15:15,066 -[Emerlie] Ooh. -Yeah? 327 00:15:15,066 --> 00:15:17,200 -Yes. -Oh, I love that. Yeah. 328 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,467 [Alan] Werewolf feet coming right up. 329 00:15:19,467 --> 00:15:22,166 [Shellane] Alan is still working on his werewolf, 330 00:15:22,166 --> 00:15:25,567 and it's just taking him a lot longer than what he anticipated. 331 00:15:25,567 --> 00:15:27,100 Alan, how're you doing over there? 332 00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:29,900 Hey. Um, I think I'm gonna need some help. 333 00:15:29,900 --> 00:15:33,000 -[Shellane] Okay. -I don't think I have enough time to carve a body. 334 00:15:36,867 --> 00:15:38,967 I don't think I have enough time to carve a body. 335 00:15:38,967 --> 00:15:41,967 [Shellane] Alan says, "Shellane, I need your help. 336 00:15:41,967 --> 00:15:43,967 I need you to do these back legs." 337 00:15:43,967 --> 00:15:46,867 I stop what I'm doing because my teammate needs me. 338 00:15:46,867 --> 00:15:49,000 I get some modeling chocolate and some fondant, 339 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,100 [laughs] and I just start mashing it onto this werewolf. 340 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:54,300 Alan didn't think he was gonna finish his werewolf, 341 00:15:54,300 --> 00:15:57,266 but he caught that pretty early on. 342 00:15:57,266 --> 00:15:59,567 He asked for help. He got it from Shellane. 343 00:15:59,567 --> 00:16:01,367 [Aarti] And I also kind of have to give it to Shellane, 344 00:16:01,367 --> 00:16:03,967 -like she set that... -Vibe. The kids say, "the vibe." 345 00:16:03,967 --> 00:16:06,000 -Yeah, she set a vibe in her team. -[Jonathan] Yeah. 346 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,967 "We're all here to pitch in together." 347 00:16:07,967 --> 00:16:09,667 Thank you so much, Shellane. 348 00:16:09,667 --> 00:16:10,767 [Shellane] No problem. 349 00:16:10,767 --> 00:16:12,967 -Teamwork makes the dream work. -That looks amazing. 350 00:16:12,967 --> 00:16:14,500 [Shellane] We're a team. 351 00:16:15,266 --> 00:16:17,066 [Kyle] I'm gonna start on the clown. 352 00:16:17,066 --> 00:16:18,367 And what I'm doing right now is making sure 353 00:16:18,367 --> 00:16:21,767 that I put on a form that will not fall. 354 00:16:21,767 --> 00:16:25,100 I start making the rodeo clown out of rice cereal treats, 355 00:16:25,100 --> 00:16:26,767 modeling chocolate, fondant. 356 00:16:26,767 --> 00:16:28,600 The way I sculpt into the clown is, 357 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,166 I add on little pieces at a time, 358 00:16:31,166 --> 00:16:33,500 and then, I have to blend them in seamlessly 359 00:16:33,500 --> 00:16:36,467 so they don't look like they were puzzle-pieced together. 360 00:16:36,467 --> 00:16:39,567 I'm using gel because this is actually a modeling chocolate, 361 00:16:39,567 --> 00:16:42,867 and airbrush colors will not stick on it at all. 362 00:16:42,867 --> 00:16:45,400 Let's go over to Scream of the Crop with Kyle. 363 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,800 [Shinmin] What I really like about Kyle is, he knows how to handle really big pieces. 364 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:53,700 My problem with Kyle, sometimes, he tends to focus on one character, 365 00:16:53,700 --> 00:16:57,000 and then, he leaves very little time for the second character. 366 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,467 Today, we're starting off the bat with two characters. 367 00:16:59,467 --> 00:17:00,600 -It's a lot. -Yeah, that's really-- 368 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:01,667 Yeah, both have to be amazing. 369 00:17:01,667 --> 00:17:04,800 Well, did you know that, since you've seen him last, 370 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:08,467 he is now a medaled jujitsu fighter. 371 00:17:08,467 --> 00:17:09,667 -What? -Yeah. 372 00:17:09,667 --> 00:17:12,500 So, I think that that sort of discipline 373 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:14,367 -and that competitive edge... -[Jonathan] Yeah. 374 00:17:14,367 --> 00:17:16,100 -...will really come into play here. -[Shinmin grunts] 375 00:17:16,100 --> 00:17:18,133 Also, I am not messing with him. 376 00:17:19,166 --> 00:17:21,300 Don't worry. I've got you. 377 00:17:21,300 --> 00:17:22,300 Got him, man. 378 00:17:22,300 --> 00:17:24,867 -I feel so safe. -Kyle, uh-uh. 379 00:17:24,867 --> 00:17:26,867 Not these judges. 380 00:17:26,867 --> 00:17:28,367 [Blood Stain] Kyle, the clown. 381 00:17:28,367 --> 00:17:29,867 [Kyle] Oh, yeah. 382 00:17:29,867 --> 00:17:32,166 -Well, I need you to go actually look at his face. -[Blood Stain] Oh, my God. 383 00:17:32,166 --> 00:17:33,967 Teams, we've got four hours. 384 00:17:33,967 --> 00:17:35,867 Four hours until we're done. 385 00:17:35,867 --> 00:17:38,100 It's so smooth and white. 386 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:39,767 -[Lincoln] Oh, that is beautiful. -Yeah. 387 00:17:39,767 --> 00:17:43,467 Daphne, it's really to the point where those should be done. 388 00:17:43,467 --> 00:17:46,166 -I mean, are you almost there? -Yes, I'm working on it. 389 00:17:46,166 --> 00:17:49,500 [Reva] Daphne decided on a very intricate tasting element. 390 00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:52,667 [Daphne] I'm finishing the final element, which is the cloud cheesecake, 391 00:17:52,667 --> 00:17:55,900 and you can tell how soft it is. So, I have to be extra careful. 392 00:17:55,900 --> 00:17:57,767 And now, I'm gonna put it on top 393 00:17:57,767 --> 00:17:59,800 of the apricot jelly and honey mousse, 394 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:01,700 and then, I'll cover it with chocolate. 395 00:18:01,700 --> 00:18:03,367 Tasting element done. 396 00:18:03,367 --> 00:18:05,967 The tasty element is done! 397 00:18:05,967 --> 00:18:07,367 [both whoop] 398 00:18:07,367 --> 00:18:10,066 Now, you can work on your bust. 399 00:18:10,066 --> 00:18:13,467 -Are you done with the carving of the tentacles? -[Lincoln] No. 400 00:18:13,467 --> 00:18:17,700 [Reva] So, the tentacles are taking a little bit more work than we had anticipated. 401 00:18:17,700 --> 00:18:18,900 There's a lot of gluing. 402 00:18:18,900 --> 00:18:21,567 There's a lot of cutting out of little individual pieces 403 00:18:21,567 --> 00:18:23,767 to add on to the larger piece. 404 00:18:23,767 --> 00:18:26,367 You better be making some big tentacles, though. 405 00:18:26,367 --> 00:18:28,567 Because there's gonna be a big tub. 406 00:18:28,567 --> 00:18:32,066 So, we're just getting the tub covered in the fondant right now. 407 00:18:32,066 --> 00:18:33,200 [Jonathan] Over on Bone Battalion, 408 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,967 we have our returning champion, Reva. 409 00:18:35,967 --> 00:18:39,667 One of her challenges is to actually make her creations 410 00:18:39,667 --> 00:18:42,767 scary enough to be spooky on Halloween Wars. 411 00:18:42,767 --> 00:18:44,033 Right. And that was actually something 412 00:18:44,033 --> 00:18:47,467 -I think has haunted her since her win... -[Shinmin] Mmm-hmm. 413 00:18:47,467 --> 00:18:51,266 ...that people have said that her creations were not spooky enough. 414 00:18:51,266 --> 00:18:54,100 [Briea] Shannon, I'm starting to make the phyllo cups. 415 00:18:54,100 --> 00:18:56,867 I'm still working on the tasting element. 416 00:18:56,867 --> 00:18:58,367 I've already finished the pastry cream. 417 00:18:58,367 --> 00:19:02,300 I've already finished the fried sage sugar leaves and the sage sugar. 418 00:19:02,300 --> 00:19:06,100 I'm starting to layer phyllo dough to look like petri dishes. 419 00:19:06,100 --> 00:19:08,467 You go ahead and layer it with melted butter 420 00:19:08,467 --> 00:19:11,000 and, of course, the infused sage sugar. 421 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,300 And you just do melted butter, sage sugar, melted butter, sage sugar, 422 00:19:13,300 --> 00:19:15,467 all between these layers of phyllo dough. 423 00:19:15,467 --> 00:19:18,767 Briea is using, I think, one of the most complicated ingredients, 424 00:19:18,767 --> 00:19:19,967 which is phyllo dough. 425 00:19:19,967 --> 00:19:23,567 I just wonder if that's going to translate to petri dish. 426 00:19:23,567 --> 00:19:26,000 -I know. -Because, when you look at the petri dish, 427 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,100 they're very clean, sterile, flat, 428 00:19:29,100 --> 00:19:32,767 and phyllo dough bakes up to look like ripple-y layers. 429 00:19:32,767 --> 00:19:36,867 So, I don't know if the actual pastry is the right choice. 430 00:19:36,867 --> 00:19:38,967 [Briea] All right, guys, I'm gonna go in the oven with this. 431 00:19:38,967 --> 00:19:41,867 I cannot spend any more time on these cups. 432 00:19:41,867 --> 00:19:45,200 This tasting element has sucked up a lot of my time. 433 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,967 I need to get started on my sugar beakers. 434 00:19:47,967 --> 00:19:49,767 You've got three hours. 435 00:19:49,767 --> 00:19:51,700 [Blood Stain] So, I'm using butternut squash for the horsehead 436 00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:54,967 because A, it is perfectly horsehead shaped, 437 00:19:54,967 --> 00:19:56,867 B, it's a lot softer than pumpkin. 438 00:19:56,867 --> 00:19:59,100 I've got to make this hole in here 439 00:19:59,100 --> 00:20:04,100 because Sarah's making these gorgeous sugar glass eyes to go in. 440 00:20:04,100 --> 00:20:08,200 [Kyle] Blood Stain is a costume designer for TV, movies. 441 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,967 She's a completely self-taught pumpkin carver. 442 00:20:10,967 --> 00:20:14,266 -Do you want to move them now, or are you still... -Uh, we can move them now. 443 00:20:14,266 --> 00:20:18,667 [Kyle] She taught herself how to carve pumpkins using regular tools around the house 444 00:20:18,667 --> 00:20:21,300 and it's like she's been doing it her whole life. 445 00:20:24,400 --> 00:20:28,967 I'm making a dome-shaped moon and I'm going to place it over the lights. 446 00:20:28,967 --> 00:20:30,200 I want the moon to be 447 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,600 a 3-D shape coming off of the backboard. 448 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:35,767 So I fill the balloon with water and some air. 449 00:20:35,767 --> 00:20:37,900 What happens when you fill the balloon with water 450 00:20:37,900 --> 00:20:40,367 is that when the isomalt touches the latex, 451 00:20:40,367 --> 00:20:41,567 it's able to cool down 452 00:20:41,567 --> 00:20:44,000 because that water is circulating inside the balloon. 453 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,600 And then I dip the balloon into fresh isomalt 454 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,400 a couple of times to create a nice, thick wall. 455 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,467 Making an isomalt piece this size is really risky 456 00:20:52,467 --> 00:20:54,166 because it's a lot more fragile 457 00:20:54,166 --> 00:20:56,200 and it can easily break. 458 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,467 I'm just blending out these craters. 459 00:20:59,467 --> 00:21:02,500 Once the isomalt balloon is cooled down, 460 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:03,967 I need to snip it very carefully 461 00:21:03,967 --> 00:21:06,700 so that the water will drain slowly into a bowl. 462 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:09,500 I need to be able to keep the water and the isomalt separate 463 00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:12,333 because water will disintegrate isomalt. 464 00:21:13,100 --> 00:21:15,400 -[Shinmin gasps] -[Jonathan] Whoa! 465 00:21:17,467 --> 00:21:20,100 [Emerlie] I'm holding this balloon, and it just pops on its own. 466 00:21:20,100 --> 00:21:21,433 Water goes everywhere. 467 00:21:21,433 --> 00:21:24,400 And at this point, we're too far along for me to redo this moon. 468 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,433 [chuckling] 469 00:21:26,900 --> 00:21:28,200 It's safe. 470 00:21:28,467 --> 00:21:30,333 [Emerlie exclaims] 471 00:21:31,667 --> 00:21:32,967 [Shellane] Everything's good, right? 472 00:21:32,967 --> 00:21:35,567 I caught it on the back of my arm. 473 00:21:35,567 --> 00:21:37,467 -[chuckling] Oh. -She caught it. 474 00:21:37,467 --> 00:21:39,567 Oh, my gosh! 475 00:21:39,567 --> 00:21:41,700 -Wow! -Wow! That would have been a disaster. 476 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:43,066 -[Jonathan] Yeah. -It's such a beautiful moon. 477 00:21:43,066 --> 00:21:45,667 Who said Halloween wasn't a contact sport, huh? 478 00:21:45,667 --> 00:21:47,367 Am I right? Am I right? 479 00:21:47,367 --> 00:21:50,000 Yeah? No, I got myself. Cool, cool. 480 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,400 [Emerlie] It's time to hang this moon. 481 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:52,200 Test it. 482 00:21:53,100 --> 00:21:55,667 -Yes! -[Shellane] Yes. Beautiful. 483 00:21:55,667 --> 00:21:57,367 [Emerlie] It's perfect. 484 00:21:57,367 --> 00:21:59,500 [Alan] Hey, guys, real quick, let's lift the wolf. 485 00:21:59,500 --> 00:22:01,166 -Okay. -[Emerlie] Hold on. I need to get the shoe. 486 00:22:01,166 --> 00:22:02,233 [Alan] There we go. 487 00:22:02,233 --> 00:22:03,767 Needs to turn. We need to turn a little bit more. 488 00:22:03,767 --> 00:22:05,000 Hold on. I gotta let go. 489 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,133 Okay, great. 490 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:10,900 Come on, girl. 491 00:22:12,700 --> 00:22:15,000 I want to finish this character. 492 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,600 [Reva] Daphne is working on the main sculptural character, 493 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,266 creating a beautiful face, 494 00:22:19,266 --> 00:22:22,266 a head that looks like she's turning into a sea creature. 495 00:22:22,266 --> 00:22:26,500 They've got a human changing into an octopus in a shower, 496 00:22:26,500 --> 00:22:28,400 which could be cute 497 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:30,100 -if it's not scary enough, right? -Yeah. 498 00:22:30,100 --> 00:22:32,600 I mean, it would be definitely frightening. 499 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:35,166 -But is it going to be spooky enough... -[Jonathan] Right. 500 00:22:35,166 --> 00:22:38,100 -...especially compared to all of the other designs tonight? -[Jonathan] Mmm-hmm. 501 00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:41,800 [Shinmin] I think it's because there's no element of danger. 502 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,367 Okay, so the tentacles are done. 503 00:22:45,367 --> 00:22:47,767 So I'm cutting this cat out finally. 504 00:22:47,767 --> 00:22:50,467 [Reva] Lincoln is in charge of creating the second character, 505 00:22:50,467 --> 00:22:52,667 which is supposed to be an ominous cat. 506 00:22:52,667 --> 00:22:56,100 [Lincoln] So I want, like, a cat with an elegant look. 507 00:22:56,100 --> 00:22:58,567 It's made with butternut squash. 508 00:22:58,567 --> 00:23:00,900 And I cut the squash, glue it together, 509 00:23:00,900 --> 00:23:03,000 then I, kind of, sculpt the cat. 510 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,367 [Reva] That's a tiny little kitty cat over there. 511 00:23:05,367 --> 00:23:08,867 I thought the cat was going to be made out of a large pumpkin. 512 00:23:08,867 --> 00:23:10,967 But it turns out that it's being made out 513 00:23:10,967 --> 00:23:13,600 of butternut squash, so it's much smaller 514 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,867 than any of us had thought it would be. 515 00:23:15,867 --> 00:23:18,166 That's really important because that's our second character, 516 00:23:18,166 --> 00:23:20,100 and it really needs to have some presence. 517 00:23:20,567 --> 00:23:22,767 I need tentacles for the cat. 518 00:23:22,767 --> 00:23:25,367 I'm concerned about the second character here at Bone Battalion, 519 00:23:25,367 --> 00:23:27,767 because the cat is very static. 520 00:23:27,767 --> 00:23:29,667 -It's not really reacting... -Right. 521 00:23:29,667 --> 00:23:31,100 -...to what's happening in the tub. -[Jonathan] Mmm-hmm. 522 00:23:31,100 --> 00:23:32,867 -Yeah. -And also it's very small 523 00:23:32,867 --> 00:23:35,567 to have such a diminutive supporting actor. 524 00:23:35,567 --> 00:23:38,567 I just don't think it does much for this main character. 525 00:23:38,567 --> 00:23:40,867 You've got two hours, teams. Two hours. Let's go! 526 00:23:40,867 --> 00:23:42,200 -[Emerlie] Two hours? -[Alan] Seriously? 527 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:43,233 [Emerlie] Oh, my God! 528 00:23:43,233 --> 00:23:44,867 [Kyle] What I'm doing now is I'm doing the front 529 00:23:44,867 --> 00:23:47,000 of the nuckelavee rider's body. 530 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:50,667 I'm trying to make him look like all his flesh is ripped off. 531 00:23:50,667 --> 00:23:55,266 The skin is all gone, so it's all exposed teeth and muscle and sinew. 532 00:23:55,266 --> 00:23:58,100 And it's just the creepiest-looking thing you've ever seen. 533 00:23:58,100 --> 00:24:00,333 -[Blood Stain] I love him. -[Sarah] You got him? 534 00:24:00,967 --> 00:24:02,100 Yeah, he's on. 535 00:24:02,100 --> 00:24:03,767 [Blood Stain] We're going to have to start painting. 536 00:24:03,767 --> 00:24:06,266 I just love the fact that the rider 537 00:24:06,266 --> 00:24:09,066 -has exaggerated super long arms. -[Aarti] Mmm-hmm. 538 00:24:09,066 --> 00:24:10,166 [Shinmin] And it's in motion. 539 00:24:10,166 --> 00:24:11,767 You can tell he's coming for you. 540 00:24:11,767 --> 00:24:13,266 [Kyle] How you doing, Blood Stain? 541 00:24:13,266 --> 00:24:15,700 -I am doing okay. -[Kyle] Okay. 542 00:24:16,166 --> 00:24:18,467 I'm feeling very stressed. 543 00:24:18,467 --> 00:24:21,266 Shannon has been focusing on the bug head. 544 00:24:21,266 --> 00:24:23,400 She not only has the bug to complete, 545 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:27,100 but she also is in charge of the entire body of the scientist. 546 00:24:27,767 --> 00:24:28,967 I'm working with modeling chocolate, 547 00:24:28,967 --> 00:24:30,900 and I've never done that in my life. 548 00:24:30,900 --> 00:24:34,867 So I turn around and Eric's completely finished with all of his pumpkin work, 549 00:24:34,867 --> 00:24:37,767 and he's starting to sculpt... modeling chocolate? 550 00:24:37,767 --> 00:24:39,667 [Eric] Shannon asked me to give her a hand 551 00:24:39,667 --> 00:24:41,467 with some of the modeling chocolate. 552 00:24:41,467 --> 00:24:43,100 [Briea] But he is literally sculpting 553 00:24:43,100 --> 00:24:44,900 the rest of the scientist's body, 554 00:24:44,900 --> 00:24:48,100 and he's doing a fantastic job of adapting quickly. 555 00:24:48,100 --> 00:24:49,333 [Eric] Shannon, how you doing? 556 00:24:49,333 --> 00:24:52,767 [Shannon] Okay. I'm gonna go ahead and get her up on there. 557 00:24:52,767 --> 00:24:54,100 Push the face. 558 00:24:54,700 --> 00:24:55,600 Oh, boy. 559 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:57,467 Okay. You tell me where to position him. 560 00:24:57,467 --> 00:25:00,266 -[Eric] As far over as we can. -[Shannon] Okay. 561 00:25:00,266 --> 00:25:01,333 Far this way? 562 00:25:01,333 --> 00:25:03,266 -So-- -Like, his leg almost off the thing, or-- 563 00:25:03,266 --> 00:25:04,667 -That's good, that's good. -[Shannon] You safe? Okay? 564 00:25:04,667 --> 00:25:07,100 My tasting element is chocolate and onion. 565 00:25:07,100 --> 00:25:10,367 I'm just gonna start with an onion and pear jam. 566 00:25:10,367 --> 00:25:13,367 We won chocolate and onion. 567 00:25:13,367 --> 00:25:16,634 I use the word "won" very loosely. 568 00:25:17,867 --> 00:25:20,700 Emerlie is a little bit more optimistic 569 00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:24,166 about the chocolate and onion pairing than I am. 570 00:25:24,166 --> 00:25:26,700 Our tasting element is going to be 571 00:25:26,700 --> 00:25:30,567 a caramelized onion and pear bonbon 572 00:25:30,567 --> 00:25:33,767 topped with fried rice paper, sprinkled with sea salt. 573 00:25:33,767 --> 00:25:35,500 [Emerlie] Onion is a savory flavor. 574 00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:37,300 I still want the judges to taste the onion, 575 00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:41,400 but I'm gonna tone it down with some of that sweet pear. 576 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:43,867 And then we'll smooth it out with some white chocolate. 577 00:25:43,867 --> 00:25:46,100 [Shellane] She adds this balsamic vinegar. 578 00:25:46,100 --> 00:25:47,767 Then she adds a little bit of honey. 579 00:25:47,767 --> 00:25:49,367 I've tempered some white chocolate, 580 00:25:49,367 --> 00:25:51,000 and I'm filling my bonbon mold 581 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,500 with my white chocolate. 582 00:25:52,500 --> 00:25:56,266 I'm gonna dump the white chocolate back out just so that I have shells. 583 00:25:56,266 --> 00:25:58,166 Okay, I'm just filling my bonbons 584 00:25:58,166 --> 00:26:01,100 with the caramel, onion and pear jam. 585 00:26:01,100 --> 00:26:02,667 So I'm just topping this 586 00:26:02,667 --> 00:26:06,266 with a little bit of white chocolate mascarpone ganache. 587 00:26:06,266 --> 00:26:08,300 And then I'm gonna cap them. 588 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:10,567 We really wanted our piece to be interactive. 589 00:26:10,567 --> 00:26:13,467 We wanted the judges to have to, kind of, dig through the trashcan 590 00:26:13,467 --> 00:26:15,467 to get the tasting element. 591 00:26:15,467 --> 00:26:17,467 [Emerlie] So this is wafer paper pieces 592 00:26:17,467 --> 00:26:19,467 that I use on top of the bonbons 593 00:26:19,467 --> 00:26:20,967 so it just looks like trash. 594 00:26:20,967 --> 00:26:23,100 One hour. You've got one hour left! 595 00:26:23,100 --> 00:26:25,467 One hour. All right, you guys, we gotta move. 596 00:26:25,467 --> 00:26:27,166 Let's do these wings. 597 00:26:27,166 --> 00:26:31,166 I spent way too much time on that petri dish tasting element, 598 00:26:31,166 --> 00:26:33,000 and it's still not assembled. 599 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,066 I haven't pulled the wings yet. 600 00:26:35,066 --> 00:26:39,000 So I pull the sugar. This has connection points. 601 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,300 We're just gonna feed it right through. 602 00:26:43,967 --> 00:26:47,300 I'm gonna make the outline first and then use gelatin, 603 00:26:47,300 --> 00:26:52,667 believe it or not, to give that ethereal look of a see-through wing. 604 00:26:52,667 --> 00:26:55,000 These are the translucent part of the wings, 605 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,934 and I'm using sugar to attach the gelatin. 606 00:27:02,300 --> 00:27:03,200 [all gasping] 607 00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:04,800 [Shinmin] Briea broke one of the wings. 608 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:06,900 [Aarti] Oh, no. 609 00:27:12,967 --> 00:27:14,367 [Briea] All right. That was awesome. 610 00:27:14,367 --> 00:27:15,867 I just broke it. 611 00:27:15,867 --> 00:27:18,100 -What just happened? -[Shinmin] Briea broke one of the wings. 612 00:27:18,100 --> 00:27:19,000 [Aarti] Oh, no. 613 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,367 Oh, man. 614 00:27:20,367 --> 00:27:22,467 This wing is a really difficult technique. 615 00:27:22,467 --> 00:27:23,900 I gotta redo the veins, 616 00:27:23,900 --> 00:27:25,266 somehow attach the gelatin 617 00:27:25,266 --> 00:27:27,266 and move on to the tasting element. 618 00:27:27,266 --> 00:27:31,500 All right, Shannon, the wings are gonna stay right here, okay? 619 00:27:32,767 --> 00:27:34,967 Tasting element. Let's do it. 620 00:27:34,967 --> 00:27:37,400 So I'm trying to assemble this tasting element 621 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,066 and brûlée these peaches with the sage sugar. 622 00:27:40,066 --> 00:27:43,767 Try to caramelize it for some black notes on those peaches, 623 00:27:43,767 --> 00:27:48,800 throw a sage leaf on and hope my petri dish is delicious. 624 00:27:49,667 --> 00:27:51,600 Teams, you have 30 minutes left. 625 00:27:53,066 --> 00:27:54,500 I'm making the selfie stick. 626 00:27:54,500 --> 00:27:58,266 So I have the stick itself, plus the tripod legs. 627 00:27:58,266 --> 00:28:01,700 [Shellane] Emerlie has this unique technique 628 00:28:01,700 --> 00:28:05,667 of making sculpted chocolate that I've never seen before. 629 00:28:05,667 --> 00:28:08,567 She, kind of, takes clumps of chocolate, 630 00:28:08,567 --> 00:28:13,767 and then rolls it out into a uniform log and chops up pieces. 631 00:28:13,767 --> 00:28:17,300 She then glues them together with more chocolate 632 00:28:17,300 --> 00:28:20,166 and does this, like, polishing technique. 633 00:28:20,166 --> 00:28:22,166 [Emerlie] So what happens is if you take hot water 634 00:28:22,166 --> 00:28:25,367 and you give it a little water bath, it melts the surface. 635 00:28:25,367 --> 00:28:27,567 And then the melted chocolate on the surface 636 00:28:27,567 --> 00:28:29,867 will fill in the little holes and gaps. 637 00:28:29,867 --> 00:28:31,867 [Shellane] I'm astounded by her work. 638 00:28:31,867 --> 00:28:34,166 Okay. If I place this, no one's gonna ruin it, right? 639 00:28:34,166 --> 00:28:36,700 -No. -Okay. Here? 640 00:28:36,700 --> 00:28:38,400 [Shellane] Yes. 641 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,867 -Come on. Lower-- -Let's make sure of the position before we place it. 642 00:28:41,867 --> 00:28:43,200 We don't have that much time, mama. 643 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,667 I love you, but I can't talk a whole lot right now. 644 00:28:45,667 --> 00:28:48,800 [Reva] We have to get everything onto the board. 645 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,867 Is it the most beautiful, edible vinyl curtain there could be? 646 00:28:51,867 --> 00:28:55,300 No. But it's done, and we're getting it on here. 647 00:28:59,166 --> 00:29:02,800 [Sarah] Okay, guys. So I'm gonna finish our tasting element now. 648 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,367 This is a chocolate shell, 649 00:29:04,367 --> 00:29:09,300 so it'll harden when it sets, and it'll look like rocks. 650 00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:12,767 I'm gonna put our little tasty guys on here. 651 00:29:12,767 --> 00:29:14,266 Teams, you have ten minutes left. 652 00:29:14,266 --> 00:29:15,600 Ten minutes remain! 653 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,567 -[Reva] Oh, my God. Okay, guys, ten minutes. -[Kyle] Ten minutes. 654 00:29:17,567 --> 00:29:19,567 [Reva] We're gonna get this done. 655 00:29:19,567 --> 00:29:22,867 [Briea] Do not jiggle this table for the love of God. 656 00:29:22,867 --> 00:29:24,667 Do you need some chocolate to set it or anything, Briea? 657 00:29:24,667 --> 00:29:26,100 -[Briea] No. Please leave me alone. -Okay. 658 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:27,266 -I need-- -[Shannon] I just don't know 659 00:29:27,266 --> 00:29:29,100 which beakers Briea wants where and-- 660 00:29:29,100 --> 00:29:30,667 [Eric] Briea, there's also an option 661 00:29:30,667 --> 00:29:32,367 -to let it rest under it. -I understand. 662 00:29:32,367 --> 00:29:34,166 -I need to be left alone. -[Shannon] Ten minutes, you guys. 663 00:29:34,166 --> 00:29:37,266 Guys, I need you to stop micromanaging me. 664 00:29:37,266 --> 00:29:39,066 -[Shannon] I'm not-- -I'm being as kind as I can. 665 00:29:39,066 --> 00:29:40,166 [Eric] The anxiety is heightened. 666 00:29:40,166 --> 00:29:41,367 When the anxiety is heightened, 667 00:29:41,367 --> 00:29:43,467 the whole team dynamic changes at this point. 668 00:29:43,467 --> 00:29:44,767 Not there, not there. 669 00:29:44,767 --> 00:29:45,867 We got to put the beaker in his hand. 670 00:29:45,867 --> 00:29:47,567 -Can't be there. -Which one goes in his hand, Briea? 671 00:29:47,567 --> 00:29:49,200 I understand. 672 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:50,400 This needs to go here, 673 00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:52,100 and the other beaker needs to go there. 674 00:29:52,100 --> 00:29:54,567 -We talked about this. -It's gonna block her face if you put that there. 675 00:29:54,567 --> 00:29:56,367 -[Briea] No, I'm not. -[Eric] You're gonna block her face. 676 00:29:56,367 --> 00:29:58,266 Composition. Think about it. 677 00:29:58,266 --> 00:30:00,367 Over here, this is negative space. 678 00:30:00,367 --> 00:30:01,500 -That's perfect. -Yes. It's so true. 679 00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:03,567 -I-- -[Eric] Believe me. It's what I do for a living. 680 00:30:03,567 --> 00:30:04,667 Oh, my God, they're actually fighting. 681 00:30:04,667 --> 00:30:06,600 I'm gonna have a panic attack if you don't trust me. 682 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:07,767 I really am gonna have a panic attack. 683 00:30:07,767 --> 00:30:09,100 [Eric] But that has to go down there. 684 00:30:09,100 --> 00:30:10,900 It's our first time working together, 685 00:30:10,900 --> 00:30:13,600 and we're definitely having difficulty listening to one another. 686 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,066 Guys, please listen to me. 687 00:30:15,066 --> 00:30:17,166 -She's screaming. -I've never seen this much tension on Halloween Wars. 688 00:30:17,166 --> 00:30:19,100 -She's screaming at them. -I've never seen people actually scream. 689 00:30:19,100 --> 00:30:20,400 This is not gonna end well. 690 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,266 [Eric] We've got too much negative space. 691 00:30:22,266 --> 00:30:23,900 [Shannon] I hear you. I hear ya. 692 00:30:23,900 --> 00:30:26,667 What can we do about it? 693 00:30:26,667 --> 00:30:29,367 We got beakers. Can the beakers be on the floor? 694 00:30:29,367 --> 00:30:30,667 [Briea] Yes, you can place beakers on the table, 695 00:30:30,667 --> 00:30:32,667 and you can place one beaker on the shelf. 696 00:30:32,667 --> 00:30:33,834 [Eric] What can I do, Briea? 697 00:30:33,834 --> 00:30:36,967 [Briea] Can someone put the petri dishes on that shelf? 698 00:30:36,967 --> 00:30:38,166 Can I put some on this table, Briea? 699 00:30:38,166 --> 00:30:39,867 -Because they're not all gonna fit on here. -That's fine. 700 00:30:39,867 --> 00:30:41,166 -[Shannon] Okay. -[Briea] That's fine. 701 00:30:41,166 --> 00:30:44,200 At the end of the day, a pressure cooker is a pressure cooker. 702 00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:47,967 But I can't say that I'm happy with my attitude. 703 00:30:47,967 --> 00:30:50,967 [Lincoln] Are those balls and stuff ready to go in? 704 00:30:50,967 --> 00:30:53,967 These are the ones that are... For there, the tasting ones. 705 00:30:53,967 --> 00:30:56,266 So I'm just gonna grab some modeling chocolate 706 00:30:56,266 --> 00:30:59,500 and do some feet for the bottom of the tub 707 00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:01,700 because right now, the armature is exposed. 708 00:31:01,700 --> 00:31:04,000 I'm putting the feet on, and then I'm doing the bubbles. 709 00:31:05,967 --> 00:31:08,200 -One minute! -Okay, one minute, one minute. 710 00:31:09,100 --> 00:31:10,166 [Shellane] I don't feel comfortable 711 00:31:10,166 --> 00:31:11,867 putting it on there and it breaks, 712 00:31:11,867 --> 00:31:14,734 so I'm gonna place, and then you can smooth out. 713 00:31:14,867 --> 00:31:16,266 Oh. 714 00:31:16,266 --> 00:31:19,400 -Ten, nine, eight... -[Sarah] Oh, my God. 715 00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,900 -Okay, I'm just gonna do some of these cracks. -...seven, six, five... 716 00:31:22,900 --> 00:31:27,500 -This thing is not working. -...four, three, two, one. 717 00:31:28,066 --> 00:31:29,233 Time's up! 718 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,033 Oh, my gosh! 719 00:31:34,667 --> 00:31:37,500 -[Emerlie] Okay. No, hugs. -[Alan] Hug, hug, hug. 720 00:31:37,500 --> 00:31:40,266 [Briea sighs] I love you. Thank you so much. 721 00:31:40,266 --> 00:31:41,567 -Thank you, thank you, thank you. -You're welcome. 722 00:31:41,567 --> 00:31:42,800 [Briea] Thank you for all your hard work. 723 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:45,100 -You guys did great. You did-- -Thank you for your hard work. 724 00:31:45,100 --> 00:31:46,300 [Eric] You did so good. 725 00:31:53,166 --> 00:31:56,567 Two Ghouls and a Butcher, you're up. 726 00:31:56,567 --> 00:31:59,200 [Shellane] We have our teen werewolf. 727 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,900 He goes on a outing with his friend. 728 00:32:02,900 --> 00:32:05,000 And they want to create some content. 729 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,166 We have a pumpkin werewolf. 730 00:32:07,166 --> 00:32:10,367 We have a cake that is our friend. 731 00:32:10,367 --> 00:32:11,800 Cake and modeling chocolate. 732 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:15,100 We have a chocolate and isomalt ring light 733 00:32:15,100 --> 00:32:18,066 as well as an isomalt moon. 734 00:32:18,066 --> 00:32:21,166 Shellane, this girl is everything I want to be, 735 00:32:21,166 --> 00:32:22,667 except for the fact that her best friend 736 00:32:22,667 --> 00:32:24,567 -is turning into a werewolf. -[Shellane] Yeah, yeah. 737 00:32:24,567 --> 00:32:27,500 [Aarti] It's just so beautifully sculpted. 738 00:32:27,500 --> 00:32:28,967 Your pumpkin work, Alan, 739 00:32:28,967 --> 00:32:32,567 I think it needs some lightness on the werewolf side 740 00:32:32,567 --> 00:32:34,600 so that we can really see some of it 741 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:36,867 -because it's a little bit dark. -Thank you. 742 00:32:36,867 --> 00:32:41,867 We asked for someone in mid-transformation in an inopportune time. 743 00:32:41,867 --> 00:32:44,133 This is literally caught on camera. 744 00:32:45,967 --> 00:32:47,400 The composition is great. 745 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:48,867 We have one, two, three. 746 00:32:48,867 --> 00:32:51,867 The eyes just really follow this flow of movement. 747 00:32:51,867 --> 00:32:53,767 And, Emerlie, I love the fact that you gave us 748 00:32:53,767 --> 00:32:56,066 this gorgeous sugar moon there. 749 00:32:56,066 --> 00:32:57,400 Emerlie, tell us about the tasting element 750 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:58,767 and what ingredients you got. 751 00:32:58,767 --> 00:33:00,300 So we got chocolate and onion. 752 00:33:00,300 --> 00:33:02,867 I definitely feel like we got the hardest one here. 753 00:33:02,867 --> 00:33:06,467 So this is a caramelized onion and pear bonbon. 754 00:33:06,467 --> 00:33:09,000 It is a caramelized onion and pear jam 755 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,400 in a white chocolate bonbon, 756 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:15,567 and then it's fried up rice paper with sea salt. 757 00:33:15,567 --> 00:33:17,066 [Shinmin] Wow. That's a very interesting bite. 758 00:33:17,066 --> 00:33:20,100 It tastes both savory and sweet at the same time. 759 00:33:20,100 --> 00:33:21,867 That's a really good balance there. 760 00:33:21,867 --> 00:33:23,367 The only thing I would change 761 00:33:23,367 --> 00:33:26,066 is I would use a darker, maybe, like, bittersweet chocolate 762 00:33:26,066 --> 00:33:28,000 as opposed to the white chocolate. 763 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,266 It doesn't have a very strong chocolate flavor. 764 00:33:30,266 --> 00:33:33,367 I love that you kept some of the texture of the onion in there. 765 00:33:33,367 --> 00:33:35,100 That's a very bold choice. 766 00:33:35,100 --> 00:33:36,567 -I did not want to shy away from it. -[Aarti] Yeah. 767 00:33:36,567 --> 00:33:38,367 -I wanted to own it. -[Jonathan] Smart. 768 00:33:38,367 --> 00:33:43,700 -[Emerlie] Yeah. -This is a very bold, confident, assertive bite. 769 00:33:43,700 --> 00:33:46,266 Two Ghouls and a Butcher, thank you so much. 770 00:33:46,266 --> 00:33:47,300 -Thank you. -Thank you. 771 00:33:47,300 --> 00:33:48,700 [Jonathan] Delectable Demons, 772 00:33:48,700 --> 00:33:52,667 tell us about your monster in transition. 773 00:33:52,667 --> 00:33:56,667 [Briea] Today, they have decided to make a chemical 774 00:33:56,667 --> 00:34:00,667 that will get rid of their bug infestation problem in the lab. 775 00:34:00,667 --> 00:34:03,066 But the experiment goes wrong. 776 00:34:03,066 --> 00:34:04,367 The transformed woman, 777 00:34:04,367 --> 00:34:06,166 it's made of rice cereal treat, 778 00:34:06,166 --> 00:34:08,000 modeling chocolate and fondant. 779 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:13,066 You have sugar wings, you have a pumpkin face and a pumpkin background. 780 00:34:13,066 --> 00:34:15,166 We made all the stone brick. 781 00:34:15,166 --> 00:34:18,867 Wow. There's such a sense of movement in your piece. 782 00:34:18,867 --> 00:34:20,867 I'm obsessed with this scientist. 783 00:34:20,867 --> 00:34:24,800 Eric, you've captured this amazing personality in his face. 784 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:28,166 Shannon, this character in the back, the assistant bug, 785 00:34:28,166 --> 00:34:30,700 she's creepy AF. 786 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,166 Some of the sugar work is not as successful. 787 00:34:35,166 --> 00:34:38,100 Like, the wings on the actual assistant herself, 788 00:34:38,100 --> 00:34:39,500 they seem really rough. 789 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:40,467 I can hear it. 790 00:34:40,467 --> 00:34:44,266 It is such a vivid depiction of this moment. 791 00:34:44,266 --> 00:34:45,734 When it comes to the tasting element, 792 00:34:45,734 --> 00:34:50,567 I feel like you guys could have worked it into the scene a little better. 793 00:34:50,567 --> 00:34:52,867 Briea, tell us about the tasting element. 794 00:34:52,867 --> 00:34:57,200 [Briea] My ingredients for the tasting element was sage and peaches. 795 00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,667 I made a baklava tart, 796 00:34:59,667 --> 00:35:03,900 made out of layers of phyllo dough, butter and sage sugar in between. 797 00:35:03,900 --> 00:35:07,400 And a beautiful, velvety vanilla pastry cream 798 00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:12,867 with roasted peaches atop a sage fried leaf. 799 00:35:12,867 --> 00:35:14,567 Briea, this is a lovely bite. 800 00:35:14,567 --> 00:35:17,767 I really love the tender, toothsome peach 801 00:35:17,767 --> 00:35:20,967 with the creaminess of the vanilla pastry cream. 802 00:35:20,967 --> 00:35:24,166 I do wish that I had a little bit more sage. 803 00:35:24,166 --> 00:35:27,100 My favorite part is actually the creme pat that you have in here. 804 00:35:27,100 --> 00:35:31,867 It's got that perfect, smooth but still jiggly texture. 805 00:35:31,867 --> 00:35:33,567 I agree with Aarti. 806 00:35:33,567 --> 00:35:36,767 I wish there was a little bit more sage flavor. 807 00:35:36,767 --> 00:35:38,166 Delectable Demons, thank you so much. 808 00:35:38,166 --> 00:35:39,834 -Thank you. -Thank you. 809 00:35:41,767 --> 00:35:44,066 [Reva] Here we have Penelope. 810 00:35:44,066 --> 00:35:46,667 What she didn't realize was that the bath bubbles 811 00:35:46,667 --> 00:35:48,767 that were given to her by a stranger 812 00:35:48,767 --> 00:35:51,266 turned her into a sea creature. 813 00:35:51,266 --> 00:35:53,500 Penelope herself is the cake element, 814 00:35:53,500 --> 00:35:56,000 with modeling chocolate and rice cereal treats. 815 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:57,967 The tub is also a cake element. 816 00:35:57,967 --> 00:36:00,467 The tentacles are actually pumpkin. 817 00:36:00,467 --> 00:36:03,767 We have an edible vinyl shower curtain, 818 00:36:03,767 --> 00:36:06,100 and some sugar balls and chocolate balls. 819 00:36:06,100 --> 00:36:08,500 There are so many unique techniques here. 820 00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:12,166 I love, Reva, that you showed us something new today 821 00:36:12,166 --> 00:36:14,467 by cooking down the gelatin with the cornstarch 822 00:36:14,467 --> 00:36:16,467 to create these super bendy, 823 00:36:16,467 --> 00:36:18,800 flexy, rubbery shower curtains. 824 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:20,033 Lincoln, I think you did a really good job 825 00:36:20,033 --> 00:36:24,266 incorporating the pumpkin tentacles into the cake display. 826 00:36:24,266 --> 00:36:26,500 I cannot tell that that's pumpkin. 827 00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:30,467 The thing about this cat is that it's very small. 828 00:36:30,467 --> 00:36:32,667 And without you explaining what is happening, 829 00:36:32,667 --> 00:36:36,200 I don't understand how it fits into the story. 830 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:39,467 The challenge was a monster in transition, 831 00:36:39,467 --> 00:36:44,100 but at an inopportune moment, and we're not getting that. 832 00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:46,900 You didn't make great use of your second character. 833 00:36:46,900 --> 00:36:49,400 That's where you get the tension. 834 00:36:55,667 --> 00:36:56,900 Tell us your two ingredients and what did you make? 835 00:36:56,900 --> 00:36:58,333 Cheese and honey. 836 00:36:58,333 --> 00:37:03,667 So I made a very light and delicate cheesecake to go with honey mousse. 837 00:37:03,667 --> 00:37:07,133 I add apricot coulis in to balance the sweetness. 838 00:37:07,767 --> 00:37:08,867 Mmm. 839 00:37:08,867 --> 00:37:12,500 This is a very delicious bite, and it was super fun. 840 00:37:14,266 --> 00:37:16,667 I think that apricot was a really lovely touch. 841 00:37:16,667 --> 00:37:19,000 It's very bright and happy. 842 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,667 And a lovely counterpoint to the sweetness of the honey. 843 00:37:21,667 --> 00:37:23,800 But I'm missing the cheese. 844 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:25,967 It's almost too subtle. 845 00:37:25,967 --> 00:37:28,800 I absolutely love this tasting. 846 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,867 The honey mousse is just loud and clear. 847 00:37:31,867 --> 00:37:33,400 I can definitely taste the honey. 848 00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,367 I think it's so smart that you did the cheesecake. 849 00:37:36,367 --> 00:37:38,100 So sorry to disagree. 850 00:37:38,100 --> 00:37:44,500 Um, the texture of this cheesecake is so airy and fluffy. 851 00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:45,667 It's really, really clever. 852 00:37:45,667 --> 00:37:47,467 Bone Battalion, thank you so much. 853 00:37:47,467 --> 00:37:49,033 -Thank you. -Thank you. 854 00:37:50,367 --> 00:37:53,200 Scream of the Crop, tell us about your monster. 855 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:55,867 So this is yee-haw! 856 00:37:55,867 --> 00:37:58,367 Wow. 857 00:37:58,367 --> 00:38:01,166 [Kyle] So what happened is our down-on-the-luck clown 858 00:38:01,166 --> 00:38:03,500 opened a portal that turned his best friend 859 00:38:03,500 --> 00:38:05,767 riding his horse into a nuckelavee. 860 00:38:05,767 --> 00:38:08,667 The horse is butternut squash, pumpkin, 861 00:38:08,667 --> 00:38:12,166 and our rider is modeling chocolate with fondant. 862 00:38:12,166 --> 00:38:14,900 The clown is rice cereal treats and fondant. 863 00:38:14,900 --> 00:38:18,800 The sugar elements are the flames, the book and the tasting element. 864 00:38:18,800 --> 00:38:21,100 I think this is such a clever design. 865 00:38:21,100 --> 00:38:25,667 You guys did such a great job of melding all the mediums together. 866 00:38:25,667 --> 00:38:27,600 We have to talk about the nuckelavee. 867 00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:30,867 Great texture, great carving. 868 00:38:30,867 --> 00:38:35,667 A really great, sort of, melding of the two artists here 869 00:38:35,667 --> 00:38:36,767 into one piece. 870 00:38:36,767 --> 00:38:38,867 It's funny because when you started to paint it red, 871 00:38:38,867 --> 00:38:41,000 I was like, "Oh, my gosh! Wow! 872 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,867 It's just turned into a whole different thing." 873 00:38:42,867 --> 00:38:46,000 Unfortunately, because you didn't create shadow in there, 874 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,066 some of that great texture that you carved in 875 00:38:48,066 --> 00:38:50,433 isn't really jumping out anymore. 876 00:38:50,767 --> 00:38:53,367 Ew, first of all. 877 00:38:53,367 --> 00:38:56,400 You were able to incorporate your skills 878 00:38:56,400 --> 00:39:00,567 as pumpkin, as cake artists and modeling chocolate. 879 00:39:00,567 --> 00:39:04,367 And you created this really uniform, cohesive body. 880 00:39:04,367 --> 00:39:07,867 The colors are just too bright. 881 00:39:07,867 --> 00:39:10,300 You know what they do with rodeo clowns that retire, right? 882 00:39:10,300 --> 00:39:11,834 They host Halloween Wars. 883 00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:16,600 Sarah, why don't you tell us about the tasting element? 884 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:17,600 What ingredients did you get? 885 00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,200 [Sarah] So our ingredients were miso and maple. 886 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:24,200 So for you today, we have a miso pear compote inside a maple mousse 887 00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:26,100 with a miso walnut crunch layer, 888 00:39:26,100 --> 00:39:28,467 and it's dipped in a white chocolate shell. 889 00:39:28,467 --> 00:39:30,266 Decorated to look like rocks. 890 00:39:30,266 --> 00:39:32,000 [Shinmin] My favorite part is the actual 891 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,266 walnut maple crunch that you have on the bottom. 892 00:39:34,266 --> 00:39:36,200 It's just a nice way to add texture 893 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:38,400 to an otherwise pretty soft tasting. 894 00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,767 I can definitely taste the maple as well. 895 00:39:40,767 --> 00:39:43,767 Miso is tough. Miso is very subtle in flavor. 896 00:39:43,767 --> 00:39:46,800 I agree. I think you were a little light with the miso. 897 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:48,266 I love the pear in there. 898 00:39:48,266 --> 00:39:50,467 I think it adds a little bit of freshness. 899 00:39:50,467 --> 00:39:52,767 Scream of the Crop, great job. Thank you so much. 900 00:39:52,767 --> 00:39:54,400 -Thank you. -Thank you. 901 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,967 There is some great work out here tonight 902 00:39:58,967 --> 00:40:01,100 that really impressed the judges. 903 00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:05,567 But one team pulled out all the stops in presentation and flavors 904 00:40:05,567 --> 00:40:10,800 to seamlessly transition from terrifying to downright delicious. 905 00:40:11,500 --> 00:40:14,200 The winner of this challenge is... 906 00:40:19,667 --> 00:40:22,200 Two Ghouls and a Butcher. Congratulations. 907 00:40:26,367 --> 00:40:29,467 -Onions and chocolate. -A winning combination. 908 00:40:29,467 --> 00:40:30,200 Wow! 909 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,000 And now, for the tough decision. 910 00:40:32,367 --> 00:40:33,900 The bottom two. 911 00:40:33,900 --> 00:40:36,767 Scream of the Crop, the sculpting on the horse 912 00:40:36,767 --> 00:40:38,867 and the clown face are amazing. 913 00:40:38,867 --> 00:40:41,367 But you covered all that pumpkin in red paint, 914 00:40:41,367 --> 00:40:44,367 and we lost all the details that you worked so hard on. 915 00:40:44,367 --> 00:40:47,667 Bone Battalion, we loved seeing something fresh and new, 916 00:40:47,667 --> 00:40:48,767 like the shower curtain. 917 00:40:48,767 --> 00:40:52,467 And the work on the octopus face was delightful. 918 00:40:52,467 --> 00:40:54,100 But we don't feel any tension 919 00:40:54,100 --> 00:40:55,767 from the monster transitioning, 920 00:40:55,767 --> 00:40:57,600 and that was the challenge. 921 00:40:59,367 --> 00:41:02,133 This was a tough decision for the judges to make. 922 00:41:03,166 --> 00:41:05,634 The team leaving us tonight is... 923 00:41:11,300 --> 00:41:12,600 Bone Battalion. 924 00:41:13,667 --> 00:41:16,767 [Reva] I'm not used to being the one out first, 925 00:41:16,767 --> 00:41:18,967 so it's humbling. 926 00:41:18,967 --> 00:41:20,400 -Thank you so much. -Thank you, guys. 927 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,200 -Thank you. -[Kyle] Bye, guys. 928 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:23,600 [Reva] I can accept it. 929 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:27,133 And I can come back and do better next time. 930 00:41:29,367 --> 00:41:33,867 Two Ghouls and a Butcher, Scream of the Crop and Delectable Demons, 931 00:41:33,867 --> 00:41:37,533 we'll see you all soon for more monster action. 932 00:41:38,767 --> 00:41:43,567 Next time, the six teams face off in an all-out Halloween War. 933 00:41:43,567 --> 00:41:45,100 -[Emerlie] So perfect. -[Shellane shrieks] 934 00:41:45,100 --> 00:41:46,166 That whole thing's shaking. 935 00:41:46,166 --> 00:41:47,400 [woman 1] It's so scary looking. 936 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,500 [Jonathan] As they take on demons that haunt your dreams 937 00:41:50,500 --> 00:41:54,467 and a challenge inspired by Nightmare on Elm Street. 938 00:41:54,467 --> 00:41:56,100 -[Briea] Oh, my God! -Oh, my God! 939 00:41:56,100 --> 00:41:57,867 -[woman 2] These are going down. -[man] I'm not touching it. 940 00:41:57,867 --> 00:41:59,500 -[woman 3 gasps] -[Shinmin gasps]