(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
NARRATOR: Here we are in Andy's room, where the real action starts once
the toys are left alone.
Oh, hello there, Doctor.
Oh no!
Oh, I'm sorry, it's just me, nothing to freeze over.
Oh, thank goodness, my legs have been cramping like crazy.
Well, stretch it out quick, we need you, Friendly Bot 3000's arm
got stuck in the toy box and broke off.
-Oh no. -Andy hasn't seen it but if he does...
It'll be in the donation bin for sure.
We need to help him, did you try to fix it?
NARRATOR: No, we were hoping you could.
(GASPS) Me? But this is just my residency.
I'm not prepared for... (GULPS) ...toy surgery.
Hmm. What can I do? First things first,
we better keep Andy from noticing, we need a distraction.
Something to keep him occupied.
NARRATOR: You're right. We need some sort of adventure
with Andy's other toys to keep his attention,
so you have time to work your magic, Doctor.
And I know just the people to help us!
Gee whiz, that would be swell.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
NARRATOR: Three exceptional teams of some of the world's best food artists.
Introducing,
Cake, Crust, and Pixie Dust. A team of New York food artists.
Whichcraft, a team of animators crafting their way into food.
And The Slayers, a team of multi-tasking super moms.
Which of these teams can distract Andy to give our toy doctor some time
to repair Friendly Bot 3000?
And take home the coveted Disney Foodtastic pin,
which is more rare than a mint, in-package action figure
from Al's Toy Barn.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
-(GASPS) -Howdy, boys and girls.
(CONTESTANTS CHEER, APPLAUD)
The idea of toys coming to life when no one is around
makes Toy Story one of the most memorable films of all time.
This is Foodtastic.
(ALL CHEER, APPLAUD)
A world where toys and food art come alive.
Like the songs says, "You've got a friend in me."
We couldn't be more grateful for the friends joining us.
Here are Amirah and Benny now.
(CONTESTANTS CHEER, APPLAUD)
Our food art experts. Your task today is to give our doctor toy a hand,
making sure her best friend, the Friendly Bot 3000,
doesn't end up in the donation box.
Your mission is to create a Toy Story foodscape
that looks so thrilling, Andy can't help but play with it.
But that's not all.
You get to put two of the famous Toy Story characters
in an all-new, original adventure scene.
Excellent.
Look at all you guys, you looking like a bunch of kids
-who wanna play with their new toys. -(CONTESTANTS CHUCKLE)
Well, not so fast.
This playground comes with rules. Benny, help me out, will you?
We'll be looking for technical ability.
The best part of Toy Story is watching the toys come to life and move around.
We want to see the illusion of movement.
KEKE: And please know, any food you do not use in your builds,
will be donated to charity.
Okay, now that you got your marching orders.
How do we tell time here in Andy's bedroom?
Well, the same way Andy did. This Mickey Mouse watch on the wall.
Oh, my goodness.
KEKE: When the little hand gets to the 12...
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
...it's time to stop playing around.
All right, what are you waiting for?
Give our doctor toy a hand fixing her friend
and keep Andy preoccupied.
(CHUCKLES) Go, start playing.
CONTESTANTS: Okay.
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -(CHUCKLES)
All right.
We've gotta help the doctor toy save her friend.
So we're gonna create a beautiful underwater adventure,
so that Andy gets distracted
and the toy doesn't get put in the donation box.
Andy's going to flip over this build.
All three of us are cake artists.
We started competing against each other
in local competitions and we just became really good friends.
-KEKE: Hello, hello. -GIRLS: Hi!
-So we got The Slayers? -GIRLS: Yes.
All right. I'm excited to see about you guys' design.
So, we've got so much going on.
We've got this beautiful underwater pirate ship.
The entire ship is going to be made out of pasta and bread.
Buzz and the Aliens will be made out of modeling chocolate and fondant.
JESSICA: And then, we're gonna cover the sea floor
in all sorts of vegetables and fruits.
The treasure chest is gonna be completely made out of chocolate.
Oh, my gosh.
-There's a lot of elements in this design. -Yes.
Do you think you're gonna have enough time
to just, like, create the entire design as you vision it?
-Oh, yeah. Mm-hmm. I'm fast, yes. -(ALL CHUCKLE)
-She's our speed demon. -I am, I'm fast, so...
(ALL CHUCKLE)
So we've got to distract Andy, so that the robot doesn't get donated.
And what could be more exciting than an adventure in New York city?
Plus, what do we know better than our own hometown?
JENN: So the story of our build is that Rex and Hamm wind up
being lost in the subway and they come across a rat
-which terrifies them. -I love Hamm. He's like a know-it-all,
-he's like a typical New Yorker. -Right.
JENN: So Rex will be covered in broccoli. We'll use broccoli stems for his arms.
We'll do Hamm covered in pink Himalayan sea salt.
Then we're gonna have the rat.
We'll cover him in coconut. Andy is going to be so excited.
I hear we got some Cake, Crust and Pixie Dust.
-(GIRLS CHUCKLE) -Well, let's talk about this design.
So we have Rex here, who's gonna be carved out of rice cereal treats,
and we're all cake artists, so we can make this look...
-KEKE: Mm-hmm. -...and be completely out of cake.
But since this is Foodtastic...
-(CONTESTANTS CHUCKLING) -...we are going to cover this guy
-in... -Broccoli!
JUDGES: Ooh!
-Which, I've never done before. But... -BENNY: Yeah.
...a timed competition, let's just make it really hard for ourselves. (CHUCKLES)
-Yes, exactly, Jenn. -Yeah.
Are you worried about how are you gonna support the broccoli?
-Absolutely terrified. -Yeah.
BENNY: Just make sure that each piece are giving support to each other.
-So they're really nice and tight. -Yes, yes, lot of support.
-We're wishing you the best of luck. -INAE: Thank you.
-KEKE: And don't forget to have fun. -We are gonna have a blast.
-Great meeting you guys, bye. -Thank you guys.
I am a cake decorator, not a broccoli decorator.
So I'm a little, uh, weary of how this is gonna turn out.
KRISTEN: In order to distract Andy,
from donating the robot toy, we have Zurg.
Zurg is now a good guy.
-(KATHERINE) Yes! -(MIKE CHUCKLING)
He is going to defend the tiny little aliens
against a giant Claw.
We are gonna make Zurg out of melted taffy.
We're gonna make the Aliens out of watermelons,
and the Claw is gonna have a bunch of bagels all over it.
-What if we had the Claw kinda rotate? -(GASPS) That's such a good idea.
So it'd be on, like, a turntable-type thing.
Yeah, it won't move much but...
-Enough to be terrifying. -That's right. (CHUCKLES)
But also, cool and cute, maybe.
We all work behind the scenes, in animation.
But we're ready to get on the big stage, and show what we can do.
I did a giant Remy sculpture.
-Mike did this awesome Wall-E ship. -The Wall-E spaceship, yeah.
KRISTEN: And then Katherine. Oh my God. She made this giant sculpture of Te Kā.
She's got mad skills.
-Hello, Whichcraft. -Hi.
-What do you guys have planned for us? -All right,
we're going to make Zurg out of a lot of melted taffy.
-Oh wow. -So that, you know, it sticks to him.
Now, how tall he's gonna be?
-He's gonna be very tall like, eight feet. -Yeah, eight feet.
-What? -KRISTEN: Yeah.
-Yeah, I'm not done, I'm not done, okay. -Wait, she ain't done yet.
We're gonna have to try to get the Claw to turn a little bit.
-You guys. -(CONTESTANTS CHUCKLING)
-The goal to make it not fall, but... -That's a little ambitious.
Maybe there's a happy medium.
(ALL CHUCKLE)
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
-KATHERINE: Let's go! -KRISTEN: Okay. Team!
-Oh my God! -Oh my gosh! (CHUCKLES)
-MIKE: Okay. Looks good. -KATHERINE: This is so cool!
-KATHERINE: Oh my gosh. -You got everything?
-Look, Romanesco! -Perfect.
KRISTEN: Oh, I'll get the cake. We'll definitely need these.
KATHERINE: (CHUCKLES) Gosh, we're gonna need so many.
-I don't wanna drop anything! -This is not enough, we need more.
Come on, thank you.
-Is that all of it? -KRISTEN: No, there's more.
(GROANS)
(CLOCK TICKS)
I'm sorry if I'mma be extra slow at first.
-No, no, no. It's all good. -I just don't wanna peel myself.
-Do not hurt yourself, that would be... -Don't peel any skin.
-That doesn't sound very a-peeling. -(CHUCKLES) No.
-(CHUCKLES) -(CHUCKLES)
I'm gonna do, like, a pre-drawing.
And then I'm gonna draw it again, like animation.
Just like animation!
KRISTEN: To start things off, I am going to be making a Star Command logo.
So that Andy knows that Zurg is a good guy.
I'm making it on wafer paper which is edible.
I'm pretty used to drawing a lot of things, so this is just
every day for me.
Being in animation helps us create art with food
because we each have a unique set of skills to make something amazing.
-We're not like other teams. -(CHUCKLES)
-We're the cool team. -KATHERINE: We're the cool team.
The Kohakutou take so much sugar.
JESSICA: I'm gonna start on the isomalt coral.
What about you, Amy?
AMY: I'm gonna start on melting the ganache.
KYLIE: You know, if we don't get all these underwater elements,
our piece is not going to look like an underwater scene.
Yeah, we're gonna get it done.
KYLIE: All three of us are moms, so we are thinking just like a mom does.
Thinking of nine million things.
I'm a multitasker, I'm used to making my cakes at home,
dinner on the stove and taking care of my kids at the same time.
This is just normal life for me.
I've gotta make sure I don't make this like so hot
that it just melts through the ice.
JESSICA: The speed and focus comes from being a mom of four.
I don't have time to mess around.
I've always moved quick and I work really well under pressure.
(GASPS) Look at that one!
I'm starting the first kohakutou coral tuile.
It's made out of flour, water, sugar, and some oil,
and then you fry them on the stove.
-Oh! That's beautiful. -Look, how cool.
MIKE: Oh, it already smells good over there.
KATHERINE: Maybe we could get, like, a little snack.
-MIKE: It's like, do we get some? -Right, I would love some. (CHUCKLES)
Look how gorgeous that is, that looks just like fan coral.
I'm so excited.
Oh, my God, I have broccoli on my face.
(CHUCKLES)
Pretty.
-Mine doesn't look like that. -"Excuse me..."
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
Oh my goodness.
MIKE: Okay.
We kinda made the choice to start working with the watermelons
for our little alien heads, because they have these green heads.
So hopefully that works.
Boy, it does give you an arm workout though.
-KRISTEN: It does. -By the end of...
-KRISTEN: Absolutely. -(MIKE CHUCKLES)
Espresso. All right.
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC CONCLUDES)
Inae, what's the garlic for again?
-INAE: Rex's teeth. -Oh, right.
So, a big part of our concept was to try to use
real foods that look like the shapes and the textures and the colors
we're trying to put into our scene in New York City.
As opposed to trying to create everything out of cake like we usually do.
This parsnip, this is exactly what a rat's tail kinda looks like to me.
This rat has to look real, even though he's gonna be gigantic.
But we have some pretty big rats in New York,
so that's... that's pretty real.
Do you know how many teeth dinosaur have?
-Get at least hundred good ones. -MARJ: Paint one tooth gold.
Hey, that's so New York.
JENN: They hung out in New York long enough
-that they got, like, a grill. -(CHUCKLES)
-Hey, Mike. -Yeah.
Working with you is a real treat...
-I knew it was gonna happen -...for ce-real.
-Okay, I like it. -(KRISTEN CHUCKLES)
I love my team, I love my team.
(CLOCK TICKS)
Time is going by, so we have to get things going.
So I'm gonna start on Zurg's skirt.
So we have these purple taffy here which I'm going to melt in the microwave
for about 45 seconds and then I'm gonna put on parchment paper,
roll it out like this.
And now I'm just gonna go to Zurg and stick it on him.
We've done lot of small-scale stuff, but jumping up to this massive scale...
We hope it's the biggest food art you've ever seen.
Yeah, maybe we've we bit off a little more than we can chew, but...
-(CHUCKLES) Literally. -Literally.
Yeah.
-How's it going, guys? -JESSICA: Good.
-KYLIE: How about you, Amy? -AMY: Going good.
Right now, I'm working on a chocolate treasure chest.
I used some metal forms and I made the sides,
and the bottom, roughed it up to give it some texture.
I used different cocoa powders
to give it different colors and dimensions.
I glued the sides with chocolate.
Used some freeze spray to freeze it up.
To make the curved lid, I'm going to bend it to the right shape
and make sure that it curves like a normal treasure chest lid.
(CHUCKLES)
Oh man.
-(SWING MUSIC PLAYING) -JENN: We got some dinosaur skin.
-(CHUCKLES) -MARJ: Oh, my goodness.
INAE: This looks good.
JENN: What do you think about the broccoli?
-INAE: I mean, they stick pretty good. -JENN: So, the broccoli is working.
-I'm really excited. -MARJ: Yay.
INAE: Making Rex out of broccoli is definitely a risk.
You don't know if it's gonna fall off, if things are gonna dry up.
But so far, so good. The color is right. I think the texture's good. It's working.
How much broccoli does it take to cover Rex?
I don't know.
-Infinity and beyond. -And beyond.
(CHUCKLES) Nice.
-Hello, hello, hello, you guys. -Hi, guys.
-Hello. -INAE: Look at the broccoli.
-Keke, you wanted a salad? -(ALL CHUCKLE)
BENNY: I mean, it looks really cool. Now, my worry is,
-you're using buttercream to hold it? -Yes.
How about on the bottom area? With adding so much broccoli,
if it's too heavy, it might be tricky.
-Yeah. Right. -JENN: That's the way we were going now.
-MARJ: I... I think it'll work. -Yeah, it should work.
I could start potentially putting bagels on the pipe.
KRISTEN: That's a good idea.
The Claw is gonna be a pipe that Mike bends.
And then we're gonna cover in bagels.
-Hashtag, put a bagel on it. -Hashtag, put a bagel on it.
So, right now, I am visualizing how Zurg's cape is gonna come together.
All of the fruit strips are very flexible and delicious.
It should be fine to just kind of curve it,
smooth it out wherever it needs to smoothed.
KRISTEN: That looks great.
-(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) -(CLOCK TICKS)
-Oh! -Oh, the watch hand's moving.
-(CHUCKLES) -(GROANS, CHUCKLES)
Oh no.
-KRISTEN: We're fine. -MIKE: We just have less time.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
Yeah.
(PANTS)
All right.
JESSICA: I am making some aliens.
I'm gonna do a double layer of modeling chocolate and fondant
on them to make them as smooth as possible.
Oh, they're so cute.
KYLIE: Are you giving your little alien a massage?
-You can't... Well, it's massage time. -(KYLIE CHUCKLES)
JESSICA: With modeling chocolate, you can go and, like,
really smooth down and get the seams perfect.
It gives it that shine and that toy look.
-KYLIE: Spa time. -(CHUCKLES)
-Fire away. Whoo! -(GIRLS CHUCKLE)
KYLIE: I am working on the outside of our pirate ship.
Ah! I love the toasty look that this is giving.
It's making the bread look like they've been under the sea
for a hundred years. Fantastic.
Hey, Whichcraft.
How do you like you bread toasted? Dark, medium, or light?
KATHERINE: Oh, that's so cool! Uh, definitely dark.
(CHUCKLES)
-Well, Jessica, I'm gonna say... -Hi, Keke.
-...these faces are incredible. -Thank you.
-What that happening over here? -Okay, so this is our Buzz.
-Yes. -Obviously, he's looking fabulous
-even though he doesn't have a head yet. -(GIRLS CHUCKLE)
So right now, you're just using... Is this modeling chocolate?
I'm... Modeling chocolate and white chocolate ganache.
And then I'll cover him with a nice fondant.
What do you guys think your favorite Pixar Toy Story character is?
-Buzz. -Buzz, yeah.
Uh, I wanted to be an astronaut all my life.
I actually went to the United States Air Force Academy
to become an astronaut.
And while I was there, I had a change of heart.
So now I'm a cake decorator, and I own my own cake business.
-And I love it. -Well, that's really amazing.
Thank you.
I'll feel a lot better once Zurg is done or at least mostly done.
-KATHERINE: Yeah, it's a lot of work. -Let's talk about Whichcraft.
I'm just afraid they're having issue with the time management.
I'm looking at their piece and it's still a lot of work.
Yeah, it is.
Wait a second. Let's do buttercream.
-Wait. -Let's do buttercream.
-Yes! -(CHUCKLES)
KRISTEN: I got this. You keep going.
-MIKE: Well, I like that so I'm excited. -KRISTEN: Thank you.
This is gonna be eventually a lot faster than that.
All right, Mike, come over and look at this color. I mean...
-that's perfect. (CHUCKLES) -Woah! Okay.
-Okay, that almost disappears. -Uh, I'm awesome.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
(CLOCK TICKS)
-That clock is moving. Tick tock. -(KEKE CHUCKLING)
INAE: Cake artists using broccoli. That's a win right there.
JENN: Does he have, like, a torn ear?
-Yeah. -JENN: Oh, my God.
-Seen some things, that rat. -Yeah, he's... he's from
-the rough streets of New York. -(CHUCKLES)
I am working on the rat
that is chasing Hamm, and Rex in the subway.
He is made out of rice cereal treats, fondant for eyebrows, bubblegum ears,
turnip tail, canned ham feet, and bubblegum hands.
And I am heating it up every so often and sculpting with it.
KEKE: Cake, Crust, and Pixie Dust.
-They're giving me textures. -Girl, I'm loving the use of broccoli.
-AMIRAH: Yes, it's cool. -BENNY: So smart.
AMIRAH: You're taking something that's already green
-you're not dyeing it. -And they're not changing
-the look of the characters. -No.
You can see them.
-(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) -MARJ: Ooh!
-JENN: What was that? -MARJ: Big chunk just fell.
So this one fell.
INAE: I think there's more falling.
Oh, God, we gotta go fast.
JESSICA: We are slaying it. Because we're all quiet
-and focused and concentrating. -KYLIE: Wow!
-How fun. -I'm trying to go fast I can with this.
Slayers, they have been like, to, do, do, do, do.
AMIRAH: I mean, talk about divide and conquer.
They've each tackled on completely different elements.
BENNY: You can tell that they are in their own world working on their task.
AMIRAH: My only fear with them is that they're the ones really creating,
I think, the most challenging of a scene.
(CLOCK TICKS)
I mean, the clock literally just moved, and I hope that they get done in time.
I'mma say a prayer for them.
KYLIE: I am about halfway done with the ship, how're you doing?
-AMY: I'm working on Buzz's face. -KYLIE: Okay, what about you, Jess?
I am working on the sea life and the coral.
KYLIE: If we can go any faster, it'd really help.
NARRATOR: As the teams work on their foodscapes to distract Andy...
our toy doctor is hard at work repairing Friendly Bot 3000.
How's the repair job coming along?
Oh, well, it's coming. Thing is, I'm an ages four-to-six toy,
and this is a ten-plus problem.
I could really use some parental guidance but, you know, can't be around parents.
-(CAR DOOR CLOSES) -NARRATOR: Andy is home
from soccer practice, you're running out of time.
Oh, boy, can you keep Andy distracted just a little longer?
NARRATOR: How?
I don't know. Is there any food you can sway him with?
He's going to be starving after practice.
NARRATOR: You know how all little boys feel about pizza.
That's it, and just to be sure, maybe throw in some popcorn.
NARRATOR: Good thinking, doctor, I'll get right on it.
That'll be the bee's knees.
(PANTS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Food artists, food artists.
Andy is back from soccer practice.
And he wants to go up to his room and play with his toys.
(HONKS)
Oh, look.
(HONKS)
INAE: He's so cute.
Hi, RC. Popcorn?
Right, one of Andy's favorite foods.
Teams, you've got work to do because the plot has thickened.
In order to keep Andy occupied,
you've gotta add some of Andy's favorite things
to your foodscapes, yummy food items
that could keep any little boy's attention.
You know, popcorn and, my favorite, pizza.
Move it, kiddos, we're burning daylight here.
-KYLIE: Okay, what do you guys want to do? -All right.
So, we need to incorporate pizza.
-And popcorn. -And popcorn.
I think the popcorn, we should put on skewers and just make into more coral.
-Okay. -But the pizza, I don't know.
-Pizza. (HESITATES) -What do you wanna do with the pizza?
KRISTEN: For the pizza,
I would love to use the pepperonis, cut them out, put them as eyes.
-JESSICA: Oh. -(MIKE CHUCKLING)
KRISTEN: Popcorn, we can put at the middle
of The Claw for like a little flashlight effect.
-We can add pizza... -To the rat.
-INAE: Yeah! Pizza rat. -JENN: Pizza rat.
MARJ: And then we'll just strew popcorn around the platform
because it's like it's always on the streets of New York anyway.
AMY: What if we put our steering wheel
on the top of the pizza and have it be part of the steering wheel?
-That'd be perfect. -That'd be so much fun.
-Okay. -Okay, let's go.
-Let's get our ingredients. -I'm gonna get pizza.
-JESSIE: I'll get the popcorn. -KYLIE: I got the pizza.
-Okay. -All right, let's go.
-You wanna grab this? -MARJ: Yes. Cool.
-INAE: Pizza Planet. -JENN: Let's go.
-It is a Pizza Planet. -I've got the Pizza Planet.
-KATHERINE: Come on, quick, quick. -KRISTEN: Oh, man, oh, I want to eat it.
-Oh, it's just cheese. -It's just cheese?
There's no... There is no pepperoni.
KRISTEN: There's no pepperoni, um...
We could still use the crust for the eyes.
How do you feel about doing the Zurg logo out of pizza?
-KATHRINE: Oh yeah. -KRISTEN: I think that's kinda cool.
-How's the salt situation? -MARJ: Oh, it's salty. (GIGGLES)
-It's working it's just like... -INAE: Oh, my God! So pretty. I love it.
JENN: Hamm, we're gonna cover him in some pink Himalayan salt.
Salted Hamm is our name for him, by the way.
(CLOCK TICKS)
-MARJ: Look at the time. -INAE: Oh...
-JENN: Let's go, let's go. -INAE: Oh, no! Look...
INAE: Broccoli keep falling down.
-It's like a big chunk. -JENN: It's not working.
The moisture in the broccoli is getting released into the buttercream,
and then it's becoming unstuck.
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
Rex never ceases to be less than problematic.
Look at this. I told them about it.
They're trying to put the broccoli underneath,
but it's falling, It's gravity.
And I'm just so excited about the broccoli on him,
so they better make it work.
INAE: Okay. So, what's the, uh, backup plan?
So, I found pistachios in the pantry, which are green.
But this is all that they have, just this amount.
I also found coconut in there, 'cause coconut would probably blend.
JENN: So we sort of mix the two together to stretch it,
and we add in a little bit of the powdered green,
to get it more in the right tone.
We took a real chance not going the traditional cake route
with this stuff, with the risk comes, hopefully, a big reward.... (CHUCKLES)
...but it also is, like, a lot of stress, we gotta make it work.
Oh my God, Benny, they are about to test.
Let's try it, testing one, two, three.
-MARJ: All right! -JENN: Okay! (SIGHS)
-It's kinda the right color. -MARJ: Uh-huh.
That's great, yeah.
It works, it works.
Since Rex's actual plastic body has, like, a yellowish-white cast up the center,
it's perfect.
-It works, I'll take it, bravo. -Yes, yes.
MARJ: That a nice color.
JENN: It's totally good, it's totally good!
KRISTEN: This spreads like butter. We are running out of time,
we have to use buttercream.
KATHERINE: I'm just gonna be cheesing for a little while.
MIKE: It's all about the cheese, man.
KATHERINE: Right now, I'm doing what I do every day.
Slap some lukewarm cheese on
to a claw, and in the middle, we have a bunch of popcorn
that draws the eye. Once I am done with this behemoth,
we're going to mount the whole claw into the base, test the motor,
make sure that the weight is working fine.
Turns out this, as with everything that we've done,
is taking significant time.
MIKE: As with everything we've done.
-KATHERINE: Everything hard... -MIKE: Twice as long...
KATHERINE: Twice as long as we'd like.
(CLOCK TICKS)
I stare into the eyes of Mickey, and he looks back at me
with his hands constantly moving, and I am afraid.
-I'm gonna lift... -You guys are basically gonna guide,
-I'm gonna try to lift as much as I can... -Okay.
-...without destroying anything. -Let's go. (GRUNTS)
KATHRINE: The claw's gonna be the biggest part of our foodscape.
We have this moving element, something massive and dynamic.
-A wow-factor. -Theoretically.
-The cheese is falling. (CHUCKLES) -MIKE: I know.
KRISTEN: The number one concern in making the claw is the weight.
-I don't wanna let go -Well, I wouldn't let go. (CHUCKLES)
Oh, look at that, that is amazing.
-Holy moly! -It all comes crashing down.
-KRISTEN: Most horrifying. -MIKE: Oh, dear.
Okay, slowly, gently.
(CHUCKLES)
-Is it in? -MIKE: Okay.
-Um... -That's fine.
All right, now just slowly put it right here.
Whoo! You got it.
-Good job, guys! -This is not gonna move though.
-There's no way. -(MIKE CHUCKLES)
-Now, she's gotta turn it around. -I'm gonna catch, you ready? You ready?
Yeah, just go for it.
-I'm ready to catch. -All right.
-Benny, they're about to test the claw. -Is it gonna work?
-All right, you ready? -Three...
two...
-Uh... -...one!
(SCREAMS) Oh, my God!
Oh, no it works, oh, it's stuck!
-Looks great! -(KATHERINE CHUCKLING)
-(KRISTEN CHUCKLING) -(MIKE CHUCKLING)
It's working.
Let it roll for a moment just to see what it can do.
-Turn it off! -(MIKE CHUCKLING)
It works.
-They did it. -Yes.
-Mike, you're such a genius! -Good job, guys!
-It looks awesome. "The Claw!" -(CONTESTANTS CHUCKLING)
That's so cool, I wish I knew how to do stuff like that.
-Hey. -This is amazing.
-This was awesome! -(CHUCKLES)
-KATHERINE: Oh, no. -MIKE: No.
-(CLOCK TICKS) -KRISTEN: Oh, my gosh, it's moving.
All right, we got to finish the crater, and we gotta put it all together.
MIKE: All right, we'll blast through it.
KRISTEN: All right, you got it guys, we got it.
(PANTS)
AMIRAH: I mean, they are just, go, go,
-go, all three of them. -Yeah.
We've got some beef jerky sticks and pizza, and then just put them together
-to make our steering wheel. -Okay, you guys.
-A pizza steering wheel. -(JESSICA CHUCKLING)
-(CHUCKLES) -JESSICA: I love it.
How many of these popcorn coral skewers would you want?
-Maybe, four or five. -JESSICA: Okay.
Buzz is ready to get covered in fondant.
(TRIUMPHANT MUSIC PLAYING)
AMY: Just wanna nail it and make sure it looks like Buzz,
and I have the sugar helmet,
which is always a little nerve-racking to do isomalt,
especially that big a piece.
Hopefully, I'll be able to get it on the first try,
but fingers crossed on that.
Oh my God! (CHUCKLES)
-Oh my gosh. He looks amazing. -I love his little swirl chin.
(CLOCK TICKS)
(GASPS) You guys, Mickey's hand is moving.
-Oh my gosh, already? -Oh my gosh.
Are you kidding me? We still have so much to do.
INAE: I'm not even done with Buzz. (SIGHS)
I am doing the helmet.
Now, the scary part is, she is about to create the helmet.
It's one of the most important pieces.
AMIRAH: She's pouring it now, look.
AMY: Isomalt is a type of sugar glass, it's very fragile,
so we have to be extremely careful.
Okay. Now, we just gotta wait for it to dry,
and then de-mold it, which is the nerve-racking part.
She need to be able to kinda, like, pull out that mold from the isomalt,
without breaking it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
If this thing breaks, I mean, we're really not gonna be underwater.
You really need that helmet to work.
AMY: Yes.
It came out perfect, but it was extremely foggy.
So, I had to lightly torch it to get rid of the fog.
You also have to be very careful 'cause you have to keep it cool enough,
so it doesn't warp.
No, no!
No, no, no, no, no.
You guys, I just did this.
It just lost its shape because I was trying to heat it too fast.
The helmet is not working.
Oh my God, I feel so bad.
This is just not what you want to happen on a competition like this.
AMY: I'm trying not to have a meltdown.
I really want to make another one,
because I knew that we really wanted the helmet
on Buzz because he is underwater.
-Nothing is going how I want it. -KYLIE: It's okay.
(CLOCK TICKS)
AMY: Time's running out, but I'm all about just try.
All right, food artists just one hour left.
Go, go, go, go, go!
JESSICA: You guys, one hour. Let's go, let's go, let's go!
KYLIE: We just gotta push it. We're almost there!
MARJ: My rat is ready to be covered in the coconut.
-I'm gonna air brush this guy then. -JENN: Yeah, he's about to get grunged up.
Let me know if I'm stepping on cheese.
-Does it look good here? -JENN: Yeah.
-Marj. -MARJ: Huh?
-JENN: We need your trash. -Oh yeah, oh great, you're ready?
-JENN: Yeah, we're ready. -INAE: Perfect!
JENN: It's a combination of a good spot,
and also where it covers anything that looks jacked up.
KRISTEN: We're really winding down towards the end here.
Oh my gosh, guys, we gotta do aliens.
We're gonna stick stuff on top of them,
like, for eyeballs, like, marshmallows, and then for the ears, we have peppers.
-Okay, let's go. -(CLOCK TICKS)
-Whoa. (GRUNTS) -You did it.
Kristen your cat's gonna be so proud of you.
Oh, there's more coral right here.
-Let's get it on. -KYLIE: Good.
The competition is so heightened, we don't have much time,
and Kylie is running around like crazy.
I'm gonna go to the back, and see if we have
anything that we could use for sand.
I have to say, I love the fact that she's just running,
just... (IMITATES CAR)
JESSICA: Amy, how's it going?
-(SIGHS) Good. I just have to clear it up. -KYLIE: Good.
Oh, the helmet, okay, you got this.
Yes.
-Do you need sand anywhere else? (GROANS) -Nope, just get the mouth on.
And I just hope she doesn't break something of her own creation...
-Yeah. -...because she's just rushing.
KYLIE: Oh.
I knocked over the chest.
JESSICA: Do we have freezing spray?
Just grab the lid and see.
AMY: Okay, you got it?
Food artists, just one minute before the Mickey watch calls it.
KYLIE: Come on, come on, come on, push it. We're almost done, I know we can finish.
AMY: The helmet is not working.
Okay, give it up, just help us finish the details.
What else?
AMY: Yeah, do it this way.
He's holding it with his feet. How's... How about that?
MARJ: The popcorn looks like it's spilled. It's garbage, litter.
KRISTEN: Keep going till we can't.
Anywhere there's, like, a seam up here that you wanna cover,
just hashtag put a bagel on it.
Five seconds, everyone.
What else? What else? What else?
I can't... (GROANS)
-Three... -Will you throw some crumbs in the middle.
...two...
-Please stay, please stay. -...one.
Times up, and tools down!
(CONTESTANTS CHEER, APPLAUD)
-KRISTEN: Oh my God. -(CHUCKLES, SOBS)
JENN: Yes! We did it!
Oh my gosh. Oh my God.
We did it.
-We actually did it. -Oh my God, we actually did it then.
Oh my gosh!
(CHEERS)
-I just wanna go to bed. -Oh my gosh.
Now, it's time to make like toys soldiers and fall in line for inspection.
Whichcraft!
-(ALL GROAN) -You're up.
-Well, well, well, Whichcraft! -(CHUCKLES)
You've got everything up and running.
-Sure. -KEKE: Yeah.
What do you think you learned about food that you didn't realize before?
-I don't wanna ever see taffy again. -Yeah.
-(JUDGES CHUCKLE) -I'll still have bagels,
but you know, lots of bagels.
So let's get into the build, tell me the story.
KRISTEN: Zurg is now a good guy,
and he is defending his little alien friends on the moon
from a giant robotic claw.
The aliens are made of watermelon and fondant.
and then for Zurg it's basically, he's just a big taffy man.
The middle of him is black licorice
with purple buttercream. His eyes and the Z are pizza.
The fingers of the claw is cheese and popcorn.
The claw is filled with bagels.
AMIRAH: How many bagels do you think are on there?
-Oh my gosh. -Fifty.
MIKE: I feel like... maybe, like, fifty bags.
-Yeah. -Oh yeah. Sorry.
A bunch?
I feel like the story was something I was very excited, coming from you.
It's so Pixar, I feel Toy Story,
just so cool to watch the bad guy turn good guy,
-fighting the bad guy. -(CONTESTANTS LAUGH)
I hope I got that right!
I mean, not only does the claw give you so much movement,
and I'm not talking about when it's on.
I'm talking about right now. It is in action,
it is a snake serpent just trying to attack with that claw.
And then the last thing that ties the movement
through the flow of the piece altogether is, of course, the cape.
It's also... Has the illusion of movement,
and I think that the whole piece flows really beautifully.
The painting techniques on the cape, spot on.
-Yeah, that was all her. -That was her, she did that!
-Really good on that. -KEKE: Katherine.
You guys did such an amazing, incredible job.
-KATHERINE: Thank you. -Thank you.
Well, guys, I know you hate it and you're tired of melting candy...
-Yes! -...but that's actually one of
-the best part from this piece. I love it! -KATHERINE: Oh good!
BENNY: It's giving you the illusion that that is actual plastic.
KEKE: Mm-hmm.
BENNY: But then the issue that I have
is that it looks like two different pieces.
Like, the bottom part is really beautiful shining,
and it's giving me the plastic effect, while the top part
-I know is buttercream... -KRISTEN: Yeah.
...and it's a little more flat. But as an overall, guys,
you guys did an excellent job.
-Thank you. -It was a blast.
And you brought the toys to life! It's very Pixar.
Yes!
How's it going, Cake, Crust,
-and Pixie Dust? -JENN: It's going great.
-MARJ: It's going great! -Just hanging out by the subway, yeah?
-Waiting for your train? -JENN: We are.
-Yeah. -Like usual.
How are you guys feeling?
-Exhausted. -Exhausted but relieved.
I think we're surprised that we pulled it off
and, you know, we used food in a way that we didn't know would work.
Walk me through the story of you guys' foodscape.
(SWING MUSIC PLAYING)
JENN: We know we have to distract Andy, so we can save Friendly Bot 3000,
so we created an adventure scene set in the most exciting city
in the world, New York City.
Andy's toys, they find themselves in the New York Subway
when they come across a typical subway rat.
Aw, I love it.
JENN: Rex is made from rice cereal treats,
he is coated in coconut pistachios and broccoli.
His arms are made of broccoli stems, we gave him garlic clove teeth.
Hamm is made of cake coated in Himalayan pink sea salt,
we sculpted his tail and ears out of pink bubblegum.
The rat is made out of rice cereal treats, coated in buttercream, and coconut.
-He has cherry tomatoes for eyes... -KEKE: So cool.
...with LED lights on the inside, to give him that mean look.
We also have things like the very classic coffee cup
from New York City with some coffee spilled out of it.
What I love about this piece is the texture.
I have never seen broccoli used in this way, and I'm in love with it.
When you mentioned broccoli, I was worried in the beginning because the weight,
but you guys, the way that you used the broccoli on Rex,
mixed with the pistachio, which I love pistachio,
it w... it was just genius.
Thank you!
The action of Hamm who's always, sort of, making sure everything is under control
and Rex who is terrified of everything, is so spot on to their characteristics,
it's so Toy Story. The fact that you actually color-matched
with real food, Himalayan salt, broccoli, with pistachio.
Using the stem of the broccoli to create the hands that's really impressive,
and creative thinking, but something I would have done
a little bit differently is how you incorporated the plot thickens.
I don’t love that you used the pizza for pizza.
I wanted to see...
something just so creative, right.
The one thing that is very distracting is the popcorn over here.
I just wish that you incorporated it not by just by tossing it around.
But you guys really pulled it together,
you should just be so proud cause you did New York proud.
-That's great. -Thank you.
-KEKE: Hello, Slayers. -Hello!
How are you feeling? I mean, you guys were really moving fast.
You mean, Jessica your head was in, you know, everything.
We feel relieved.
-Yeah. -Overwhelming relief and excitement
to show you what we've created.
KYLIE: The story behind our build is Buzz and the Aliens wanted to create
an underwater adventure to distract Andy,
so that the doctor toy could fix the robot toy.
JESSICA: Buzz is made out of modeling chocolate, fondant.
The treasure chest is made out of 100 percent chocolate
on the outside, and the inside is filled with candies.
JESSICA: The Aliens, they are made out of fondant, and modeling chocolate.
For the seafloor there's a lot of vegetables
and fruits that are carved.
AMY: We took the popcorn and we made some coral.
We've got isomalt coral...
JESSICA: Pufferfish made out of dragon fruit.
Fish made out of lemons.
KYLIE: We used, crushed-up Graham crackers for sand.
The pirate ship is made of the keto's worse nightmare.
-(ALL CHUCKLING) -KYLIE: It is the pasta and bread.
The mast is made out of French bread,
and then we've got lasagna noodles for the planks of wood on the side,
and the squid ink pasta for the peep holes? Port holes!
(ALL CHUCKLE)
KYLIE: For the port holes.
And then the steering wheel is the entire pizza and jerky sticks.
The challenge was to distract Andy.
This is so distracting,
-(ALL LAUGH) -I think that... I think that I can spend,
so much time just going through every little detail.
Story-wise, when you guys said underwater, I was thinking to myself,
"That's a big challenge," and you guys did it.
You have the bubbles going up,
and it's just so creative, how he's flipping
because the bubbles are, sort of, flipping him over
and that's where you created movement.
The way that you guys used the plot thickens
with the pizza as the wheel that is just so genius. I love it,
you're using its natural shape, but you are transforming it
into something else, but I definitely think that Buzz having a helmet,
that would have just given so much more to the illusion that they are underwater.
Ran out of time.
-For this type of element, do it first... -KYLIE: Yes.
...in the early hours, so if something happen,
-you have time to recover from that. -KYLIE: Yeah.
BENNY: There's so much fun and so many details. Technically,
I love the way that you created the chest.
I love the old, rusty, wooden look that you gave us.
The way that you guys used the pasta,
brilliant, because you used the shape of the pasta
to create the specific designs.
Buzz and the Aliens, they totally looks like
they came from the movie, so you guys did an excellent job on that.
The carving details, I love the variation of colors
that you used on them.
-I mean, watermelon turtles. -BENNY: Yes! How cute.
It's just a stunning and a beautiful piece.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
Wishing you guys the best of luck, and we'll talk to you soon.
-Thank you. -BENNY: See you guys later.
-Oh my gosh. -It's so hard,
-I hate this part of the show. -This is one of my favorite movies.
Look, everybody did a beautiful job, we saw from Whichcraft, it was lovely.
AMIRAH: When you look at Zurg I mean, he really looks like he's a plastic toy.
-KEKE: Yeah. -BENNY: Yes!
KEKE: Cake, Crust, and Pixie Dust...
BENNY: Their textures are so beautifully done.
AMIRAH: The characters are just so spot on, I mean, Rex is so fuzzy.
KEKE: The Slayers
-did an incredible job with Buzz. -BENNY: Oh my God!
And the fact that they used
so many different mediums is just incredible too.
You guys think you know, which you want it to be.
-Oh, we know. -Yeah.
-Right, let's go.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
MIKE: I love that.
CONTESTANTS: Aw!
KRISTEN: It's the Magic Kingdom!
As you all can tell, we love your creations,
and we think Andy would love them even more,
but only one can win.
Oh, look!
There's bubbles.
-KYLIE: That's so cool! -That's really cool.
The team that created the most Foodtastic way
to keep Andy's attention is...
-Oh, It's a giant bubble coming down. -KATHERINE: Yeah!
Ooh!
Whoa!
-(CONTESTANTS CHUCKLING) -KRISTEN: There's something in there.
That's awesome.
-The Slayers! -(ALL CHEER, APPLAUD)
Please come and receive your Foodtastic pins.
Congratulations, guys, please, put 'em on.
KYLIE: This experience has been a whirlwind,
but being moms, we came up with a plan quick
we executed the plan, and I am amazed, and proud of what we've created.
-JENN: This is amazing! -KRISTEN: You did so good!
KATHERINE: It's incredible.
We came to slay and we did.
-Yeah! -(ALL CHUCKLE)
Remember, never stop playing with your food.
NARRATOR: Now, that the Slayers successfully distracted Andy,
let's see if our toy doctor was able to fix Friendly Bot 3000.
(SWING MUSIC PLAYING)
(ROBOT WHIRRS)
We did it.
NARRATOR: You got Friendly Bot 3000 fixed.
Yes, sure did, we'll have to keep an eye on that bonding,
-but I'd say he's as good as new. -NARRATOR: Awesome! And Andy had fun too.
All in all, I'd say it was a pretty good day.
Now, if you'll excuse me, the alien toy has got into some permanent markers.
Hey! Not on the walls, don't make me send you back to the Claw!
NARRATOR: The Claw!