(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
NARRATOR: Our story begins in the library of an enchanted castle.
Where everyday household objects have come alive.
Oh. What are you doing in here, mon chéri?
Why aren't you at dinner with your best friend Belle and the Beast?
Well, I just wanted to give Belle and the Beast some alone time.
Besides, it's starting to feel a little bit like
Beauty and the Beast and the third wheel.
NARRATOR: But Belle is your best friend.
I'm sure she wouldn't mind you tagging along.
I know, it's just after seeing Belle and all her wonderful friends
in the castle, I sort of want an adventure of my own.
NARRATOR: Oh, I see you have the spirit of a true originale.
Perhaps, there's something I can do for you.
Do you mean it? I wouldn't wanna put you out.
NARRATOR: Please. Here you are a guest, and we love to make our guests happy.
(SIGHS) This is amazing.
NARRATOR: I think you'll find there's something amazing and magical
around every corner here.
-Will you show me? -NARRATOR: Oui.
-I'd be happy to, mon chéri. -(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
NARRATOR: But I think I may need to ask for help.
Allow me to introduce you to three exceptional teams,
of the world's best food artists.
Introducing veteran competitors, the Food Fanatics.
Expert carvers and chocolatiers, the Creative Villains.
And the Weirdoughs, three rising pastry superstars.
Which of these three teams can entertain Belle's best friend
and win the coveted Disney Foodtastic pin.
An item as rare as Gaston on a cheat day.
(MAGICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
RYSE: Wow, she's so pretty.
(CALM MUSIC PLAYING)
A girl... born to a provincial life in a small town
who uses books to escape her reality,
who yearns for something more.
Like Belle, people all over the world dream of bigger
and better things.
This is Foodtastic.
Today, we're in a place with a cursed prince,
and an enchanted rose.
Welcome to the world of Beauty and the Beast, food artists.
ALL: (CHEER)
I'm glad I'm not in this alone.
Thankfully, joining us is a duo who can guide us
through the dark and mysterious woods of the food art world.
Our food art experts, Amirah Kassem and Benny Rivera.
ALL: (CHEER)
Bonjour, Benny and Amirah.
Food artists, your task today is to take these legendary characters
and put them into new scenarios, where they're trying
to hilariously cheer up Belle's best friend.
-Okay. We could do that. We could do that. -My God, yeah. We could.
That means, perfect details, beautiful colors and stunning texture.
Your characters need to be recognizable from Beauty and the Beast.
We want you to make us believe
that these characters are inanimate objects coming to life.
Storytelling is so, so important to what Disney does with their magic.
The characters you choose need to be used in fresh ways.
Show me how creative you are by putting your own little spin on this fairytale.
KEKE: And please know, any food you do not use
in your build will be donated to charity.
Now, while this tale may be as old as time, you don't have that long.
And like the Beast, we will be telling time
via an enchanted rose.
As time goes on, petals will fall.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
-Oh. -KEKE: And when that final petal
hits the ground, your time is up.
Now, go play with your food!
-YAYA: Okay. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-NANCY: Clock is ticking. -All right. So...
To help cheer up Belle's best friend,
we're gonna do a giant fruit-carved archway.
For our foodscape, we're building an enchanted winter wonderland
that's gonna have Sultan, the little ottoman dog,
and the Coat Rack.
DOMINIC: Coat Rack is gonna be four foot tall.
All different techniques of chocolate.
To cheer up Belle's best friend, Sultan and Coat Rack decided
to have a snowball fight in the enchanted winter garden
just outside the castle grounds.
Can you guide me a little bit on... on the techniques...
-Yeah, sure. -BRANDON: What's unique about this garden
is it only blooms in the winter
-because it is enchanted. -Oh yeah.
I do fruit and vegetable carving and sculpting.
So, we're gonna have a giant arch
of all beautifully carved fruits, vegetables.
How are you guys planning to build such an elaborate structure?
That's gonna be a tricky part. We're gonna try to get an arch support
and actually kinda shish-kebab them on there.
-BENNY: Okay. -Just be careful because as that weight
comes from the top, those start to go into the rod
-from the weight of the top. -Yup. It's definitely a worry. Yup.
RYSE: We are making Chef Bouche.
-Yeah. -Chef Bouche is a giant...
-Beast of an oven. -Right.
LINDSEY: You know what'd really drive Bouche nuts is
if we put a bunch of kids in the kitchen
-and mess up his kitchen. -RYSE: Oh.
So, Chip, maybe all of his siblings too.
-Siblings. Yup. -Siblings to create more chaos.
-LINDSEY: All right. -RYSE: I'm going to make Chip
out of jicama,
because jicama does not oxidize and it's white.
We gotta make the grey stuff.
-LINDSEY: Oh yeah, the grey stuff. -RYSE: It is delicious.
-AMIRAH: Weirdoughs! -BENNY: Hi!
Hi, guys.
And I don't mean weirdo, I mean Weirdoughs.
-BENNY: Yes. Yes. -We're both.
And what do you guys do usually? What's your skill set?
We are all pastry chefs actually.
-We all are. -Wow.
I like to work in a lot of different mediums.
RYSE: I like to work with cheese,
pumpkins. Biodegradable art...
-AMIRAH: (CHUCKLING) -...that's what I like to call it.
-Do you work together? -We work together.
I met Lindsey when we were in culinary school.
And then Erin, I met...
-At a bar. -...at a bar.
ALL: (LAUGH)
So, what's the plan? I mean, I see a lot of details here.
Do you know the scene where they open the cupboard...
Yes, and they start jumping around.
...when they go to bed and all of the kids are in there.
So we thought that will be really fun to play off of that
and Chef Bouche is trying to make all these wonderful treats
to try to cheer up Belle's best friend. Then, the kids come in and try to help.
I will be carving all of Chip and the siblings.
-So Chef Bouche, who's grandiose. -LINDSEY: He's about ten feet tall.
-Did you say ten feet? -LINDSEY: Yeah.
-Wow. -So we thought scale would be important
to this challenge. So, if we need to make a tiny teacup then the stove can't be...
Nobody wants to see Chip be this big so...
-That's a good point. I like to hear that. -RYSE: Yeah.
MARK: Brunch for Belle's best friend.
-Brunch for Belle's best friend. Got it. -Yes.
NANCY: So, Cogsworth.
He's gonna be standing on some recipe books...
-JEAN: Okay. -...that are carved
-...out of cheese. Perfect. -MARK: Cheese.
-Wardrobe? Wardrobe... -JEAN: Well, that would be a nice big
-centerpiece right there. -NANCY: Cogsworth,
the Wardrobe and Feather Duster
are putting together the most delightful, amazing, food-art breakfast.
This is Disney. We have to nail these expressions in these characters.
-Yes, absolutely. -All about the expressions.
-JEAN: I think, this looks amazing. -I'm excited to work with you guys.
I mean, you guys are all very talented and I think we can pull this off.
-Yeah. -It's a dream come true.
-Yeah, I mean. -We got energy.
-Yes. -We got age.
-Yeah. (LAUGHS) -We have the experience.
I've done numerous competitions, 12 years now.
I have the bug. I love doing it.
High five, guys. Let's go.
ALL: (GRUNT)
This is just like something so super cool that we've never be able to do before.
What do the young people say? We... We be vibin'. (LAUGHS)
-I don't know if I've heard that one. -Yeah.
-I don't know if I heard that one before. -Maybe a generation back a few.
DOMINIC: Come on, guys.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
-DOMINIC: (LAUGHING) So much stuff to use. -LINDSEY: (LAUGHING) Oh my goodness.
BRANDON: Squash, zucchini, radishes, celery. I can carve it.
-Whoa! (CHUCKLING) -NANCY: What!
-MARE: Holy cow! -RYSE: Amazing.
-LINDSEY: Oh, my God. -ERIN: So good!
That pantry is incredible.
RYSE: This is a great big jicama. Yes.
BRANDON: Look at all these vegetables. Holy cow.
-And pasta. Okay, those would be his arms. -All right, let's get it.
BRANDON: It is time.
I'm just gonna start shaping up some of this flat bread for Wardrobe.
Nancy, I'm gonna make the modelling chocolate for Wardrobe's face.
NANCY: Oh, perfect.
So, I'm starting to stack the cake at... which is gonna be the very, very top
of Bouche's hat right now, that's what I have in front of me.
For me, winning this competition would be huge
because I just want validation and the recognition
in this industry of being a food artist.
ERIN: Buttercream as glue.
If we could take home that Disney pin...
-RYSE: "When?" -(LAUGHING)
...for myself, it would really be a help to my confidence.
This thing's... really heavy.
BRANDON: How're you doing, Dom?
DOMINIC: Pretty good, just melting chocolate.
Yaya, what's your game plan?
So after I've carved out his edges, I'm gonna cover Sultan
in red fondant and just bring him to life,
make it look like he jumped right out of Beauty and the Beast.
Each one of our strengths is detail work. We're gonna work separately on our pieces
because they require so much attention to detail
and when we all put them together, it's just gonna have that wow factor.
DOMINIC: How are you doing with your carvings over there? What you got?
I am working on just some different varieties
of flowers that are gonna fill our garden and the arch.
So, it's... it's pretty much just, uh, line work on this melon.
You make a cut, you trace it,
and then you make another cut to reveal that cut.
Pretty much all ancient Thai carving techniques
are gonna be your really detailed carvings.
But yeah, this is just a honeydew.
-You can do like one melon in 20 minutes. -I can.
-YAYA: Those look so good. -DOMINIC: Looks amazing!
YAYA: Those are amazing.
DOMINIC: You know, chocolate melts at different phases.
So, that's why you bring it up to 118,
and then you wanna bring it down as fast as possible.
And that's what gives chocolate its strength.
If the base doesn't happen, nothing happens.
You really can't go back,
and then Coat Rack's gonna be not a Coat Rack, you know. (LAUGHS)
-AMIRAH: Hello, Dom. -Hello, how's it going?
-You're tempering chocolate over here? -Yup, I'm...
-Ooh. -I've been doing different batches.
DOMINIC: We want it to be nice, shiny, you can see it from the top.
It's Beauty and the Beast, and it's so beautiful.
And you need that silky smooth, where your chocolate's tempered.
And, uh, this is gonna be the base for Coat Rack.
The body, I'm gonna do some hooks to give it flair.
The head, and then on top, we're gonna do that nice top hat. (LAUGHS)
-Okay. -All right, we're excited to see that.
AMIRAH: Let's check out what's going on over here.
-BENNY: Yeah. -AMIRAH: (GASPS) Look at this.
-Lots of roses, lots of flowers... -BENNY: That's beautiful. Beautiful.
-...lots of carvings. -Oh my goodness.
Now, if you notice, he have this piece wrapped in paper towel, completely wet.
-AMIRAH: Totally, you don't want it... -BENNY: That's the technique.
AMIRAH: ...drying out. I mean, you might be the fastest carver
-I've ever seen. -I try.
AMIRAH: What are you doing over here?
It seems like you're defying gravity with this cake.
Do you think that the weight isn't going to bounce off...
-Nope. -...as you start working on it.
-Pretty sturdy. -That's sturdy.
Once your structure is down, it's never gonna fall.
-(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) -(MACHINE WHIRRING)
-AMIRAH: Mark, what are you working on? -I am creating marbleized floor tiles.
I am sculpting the head for Cogsworth.
I'm very confident I can pull off his very recognizable face.
I wanna get at least one of these recipe books knocked out.
They're crucial for Cogsworth to set on.
The cheese isn't as big as I usually work with. That's okay,
because I can use some dowels, splice it together, then start forming the book.
Don't worry about the seams.
Not a lot of that's gonna show up when we paint it with gel.
We're just using like a mild cheddar.
Cheese is just like sculpting any subtractive medium,
unlike if I was sculpting marble or even pumpkin,
once it's gone, it's gone. But with cheese, it's almost like clay.
There's a lot of tricks that you can use to hide seams and such.
You know, when people come across my sculptures,
a lot of times, they don't realize that it's cheese.
When they finally realize it's cheese, they're like,
"Well, you put that in a mold, right?" They just don't know what to think.
Hey, Mark, I'm almost done with this first book.
-MARK: Cool. -NANCY: And then I think I need
to get started on that Wardrobe.
-MARK: Okay. -NANCY: So, would you tag team?
-MARK: Yeah. -I think our team dynamic is great.
We all trust each other's skills, and this is where it's great
that we're intercrossing and crossing the beams, um, to get this done.
This is the perfect pliability.
-(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) -(CHIMING)
RYSE: Oh my gosh, the petals are dropping already, you guys.
LINDSEY: Time is running out.
-RYSE: Oh my gosh. -Okay.
-First petal fell. -BRANDON: Oh. We gotta go.
Focus and faster.
NANCY: You know what, I need to go to start putting
-some bread on the Wardrobe. -JEAN: Good.
-JEAN: Nancy. -NANCY: Whoa.
JEAN: Mark.
-It's awesome. That is insane. It's good. -NANCY: That's insane. That is so spot on.
-Okay. -MARK: Perfect.
All right. I think I'm done with this book.
-NANCY: Wow. -Oh, it looks good!
I think winning this competition, you know, might validate,
yeah, that we're better than the others, which I think we all believe we are.
With a name like Food Fanatics, it sounds like
you were made for Foodtastic. How you doing, Mark?
-JEAN: (CHUCKLING) Right! -MARK: Good. How you doing?
I'm so good. What are you doing over here?
-MARK: I am marbleizing fondant. -Ooh!
MARK: So, we're using for the floor of our display.
KEKE: Now, who's responsible for this piece right here?
The sculpting that's been done on here.
-Is this Jean, all of you? -We're all working on it.
You guys got a lot done. I mean, you guys are really ahead.
So, what's the secret weapon? I mean, you guys are ahead,
you say you've been doing it for a while.
-I mean, what's the secret tool? -Well, we're older, that's why.
-ERIN: Really heavy. -(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
Right now, I'm just constantly
-filling Bouche's body with cake. -Bouche is a beast.
Getting the character's shape correct is really important.
So, we keep frosting and stacking cake.
The scale of Bouche... (SIGHS)
...that is our biggest challenge in the build.
This thing is huge.
-AMIRAH: Bonjour. (CHUCKLES) -RYSE: Bonjour. (CHUCKLES)
-AMIRAH: Oh my gosh, this diamond. -ERIN: This is the top of his toque
-and that's what goes up on top. -AMIRAH: (CHUCKLING)
Are you gonna be able to handle the weight of that piece?
-CONTESTANTS: (LAUGH) -Oh. Look at those guns.
Ryse, do you have any teacups yet?
RYSE: Definitely not.
I hope you still have enough time for all the details.
Yes, me too. We're working hard to get 'em all in there.
What make you guys leave the rice cereal panels
on the actual board?
We're gonna cover all of this with buttercream,
and then we're just using the buttercream as an adhesive,
and we're gonna be putting nori
-on the outside of all of it. -BENNY: Okay.
Now, I see a lot of cake here. You have to be careful with this choice.
Buttercream is really soft.
If you're gonna place such a tall layer of buttercream,
there's the risk of gravity to, kind of, like...
-ERIN: Yeah. -No risk, no reward, Benny.
-(LAUGHING) -(CHEERING)
-We're getting that pin. -(LAUGHS)
-Oh, we're good. -All right.
-There's more than enough to fill this. -DOMINIC: Yeah.
That's what we wanted. There we go.
-BRANDON: We good? -DOMINIC: Yeah.
-Teamwork. -DOMINIC: That's a beautiful body.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
Getting there. I like it. Then you just go back and smooth it
-after you shave it. -DOMINIC: Yeah.
-Nice. -DOMINIC: This is gonna be the base
for the hat. What's great about smoothing it out,
is that we're gonna get those edges off,
and then it's gonna have a more natural feel.
Kinda like the brim of a hat, kinda has that rounded edges.
-See, Brandon, what that smoothing does? -BRANDON: Yeah. Looks awesome.
I need to make Cogsworth's pendulums. We have our little motorized thing here.
-We have our pendulum. -Food Fanatics.
-I'm impressed... -KEKE: Yeah.
...at how fast. And the quality of their work seems really good.
-It's going, Nancy. -BENNY: I have to say that,
so far, they are the only team
where I can see already the Disney characters coming to life.
-KEKE: Yes. -None of the other teams have them yet.
-I mean, that's what I call teamwork. -NANCY: Are you doing the sugar?
-Yeah. -NANCY: The isomalt? Sweet.
Now I wanna talk about our girl squad over there, the Weirdoughs.
(GROANS)
Working on a structure that size, you can spend most of your time
-just even layering to hold it together. -RYSE: (SIGHS) Okay.
They could get lost and we're stuck with one character.
-RYSE: Oh my God, you guys. -LINDSEY: What?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
-RYSE: Oh man. -LINDSEY: How much is falling?
-RYSE: The entire thing. -LINDSEY: Oh.
ERIN: Oh God. Let's get these out of here.
I'm worried, are they gonna have time to bring us the actual Disney characters?
Oh, I hope that they do, I hope that they make it.
-BENNY: Let's see. -ERIN: Man, oh, man.
LINDSEY: All right.
ERIN: Sometimes you have to just go back to the basics.
Just dowel everything perfectly level and have the proper number of layers
and just keep stacking cake.
JEAN: I actually think we're doing good.
I mean, if you look... if you look at that oven over there,
-they still have so much to put on. -RYSE: Oh, I hate it.
When there's a task at hand and there is a time crunch.
We will hyper focus, go into that beast mode.
LINDSEY: Go. Go.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
-(CHIMING) -DOMINIC: Oh.
BRANDON: Oh no.
-RYSE: Oh no. -LINDSEY: (GROANS)
RYSE: Oh no.
LINDSAY: Cover faster.
NANCY: This will separate the young people from the old people,
'cause we are going to, uh, kick it into overdrive.
Can I get some time from Cogsworth? (LAUGHING)
-I think that's good. -MARK: Good?
-Yeah. -RYSE: It's all just...
Oh, I don't even know.
Got some very talented people in this room.
NARRATOR: Now that everyone's hard at work,
let's check in on Belle's best friend.
Wait till you see what my friends are cooking up for you, mon chéri.
You're gonna be more entertained than Gaston in a hall of mirrors.
I thought that joke was très bon, apparently not.
Oh, sorry. I was just thinking about how I'll never get someone to love me
the way Beast loves Belle. I mean, she's so put together and me,
well, my table manners need a little bit of work. Oh, a lot of work.
NARRATOR: Don't you think you're being a little hard on yourself?
No, I just wish I was perfect, you know.
NARRATOR: There's no such thing as perfect.
It's about seeing the beauty through imperfections.
I think there's a lesson for you about the true meaning of beauty.
-Hmm. -(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
NARRATOR: Let's get the food artists to show us.
KEKE: All right, all right, artists, listen up. Listen up.
The plot just thickened.
We need to teach Belle's best friend
what Belle and the Beast already have learned.
That true beauty is found within.
By taking some imperfect, AKA beastly food, from our pantry,
the kind of food that people shy away from even though it's just as beautiful
and delicious on the inside.
After that, it's up to you to turn it into something gorgeous.
Okay, back to work. Those rose petals
won't stay on forever, people. Get to the pantry. Now!
MARK: Come on, let's go. Go.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
YAYA: Oh, look at this.
-We have some lychees, strawberries. -Strawberries.
-Smell it. Smells good right there. -Yeah.
-YAYA: Nothing... -And a beet. I like the beet.
-ERIN: This thing is like so weird. -RYSE: Oh, it's stinky.
(LAUGHS)
-Well, I've never seen that before either. -ERIN: This thing is very weird looking.
RYSE: It's a really good
-mixture of colors. -LINDSEY: Yeah.
These will be really good additions for our treats.
-Yeah, absolutely. -Yeah.
-So, this jackfruit is, uh, hideous. -YAYA: I think...
BRANDON: This will be kinda hard to work in.
...this heirloom tomato takes the cake. Ugh.
-BRANDON: Yeah, that's not good either. -DOMINIC: Look at that.
-What do you do with that? I'm gonna do something with it.
-BRANDON: It will make a great leaf. -Okay.
BRANDON: Definitely gonna carve this into a rose.
This can definitely be carved.
This is gonna add, just, way more dimension to the entire garden.
You know, I just see funny little faces. We need to transform 'em more.
How about we make Wardrobe a pantry?
MARK: Maybe, she transforms because she's enchanted.
NANCY: Excellent. I love it.
Then the story of Wardrobe has been transformed
and the vegetables in the pantry have come to life.
So, I am making hybrid fruit people, out of these imperfect foods.
I love oddly-shaped things. I don't like perfection.
So, even with the addition of this, um, new challenge,
I think it's very clear by seeing how much we have done,
we can lap the young'uns.
This is a very big jicama.
So, I'm quickly working on the teacups.
Lindsey, right now, is making the gelatin bubbles
that will be coming out of the tap.
I am making the body of the teacups out of jicama.
I use the knife to get rid of like the bulk of what I don't want.
And then I come in with the micro plane and shape it.
RYSE: I am making the foot of the teacup out of Japanese eggplant.
It's not really quite as belled as I want it to be at the bottom.
In the movie, the bottom of the teacup,
it almost has a like a little skirt, little foot to it.
And these ones are more like a pants situation going on.
Just wondering if I can maybe fudge it, if I carve it out
of butternut squash and then cover with a eggplant peel.
RYSE: My brain is going a thousand miles a minute. We'll figure it out.
-Hey, hey, hey, ladies! -BENNY: Hi, guys.
So, I'm excited because I'm seeing this stove come together, girls.
-ERIN: Finally! (CHUCKLES) -KEKE: How are you feeling?
Is that kinda taking away any nervousness?
Or are you guys still kinda like, "Okay..." (HESITATES)
RYSE: I mean, a little bit because it's scary.
-(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING) -(CHIMING)
KEKE: Uh-oh.
-You guys! So, wait a minute. -No.
The plot thickened.
How do you feel about tying in these imperfect fruits to your foodscape?
LINDSEY: We're hoping to try to incorporate
some of the extra vegetables in our treats
that Chip and his friends have been making.
It's a good way to add color. It's a good way to add texture.
Obviously, we've spoke a lot about the size of your foodscape.
But aside from that, is there anything that's concerning you?
-We need more petals. -ALL: (LAUGH)
Yes. Exactly. I think everybody here can agree on that.
MARK: I'm gonna do the floor right now so that can dry out a little bit.
-NANCY: Okay. Yeah, the floor's priority. -Yeah, I know.
MARK: So, the reason we're using marbleized fondant for this
is because it will dry and set up fast.
And it'll be a nice pattern that really adds some character to the floor.
We wanna make sure that it looks seamless with our display.
Sixty-four tiles, 12 by 12, it's a lot of space to cover.
JEAN: It's looking really good, Mark. Seriously.
-Nancy, how does her face look? -Yeah?
I'm in love with it. Right now, the floor is mostly done.
Fifi and Cogsworth, they're in good shape. The wardrobe is pretty much on track.
-MARK: Just spot me. -NANCY: I don't want to...
Yeah, just slide it up there.
-We've got it! -MARK: Drop it.
-JEAN: Just spot me. -Okay.
-MARK: Yay! -Okay.
Even though everyone's pieces are really large,
I think we have more focused detail pieces, you know?
MARK: I agree.
Look at the chocolate work coming together.
Look at the flowers opening up, you know?
BRANDON: I put a zucchini in ice water like this,
they come out looking like this.
And then I'm gonna toothpick a carrot in the center for a stamen.
And then I have all kinds of other things that curl in water, like, celery, squash.
And we're gonna use it to decorate our whole piece.
-And I know I have a headless dog now. -DOMINIC: I know. No, I can...
-It's coming together. -DOMINIC: We can see it.
YAYA: I'm feeling really good about Sultan.
I'm gonna add some gold tassels around him.
Once you add all the details, you're gonna see him come to life.
-BRANDON: Are the arms hardening up? -DOMINIC: Yeah, arms are good.
BRANDON: All right, guys, I think I have enough melons
to start filling our, uh, arch.
You guys ready to pull out the secret weapon?
-Yeah, I think we're ready. -BRANDON: We're basically gonna make
a giant shish kebab of watermelons, honeydews,
all the different fruits and vegetables on a four-foot-tall archway.
All right. These ones... This is where the juice starts happening.
This is actually their biggest moment in this build.
-YAYA: That looks so good already. -Yeah, it's gonna be sick.
I just hope that the entire piece is able to hold the weight.
AMIRAH: And now, as he's stacking it, look, it's dripping.
It's just creating a whole puddle down there.
-(CHIMING) -RYSE: No!
-Oh no! Oh gosh! -No!
-RYSE: Cover faster. -ERIN: Cover faster.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
All right, Bouchey-baby. Let's... Let's get you covered.
We are starting to cover Chef Bouche with our nori sheets.
He's got different shades of metal that he's made of, so, we're hoping
the texture of the nori would kind of mimic that cast iron.
Let's talk about Weirdoughs.
I got to be honest that I'm really scared for them.
(GASPS) Shoot!
KEKE: They have a lot of cool elements. But I do feel that they're nervous.
-RYSE: Whoop! Dang it! -I do feel like they're...
-Yes. -...you know crunched against time.
To build such a huge piece. It's still a lot of work to do.
-KEKE: Yeah. -AMIRAH: But when you look at the art
and the depth in story, they can still wow us.
I mean, that would be the greatest comeback story, honestly.
RYSE: All right. Ladies, I feel like we're catching up here.
Let's move onto the Creative Villains. I'm so happy they got
-the watermelon arches done. -AMIRAH: Totally.
The one thing that worries me is that water.
It needs to stay fresh. And it's the first thing they put on.
That's the last thing I would have put on.
They have so many details that we're yet to see.
I don't know that they have enough time to actually do that.
-KEKE: So, I mean, Food Fanatics, y'all. -You have to be very careful
in the way that you're gonna apply the airbrushing layers.
Because too much can take away a little bit of the natural color,
and the natural beauty, and the texture that they already have placed.
I feel like they're taking something so iconic, like Wardrobe,
-and just filling it with something else. -Rose petals continue to fall
-and our food artists continue to build. -Yeah.
-RYSE: Beast-mode engage. -ERIN: Team beast-mode!
-RYSE: Yes! -ERIN: I got it.
Yank the sheet tray out, go.
ERIN: We did it!
He looks so much more like Chef Bouche when he's wearing his hat.
I felt the weight of the hat come off of my shoulders.
Wow!
We gotta stay in beast-mode.
Faster, faster, faster.
(CHIMING)
There's only one petal left on the rose!
That means you've only got one hour to finish your foodscape.
So, get a move on, or Belle's BFF may as well be thrown
-to the wolves outside the castle! -Pressure's on.
-MARK: Get the stuff on the display. -NANCY: Yeah. Drop it like it's hot.
We have three characters. And we have such a variety of food.
If I were judging it... (CHUCKLES) ...certainly, we'd win.
-ERIN: What do you want me to do? -Maybe get his mustache on.
We finally have Bouche's main structure done.
And now, we gotta do all the detail work.
ERIN: So, Lindsey is baking croissant dough
into the shape of Bouche's mustache,
eyebrows, and nose.
You can take it, Bouche.
The body is covered in nori seaweed.
BRANDON: Dom, you gotta get that hat up, man.
DOMINIC: With Coat Rack, his hat, we really wanted to add some color.
So, I sprayed it with cocoa butter.
What do you think, Yaya? Now I see it in the light, that's...
-Oh! That is so nice! -DOMINIC: That pops. Are you ready?
So, you're gonna heat up the base of the hat.
-You're gonna heat up the top of this. -DOMINIC: Yes.
You're gonna put them together, and I'm gonna spray it as you put it down.
-DOMINIC: Yes. -So, look at Dom.
He has to be extremely careful with that.
No, if we heat it more...
BRANDON: No, we need to heat it up more, or it...
YAYA: Yeah, if you heat it more, it will soften the chocolate.
-Yeah. Better heat it more then. -Mind your fingers.
(SPEAKING IN SPANISH)
DOMINIC: Add some support with freeze spray.
Yeah.
Yes.
NANCY: They're having so much fun
the kitchen that things have gotten out of hand,
-and they've just made a really big mess. -You cool if I just put a bunch of fruit
-down here along with this stuff... -NANCY: Yep.
-...so, it's mixed in? Random fruit. -JEAN: Well, 'cause it's a mess.
This looks like a fine breakfast brunch.
-Ah, it does, doesn't it? -It does.
JEAN: I think it looks really, really good.
-I really do. -MARK: Yes!
-What's happening? -RYSE: The Food Fanatics are already done.
DOMINIC: Yaya, how you doing with the Sultan?
Good. Just adding a few final touches.
(MUSIC PLAYING)
BRANDON: Okay.
YAYA: That's good.
These are good.
You guys are doing so good.
ERIN: You got all the beautiful, ugly fruits?
Yeah, did we use everything in the basket?
RYSE: I didn't use everything. I don't know how to use the jackfruit.
-KEKE: The petal is falling, people. -Do you think we have it all done?
-(CHUCKLES) -ERIN: Oh, the stools.
Put that short one right here. Does that read okay here?
RYSE: Put it that way a little bit. Like, onto the graham crackers a little bit.
'Cause there's nothing over there.
(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
NANCY: Mark, I'm gonna throw confetti, you're gonna feel like a star.
-MARK: Hold on. -(LAUGHING)
-Okay, ready? -MARK: One fruity fruity
-pebble. Yeah, boy. -(LAUGHING)
(MUSIC PLAYING)
-NANCY: Yeah! (CHEERS, CHUCKLES) -MARK: Yeah!
Three, two, one!
That is it! Time's up.
-And tools down. -RYSE: We did it!
-MARK: Yay! -(NANCY CHUCKLING)
-Pro. Pro. -Oh, you're a pro.
DOMINIC: Bam! (LAUGHS)
JEAN: All right.
-Oh, my gosh. -(SIGHS)
KEKE: You all worked incredibly hard
to put your favorite Beauty and the Beast characters
into all new scenes.
And you did it all before the final rose petal fell.
But let's see what Benny and Amirah think.
Food Fanatics, let's see what you got.
(AMIRAH CHUCKLING)
-Hello, Food Fanatics. -JEAN: Hello.
-(EXHALES) -(LAUGHS)
We're so excited to get into all of this. I mean, you guys are the only team,
I think, we've ever seen that actually got done a little bit early.
-I mean, so, how do you feel? -Amazing.
I mean, it's just incredible what we created, you know,
out of all this food. It's just... I'm flabbergasted, happy, relieved, done.
Okay, well, walk me through the story that your foodscape is telling.
(STRING MUSIC PLAYING)
NANCY: Belle's best friend, she's just at her wit's end.
So, Cogsworth, and Feather Duster, and Wardrobe
are cooking up a fun brunch for her. They are just letting loose,
and they've spilled a little.
And then Wardrobe, she comes into this enchanted kitchen,
and she transforms into a pantry.
The wardrobe, she's primarily flatbread and decorative cookies.
Her inside is coated in white chocolate.
Her face is modeling chocolate and fondant, painted with gel paste.
And her contents are just all those different foods that...
-The plot thickened. -The plot thickened.
So, Feather Duster is...
her base is made of napa cabbage and red cabbage.
Modeling chocolate for her neck and stem.
Gum paste for the plate she's holding on top.
JEAN: Cogsworth is sitting on the books which are sculpted from cheese.
Cogsworth is constructed out of rice cereal treats.
And he is decorated with candy rolls and chocolate licorice.
-Incredible. -MARK: For the floor,
marbleized fondant tiled out, and then airbrushed, colored,
and add some detail.
We're all so familiar with the dinner scene.
And I feel like you guys are giving us a daytime feel to the castle.
These characters would have brunch.
And I have to say, Cogsworth is one of the most beautiful pieces
that I have seen. I love, love, love
the way that Feather Duster, is, sort of doing this,
and she has this sassy face. You've captured her movement so well.
But out of all the characters in the castle,
Cogsworth and Feather Duster are the two least likely to make a mess.
Feather Duster is literally cleaning, and Cogsworth is just like, the strict,
keep this castle tip-top shape.
And Wardrobe has been turned into a pantry,
but I feel like you could've still done a lot more clothing into it,
just because it is traditionally Wardrobe.
So, I feel like that's something that's throwing me off a little bit.
-They're enchanted. -(LAUGHING)
The only thing that's bothering me is the floor. I think the color is bright,
and it, kind of, takes away from the other elements
that are placed on the actual floor. Also, you can be messy,
but in an organized way.
Now, if you are going to replicate an original character,
you better nail it. In this case, they look very recognizable.
The carving of the book, stunning.
Details of the pages on the side turned out really great.
I love how you guys used the different shapes of the bread,
and the different types of the bread to create the drawers
-on the bottom sides. They look stunning. -This is absolutely fabulous.
-Seeing you guys... -Thank you.
...build this thing, and with the ease you did,
it was really amazing to watch you work, I have to be honest.
I'm wishing you the best of luck. And we'll talk with you guys later.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
-KEKE: Oh, my gosh. Creative Villains... -(LAUGHING)
...I feel, as if I'm entering an enchanted forest!
-Get your jacket! -AMIRAH: You are!
How are you guys feeling?
-We're feeling good. We're feeling good. -Amazing. I feel so fantastic.
KEKE: I mean, by the looks of it, you should feel very, very proud.
Please walk me through the story of your foodscape.
(MAGICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
It's the beautiful, enchanted garden.
And they're trying to cheer up Belle's best friend.
So, they decided, "Well, you know what? Let's have a snowball fight."
Sultan, he's a puppy. He's a little mischievous,
so, he's throwing snowballs at Coat Rack whose trying to defend him
and block them out. So, that's exactly what we see here.
So, when we think Coat Rack, I thought all chocolate. The base of it,
we got modelling chocolate. And then the structure of it, tempered chocolate.
The hooks are made with cocoa butter and cocoa powder.
The hat, I made a special mold. It's tempered chocolate.
YAYA: Sultan, the ottoman, he's made out of cake,
fondant, and modeling chocolate, completely.
The snowballs are made out of rice cereal treats
-covered in buttercream... -KEKE: Ooh!
...and desiccated coconut.
-Tastiest snowballs I ever seen! -(LAUGHING)
BRANDON: I did over 20 melons,
hundreds of zucchinis, squash, carrots, radishes.
It was like basically making a giant shish kebab out of melons, so...
KEKE: I love a good shish kebab.
-Brandon. Brandon. Brandon. -YAYA: Yes.
(LAUGHING)
KEKE: The best carving I've ever seen. Ever!
I just have two words for you. Pure perfection.
-Thank you. -BENNY: I mean, the precision
that you had to go to build those tiny details,
just mind blowing.
And then, of course, the plot thickened, and you guys had to change
these imperfect, or should I say beastly,
fruits and vegetables, into something gorgeous.
AMIRAH: I mean, this is the definition of success.
You're showing me the inside of this beautiful vegetable
so well that I can't even really tell which ones were the imperfect ones...
-Right? Right? -...because they're all perfect.
-AMIRAH: This is beautiful. -Yeah. I couldn't agree more.
-Thank you. -Something that's really important to me
with this story is the characters. Sultan, I mean...
Literally, I... can we pet it? If we rub his belly, will it laugh?
KEKE: I love that, Amirah.
AMIRAH: This is so true to who he is. He's playful.
He's in the garden. He's about to throw a snowball.
He is in action. And it's not just the fact that you have him tilting up.
It's the tail when he's excited, right? Because after all, it is a puppy.
-YAYA: Yes. He's a puppy. -(CHUCKLING)
AMIRAH: And I just also love that, you know,
it's in motion. It's in play. It's magical.
The way that you just took the risk and placed him in this position.
It's exciting. I mean, structurally, well done.
Thank you.
AMIRAH: With Coat Rack, I love that silky, smooth look.
But in this case, I just wish I saw a little bit more of that movement,
sort of, like you have done with Sultan here.
I agree with Amirah a little bit. I would probably would have placed him just
in a different position to give the illusion of emotion.
But as a chocolate piece, it's a beautiful work.
I'm so excited for you guys. Good luck. Wishing you the best.
And see you in a few.
-BRANDON: Yeah, thank you. -YAYA: Thank you so much.
(MUSIC PLAYING)
-How are you guys doing? -(WEIRDOUGHS SQUEALING)
-First things first, how do you feel? -RYSE: We're so excited!
-Relieved. Yeah. -AMIRAH: So good.
You guys were definitely up against the clock in a lot of moments
because you took on such a big foodscape design.
I mean, we probably might pick a slightly smaller character next time.
Tell me the story of your foodscape.
(MUSIC PLAYING)
Chef Bouche wanted to
create a true Be-Our-Guest experience for Belle's best friend,
so decided to make a plethora of amuse-bouches for her.
Because when you're bored, what do you wanna do?
You wanna eat. And Chip being a kid, they love to help in the kitchen.
And they make a mess, but they have fun while they're doing it.
So, for the stove, we used corn husk, we used cake, we used rice cereal treats,
croissants, nori, cheese, lasagna.
To make Chip and all of his friends we used jicama,
butternut squash, eggplant, two kinds of gum, and black licorice.
This little guy down here is actually eating some of his grey stuff
that he just created for Belle's best friend,
which is hummus, and chocolate sandwich cookies.
Well, guys. Chef Bouche, I freaking love him!
It's just amazing, how you guys were able to create this old rustic,
-black technique. That is a seaweed, no? -Yeah.
It's stunning. It gives you that natural texture of metal bronze.
And just the simple light effect inside the oven,
it's just taking you to another level.
AMIRAH: To me, the most creative thing that you've done
is that you've actually taken that story and brought it to life.
You see the trail...
BENNY: And you can see how they are interacting between each other,
-and how much fun they're having. -And that part really shows.
The one thing I would've done differently is the grey stuff.
I'm just a little bummed that it's more, like, brown stuff.
-It actually darkened as it sat. -As it sat. Yeah.
AMIRAH: If the grey stuff was actually grey,
that would've been the literal cherry on top.
It's very healthy grey stuff. Okay?
AMIRAH: Such a brilliant choice to use that for the teacups,
because not only does it have this very china texture to me...
-but they don't change color, they look... -Yeah, you're right.
...perfect. I mean, that is just such a smart choice of using a root vegetable
that isn't going to oxidize over time.
There's a lot of hidden beastly produce in there.
Front and center, we got Chip
-with his Buddha hand party hat on. -(LAUGHING)
RYSE: There's a strawberry rose on top of a celeriac tart.
ERIN: I braided the stems
from the beet hanging over the sides of the bowls.
Yes. I was suspecting, guys, for you to include them in a more, like,
artistic way to create something beautiful.
Not just place them as if another piece of food.
You know you guys really went beast-mode. Y'all got it done.
-So, wishing you the best of luck. -Thank you.
-See you guys in a bit.
-See you, guys. -RYSE: Thank you, guys.
KEKE: Okay, so I mean let's talk about it.
We really have seen some really great work out here.
So, Amirah, I'm gonna start with you.
Part of the Disney magic is the story, and how they're developed as characters.
And not just what they look like.
So, I feel like, that's very important for me.
Technique wise, it's just like, so many beautiful
techniques in all of the pieces.
So, it's just, like, really hard, and what direction
you really wanted to go with this.
-My heart is beating in my throat. -I know, right?
BENNY: Now one team did bring more emotion
and animation to their foodscape than the others.
What are they saying? Can you hear them?
You guys know who it's gonna be?
-Yes. I think so. -I think so.
KEKE: Let's go.
(MAGICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
RYSE: Oh. That's so beautiful.
-It's so beautiful. -Wow.
-Cool. Look at the waterfall. -Oh, wow.
As you can tell, we love your creations. And we think Belle's BFF
will adore them too. But only one can win.
MARK: Look at that!
-Oh, wow. -Wow.
It's like a bubble shower.
(LAUGHING)
So many bubbles.
I got one right on my head.
KEKE: The team that created the most
Foodtastic Beauty and the Beast foodscape is...
Oh, my God.
Is she going for that big one?
JEAN: Oh, it came down.
(MUSIC PLAYING)
-Weirdoughs! -(CHEERING)
Please come and receive your Foodtastic pins!
(CHEERING)
Yay!
Thank you.
-KEKE: Congratulations to our champions. -RYSE: Yay! Thank you so...
-BENNY: Congrats, guys. -Lindsey. And Erin.
-Amazing. -KEKE: Congratulations, guys.
(CHEERING)
-We just won Foodtastic! -Even the backs are Mickeys!
ERIN: The validation and the recognition.
This is one of the things you work for in this industry.
This is a new level, and it's pretty exciting to be here.
This looks pretty sweet with our outfits, too.
-Oh! That's special. -KEKE: And now, remember,
never stop playing with your food.
NARRATOR: As celebrations continue,
let's check in with Belle's BFF to see how she's enjoying her time at the castle.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
Wow! Not only is this castle full of more surprises than I ever imagined,
but you also proved to me that imperfections are beautiful,
just in their own way.
NARRATOR: You see, mon chéri,
what you learn when you put your service to the test.
You really are a full-service enchanted castle.
I know my very own Prince Charming is out there, imperfections and all.
NARRATOR: Exactly. And now, you know that it's our imperfections
-that make us beautiful. -I really do.
And speaking of imperfections that are beautiful,
is the kitchen staff still here?
I could really go for some more of that grey stuff.
Au revoir!
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)