1 00:00:01,070 --> 00:00:04,110 Tap. Tap. Tap. 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:06,170 Ann? Whatcha doing? 3 00:00:06,270 --> 00:00:07,400 It’s Maple Week. 4 00:00:07,510 --> 00:00:09,710 I’m tapping for syrup, but it’s not working, 5 00:00:09,810 --> 00:00:11,880 That’s not gonna work. Tap shoes. 6 00:00:14,250 --> 00:00:16,150 Alan, that doesn’t make sense. 7 00:00:16,250 --> 00:00:18,490 This is how you tap. 8 00:00:21,420 --> 00:00:23,120 There’s no beeping. 9 00:00:23,220 --> 00:00:25,120 Guys, please, you’re all wrong. 10 00:00:25,230 --> 00:00:27,400 The only way to tap is to squeeze. 11 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,300 Give me a few more hours. 12 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:35,300 Is this even a maple tree? 13 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:38,670 Ann, I think I know what a maple tree looks like. 14 00:00:38,770 --> 00:00:40,210 Last time... 15 00:00:40,310 --> 00:00:40,910 There’s a rollercoaster arriving. 16 00:00:41,010 --> 00:00:42,410 - Yeah? - Wee! 17 00:00:42,510 --> 00:00:43,910 ...the tent got festive... 18 00:00:44,010 --> 00:00:45,310 I’m so excited. 19 00:00:45,410 --> 00:00:46,480 ...for Carnival Week. 20 00:00:46,580 --> 00:00:47,710 We’re going showgirl. 21 00:00:47,810 --> 00:00:49,110 And Dominic dazzled... 22 00:00:49,220 --> 00:00:51,590 Absolutely stunning. 23 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,880 ...earning him his first Star Baker. 24 00:00:53,990 --> 00:00:55,360 What? 25 00:00:55,460 --> 00:00:56,490 - Some... - Ah! 26 00:00:56,590 --> 00:00:57,760 ...had a rocky ride... 27 00:00:57,860 --> 00:01:00,300 I dropped the mask. 28 00:01:00,390 --> 00:01:02,660 ...and Tamara had to say goodbye. 29 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:04,230 What are we gonna do for fun now? 30 00:01:05,770 --> 00:01:07,410 - Now... - Let’s go! 31 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:09,100 ...our most Canadian week yet. 32 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:10,500 It’s Maple Week! 33 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,100 We’re coming back home and it feels nice. 34 00:01:12,210 --> 00:01:14,610 The bakers will slip into a sappy Signature... 35 00:01:14,710 --> 00:01:15,510 I don’t know why it’s tricky, 36 00:01:15,610 --> 00:01:16,950 I just know it’s gonna be tricky. 37 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:18,840 ...get into the thick of the Technical... 38 00:01:20,180 --> 00:01:22,280 No amount of push-ups could prepare me for this. 39 00:01:22,380 --> 00:01:23,620 ...then pour it all... 40 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:25,120 This is the hardest freaking part. 41 00:01:25,220 --> 00:01:27,690 ...into a maple soaked Showstopper. 42 00:01:27,790 --> 00:01:29,760 I’ve lost count of all the doughs I have 43 00:01:29,860 --> 00:01:32,660 going on, on here and there, over there, here. 44 00:01:57,480 --> 00:01:59,920 Good morning. 45 00:02:00,020 --> 00:02:01,660 So, I was Star Baker last week, 46 00:02:01,750 --> 00:02:03,690 so that comes with some pressure, 47 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:05,190 but that’s nothing compared to the fact that 48 00:02:05,290 --> 00:02:07,760 I’m from Quebec and it’s Maple Week. 49 00:02:07,860 --> 00:02:10,700 I’m still here. I’m grateful and... 50 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,370 a little anxious. 51 00:02:13,470 --> 00:02:15,970 Because I feel like it’s just gonna get harder. 52 00:02:16,070 --> 00:02:18,010 I really wanted to be Star Baker last week, 53 00:02:18,100 --> 00:02:19,900 but you know what? This might be my week. 54 00:02:20,010 --> 00:02:21,350 It’s gonna be a tricky one. 55 00:02:21,440 --> 00:02:24,980 But let go and let God. 56 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:26,880 Bakers, this week we’re gonna tap into a 57 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:30,150 quintessentially Canadian nectar, maple. 58 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:31,550 Today’s Signature Challenge 59 00:02:31,650 --> 00:02:33,220 comes all the way from Quebec, 60 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,220 the pudding chômeur, also known as 61 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:36,860 poor man’s pudding. 62 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:38,700 That’s because it was invented during the 63 00:02:38,790 --> 00:02:40,490 Great Depression when people had to manage 64 00:02:40,590 --> 00:02:42,090 with limited ingredients. 65 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,100 In its simplest form, it’s a cake-y batter 66 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:45,870 that’s cooked in a pool of maple sauce. 67 00:02:45,970 --> 00:02:48,410 Ooh! A pool I’d love to swim in. 68 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:51,170 Today you will take the traditional pudding recipe 69 00:02:51,270 --> 00:02:52,840 and add your own unique flair 70 00:02:52,940 --> 00:02:55,280 with maple playing a big part. 71 00:02:55,380 --> 00:02:56,950 Bakers, you have two hours to make 72 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:58,480 eight identical puddings. 73 00:02:58,580 --> 00:03:00,080 - On your marks! - Get set! 74 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:01,780 ALAN and ANN: Bake! 75 00:03:05,850 --> 00:03:07,620 It’s Maple Week, baby! 76 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,260 I’m excited, I love maple syrup. 77 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:11,900 I love it on pancakes. I love it in my coffee. 78 00:03:11,990 --> 00:03:13,290 I have four children. 79 00:03:13,390 --> 00:03:15,090 We go through gallons of maple syrup 80 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:16,770 every weekend for breakfast, where I’m 81 00:03:16,860 --> 00:03:19,100 on maple syrup watch, like, "That’s enough!" 82 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:24,240 Maple is so entrenched in Canadian culinary, 83 00:03:24,340 --> 00:03:27,580 so I’m expecting the bakers to be daring, creative, 84 00:03:27,670 --> 00:03:30,370 to push the boundaries of what you can do with maple. 85 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:32,180 I added a little bit of tequila. 86 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:34,080 Oh, this is the good stuff. 87 00:03:34,180 --> 00:03:37,280 Pudding chômeur is a classic Québécois dessert. 88 00:03:37,380 --> 00:03:38,720 Safe. 89 00:03:38,820 --> 00:03:41,120 The bakers can’t play it safe with this challenge. 90 00:03:41,220 --> 00:03:43,660 We want the bakers to bring us colour, 91 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,230 bring us flavours, incorporate toppings 92 00:03:46,330 --> 00:03:47,800 and really showcase one of the 93 00:03:47,890 --> 00:03:49,530 great Canadian traditions. 94 00:03:49,630 --> 00:03:51,300 Pudding chômeur is home. 95 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,370 Every family in Québec has a recipe for this so... 96 00:03:54,470 --> 00:03:57,540 we’re coming back home now, and it feels nice. 97 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:00,610 Dominic will celebrate his homecoming with a 98 00:04:00,710 --> 00:04:04,350 raspberry chômeur soaked with miso maple cream. 99 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,040 Is miso a very traditional recipe from the family 100 00:04:07,150 --> 00:04:09,150 or is that a Dominic spin on things? 101 00:04:09,250 --> 00:04:10,950 No, I think it would be frowned upon. 102 00:04:12,190 --> 00:04:13,990 Maple is the star... 103 00:04:14,090 --> 00:04:15,490 Sticky, sticky. 104 00:04:15,590 --> 00:04:17,930 ...made brighter by bold flavour pairings. 105 00:04:18,020 --> 00:04:21,660 I am making cranberry mini-bundt cakes. 106 00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:24,830 I’ll be making a margarita chômeur today. 107 00:04:24,930 --> 00:04:27,800 Ooh, I can smell the tequila. 108 00:04:27,900 --> 00:04:29,000 Heh-heh-heh. 109 00:04:29,100 --> 00:04:32,200 I’m making a spicy chômeur. Whoops. 110 00:04:32,310 --> 00:04:35,280 So I’m starting right now with my cake batter. 111 00:04:35,380 --> 00:04:37,520 The heart of pudding chômeur is the 112 00:04:37,610 --> 00:04:39,610 dense, moist cake. 113 00:04:39,710 --> 00:04:42,510 I’m using maple sugar to amp the maple up. 114 00:04:42,620 --> 00:04:44,260 It should give it a good zip. 115 00:04:44,350 --> 00:04:47,520 My cake batter is espresso flavoured. 116 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:48,990 I think it’s delicious, 117 00:04:49,090 --> 00:04:51,530 even though I don’t actually drink coffee. 118 00:04:51,620 --> 00:04:54,620 Kavi will layer up his latte chômeur with a 119 00:04:54,730 --> 00:04:57,800 maple whip and a maple espresso caramel. 120 00:04:57,900 --> 00:04:59,800 My wife, she’s very particular about her coffee. 121 00:04:59,900 --> 00:05:02,040 She’s like, "I am going to give you the 122 00:05:02,140 --> 00:05:03,410 right espresso beans for this." 123 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:05,700 Does it make an extra layer of pressure on you? 124 00:05:05,810 --> 00:05:07,510 I think there’s a lot of layers of pressure. 125 00:05:07,610 --> 00:05:09,510 It’s hard to keep track of how many layers there are. 126 00:05:10,810 --> 00:05:13,910 Okay, so I need more maple. 127 00:05:14,010 --> 00:05:15,850 Mm-mm. 128 00:05:15,950 --> 00:05:18,590 The bakers must also get working on their sauce... 129 00:05:18,690 --> 00:05:20,160 That’s what we’re gonna cook the pudding in. 130 00:05:20,250 --> 00:05:22,720 ...that will seep into the chômeur while it bakes. 131 00:05:22,820 --> 00:05:24,190 It’s cake magic today. 132 00:05:24,290 --> 00:05:26,560 I’m gonna add a lot of rum to this. 133 00:05:26,660 --> 00:05:27,760 Whoo. 134 00:05:27,860 --> 00:05:29,230 I came out of the womb wanting jerk chicken, 135 00:05:29,330 --> 00:05:31,370 so I love hot on everything. 136 00:05:31,460 --> 00:05:33,200 So, I’m gonna put some gochujang 137 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:35,070 in my caramel sauce. 138 00:05:35,170 --> 00:05:37,210 Agh! There goes my spoon. 139 00:05:37,300 --> 00:05:40,470 Zoë will turn up the heat with gochujang 140 00:05:40,570 --> 00:05:44,070 maple caramel enrobing her sesame chômeur. 141 00:05:44,180 --> 00:05:45,150 There we go. 142 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:46,910 Make sure they’re all the same. 143 00:05:47,010 --> 00:05:49,580 I can definitely smell the chilies. Hooh! 144 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,120 Pouring hot sauce over a cake before 145 00:05:52,220 --> 00:05:54,020 going into the oven sounds wrong, 146 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,620 but that’s the secret to pudding chômeur. 147 00:05:56,720 --> 00:05:57,890 It goes through the batter and makes its 148 00:05:57,990 --> 00:06:00,560 own sauce at the bottom, self-saucing. 149 00:06:00,660 --> 00:06:02,030 That’s good. That’s good. 150 00:06:02,130 --> 00:06:03,430 Pouring my sauce over the batter and 151 00:06:03,530 --> 00:06:04,700 we’re going in the oven right now. 152 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:05,970 Please bake well. 153 00:06:06,070 --> 00:06:08,470 Okay, good night. Okay, now... 154 00:06:08,570 --> 00:06:10,570 I gotta start my ice cream. 155 00:06:10,670 --> 00:06:12,110 If chômeur wasn’t enough, 156 00:06:12,210 --> 00:06:14,580 one baker is pulling out all the stops... 157 00:06:14,670 --> 00:06:16,140 I’m gonna be making some cranberry ripple 158 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:17,780 ice cream to go with it. 159 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:19,280 ...and she’s not alone. 160 00:06:19,380 --> 00:06:20,620 Ice cream’s going, eh, Margaret? 161 00:06:20,710 --> 00:06:22,750 Yeah, it’s going. Yours getting in there too? 162 00:06:22,850 --> 00:06:23,820 Right now, yeah. 163 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:25,420 I’ve made my ice cream multiple times. 164 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:27,760 I feel okay about everything until I get in here 165 00:06:27,850 --> 00:06:29,190 and then I’m like... 166 00:06:29,290 --> 00:06:32,560 sweating, so fingers crossed. 167 00:06:32,660 --> 00:06:35,100 Ryan’s vanilla ice cream will top his 168 00:06:35,190 --> 00:06:37,130 butter pecan maple chômeur 169 00:06:37,230 --> 00:06:39,000 nestled in cherry mousse. 170 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:40,600 Oh, and you’re adding a layer of mousse. 171 00:06:40,700 --> 00:06:42,440 - Yes, yeah. - Okay, wow. 172 00:06:42,540 --> 00:06:44,140 So quite complex technique. 173 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:45,910 - Yeah, I mean... - Ice cream, mousse. 174 00:06:46,010 --> 00:06:48,450 I’m a sucker for pain so, yeah. 175 00:06:48,540 --> 00:06:49,780 Ay, ay, ay. 176 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:51,480 As they reimagine the chômeur... 177 00:06:51,580 --> 00:06:53,280 This is gonna be a weird one. 178 00:06:53,380 --> 00:06:57,180 ...the bakers are all adding extra layers of flavour. 179 00:06:57,280 --> 00:07:00,350 I’m making a banana custard, which is gorgeous. 180 00:07:00,450 --> 00:07:02,250 Look at that. 181 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:03,460 My arm... 182 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,530 My arm is dead. 183 00:07:05,630 --> 00:07:07,330 Passionfruit gelée is on. 184 00:07:07,430 --> 00:07:09,170 My mom loves passionfruit so much that my dad 185 00:07:09,260 --> 00:07:11,360 asked a friend to find a passionfruit plant 186 00:07:11,460 --> 00:07:13,130 to plant in our garden. 187 00:07:13,230 --> 00:07:15,430 Yeah, not here though, in China. 188 00:07:15,540 --> 00:07:18,340 Jennifer’s margarita chômeur shakes things up 189 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:22,340 with a passionfruit gelée and a zesty lime curd. 190 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:25,210 Oh my goodness, I juiced so many limes. 191 00:07:25,310 --> 00:07:27,210 I can feel every single cut in my finger. 192 00:07:31,850 --> 00:07:34,620 Ann, it’s been an honour... 193 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:35,850 and a privilege to go through this 194 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:37,400 baking show journey with you. 195 00:07:37,490 --> 00:07:39,530 Oh jeez, Alan, you’re so sappy. 196 00:07:39,630 --> 00:07:41,130 One hour, bakers? 197 00:07:43,930 --> 00:07:46,630 Ice cream coming out, yeah. 198 00:07:46,730 --> 00:07:50,070 Okay, so that’s just coarse pickling salt... 199 00:07:50,170 --> 00:07:53,940 and it just goes in here and gets shaken around in here. 200 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,380 I learned this from a science experiment 201 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:57,080 I used to do with my kids when I was teaching, 202 00:07:57,180 --> 00:07:58,820 just adding salt to ice 203 00:07:58,910 --> 00:08:00,280 drops the freezing temperature 204 00:08:00,380 --> 00:08:03,020 and it will chill my ice cream way faster. 205 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:05,860 Margaret’s cranberry maple chômeur will 206 00:08:05,950 --> 00:08:09,290 have a cool sidecar of cranberry ripple ice cream. 207 00:08:09,390 --> 00:08:10,760 Since you don’t look too stressed, 208 00:08:10,860 --> 00:08:12,860 we’re gonna let you finish everything. 209 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,700 On the outside, you know, I’m underwater- 210 00:08:14,790 --> 00:08:16,230 That thing. 211 00:08:16,330 --> 00:08:18,170 Oh. 212 00:08:18,260 --> 00:08:20,060 They’re pretty much ready. 213 00:08:20,170 --> 00:08:21,840 I’m hoping and praying that my cake 214 00:08:21,930 --> 00:08:23,500 cools quick enough... 215 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:25,100 or else it’ll melt the mousse and 216 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:26,900 I’ll have this one big pile of slop. 217 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:32,210 As time drips away... 218 00:08:32,310 --> 00:08:34,750 - I’m making tuilles. - Yay! 219 00:08:34,850 --> 00:08:36,650 ...the bakers dash to decor. 220 00:08:36,750 --> 00:08:38,350 Wow, that is so pretty. 221 00:08:38,450 --> 00:08:40,420 Let’s hope they bake well. 222 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,160 I’m working on my Florentines. 223 00:08:42,260 --> 00:08:44,930 This is to give it a bit of crunch for texture. 224 00:08:45,020 --> 00:08:47,760 Jo’s maple rum chômeur will float on 225 00:08:47,860 --> 00:08:50,600 banana crème légère clouds and be topped with 226 00:08:50,700 --> 00:08:52,500 a crunchy peanut florentine. 227 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:54,100 They’re going to be very thin? 228 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:55,940 Yeah, hopefully. 229 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:57,680 That can be a big challenge, huh? 230 00:08:57,770 --> 00:08:59,640 I haven’t had any problems with it so far, 231 00:08:59,740 --> 00:09:01,580 so please don’t jinx me, Bruno. 232 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,310 Please work. 233 00:09:05,410 --> 00:09:06,650 Okay. 234 00:09:06,750 --> 00:09:09,490 I am candying some Bird’s Eye chilis. 235 00:09:09,580 --> 00:09:10,920 So sticky. 236 00:09:11,020 --> 00:09:13,720 This is tanghulu, and it’s just cranberries 237 00:09:13,820 --> 00:09:15,960 dipped in a hard sugar coating. 238 00:09:16,060 --> 00:09:18,630 They’re like adult lollipops. 239 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:20,560 - Excellent. - Yes, yes. 240 00:09:20,660 --> 00:09:21,660 Good. 241 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,600 It can’t just be rustic in the tent, right? 242 00:09:23,700 --> 00:09:24,600 Yeah, you gotta pinkies up on everything. 243 00:09:24,700 --> 00:09:25,600 It has to be fancy, exactly. 244 00:09:25,700 --> 00:09:26,670 Two pinkies up, actually. 245 00:09:26,770 --> 00:09:27,570 Both of them. 246 00:09:27,670 --> 00:09:28,740 Yeah, including my toes. 247 00:09:28,830 --> 00:09:30,330 You can’t see them, but they’re up right now. 248 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:34,610 Oh, yo! Please be dry. 249 00:09:34,710 --> 00:09:36,880 I think Bruno jinxed me. 250 00:09:36,980 --> 00:09:38,650 They spread too much. 251 00:09:38,740 --> 00:09:39,840 Okay, okay, okay, okay. 252 00:09:39,950 --> 00:09:42,120 I’m a stressed-out bartender today. 253 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:46,260 Bakers, five minutes left. 254 00:09:46,350 --> 00:09:47,620 Ah, what time? 255 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:50,720 Okay... 256 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:53,430 Oh great. 257 00:09:53,530 --> 00:09:55,900 Alright, here we go. It is assembly time. 258 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,370 I think it’s gonna be down to 259 00:09:57,460 --> 00:09:58,700 the last couple minutes. 260 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,970 Now I just need to work as fast as I can. 261 00:10:02,070 --> 00:10:04,570 Don’t want a dry pudding. 262 00:10:04,670 --> 00:10:05,700 A little pressed for time, 263 00:10:05,810 --> 00:10:07,050 but there’s nothing I can do. 264 00:10:07,140 --> 00:10:08,710 Let’s do it, we’re getting dirty. 265 00:10:08,810 --> 00:10:11,880 No time for cleanliness now. 266 00:10:11,980 --> 00:10:13,450 Gotta be perfect. 267 00:10:13,550 --> 00:10:16,720 My final layer that hopefully I can slap on top. 268 00:10:16,820 --> 00:10:18,060 Uh, Ryan, can you help me? 269 00:10:18,150 --> 00:10:19,150 What do you need? 270 00:10:19,250 --> 00:10:21,590 Bakers, you have one minute left. 271 00:10:21,690 --> 00:10:25,230 Oh boy, let’s go! 272 00:10:27,130 --> 00:10:28,970 Ah! 273 00:10:29,060 --> 00:10:31,100 Oh my god, yummy. 274 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:32,700 There. 275 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:34,040 Thank you so much. 276 00:10:34,130 --> 00:10:36,200 ALAN and ANN: Five! Four! 277 00:10:36,300 --> 00:10:39,440 Three! Two! One! 278 00:10:39,540 --> 00:10:40,840 You’re done, bakers! 279 00:10:40,940 --> 00:10:42,710 Hands off your Signature bakes! 280 00:10:42,810 --> 00:10:44,850 Great work! 281 00:10:44,940 --> 00:10:47,880 Down to the wire! That was tight. 282 00:10:50,450 --> 00:10:52,450 {\an8}Bruno and Kyla will now taste the 283 00:10:52,550 --> 00:10:54,520 {\an8}baker’s pudding chômeurs. 284 00:10:54,620 --> 00:10:56,920 {\an8}Wow, Ryan. 285 00:10:57,020 --> 00:10:59,960 It sparkles, it’s like party time, 286 00:11:00,060 --> 00:11:01,760 good vibe in the Soo. 287 00:11:01,860 --> 00:11:03,260 Something a steelworker would do, right? 288 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,430 - Yeah, yeah, exactly. - Exactly what I was thinking! 289 00:11:09,500 --> 00:11:12,240 The pecans, the cherry mousse, 290 00:11:12,340 --> 00:11:15,710 everything is just coming together with the maple... 291 00:11:15,810 --> 00:11:17,680 and to come up with an ice cream that’s 292 00:11:17,780 --> 00:11:20,880 rich in flavour and firmly set, nicely done. 293 00:11:20,980 --> 00:11:22,080 Yeah, delish. 294 00:11:22,180 --> 00:11:23,620 That mousse is like, you could 295 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:25,720 blow bubbles with it. So light. 296 00:11:27,550 --> 00:11:28,580 {\an8}- Hello. - Hello. 297 00:11:28,690 --> 00:11:29,760 {\an8}Hello. 298 00:11:29,860 --> 00:11:32,460 Oh, this is such an elevated presentation. 299 00:11:32,560 --> 00:11:33,800 Is this how you grew up eating it? 300 00:11:36,830 --> 00:11:39,430 Seeing those raspberries inside, 301 00:11:39,530 --> 00:11:41,100 beautiful pop of colour. 302 00:11:43,900 --> 00:11:45,440 It’s really good. 303 00:11:45,540 --> 00:11:47,510 Bringing that miso in, I think that 304 00:11:47,610 --> 00:11:48,810 it’s something I wouldn’t have thought to put 305 00:11:48,910 --> 00:11:51,450 with maple, and I think they work really well together. 306 00:11:51,540 --> 00:11:53,580 This makes "miso" happy. 307 00:11:56,050 --> 00:11:57,790 {\an8}It looks like if we opened up a magazine 308 00:11:57,880 --> 00:11:59,280 and there was an editorial, 309 00:11:59,390 --> 00:12:02,130 Great Canadian Fall Treats, this is it. 310 00:12:02,220 --> 00:12:03,920 Yeah, and some of them you can see the layers 311 00:12:04,020 --> 00:12:05,290 a little bit clearer. 312 00:12:05,390 --> 00:12:07,160 Some of them are a little more mushed down, 313 00:12:07,260 --> 00:12:09,160 but we get the overall idea. 314 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,030 There is strong coffee flavour component. 315 00:12:14,130 --> 00:12:16,230 It’s just like having a cappuccino. 316 00:12:16,340 --> 00:12:18,740 {\an8}Like a maple latte. Perfect fall treat. 317 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:23,240 {\an8}If I was dreaming of pudding chômeurs, 318 00:12:23,340 --> 00:12:24,440 {\an8}it would look like that. 319 00:12:24,540 --> 00:12:26,140 Thank you. 320 00:12:26,250 --> 00:12:27,550 It’s like dripping a little. 321 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:32,220 The baking of your chômeurs, 322 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,320 I think, is really on point here. 323 00:12:34,420 --> 00:12:36,020 The maple has a beautiful sweetness. 324 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:37,090 Yeah. 325 00:12:37,190 --> 00:12:39,030 The banana cream is soft, very light. 326 00:12:39,130 --> 00:12:40,770 Then you get a little kick of rum. 327 00:12:43,700 --> 00:12:45,740 {\an8}Wow. The cranberries, 328 00:12:45,830 --> 00:12:48,430 {\an8} I mean, the way that they’re just standing up, 329 00:12:48,530 --> 00:12:51,130 just like an invitation in to say, eat me! 330 00:12:54,110 --> 00:12:57,350 The texture of this is lip smacking. 331 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,140 It just melts in your mouth and your ice cream 332 00:13:00,250 --> 00:13:01,590 is really well made. 333 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:04,550 And that amazing contrast of the sweetness 334 00:13:04,650 --> 00:13:07,690 of the maple and the pop of cranberries. 335 00:13:08,790 --> 00:13:11,230 - Ooh! - That’s so sour. 336 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:12,790 Every hair is curling on me. 337 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,040 {\an8}This is such a bold statement on 338 00:13:19,130 --> 00:13:20,900 {\an8} how to make a pudding chômeur. 339 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,240 Like just look at the colour. 340 00:13:24,340 --> 00:13:27,340 My god, that flavour, that’s so unique, 341 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:30,080 and I’m glad you dare to do it. 342 00:13:30,180 --> 00:13:31,880 The way you played with the gochujang, 343 00:13:31,980 --> 00:13:33,350 it makes you keep taking a bite. 344 00:13:33,450 --> 00:13:35,950 It’s very tasty, it’s hot. 345 00:13:36,050 --> 00:13:39,750 But there is that smokiness to it, that richness. 346 00:13:39,850 --> 00:13:42,990 And you haven’t lost the effect of maple. 347 00:13:43,090 --> 00:13:44,190 For me it’s magical. 348 00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:45,890 {\an8}Oh, thank you. 349 00:13:47,490 --> 00:13:49,560 {\an8}This is electric, Jennifer. 350 00:13:49,660 --> 00:13:52,630 It’s such a creative interpretation. 351 00:13:52,730 --> 00:13:56,270 And it does definitely evoke a margarita. 352 00:13:56,370 --> 00:13:57,740 Thank you. 353 00:13:57,840 --> 00:13:59,940 One drink, please, thank you. 354 00:14:02,510 --> 00:14:04,950 Oh, Jennifer. 355 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:06,340 What have you done here? 356 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:11,020 Your lime curd just pops. 357 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,560 The maple brings the sweetness, 358 00:14:13,650 --> 00:14:15,590 and then the passion fruit just brings it together. 359 00:14:15,690 --> 00:14:16,590 Beautiful. 360 00:14:16,690 --> 00:14:18,190 Perfect, thank you so much. 361 00:14:18,290 --> 00:14:20,090 I’m so happy, oh my God! 362 00:14:20,190 --> 00:14:23,230 I was so worried. I barely finished on time. 363 00:14:23,330 --> 00:14:24,800 I’m also grateful for Ryan. 364 00:14:24,900 --> 00:14:26,140 It was like such a roller coaster 365 00:14:26,230 --> 00:14:28,100 of emotions right now. 366 00:14:28,200 --> 00:14:30,940 Maple Week so far is pretty good, eh? 367 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:41,250 Bakers, welcome to your Maple Week 368 00:14:41,350 --> 00:14:42,420 Technical Challenge. 369 00:14:42,510 --> 00:14:45,050 Quite literally a sticky situation. 370 00:14:45,150 --> 00:14:47,690 Judges, can you please give our bakers some advice? 371 00:14:47,790 --> 00:14:49,630 Don’t stir the pot. 372 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:53,290 Mm, you’re right. That’s our job! Ha-ha. 373 00:14:53,390 --> 00:14:55,160 All right, Judges, ta-ta for now. 374 00:14:55,260 --> 00:14:57,330 Today for your Technical Challenge, 375 00:14:57,430 --> 00:15:01,300 you will be making a maple mousse tart. 376 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,240 Specifically, your tart is a short crust pastry shell 377 00:15:04,340 --> 00:15:06,080 with two different maple layers. 378 00:15:06,170 --> 00:15:07,470 A maple syrup fudge. 379 00:15:07,570 --> 00:15:09,610 The second, a maple butter mousse. 380 00:15:09,710 --> 00:15:11,580 Basically, our most Canadian bake yet. 381 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:12,680 Mm-hm. 382 00:15:12,780 --> 00:15:15,050 Bakers, you have two hours and 15 minutes. 383 00:15:15,150 --> 00:15:16,420 - On your marks! - Get set! 384 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:18,260 ALAN and ANN: Bake! 385 00:15:22,420 --> 00:15:24,190 So many pages. 386 00:15:24,290 --> 00:15:28,060 Technical is this wicked maple mousse tart. 387 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:29,600 I understand all those words separately, 388 00:15:29,700 --> 00:15:31,100 but not all together, you know? 389 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:36,200 I’m so excited about this challenge because 390 00:15:36,300 --> 00:15:39,340 it is layer upon layer of maple deliciousness. 391 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,840 Well, I cannot wait to see what’s inside. 392 00:15:41,940 --> 00:15:44,710 We start with a walnut short crust, 393 00:15:44,810 --> 00:15:47,550 a raspberry jam to break up the sweetness. 394 00:15:47,650 --> 00:15:50,720 On top is a maple mousse, and in the middle 395 00:15:50,820 --> 00:15:53,620 is the best part, it’s a maple fudge. 396 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:54,990 So, you’re going to have the bakers 397 00:15:55,090 --> 00:15:56,560 make fudge in the tent? 398 00:15:56,660 --> 00:15:58,460 There’s a high risk of separating, 399 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,230 crystallizing, and seizing, ah? 400 00:16:00,330 --> 00:16:02,300 Yep, and I know because I have done 401 00:16:02,390 --> 00:16:04,290 all of those mistakes. 402 00:16:06,900 --> 00:16:10,200 I love how smooth the mousse is, 403 00:16:10,300 --> 00:16:13,570 and how it contrasts the buttery texture of the crust. 404 00:16:13,670 --> 00:16:15,310 But tell the truth, it’s all about that 405 00:16:15,410 --> 00:16:17,050 fudge in the centre, isn’t it? 406 00:16:17,140 --> 00:16:19,410 It’s all about the fudge. 407 00:16:19,510 --> 00:16:21,810 Right now, I’m a little overwhelmed. 408 00:16:21,910 --> 00:16:24,480 It’s very complicated, surprisingly. 409 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:27,750 I can’t even tell you right now I’m so flustered. 410 00:16:27,850 --> 00:16:28,920 I know it has fudge, 411 00:16:29,020 --> 00:16:30,590 and so that’s what I’m starting on right now. 412 00:16:30,690 --> 00:16:31,760 Have you made fudge before? 413 00:16:31,860 --> 00:16:33,660 No, but I don’t know, 414 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:34,930 I’m channeling my grandma. 415 00:16:35,030 --> 00:16:36,430 So, your grandma likes fudge? 416 00:16:36,530 --> 00:16:37,730 - No. - Ha! 417 00:16:37,830 --> 00:16:39,730 Then why are you channeling your grandma? 418 00:16:39,830 --> 00:16:42,370 It felt right. 419 00:16:42,470 --> 00:16:44,270 Fudge is notoriously tricky. 420 00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:45,270 I don’t know why it’s tricky, 421 00:16:45,370 --> 00:16:46,940 I just know it’s gonna be tricky. 422 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:49,010 It takes a long time... 423 00:16:49,110 --> 00:16:51,250 ...and temperature control is key. 424 00:16:51,340 --> 00:16:52,910 We have to keep a close eye on the fudge 425 00:16:53,010 --> 00:16:54,910 while making all the other components. 426 00:16:55,010 --> 00:16:56,910 Okay, I am getting started on 427 00:16:57,020 --> 00:17:00,260 the short crust pastry. All right, let’s do this. 428 00:17:03,060 --> 00:17:04,930 Coming together beautifully here. 429 00:17:05,020 --> 00:17:06,890 Just keep my eye on the fudge over there. 430 00:17:06,990 --> 00:17:08,530 I’m watching you. 431 00:17:08,630 --> 00:17:10,670 You’re not falling over on my watch. 432 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:12,560 The bakers have to keep their eyes on 433 00:17:12,660 --> 00:17:14,430 more than just the fudge. 434 00:17:14,530 --> 00:17:15,970 I’m doing the jam. 435 00:17:16,070 --> 00:17:18,410 The walnuts don’t take a lot of time. 436 00:17:18,500 --> 00:17:19,970 I wish I had four pairs of eyes. 437 00:17:20,070 --> 00:17:21,640 Oh, two pairs of eyes. 438 00:17:21,740 --> 00:17:23,440 So many things to watch at once. 439 00:17:23,540 --> 00:17:24,710 Woo! 440 00:17:24,810 --> 00:17:27,380 How do I know if my walnuts are good? 441 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,320 This will give us a nice, hopefully shiny, 442 00:17:30,420 --> 00:17:33,920 jewel-like jam at the bottom of our tart. 443 00:17:34,020 --> 00:17:35,390 It’s good jam. 444 00:17:35,490 --> 00:17:37,960 Next, short crust. 445 00:17:40,230 --> 00:17:41,970 The tender crust must be rolled out 446 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:43,330 to quarter inch thick... 447 00:17:43,430 --> 00:17:45,770 However, I do not know how thick that is so, 448 00:17:45,860 --> 00:17:48,100 good thing we have a ruler. 449 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:49,130 It’s a bit crumbly. 450 00:17:49,230 --> 00:17:52,130 ...and then baked to perfection. 451 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,280 Golden brown. We’re looking for golden brown here. 452 00:17:54,370 --> 00:17:57,140 I’m starting my mousse. 453 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:00,110 I’m still waiting for the fudge to get to temperature. 454 00:18:00,210 --> 00:18:02,280 It’s kind of unnerving that it’s not there yet, 455 00:18:02,380 --> 00:18:04,450 but just have to accept it and go with it. 456 00:18:04,550 --> 00:18:06,390 I’m making the maple mousse. 457 00:18:08,390 --> 00:18:10,390 Seems weird. 458 00:18:10,490 --> 00:18:13,690 I feel like every Technical is an arm work out. 459 00:18:13,790 --> 00:18:15,760 This part I’m not as worried about, 460 00:18:15,860 --> 00:18:18,000 but I want this to hurry up and get to temperature 461 00:18:18,100 --> 00:18:19,900 because I’ve got to cool it down. 462 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,840 Oh my gosh. 463 00:18:21,930 --> 00:18:24,670 Like, few more degrees and we’re there. 464 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:26,870 Kyla said not to stir the pot. 465 00:18:26,970 --> 00:18:28,770 There’s a little bit of crystallization and I just 466 00:18:28,870 --> 00:18:31,740 want to fiddle with it, but can’t touch the pot. 467 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:33,480 Just gonna listen. Gonna listen, 468 00:18:33,580 --> 00:18:35,120 I’m a good listener. 469 00:18:35,210 --> 00:18:36,880 It’s time, thank goodness. 470 00:18:36,980 --> 00:18:38,920 I’m gonna pour that in there. 471 00:18:39,020 --> 00:18:41,690 Time to pour. I think I may have burnt it. 472 00:18:41,790 --> 00:18:43,260 Yeah, it looks like it. 473 00:18:43,360 --> 00:18:45,130 I think I’ve ruined this too. 474 00:18:48,490 --> 00:18:51,560 I’m burning everything. 475 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:57,370 Bakers, you have 45 minutes left! 476 00:18:57,470 --> 00:18:58,910 Okay. 477 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,340 Once the fudge has cooled... 478 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:01,810 This smells good. 479 00:19:01,910 --> 00:19:04,610 ...the bakers have to beat it, by hand... 480 00:19:05,980 --> 00:19:07,350 ...until it changes. 481 00:19:07,450 --> 00:19:09,090 It’s supposed to get lighter in colour. 482 00:19:09,180 --> 00:19:10,250 I think I burnt my fudge. 483 00:19:10,350 --> 00:19:11,990 It’s a little darker than I think it should be so- 484 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:13,420 But we’re at the point in no return now, 485 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:15,660 so I gotta roll with it. 486 00:19:19,990 --> 00:19:23,030 No amount of push-ups could prepare me for this. 487 00:19:23,130 --> 00:19:24,600 I don’t know about this. 488 00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:27,000 I don’t know if I should start over or what. 489 00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:27,930 First time making fudge? 490 00:19:28,030 --> 00:19:28,900 First time making fudge, 491 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,100 probably last time making fudge. 492 00:19:32,340 --> 00:19:34,080 This is where I would call my husband. 493 00:19:34,170 --> 00:19:38,940 Florian, mon amour, I have a job for you. 494 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,480 If the mixer can’t do it, I can’t do it. 495 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:44,920 We whip it. We whip it and we pray. 496 00:19:47,090 --> 00:19:49,060 Twenty minutes ’til you let your mousse loose... 497 00:19:49,150 --> 00:19:50,720 into my mouth. 498 00:19:50,820 --> 00:19:52,720 Oh, god. 499 00:19:52,820 --> 00:19:55,760 I’m folding my whipped cream into my pastry cream 500 00:19:55,860 --> 00:19:57,300 to make the mousse. 501 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,240 I’m trying to keep it airy and mousse-y. 502 00:20:00,330 --> 00:20:02,570 It’s just not smooth. 503 00:20:05,700 --> 00:20:07,300 Eh! 504 00:20:12,340 --> 00:20:14,780 That looks perfect. 505 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:17,720 But that’s the only thing that looks perfect. 506 00:20:17,820 --> 00:20:20,060 Okay, I’m gonna take the pie crust out. 507 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:23,420 Are you okay? 508 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,560 Yeah, I just touched the hot pan. 509 00:20:25,660 --> 00:20:28,130 Bakers, you have five minutes left! 510 00:20:28,230 --> 00:20:29,470 Oh my god. 511 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:33,130 Starting to assemble in an unconventional way. 512 00:20:33,230 --> 00:20:34,630 I don’t know. 513 00:20:34,730 --> 00:20:36,230 A diagram would have been nice. 514 00:20:36,340 --> 00:20:38,540 I don’t like this. 515 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,780 Decorating my favourite part. 516 00:20:40,870 --> 00:20:42,670 Provided this doesn’t all melt. 517 00:20:42,770 --> 00:20:44,840 I have to be fast and accurate. 518 00:20:44,940 --> 00:20:46,240 I’m not too sure about the decoration, 519 00:20:46,350 --> 00:20:48,650 so I’m just winging it. 520 00:20:48,750 --> 00:20:50,620 Oh! Should we dust this in the middle, 521 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:51,990 or should we dust this all over? 522 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:53,550 - ALAN and ANN: Ten! - Ah! 523 00:20:53,650 --> 00:20:56,150 ALAN and ANN: Nine! Eight! Seven! 524 00:20:56,260 --> 00:20:58,130 Six! Five! 525 00:20:58,220 --> 00:20:59,790 Four! Three! 526 00:20:59,890 --> 00:21:01,590 Two! One! 527 00:21:01,690 --> 00:21:03,660 You’re done, bakers! Hands off your tarts! 528 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,430 - Great job! - Woo! 529 00:21:06,530 --> 00:21:09,330 Bakers, please bring your maple mousse tarts up to 530 00:21:09,430 --> 00:21:12,670 the gingham altar and place them behind your photos. 531 00:21:12,770 --> 00:21:14,670 The judges are looking for a golden tart 532 00:21:14,770 --> 00:21:17,110 with airy maple fudge, smooth mousse, 533 00:21:17,210 --> 00:21:19,310 and firm-set raspberry jam. 534 00:21:19,410 --> 00:21:21,350 Let’s taste your maple mousse tarts. 535 00:21:21,450 --> 00:21:23,050 Our first baker? 536 00:21:23,150 --> 00:21:25,050 A lot of raspberries, 537 00:21:25,150 --> 00:21:26,550 but they have a nice shine on them. 538 00:21:26,650 --> 00:21:29,720 Oh, yes, and we have nice distinct layers. 539 00:21:29,820 --> 00:21:32,290 The crust seems like it’s baked through. 540 00:21:32,390 --> 00:21:34,130 The mousse is very smooth. 541 00:21:34,230 --> 00:21:37,070 The texture of the fudge is also smooth. 542 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:38,800 It’s a very pleasant flavour. 543 00:21:38,900 --> 00:21:40,030 Very nice. 544 00:21:40,130 --> 00:21:41,670 Moving to our second baker. 545 00:21:41,770 --> 00:21:43,640 The bake looks very nice. 546 00:21:45,140 --> 00:21:47,410 Mousse is perfect. Very nice and light. 547 00:21:47,510 --> 00:21:50,480 The fudge itself has that burnt taste, 548 00:21:50,580 --> 00:21:52,380 and we can see the jam could have also been set 549 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:53,980 a little bit more. 550 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:55,520 Moving to our third baker. 551 00:21:55,610 --> 00:21:57,150 Wow, it’s a lovely looking crust. 552 00:21:57,250 --> 00:21:59,890 That mousse is just a little bit soft. 553 00:21:59,990 --> 00:22:02,590 The raspberry jam is oozing out. 554 00:22:02,690 --> 00:22:05,590 But the mousse does have a nice flavour. 555 00:22:05,690 --> 00:22:08,190 And the texture of the fudge is quite nice here. 556 00:22:08,290 --> 00:22:10,530 Moving to baker number four. 557 00:22:10,630 --> 00:22:13,330 It does have a very rushed look to it. 558 00:22:13,430 --> 00:22:15,900 We can see the raspberry jam is oozing out, 559 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,800 and the fudge itself is quite thick and dense. 560 00:22:19,910 --> 00:22:21,550 Beautiful bake on the crust, 561 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,240 but unfortunately the fudge tastes a bit burnt 562 00:22:24,340 --> 00:22:26,710 and the mousse is very waxy. 563 00:22:26,810 --> 00:22:29,310 All right, moving to baker number five. 564 00:22:29,410 --> 00:22:32,080 A very precise placement of the raspberries. 565 00:22:32,180 --> 00:22:35,550 Very distinct layers here. 566 00:22:35,650 --> 00:22:37,450 Nicely baked on the crust. 567 00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:40,600 The mousse is not as aerated as we would like, 568 00:22:40,690 --> 00:22:42,230 but that fudge... 569 00:22:42,330 --> 00:22:44,000 is cooked properly. 570 00:22:44,100 --> 00:22:46,800 And the raspberry jam is on point. 571 00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:49,100 All right, moving to baker number six. 572 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,770 Beautiful piping. Very well-defined lines. 573 00:22:52,870 --> 00:22:54,810 Nice clean layers. 574 00:22:54,910 --> 00:22:56,150 Great flavour on the mousse. 575 00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:57,580 Nice texture. 576 00:22:57,680 --> 00:22:59,650 Maybe the base is rolled a bit too thick. 577 00:22:59,750 --> 00:23:02,590 But lovely rich flavour to the fudge. 578 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,780 That jam just needed to be cooked a little bit longer. 579 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:07,880 And to our final baker. 580 00:23:07,990 --> 00:23:10,730 Beautiful piping, a lot of control here. 581 00:23:12,890 --> 00:23:14,490 Looks like everything is well set, 582 00:23:14,590 --> 00:23:16,390 but the pastry is undercooked. 583 00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:18,770 The fudge is close. Flavour’s there, 584 00:23:18,860 --> 00:23:22,230 but I think it just needs to be a little lighter. 585 00:23:22,330 --> 00:23:24,430 Kyla and Bruno will now rank the tarts 586 00:23:24,540 --> 00:23:26,580 from bottom to top. 587 00:23:26,670 --> 00:23:29,140 In seventh place... 588 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:32,580 Whose is this? 589 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:34,680 Kavi, good crust. 590 00:23:34,780 --> 00:23:37,450 The other elements needed some work. 591 00:23:37,550 --> 00:23:39,950 In sixth place... 592 00:23:42,450 --> 00:23:47,260 Ryan, good mousse but the fudge was overcooked. 593 00:23:47,360 --> 00:23:49,530 Zoë is fifth, Jo earns fourth, 594 00:23:49,630 --> 00:23:51,170 and Jennifer takes third. 595 00:23:51,260 --> 00:23:53,330 In second place... 596 00:23:56,870 --> 00:23:59,810 Margaret, good work. 597 00:23:59,910 --> 00:24:02,410 The mousse needed a bit more body. 598 00:24:02,510 --> 00:24:04,710 And in first place... 599 00:24:04,810 --> 00:24:07,050 Dominic! 600 00:24:07,150 --> 00:24:08,890 You sure like raspberries. 601 00:24:08,980 --> 00:24:10,180 I do. 602 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:12,950 Excellent work on a tough challenge. 603 00:24:15,190 --> 00:24:17,290 I was very shocked that it was me. 604 00:24:17,390 --> 00:24:19,790 It was difficult just because there were many things 605 00:24:19,890 --> 00:24:21,160 happening at the same time. 606 00:24:21,260 --> 00:24:22,730 But... 607 00:24:22,830 --> 00:24:25,300 yeah, things seem to have gone alright. 608 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:26,470 Good job. 609 00:24:26,570 --> 00:24:29,240 It was a diabolical Technical to have. 610 00:24:29,330 --> 00:24:32,370 All I can do is focus on the bake that’s coming up. 611 00:24:32,470 --> 00:24:33,640 There’s no fudge in that bake, 612 00:24:33,740 --> 00:24:35,840 so I’m hopeful that it will go better. 613 00:24:41,510 --> 00:24:44,210 Wow, Maple Week is bringing the drama. 614 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:46,920 Mm-hm, that Technical was fudging hard. 615 00:24:47,020 --> 00:24:49,060 We need that kind of Technical to really 616 00:24:49,150 --> 00:24:51,420 challenge the bakers to really start to separate 617 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:53,460 the great from the good. 618 00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:54,490 Okay, well then, does the Signature 619 00:24:54,590 --> 00:24:55,690 tell you anything? 620 00:24:55,790 --> 00:24:57,560 Well, it told us how amazing they are. 621 00:24:57,660 --> 00:25:00,500 Honestly, there was so much flavour, wasn’t there? 622 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,770 They all put their own signature spin 623 00:25:02,870 --> 00:25:04,540 on the very classic dessert. 624 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,910 Truth be told, I really think that it puts us 625 00:25:07,010 --> 00:25:09,580 in a position where the order of the Technical 626 00:25:09,670 --> 00:25:12,670 is really the order that they’re coming into today. 627 00:25:12,780 --> 00:25:14,950 But I don’t think anyone can hide behind that. 628 00:25:15,050 --> 00:25:17,290 Everyone needs to bring it full on 629 00:25:17,380 --> 00:25:20,280 if they want to stay in this competition. 630 00:25:20,390 --> 00:25:22,130 Bakers, we’re closing out Maple Week 631 00:25:22,220 --> 00:25:24,390 with your Showstopper Challenge. 632 00:25:24,490 --> 00:25:27,090 The thing is, we can’t really talk about maple 633 00:25:27,190 --> 00:25:29,460 without talking about breakfast. 634 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,930 Yes, nothing quite like adding liquid gold 635 00:25:32,030 --> 00:25:34,430 to your morning meal. So to honour this tradition, 636 00:25:34,530 --> 00:25:36,930 you will make a maple brunch platter. 637 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:38,940 The judges would like six servings of 638 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,080 - three different bakes. - One laminated. 639 00:25:41,170 --> 00:25:42,440 Like a croissant or a danish. 640 00:25:42,540 --> 00:25:43,440 One quick bread. 641 00:25:43,540 --> 00:25:44,810 Like a scone or a muffin. 642 00:25:44,910 --> 00:25:46,510 And one... dealer’s choice. 643 00:25:46,610 --> 00:25:48,150 Like a, I don’t know, whatever you want. 644 00:25:48,250 --> 00:25:49,990 I’m not the boss of you. 645 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,220 Your platter should be a combo of savoury and sweet 646 00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:54,460 and feature maple in a big way. 647 00:25:54,550 --> 00:25:56,650 Bakers, let’s start this morning off right. 648 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:58,600 You have four hours on the clock. 649 00:25:58,690 --> 00:25:59,990 - On your marks! - Get set! 650 00:26:00,090 --> 00:26:02,290 ALAN and ANN: Bake! 651 00:26:02,390 --> 00:26:03,960 Oh my God. 652 00:26:04,060 --> 00:26:05,630 Another Showstopper! 653 00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:07,470 Got lots and lots and lots to do. 654 00:26:07,570 --> 00:26:08,840 Brunch is not relaxing today. 655 00:26:10,270 --> 00:26:12,440 It’s a Canadian homecoming to be invited 656 00:26:12,540 --> 00:26:16,080 for a brunch where maple is the star. 657 00:26:16,170 --> 00:26:17,670 My best friend made this for me, 658 00:26:17,780 --> 00:26:19,050 and it’s my little treasure. 659 00:26:19,140 --> 00:26:20,140 Oh my gosh. 660 00:26:20,250 --> 00:26:21,350 So, I keep it for a special occasion. 661 00:26:21,450 --> 00:26:22,750 How much more special can you get than the tent? 662 00:26:22,850 --> 00:26:24,090 I know, right? Yeah. 663 00:26:24,180 --> 00:26:25,950 We’re looking for an abundance of flavour 664 00:26:26,050 --> 00:26:27,450 and texture profiles. 665 00:26:27,550 --> 00:26:28,950 Oh, it smells so good. 666 00:26:29,050 --> 00:26:31,090 We have seen that these bakers can bake, 667 00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:34,430 but can they prepare multiple things 668 00:26:34,530 --> 00:26:37,200 under the pressure of very limited time? 669 00:26:37,300 --> 00:26:39,370 Four hours passes by like a blink of an eye. 670 00:26:39,460 --> 00:26:40,960 I mean, I host for brunch all the time. 671 00:26:41,070 --> 00:26:43,270 Usually, I take about a weekend to prepare 672 00:26:43,370 --> 00:26:44,370 all of this. 673 00:26:44,470 --> 00:26:45,910 We’re gonna, we’re gonna get ’er done today. 674 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,670 With a mountain of brunch ahead, 675 00:26:47,770 --> 00:26:50,870 the bakers begin with the most time-consuming bake. 676 00:26:50,980 --> 00:26:52,450 Get on my laminated door right away. 677 00:26:52,540 --> 00:26:53,810 Ah! 678 00:26:53,910 --> 00:26:56,810 Laminated dough is the flakey pastry part of brunch. 679 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:58,320 Laminated dough? 680 00:26:58,420 --> 00:27:00,460 When it works well, it’s a very beautiful thing, 681 00:27:00,550 --> 00:27:02,890 but it has to work. 682 00:27:02,990 --> 00:27:04,230 It’s built with butter... 683 00:27:04,320 --> 00:27:05,720 This is the best part. Whooph! 684 00:27:05,820 --> 00:27:06,990 ...folds... 685 00:27:07,090 --> 00:27:08,530 As many as I can. 686 00:27:08,630 --> 00:27:10,300 ...and a whole lotta time. 687 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:11,640 Takes so dang long. 688 00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:13,570 I’m going to go Danish style and in 689 00:27:13,670 --> 00:27:16,240 the middle, there’s going to be maple cream. 690 00:27:16,330 --> 00:27:18,170 My secret is using some bread flour. 691 00:27:18,270 --> 00:27:20,870 But it’s a secret. 692 00:27:20,970 --> 00:27:23,210 Secret’s out on Margaret’s brunch with 693 00:27:23,310 --> 00:27:24,980 pastry-wrapped baked apples, 694 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,650 banana bread French toast, and peppered sausage rolls. 695 00:27:28,750 --> 00:27:31,690 How comfortable are you making a laminated dough? 696 00:27:31,780 --> 00:27:34,180 I... pretty good, but never know. 697 00:27:36,190 --> 00:27:38,760 In the freezer you go. 698 00:27:38,860 --> 00:27:40,930 We’re good, we’re good. 699 00:27:41,030 --> 00:27:42,670 In the meanwhile... 700 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,400 Next, quick bread. 701 00:27:44,500 --> 00:27:45,940 Have to move quickly. 702 00:27:46,030 --> 00:27:48,070 But fast can’t mean bland. 703 00:27:48,170 --> 00:27:50,440 This is a matcha and earl grey scone, 704 00:27:50,540 --> 00:27:52,880 because you can’t have brunch without tea. 705 00:27:52,970 --> 00:27:54,370 This is my plums. 706 00:27:54,470 --> 00:27:55,570 I’m gonna roast them in a little butter 707 00:27:55,670 --> 00:27:56,870 and some maple, 708 00:27:56,980 --> 00:27:59,150 and then they’re going on top of my financier. 709 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:01,580 So, this is my scone, and I’m trying to 710 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,580 make it in a maple leaf shape so it’ll add 711 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,520 a little extra fun to it. 712 00:28:06,620 --> 00:28:08,460 Kavi’s bringing the fun with 713 00:28:08,550 --> 00:28:11,050 maple croissant muffins, mushroom khachapuri, 714 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:14,060 and cinnamon layered scones. 715 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,530 It’s taking much longer for this to work. 716 00:28:18,500 --> 00:28:20,470 Definitely more stressful than normal brunch. 717 00:28:20,570 --> 00:28:22,570 There is so much to do today. 718 00:28:22,670 --> 00:28:25,240 We have to work like little, I don’t know what. 719 00:28:25,340 --> 00:28:28,410 This maple brunch is intense. 720 00:28:28,510 --> 00:28:30,780 Time flies, eh, Dom? 721 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,950 Yeah, holy. 722 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,880 Ryan’s brunch will pack a punch with a spicy 723 00:28:35,980 --> 00:28:38,780 fried chicken donut, cranberry morning bun, 724 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:41,880 and his wife’s beloved lemon lavender scone. 725 00:28:41,990 --> 00:28:43,460 If you’re making the scones for your wife, 726 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:44,760 are they gluten-free? 727 00:28:44,860 --> 00:28:45,790 You know what? 728 00:28:45,890 --> 00:28:47,460 There’s gonna be a surprise coming down. 729 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:49,130 Ryan, you- RYAN: And I... 730 00:28:49,230 --> 00:28:50,470 - Okay, I’ll tell you. - Thank you! 731 00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:51,660 They’re gonna be gluten-free. 732 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:53,400 Big risk, but they’re banging, so... 733 00:28:53,500 --> 00:28:54,800 - Okay! - We’re gonna give her. 734 00:28:54,900 --> 00:28:56,200 -Don’t tell the judges. -I can keep a secret. 735 00:28:56,300 --> 00:28:57,430 I’m gonna tell them after they eat it. 736 00:28:57,540 --> 00:28:59,040 - Okay! - Hopefully it works out. 737 00:28:59,140 --> 00:29:01,010 That’s my quick bread. 738 00:29:01,110 --> 00:29:04,880 It’s an apple, crumble, and maple... 739 00:29:04,980 --> 00:29:06,880 mini bread. 740 00:29:06,980 --> 00:29:08,420 Nope, bacon. 741 00:29:08,510 --> 00:29:09,780 How could I forget the bacon? 742 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,680 It’s bacon cornbread. I love bacon. 743 00:29:12,780 --> 00:29:14,750 I made three extra pieces just to eat. 744 00:29:17,320 --> 00:29:19,160 Bacon-scallion cornbread muffins 745 00:29:19,260 --> 00:29:21,960 will cozy up to maple mascarpone éclairs 746 00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:24,130 while plantain and goat cheese danishes 747 00:29:24,230 --> 00:29:26,270 sneak in an island wink. 748 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:27,530 Any concerns with this bake? 749 00:29:27,630 --> 00:29:28,930 Anything that’s gonna go on that you...? 750 00:29:29,030 --> 00:29:29,960 Lots of concerns. 751 00:29:30,070 --> 00:29:31,510 Time is running out very, very quickly... 752 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,940 but I only have one oven so that’s the tricky part. 753 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:35,340 You can steal one of these other extra ones over here. 754 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,480 I might, if you can’t see me, I’m back there. 755 00:29:38,580 --> 00:29:40,180 Sweating now. 756 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:41,950 Banana bread in the oven... 757 00:29:42,050 --> 00:29:44,190 but lots more to go. 758 00:29:47,620 --> 00:29:49,020 - Say when. - Mm-hm. 759 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,720 Keep going, keep going, keep going 760 00:29:52,820 --> 00:29:56,690 for another two hours! Keep going, keep going. 761 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:59,070 - Too much, I don’t want it. - Oh. 762 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:00,830 Already two hours? 763 00:30:00,930 --> 00:30:03,830 I’m on my third dough. Yay! 764 00:30:03,940 --> 00:30:05,510 I’ve lost count of all the doughs 765 00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,440 I have going on, on here and there, 766 00:30:07,540 --> 00:30:09,510 over there, here. 767 00:30:09,610 --> 00:30:12,350 So, I’m just gonna move on to my choux. 768 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:14,480 Now I’m starting on my eclairs, 769 00:30:14,580 --> 00:30:17,920 which is a choux pastry. I actually want... 770 00:30:18,020 --> 00:30:19,860 - Hey, Dom? Dom, Dom. - Yeah? 771 00:30:21,690 --> 00:30:22,820 More eggs? 772 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:24,390 - Yeah, a little bit. - Yeah, thank you. 773 00:30:24,490 --> 00:30:25,590 - Just a little bit. - Okay, thank you. 774 00:30:25,690 --> 00:30:28,230 Bah-dah, bah-dah-dah. 775 00:30:28,330 --> 00:30:30,270 Cranberry maple danishes 776 00:30:30,360 --> 00:30:32,400 and caramelized apple bread will flank 777 00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:35,500 Dominic’s salmon mousse filled cream puffs. 778 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,900 I hosted brunch with these puffs. 779 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,370 Everybody wanted the recipe. 780 00:30:39,470 --> 00:30:40,400 Wow. 781 00:30:40,510 --> 00:30:41,510 Yeah, I do brunch a lot at home. 782 00:30:41,610 --> 00:30:42,910 So, this is just a regular 783 00:30:43,010 --> 00:30:44,110 weekend morning for you. 784 00:30:44,210 --> 00:30:45,140 Yeah... 785 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:46,780 Yeah, yeah, a bit more stress. 786 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:48,880 But, yeah. 787 00:30:48,980 --> 00:30:51,480 This is my donut, ah, dough. 788 00:30:51,580 --> 00:30:52,920 Oh, who doesn’t love donuts? 789 00:30:53,020 --> 00:30:54,120 For my third bake, 790 00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:55,960 I’m making a mille crêpe cake. 791 00:30:56,050 --> 00:30:57,520 And I’ve got some orange liqueur in there. 792 00:30:57,620 --> 00:30:59,690 Ooh, nice. So we have mimosas? 793 00:30:59,790 --> 00:31:01,230 No drinking on the job. 794 00:31:01,330 --> 00:31:02,900 Agh, what type of job is that then? 795 00:31:02,990 --> 00:31:04,890 I know. 796 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,240 Jo’s brunch has plum financiers nestled 797 00:31:08,330 --> 00:31:10,570 next to pork and maple sausage rolls, 798 00:31:10,670 --> 00:31:13,170 and a decadent chocolate orange crêpe cake. 799 00:31:13,270 --> 00:31:14,710 This is the first one. 800 00:31:14,810 --> 00:31:16,480 The first crêpe never works. 801 00:31:16,570 --> 00:31:18,970 That needs to be hotter. 802 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,420 This is pastry, and I’m just wrapping 803 00:31:21,510 --> 00:31:23,710 them up and gluing them with egg wash. 804 00:31:23,820 --> 00:31:25,590 It holds all the juices in too. 805 00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:27,080 So hopefully there’s no leaks. 806 00:31:27,190 --> 00:31:28,490 This is my khachapuri dough, 807 00:31:28,590 --> 00:31:33,030 and I’m just shaping it so that we can get baking soon. 808 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:34,990 I’m rolling out my stuffed bagels. 809 00:31:35,090 --> 00:31:36,390 It took me a long time to learn 810 00:31:36,490 --> 00:31:37,990 how to wrap bagels nicely. 811 00:31:38,100 --> 00:31:40,600 They used to look really ugly. 812 00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:43,000 Apple-stuffed bagels will complement 813 00:31:43,100 --> 00:31:45,300 Jennifer’s barbecue pork puffs, 814 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,670 and matcha and earl grey scones. 815 00:31:47,770 --> 00:31:49,810 - So, stuffed bagel, ah? - Exactly. 816 00:31:49,910 --> 00:31:52,450 I love to eat it as breakfast for work and school. 817 00:31:52,540 --> 00:31:54,140 You just heat it up and everything’s in there. 818 00:31:54,250 --> 00:31:57,690 Oh... hm. 819 00:32:00,350 --> 00:32:01,790 I think it’s kind of burnt. 820 00:32:01,890 --> 00:32:04,360 Let’s do this again. Okay. 821 00:32:04,460 --> 00:32:09,200 It’s a little hot. Moving on to éclairs. 822 00:32:13,730 --> 00:32:15,670 Bakers, you have one hour left! 823 00:32:15,770 --> 00:32:18,140 Oh yeah, she’s hot, she’s hot, that’s okay. 824 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:20,810 I’m frying my donuts for my fried chicken 825 00:32:20,910 --> 00:32:24,180 donut sandwich. Who doesn’t love donuts? 826 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:25,980 It is quite repetitive. 827 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:28,280 It’s crêpe, cream, crêpe, cream, crêpe, cream. 828 00:32:28,380 --> 00:32:29,680 Thirty-four times. 829 00:32:29,780 --> 00:32:31,820 Go big or go home, quite literally. 830 00:32:34,590 --> 00:32:37,330 The clock is running, but brunch isn’t ready... 831 00:32:37,420 --> 00:32:39,090 So much to do still. 832 00:32:39,190 --> 00:32:41,530 ...and laminated dough still looms. 833 00:32:41,630 --> 00:32:43,000 In this moment I wish it was anything 834 00:32:43,090 --> 00:32:47,160 but laminated dough. It’s kind of like, blegh. 835 00:32:47,270 --> 00:32:49,570 Good god! Maple Week is a doozy. 836 00:32:49,670 --> 00:32:52,970 I am sweat-ting. 837 00:32:53,070 --> 00:32:55,310 I’m working on my puff pastry. 838 00:32:55,410 --> 00:32:57,080 The trick is don’t fill it too much 839 00:32:57,180 --> 00:32:58,850 or else they will explode. 840 00:32:58,940 --> 00:33:00,110 But it’s so yummy, 841 00:33:00,210 --> 00:33:02,380 so I just want to fill as much as I can. 842 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:03,980 A muffin and a croissant had a baby. 843 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:05,380 That’s what this is like. 844 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,250 This is the sausage filling for the sausage rolls. 845 00:33:08,350 --> 00:33:11,250 I’m feeling very rushed, extremely rushed. 846 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,330 We’re under a little bit of a time crunch today. 847 00:33:13,420 --> 00:33:15,360 I could do with one or two more hands. 848 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:20,300 All right, buddy. Bake properly. 849 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:22,040 Okay, now what? 850 00:33:22,130 --> 00:33:25,200 Bakers, you’ve got 20 minutes left. 851 00:33:25,300 --> 00:33:26,500 Getting stressed, 852 00:33:26,600 --> 00:33:28,600 I’m getting really stressed. 853 00:33:28,710 --> 00:33:30,210 Just got so many other things 854 00:33:30,310 --> 00:33:32,980 on the go here that it’s a rush. 855 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:34,150 As any Jamaican would know, 856 00:33:34,250 --> 00:33:36,020 plantain is a staple. 857 00:33:36,110 --> 00:33:38,350 Whoops, sticky little guys. 858 00:33:38,450 --> 00:33:41,520 I’m trying to redo my scones. 859 00:33:41,620 --> 00:33:44,360 My previous batch came out burnt. 860 00:33:44,460 --> 00:33:46,400 Scones round two. 861 00:33:46,490 --> 00:33:48,730 Now this is the part my kids would normally get. 862 00:33:48,830 --> 00:33:50,200 The bit I cut off. 863 00:33:50,290 --> 00:33:53,230 They are done, okay. 864 00:33:53,330 --> 00:33:55,470 Look at those layers, baby. 865 00:33:55,570 --> 00:33:57,810 Crispy, crunchy, lovely. 866 00:33:57,900 --> 00:34:00,470 Happiness is having fully cooked buns. 867 00:34:00,570 --> 00:34:03,110 Bakers, you’re down to your last 10 minutes. 868 00:34:03,210 --> 00:34:06,910 Whoa, oh my god. 869 00:34:07,010 --> 00:34:12,080 - Let’s go. - Mama mia. 870 00:34:12,180 --> 00:34:13,720 Yeah, I think that’s good. 871 00:34:13,820 --> 00:34:16,060 It’s really hard to say though. 872 00:34:16,150 --> 00:34:17,690 Okay, let’s go, go, go. 873 00:34:17,790 --> 00:34:20,330 As fast as I can. Oh my god. 874 00:34:20,430 --> 00:34:22,930 This is the hardest freaking part. 875 00:34:23,030 --> 00:34:25,270 Sriracha glaze to my chicken. 876 00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,430 It’s gonna be a race to the end here. 877 00:34:27,530 --> 00:34:28,600 It’s tight, of course, 878 00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:30,600 considering I baked the scones twice. 879 00:34:30,700 --> 00:34:31,800 Trying to get it on the plate. 880 00:34:31,900 --> 00:34:33,170 I’m missing something. 881 00:34:33,270 --> 00:34:34,240 It’s all about the details 882 00:34:34,340 --> 00:34:35,540 in these final moments. 883 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,010 Ah, they’re so messy, whatever. 884 00:34:37,110 --> 00:34:39,610 - Um... - Okay. 885 00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:41,480 Gotta work really fast. 886 00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:44,120 Gosh, here we go. 887 00:34:44,220 --> 00:34:45,820 ALAN and ANN: Ten! Nine! 888 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:47,660 Eight! Seven! 889 00:34:47,750 --> 00:34:49,650 Six! Five! 890 00:34:49,750 --> 00:34:51,690 Four! Three! 891 00:34:51,790 --> 00:34:53,530 Two! One! 892 00:34:53,620 --> 00:34:56,760 You’re done, bakers! Hands off your brunch bars! 893 00:34:56,860 --> 00:35:01,630 - Great work, everybody! - Oh my god! 894 00:35:01,730 --> 00:35:03,170 This was happening behind me? 895 00:35:07,610 --> 00:35:10,110 {\an8}Now, Bruno and Kyla will ’tuck-in’ 896 00:35:10,210 --> 00:35:11,980 {\an8} to the maple brunch platters. 897 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:16,820 {\an8}There’s so much to take in here. 898 00:35:16,910 --> 00:35:19,850 {\an8}It gives me that feeling of a sugar shack. 899 00:35:19,950 --> 00:35:21,220 Should we start savoury? 900 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:23,060 Let’s do savoury. 901 00:35:23,150 --> 00:35:26,590 Look at that baking. Beautiful golden colour. 902 00:35:26,690 --> 00:35:29,030 Mm! Dill and maple together? 903 00:35:29,130 --> 00:35:30,670 It’s really good. 904 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:31,830 Yeah. 905 00:35:31,930 --> 00:35:33,670 Oh, there’s only six on here? 906 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,000 Should we move into the apple and maple cakes? 907 00:35:39,770 --> 00:35:42,310 That screams maple all over. 908 00:35:42,410 --> 00:35:45,150 And it has a nice apple in those, it’s a bit tart. 909 00:35:45,240 --> 00:35:46,440 Yes. 910 00:35:46,540 --> 00:35:48,340 Beautiful shape on the pinwheels. 911 00:35:48,450 --> 00:35:49,550 Yeah, and gorgeous colour. 912 00:35:52,250 --> 00:35:55,220 The sound of good baking when you bite into it. 913 00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:58,520 Oh, it’s just one of life’s pleasures, isn’t it? 914 00:35:58,620 --> 00:36:00,520 Mm, very well done. 915 00:36:00,630 --> 00:36:01,760 Very, very well done. 916 00:36:01,860 --> 00:36:03,330 {\an8}Thank you very much. 917 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:08,030 {\an8}Jo, these sausage rolls, wow. 918 00:36:08,130 --> 00:36:11,070 {\an8}Your lamination is so perfect. 919 00:36:11,170 --> 00:36:13,110 Lots and lots of layers in there. 920 00:36:13,200 --> 00:36:15,240 Amazing display of flavours, 921 00:36:15,340 --> 00:36:18,880 but I do find the sausage itself a bit dry. 922 00:36:18,980 --> 00:36:20,750 - Financiers time. - Financier. 923 00:36:20,850 --> 00:36:22,490 There is a lot of brown butter inside 924 00:36:22,580 --> 00:36:24,180 and it shows here. 925 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,250 The maple and plum, 926 00:36:26,350 --> 00:36:28,920 they play so beautifully off of each other, 927 00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:31,160 and then you’re right about the brown butter, 928 00:36:31,260 --> 00:36:33,360 it really just completes the whole thing. 929 00:36:33,460 --> 00:36:35,460 And, of course, a crêpe cake! 930 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:36,730 Of course. 931 00:36:36,830 --> 00:36:39,570 It takes so much effort to make something 932 00:36:39,660 --> 00:36:42,530 look so effortless. It’s actually very light 933 00:36:42,630 --> 00:36:45,000 in texture and fresh in flavour. 934 00:36:45,100 --> 00:36:46,770 {\an8}Thank you. 935 00:36:48,570 --> 00:36:51,810 {\an8}Jennifer, I am in disbelief that you were 936 00:36:51,910 --> 00:36:54,650 able to make bagels and fill them. 937 00:36:54,750 --> 00:36:56,050 Like it’s gorgeous. 938 00:36:56,150 --> 00:36:57,650 And look at that softness. 939 00:36:57,750 --> 00:37:00,620 Ah. Great apple flavour in there. 940 00:37:00,720 --> 00:37:03,460 And bagels are baked exactly the way 941 00:37:03,550 --> 00:37:06,350 a bagel should be. 942 00:37:06,460 --> 00:37:09,500 So, on the leaf scones, nice two-tone. 943 00:37:09,590 --> 00:37:11,530 We don’t see that often. 944 00:37:11,630 --> 00:37:13,630 Great flavour for the matcha, but I would have 945 00:37:13,730 --> 00:37:15,470 used a bit more fat content. 946 00:37:15,570 --> 00:37:17,510 - It is a bit on the dry side. - Mm-hm. 947 00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:20,170 And then when you look at your puff pastry here, 948 00:37:20,270 --> 00:37:22,670 you can just see how well laminated it is. 949 00:37:22,770 --> 00:37:25,270 The pork filling, beautiful spices. 950 00:37:25,380 --> 00:37:27,620 It’s just beautiful flavour. 951 00:37:27,710 --> 00:37:30,450 But we can see inside we do have raw dough. 952 00:37:33,620 --> 00:37:35,360 {\an8}Kavi, your khachapuri is really 953 00:37:35,450 --> 00:37:37,150 {\an8} the centrepiece of this platter. 954 00:37:37,260 --> 00:37:39,800 So voluminous and appetizing. 955 00:37:41,730 --> 00:37:43,770 That filling, you made a mornay sauce? 956 00:37:43,860 --> 00:37:46,000 Wonderful flavours for that. 957 00:37:46,100 --> 00:37:50,100 But we can see in the centre, it’s underbaked. 958 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:51,840 - Scone time. - Okay. 959 00:37:51,940 --> 00:37:54,110 It looks rushed with the icing on the top. 960 00:37:54,210 --> 00:37:56,850 I think you have an amazing scone recipe, 961 00:37:56,940 --> 00:37:58,840 but being rolled so thin, you know, 962 00:37:58,940 --> 00:38:00,510 it just makes them dry. 963 00:38:00,610 --> 00:38:02,010 Yeah. 964 00:38:02,110 --> 00:38:04,180 And now the croissant muffin. 965 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:06,680 That’s how you unroll happiness, isn’t it? 966 00:38:08,620 --> 00:38:10,990 That’s a rock star of a bake. 967 00:38:11,090 --> 00:38:12,460 Thank you. 968 00:38:14,890 --> 00:38:17,730 {\an8}Margaret, I love how your French toasts 969 00:38:17,830 --> 00:38:20,200 {\an8} are more of a family presentation, 970 00:38:20,300 --> 00:38:22,170 {\an8} where everybody can dig into it. 971 00:38:25,140 --> 00:38:26,640 For me, it is a bit on the dry side. 972 00:38:26,740 --> 00:38:28,240 - Okay. - What’s next? 973 00:38:28,340 --> 00:38:29,610 Sausage time. 974 00:38:29,710 --> 00:38:31,080 Yeah, there’s a commitment here 975 00:38:31,180 --> 00:38:33,650 that I appreciate. 976 00:38:33,740 --> 00:38:37,310 Very buttery, and it’s a moist sausage. 977 00:38:37,420 --> 00:38:38,890 I think the quality of your lamination 978 00:38:38,980 --> 00:38:40,980 is excellent here. Crispy all around. 979 00:38:41,090 --> 00:38:42,430 Ah, thank you. 980 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,390 And now the apple. 981 00:38:45,660 --> 00:38:47,860 That apple is cooked perfectly. 982 00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:50,430 Mm, this is actually something my family 983 00:38:50,530 --> 00:38:51,770 used to make a lot growing up, 984 00:38:51,860 --> 00:38:52,790 and it’s just bringing back 985 00:38:52,900 --> 00:38:55,100 such great memories right now. 986 00:38:57,130 --> 00:39:00,070 {\an8}Ryan, I love how it looks a bit like comfort food 987 00:39:00,170 --> 00:39:02,540 with a touch of sophistication. 988 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:04,580 There’s so much to see. 989 00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:06,520 I’m starting with that fried chicken sandwich. 990 00:39:06,610 --> 00:39:08,410 - Okay. - Ha-ha. 991 00:39:10,180 --> 00:39:12,620 I love that balance of sweetness from the maple. 992 00:39:12,720 --> 00:39:15,720 That little kick of spice from the sriracha. 993 00:39:15,820 --> 00:39:18,590 Oh, mm. Oh, that’s a really lovely, 994 00:39:18,690 --> 00:39:20,560 well-baked maple glaze donut. 995 00:39:20,660 --> 00:39:23,530 All right, so let’s try this morning bun. 996 00:39:23,630 --> 00:39:25,130 Yeah, and look at that bake, mm! 997 00:39:25,230 --> 00:39:26,430 And I love the way the raspberries 998 00:39:26,530 --> 00:39:27,970 play into the maple. 999 00:39:28,070 --> 00:39:29,970 Lavender blueberry lemon scone. 1000 00:39:30,070 --> 00:39:32,470 And that’s to an homage to your wife? 1001 00:39:32,570 --> 00:39:34,570 Yes, these are my wife’s favourite. 1002 00:39:34,670 --> 00:39:37,640 I think you put a little dust of semolina 1003 00:39:37,740 --> 00:39:39,040 or something on the bottom? 1004 00:39:39,140 --> 00:39:40,310 - Uh, no. - No? 1005 00:39:40,410 --> 00:39:41,810 There is this nice texture. 1006 00:39:41,910 --> 00:39:44,210 You’re probably tasting the gluten-free flour. 1007 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:45,760 So... 1008 00:39:45,850 --> 00:39:48,490 You’ve done well because you could have fooled me. 1009 00:39:48,590 --> 00:39:49,930 So, great job for that. 1010 00:39:50,020 --> 00:39:51,660 Phew! 1011 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,630 I make a lot of scones, and I eat a lot of scones. 1012 00:39:54,730 --> 00:39:56,830 - This is a good scone. - Thank you. 1013 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:03,240 {\an8}Zoë, this is such an elegant presentation. 1014 00:40:03,330 --> 00:40:05,270 Look at your laminated pastry. 1015 00:40:05,370 --> 00:40:06,970 You have so many layers. 1016 00:40:07,070 --> 00:40:08,810 Excellent quality work. 1017 00:40:08,910 --> 00:40:11,510 This is so unique using plantain. 1018 00:40:11,610 --> 00:40:14,610 It has this sweet, meaty, vegetable texture 1019 00:40:14,710 --> 00:40:16,350 that goes so well together. 1020 00:40:16,450 --> 00:40:18,590 - It’s a nice job here. - Thank you. 1021 00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:20,320 - Cornbread muffin? - Absolutely. 1022 00:40:20,420 --> 00:40:23,920 Cornbread are so risky. Often, it’s too dry. 1023 00:40:24,020 --> 00:40:28,360 - Yours have nice complexity. - Thank you. 1024 00:40:28,460 --> 00:40:30,100 And now for the éclair. 1025 00:40:30,190 --> 00:40:31,560 Great baking. 1026 00:40:31,660 --> 00:40:33,860 You get that typical break at the base of 1027 00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,000 a choux paste, that’s so beautiful. 1028 00:40:37,740 --> 00:40:39,140 It’s a beautifully made choux 1029 00:40:39,240 --> 00:40:42,580 and an absolutely delicious filling. 1030 00:40:42,670 --> 00:40:45,740 - I’m in heaven. - Woo! 1031 00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:47,380 Good. 1032 00:40:51,250 --> 00:40:52,650 Well, after that Showstopper, 1033 00:40:52,750 --> 00:40:54,520 what are you two going to do? 1034 00:40:54,620 --> 00:40:55,960 Well, first we’re gonna take a break 1035 00:40:56,050 --> 00:40:57,390 to digest everything. 1036 00:40:57,490 --> 00:40:58,520 - Yeah. - Yeah. 1037 00:40:58,620 --> 00:41:01,160 That was an incredible day of baking today. 1038 00:41:01,260 --> 00:41:02,360 How do you even figure out 1039 00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:04,030 who’s in the running for Star Baker? 1040 00:41:04,130 --> 00:41:06,200 Three bakers nailed their three bakes: 1041 00:41:06,300 --> 00:41:08,470 Zoë, Dominic, and Ryan. 1042 00:41:08,570 --> 00:41:10,640 With Zoë, she took a lot of risk this week 1043 00:41:10,730 --> 00:41:12,030 and I think they paid off. 1044 00:41:12,140 --> 00:41:13,740 And Dominic, he did an amazing 1045 00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:17,580 sugar shack display. All bakes were fantastic. 1046 00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,250 And this donut from Ryan, 1047 00:41:20,340 --> 00:41:23,010 it just puts him in the conversation for Star Baker. 1048 00:41:23,110 --> 00:41:25,310 What about who’s leaving this week? 1049 00:41:25,420 --> 00:41:28,190 We have to talk about Kavi and Jennifer. 1050 00:41:28,290 --> 00:41:30,560 Kavi always brings so many flavours, 1051 00:41:30,650 --> 00:41:33,250 but he had a lot of struggles in the Technical, 1052 00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:35,100 and today with two of his bakes. 1053 00:41:35,190 --> 00:41:38,260 Jennifer always brings so much creativity and skill, 1054 00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:40,460 but she struggled with some of the techniques 1055 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:41,590 in her bake today. 1056 00:41:41,700 --> 00:41:44,200 Like I said, what are you gonna do? 1057 00:41:44,300 --> 00:41:45,770 So much to consider. 1058 00:41:51,780 --> 00:41:55,020 Bakers, this week you made Canada proud. 1059 00:41:55,110 --> 00:41:57,410 And one person not only honoured Maple, 1060 00:41:57,520 --> 00:42:00,060 but gave us gold. 1061 00:42:00,150 --> 00:42:02,720 This week’s Star Baker is... 1062 00:42:08,530 --> 00:42:10,930 Dominic, congratulations. 1063 00:42:11,030 --> 00:42:12,730 Woohoo! Again! 1064 00:42:12,830 --> 00:42:14,830 Wow! 1065 00:42:18,170 --> 00:42:19,410 And now the hard part. 1066 00:42:19,500 --> 00:42:23,070 One baker will be leaving us today. 1067 00:42:23,170 --> 00:42:26,210 The person going home is... 1068 00:42:31,050 --> 00:42:34,750 Kavi. We’re gonna miss you. 1069 00:42:34,850 --> 00:42:36,420 Thanks, guys, it was a lot of fun. 1070 00:42:36,520 --> 00:42:37,990 We’re gonna miss you like mad. 1071 00:42:38,090 --> 00:42:41,360 I think the thing that I will remember the most 1072 00:42:41,460 --> 00:42:43,800 is the friendships I made. 1073 00:42:43,890 --> 00:42:45,690 And I think the only thing I regret is that I won’t 1074 00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:49,070 be able to continue to grow with them. 1075 00:42:49,170 --> 00:42:50,640 You’re not getting rid of us like that. 1076 00:42:50,730 --> 00:42:52,600 Nice try. 1077 00:42:52,700 --> 00:42:54,940 I’m really missing my daughter. 1078 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,940 So I’m really looking forward to seeing her again. 1079 00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:00,040 Thanks, I’m so gonna miss you guys too. 1080 00:43:00,140 --> 00:43:01,980 Give me something that Star power over here, eh? 1081 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:03,150 Wow. 1082 00:43:03,250 --> 00:43:04,280 What just happened? 1083 00:43:04,380 --> 00:43:05,820 I feel like I’m walking on clouds. 1084 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:07,290 I don’t even feel the ground anymore. 1085 00:43:07,380 --> 00:43:08,680 Yeah, yeah, it is crazy. 1086 00:43:08,790 --> 00:43:10,730 The Québecer getting Star Baker 1087 00:43:10,820 --> 00:43:13,360 on Maple Week, it’s perfection. 1088 00:43:16,930 --> 00:43:18,570 - Next time... - Whoo! 1089 00:43:18,660 --> 00:43:19,960 ...more is more... 1090 00:43:20,060 --> 00:43:21,300 So much chocolate! 1091 00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:22,530 There’s chocolate in my shoe! 1092 00:43:22,630 --> 00:43:24,500 ...for the first ever Indulgence Week. 1093 00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:26,040 Get ready for a spectacle. 1094 00:43:26,140 --> 00:43:27,310 It’s gonna be like... 1095 00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:29,170 Who will indulge the judges? 1096 00:43:29,270 --> 00:43:30,300 That’s bang-on. 1097 00:43:30,410 --> 00:43:31,650 A perfect indulgence here. 1098 00:43:31,740 --> 00:43:33,940 And who will wrap up their time in the tent? 1099 00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:35,140 Oh my god, oh my god! 1100 00:43:35,250 --> 00:43:36,490 Ho-ly! 1101 00:43:36,580 --> 00:43:38,350 It’s a little over the top, but I love it.