(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
NARRATOR: Central Park,
one of the most iconic tourist destinations in the Big Apple.
Hot dogs! Get your hot dogs. Hey! You want a hot dog?
NARRATOR: Slow day in the world of hot dog vending?
Hey, you. Yeah, it sure is.
Gotta say it's fine by me, I've been working my buns off lately.
As a matter of fact, you mind watching my cart while I take me a little nap?
-NARRATOR: Oh no. I... -Thanks.
-NARRATOR: Oh, fine. I'll play along. -(SNORES)
(ENCHANTING MUSIC PLAYING)
This is what I'm talking about.
Hot dog vendor by day and powerful sorceress by...
also day.
Dr. Strange, eat your heart out.
NARRATOR: It looks like you're gonna have to put your newfound powers
to the test. The city is under attack!
Powers? But it's my first day.
I haven't even started my Mystic Arts training yet.
NARRATOR: We have to do something.
There's an alien horde about to overtake the city.
We need to get the Avengers here. Now!
I don't have a Sling Ring yet,
so you're going to have to open up the portal for us.
NARRATOR: The portals I can do,
but actually bringing the Avengers through them?
I don't know. Luckily, I may have just the friends who can get them here.
Okay, so get them here, now.
(LOUD EXPLOSION)
And I'll just be here, protecting this very sacred bench.
NARRATOR: Stay safe, Sorceress. Help is on the way.
Introducing three exceptional teams of the world's best food artists.
Anything Is Possible,
an international dream team, eager to live up to their name.
Masterful produce carvers and bakers, 2 Foxes And A Relic.
And The Misfits, a dynamic team of competitive food artists.
Which of these three teams will summon the best Avengers to save the city
and take home the coveted Disney Foodtastic pin,
a priceless badge of honor, more precious than the Tesseract?
There was an idea called, "The Avengers Initiative."
The idea was to bring together a group of remarkable people.
See if they could become something more, see if they could work together
when we needed them to fight the battles that we never could.
Kind of sounds like, I'm talking about you all, huh?
This is Foodtastic.
(ALL CHEER)
Your task will require tons of teamwork.
But I'm afraid that just won't be enough.
Not to worry, help is on the way.
We have our very own Nick Fury
and Agent Maria Hill of the food art world,
Amirah Kassem and Benny Rivera.
-(ALL CHEER) -(MYSTICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
All right, let's get into it.
It was a monumental task bringing the Avengers together in one team.
It will be no less daunting to help our sorceress fight off
this new invasion.
Your task today...
open a portal like Dr. Strange, and summon two Avengers to save the day.
We'll be looking for technical ability.
The right superhero posture in your build
is harder to achieve than some people might think.
Giving your character that special heroic stance will be very impressive.
AMIRAH: There's also storytelling.
This shouldn't just be heroes coming through a portal, it should tell a story.
Now, this is an invasion, so time is something we don't have.
In fact if you don't finish your foodscapes before sundown...
then it's lights out for all of us.
And any food you do not use in your builds will be donated to charity.
You have until the sun sets, artists. We're counting on you.
What are you waiting for, people?
The Avengers aren't going to bring themselves here.
Go play with your food.
GUIDO: I think I got this.
-Okay. -GUIDO: Okay, so the Sorceress needs
the help of some Avengers.
Let's build Captain America and Iron Man,
because I'm personally in love with Tony Stark. (CHUCKLES)
I want to do Groot.
Okay. What do you say we do Nebula? 'Cause she's like the good and the bad.
You know, kind of goes back and forth.
BLAQUE: The Sorceress would want Black Panther and Rocket
to come through the portal.
-JESSE: Yeah. -Which is your favorite?
Captain America because he look good.
(ALL LAUGH)
He have the muscle.
We are basically the United Nations of the food world.
On is from Thailand.
Ale is from Colombia.
I'm from a little bit of everywhere, mostly United States, but...
Basically, we have three different languages
but we share the same language, which is art.
GUIDO: The characters gotta be perfect,
but we also have to get this garden just beautiful
because that showcases another skill set of all of us.
But don't forget about me, 'cause I need your help
-with the characters. -Yeah.
-We will help you. -They're big.
It's a huge challenge because they are the two hardest ones.
Which means we didn't take the easy way out.
Anything is possible for team, yeah?
Although, it looks very impossible. (LAUGHS)
RACHELL: So for Groot, we can have, maybe his head out of watermelon?
-Yeah? Okay. -RAY: All right. I think we can do that.
I'll take care of whatever landscape we need,
like flowers, hummingbirds, bumblebees, fruit flies.
I'm gonna be hip-deep in potatoes and greenery.
You girls are gonna be hip-deep in rice cereal treats
-and marshmallows and chocolate. -Let's just hope we make you proud.
Well, I'm sure you will, ladies. I'm sure you will.
-Hello, hello, hello! -Hello!
-Hi, guys. -So, it's 2 Foxes And A Relic.
-RACHELL: Yes. -Yes.
And how did the two foxes get up with the relic?
Rachell was a student of mine.
And so, when this opportunity came up, I said, "You have to go."
-Oh, my God. -And then through a mutual friend,
-Sherry joined our team. -RACHELL: Yeah.
And it's been downhill ever since.
-No! It's actually been really good. -(ALL LAUGH)
So she is the cake and chocolate and sugar artist,
and Rachell is the cookie whiz,
and I'm a produce artist, which means anything
that's in the garden is fair game, so I make...
Well, you'll see.
-Oh! -Oh!
That's an excellent skill to bring to Foodtastic.
-Yeah. -And I'm very excited to hear
how it's gonna be displayed
-in your design! -Well, the two Avengers
that we want to help save the city are Groot and Nebula.
KEKE: Mm-hmm.
Groot will be covered with rice cereal treat,
along with fondant and gingerbread.
And then Nebula,
I'm going to be making her legs out of rice cereal,
her body out of cake.
And Nebula is kind of on the edge.
-She's good, she's bad. -Yeah. Yep.
She doesn't know whether to stick it to you or not.
-That's Nebula. -So, we're gonna have them
come through the portal to kind of a serene garden setting,
so that Groot can kind of persuade Nebula to like,
-come on over to the good side. -BENNY: That's awesome!
Ray! I love Ray.
I just met you, and in five minutes, Ray, and I already love you.
I feel like we're not getting anything, Benny.
Mind your business.
-Mind your business. -You realize we are the judges.
Yes. Just so you guys do know.
-We're judging. -All right. All right.
I gotta get these guys out of here before they get jealous.
I got you covered.
-See you guys. -See you guys.
JESSE: All right, so we're gonna have it look like the street.
Let's make it look like the street, like black or grayish asphalt
-with those, bright yellow lime. -We can use, like, black-eyed peas.
-Yeah. -Hello, hello!
-Hello, Misfits. -Hey, guys.
-Hello, how you doing? -So...
-I'm doing good. How you doing? -I'm doing good, too.
Well, let's get into this design you guys are gonna be making
and how you gonna be helping our sorceress.
Yes. So we have Rocket the Raccoon, and then you got Black Panther.
-KEKE: All right. -You know, or Blaque Panther.
-Okay! -He is the Blaque Panther.
-I'm just... -He's exactly to scale.
I'm just saying. I'm to scale.
-I mean, I got my mask... -KEKE: I love that.
-...sitting over there in the corner. -KEKE: Where they landing?
BLAQUE: So, they're gonna be landing right in the middle
-of the city, directly on the streets. -KEKE: Okay.
STACY: Our piece is socially charged.
So you know, maybe they're coming out and they're gonna help
bring some unity to the situation.
-Yeah. -Okay. I can't wait to see it, you guys!
-I can't wait. We're so excited. -I'm so excited.
-Thank you, guys. -See you guys later.
-STACY: Okay, let's do it. -JESSE: Okay.
-RACHELL: Ready? -SHERRY: Yeah.
RAY: Let's go get some stuff.
-Oh, man! -SHERRY: Oh, my goodness!
RACHELL: Look at this stuff.
-JESSE: Get some of those colors. -STACY: Let's get this.
Oh, dude, look at those.
-Grab some of those. -Okay.
ON: I'm putting it in my hand.
GUIDO: (GROANS) You need pockets.
All right.
Escapees.
(LAUGHS)
BLAQUE: It's time to do some experimenting.
(LAUGHS)
We'll start making some flowers.
-Okay. -So, whatever you want to use,
I'd definitely get a bunch of these done.
These, we can probably quarter.
Same with these guys too. You remember the little, the little...
-Yeah. -You know what I'm talking about? Yeah.
I'm gonna start working on the characters.
-GUIDO: Okay, perfect. -ALE: That's a lot of work.
We're making two life-sized iconic Marvel characters.
They're hard to make, it's a huge challenge.
But Ale is gonna take the lead on that and myself and On are going to knock out
the most amazing vegetables and fruits you've ever seen.
And we're gonna knock it out with the characters, too.
-Absolutely. -Right?
Yeah.
Okay. A little bit more.
Thai carving is very detailed and the blade is very, very thin.
Look like a pencil and on the top on here, what you see?
You can draw all the stuff.
Like today, I start this one,
it's not quite firm this side,
but this one is, look nice and firm and I hope this side should be good.
ALE: I'm giving Captain America like a human color.
And I do this with like powdered colors,
these are great, and I have to mix them with alcohol.
So my favorite is lemon extract, but you... Like, you could use
any alcohol you want, that's edible of course.
You have to turn it into a liquid so you can actually paint
but you need it to dry fast, and alcohol dries faster than water,
so therefore, we use this.
SHERRY: I am making some ganache.
Putting it on these sheet trays to set up a lot quicker.
'Cause the quicker it sets up, the quicker I can start my character,
Nebula, to make sure she stays all intact.
RAY: It's garden day all day.
So, I will be hip-deep in root vegetable land.
My skills run the gamut from lanterns, to floral, to animals,
to all of those things. I've competed for quite a number of years.
I have medaled at every level that you can have.
But this competition, one of my former students
gets to elevate to the stage where, nationally, she is known.
That's the greatest thing an artist can achieve.
Not that your painting or your artwork was the best,
but that someone else stood on your shoulders
and did even better.
This is friggin' deep, man. I mean, come on!
RAY: As the day is speedily unwinding, I'm making roses out of potatoes
and then dipping this into red dye number 40, double strength.
This color red, coupled with how brown the potato will turn,
actually will turn these, even more like a rose.
-BENNY: How are you guys? -Hi!
-How are you?
So how are you guys doing with the characters?
We're trying to figure out position-wise...
-BENNY: Okay, got it. -...what to put them on.
Yeah. Because you know, Groot, Nebula, we're kind
-of the perfect balance right here. -Yeah.
AMIRAH: So talk to me. What do we have here?
RACHELL: So, this is Groot.
He is mini just like me.
-AMIRAH: Love that. -The head will be done with watermelon.
-BENNY: Okay. -And...
-Are you hollowing it? -We are not.
It's like 90 percent water.
-I know. -So, if I was to stick a watermelon here,
don't you think that water would just start...
RAY: It would if you didn't think ahead.
I've already drilled the hole into it and put paper towels inside
to absorb all the moisture.
Okay. I'm excited to see it. I hope I don't see him dripping.
-It's gonna be great. -AMIRAH: I'm excited.
We'll see you guys later.
-Okay, thank you. -Thank you.
So, let's do like a...
-go through... -Go through some...
-AMIRAH: Hi, guys! -ALL: Hi.
I'm starting to see the pose that you were demonstrating earlier today.
Yeah, yeah. Definitely, Blaque Panther is coming in the building.
What are you guys use to attach the rice cereal into the structure?
So we actually use melted marshmallows
to attach the rice cereal to the structure.
-Ew! -(LAUGHS)
-Benny doesn't like that. -Benny probably doesn't like that.
-No. It's... Correct. -No. It's not a like or dislike.
It's just about... to make sure that it's secure.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.
It just, the marshmallow is not the best option
when you're working with such a big scale because the weight is gonna separate it.
-Yeah. -Especially on those areas underneath.
Yeah. What's interesting is that I've actually left it a little bit hollow
'cause I thought about that, so if you take a look up under here,
it's just a little bit of armature that's there...
-Yeah. -...so that I can build the modelling
chocolate and then kind of attach to itself to avoid that sagging.
Yeah. Okay. I see some black gingerbread here.
What are you using this for?
This is eventually gonna turn into Black Panther's head.
When most people think of gingerbread, they think of gingerbread houses.
However, I use gingerbread differently.
I like to stack it up and then carve it.
The reason I have holes cut through the middle is for weight.
I anticipate that this is gonna be very heavy,
so it takes out some weight in the middle and gives it some air
while it's drying. And once everything is carved,
I will drill a hole in him and then pop it on top.
How long do you think it takes these particular panels to get dry?
So, I have made a human-sized head before and I dried it overnight for 12 hours.
So we'll see what happens when you do it in one day.
-BENNY: Oh, no. -But what, I got till sundown, so...
Okay, okay. Wow.
-BENNY: We'll see you guys later. -AMIRAH: Bye.
GUIDO: I'm gonna carve some watermelon radishes.
ON: Okay.
-ALE: On? -Yeah?
Do you wanna make another, the other face?
We can't get to them yet.
ALE: These guys are amazing carvers,
but I think we just have to focus on the characters more.
because essentially, that's like, the most important part of the build.
(SPEAKING IN SPANISH)
AMIRAH:
-ALE: -BENNY:
-ALE:
AMIRAH: So what's happening over here?
We have some Thai carving. I have some honeydew in here.
-BENNY: Oh, wow. -ON: A Thai carving.
-Wow, that is some detailed work in there. -Thank you.
BENNY: Yeah.
Don't forget, you still have two main characters
and you don't have a lot of time for them.
They're covered. They're coming along. They're big guys.
Okay. Well, we'll leave you perfectionists to do what you do best.
-Awesome. -Thank you so much.
-Bye. -BENNY: Thank you. Have fun.
You guys, we need to work on the characters.
-You can work on the shield. -Okay. Okay.
GUIDO: We'll do it. We'll do it. Yup.
Ale is correct.
We have an insane workload that we need to get done now.
-Should we see if it sticks? -So it is super imperative
that me and On just jump in wherever we can
just basically doing whatever Ale needs,
so that we can get these characters done on time, perfect.
On, you got the marshmallow workshop going, right?
-ON: Yeah. -We're just gonna need to keep it going.
-ON: Okay. -We need a ton of marshmallow.
(ALE GROANS)
ON: Getting there. Now we see a little bit of project.
-BLAQUE: Well, you added a zipper? -JESSE: Mm-hmm.
I'm gonna hit like, this will be metallic, this will be metallic.
BLAQUE: I love it.
JESSE: I kinda want him to have like the... so they only have three hands
-but... -BLAQUE: Three fingers?
-JESSE: Four, yeah. Four fingers. -'Cause if they have three hands,
I might stay away from him.
-(JESSE LAUGHS) -Little bit patchy in it.
ALE: We need to make sure the rice cereal is not gonna fall.
What do you wanna... Do you wanna do modeling chocolate,
or you wanna do fondant? 'Cause fondant, if we roll it out,
it's gonna be... We can get quicker coverage.
Yeah, he's already sliding a little bit.
I really wish there was some form of fruit
or vegetable that was large enough that I could carve these guys out of.
But the cool part with using other methods is, I'm learning.
Not the most ideal time to learn but I'm learning something fun and new.
ON: Whoo!
-I love you, Tony! -Yeah. Yeah.
KEKE: The sun is almost across the sky.
Obviously, The Misfits are doing Black Panther and Rocket.
-Yeah. -From a technical point of view,
I wanna hear your thoughts.
I'm a little bit worried about the fact that they used marshmallows
to attach the rice cereal into the structure.
Definitely. But I do think that he did give it a good amount of time to sort of,
dry up before he started adding layers.
I gotta say it, I'm nervous about that gingerbread.
AMIRAH: Look, done correctly, it can be a stunning showpiece.
But if you carve something like a gingerbread,
unlike a rice cereal or modeling chocolate
or anything, if that thing cracks, you have nothing.
So, I just hope that they have a plan B
or that she's just an amazing gingerbread carver.
KEKE: Yeah. Now, let's talk about Anything Is Possible.
Because some things aren't possible when we got to save the universe.
They have two humans that are similar in size and similar in shape.
The challenging part here is, it sort of amplifies mistakes
when you are mirroring something in a way.
But I have to say, the face of Captain America is looking really good
and so far, they're the only one with the face done.
-AMIRAH: Yes. -KEKE: Yup.
Now, let's talk about 2 Foxes & A Relic.
We don't have hands on Nebula. We don't have heads on Groot.
I'm still really worried about the watermelon head for Groot.
I mean, if the water get in touch with the actual body,
it's gonna melt the sugar, it's gonna destroy layers of gingerbread
that they were gonna add into the body. So it's gonna be a mess.
KEKE: Oh, my gosh.
Maybe he gonna show y'all something new.
-Maybe. -I'm ready to be impressed.
All I know is, we are running out of time and the universe needs us.
So they better figure it out fast.
NARRATOR: As the food artists race to summon the Avengers before sunset,
our Sorceress awaits backup in the battle against the alien horde.
Oh! Things are looking mighty grim, the alien force is taking over the city.
-Where are the Avengers? -NARRATOR: They're on their way.
Meanwhile, I've located the source of the aliens' power
but we need something strong enough to destroy it.
Yes. We need something that can change time, affect space
and change and alter the fabric of life itself.
NARRATOR: The Infinity Stones.
Huh? Oh, yes. The Infinity Stones. This is great thinking.
-Good idea. -NARRATOR: What were you gonna say?
Music. You ever listen to a good tune and just get sent, man?
Never underestimate the power of a good song. But the Infinity Stones,
it's a way better idea and we should do that.
NARRATOR: What are you doing?
Looking for the Infinity Stones, duh.
NARRATOR: You have the Infinity Stones in your pocket?
I mean, I thought I did. But let's see.
I had them when I went to the drive-thru,
and I knew I had them before I left the post office...
NARRATOR: Oh, boy.
Now, do you have something we can use to harness it's awesome powers?
A gauntlet, a spear, anything?
NARRATOR: No. But I think I know where we might get some help.
Oh, my goodness. I feel like a sorceress myself,
the way I'm stirring my cauldron of ganache.
(BOTH LAUGH)
Artists, the plot has thickened.
Turns out the only way to help our Sorceress stop the invasion
is to use an Infinity Stone.
-Oh, man. -KEKE: You'll also have to find
a creative way to harness your stone's power.
Thanos had his gauntlet. Dr. Strange has the Eye of Agamotto.
You have to create your own original vessel to place your stone in.
Get to it. The sun isn't just setting on us,
it's setting on the entire planet if we don't get this done.
Like our Sorceress said, "Time is running out!"
I have an idea.
-All right. -Awesome.
The plot has just thickened.
We gotta create an Infinity Stone. What are your thoughts?
Fortunately, I'm super confident in my team.
Have you ever seen books that are like, meant to disguise things?
They look like a book, but you open it up and it's like, got a square cut out of it?
-Like the safe kinda thing? -Yeah.
Do we wanna put it like that or do we wanna make it,
so that it's on the cover, so that you can kind of recognize...
that it's a book with a stone in it. Like a super ornate book
-that looks out of place. -JESSE: Okay, okay.
So I think that we're just gonna take something that's quick setting,
using isomalt. Kind of give it a custom tint
and I wanna knock it out of the way, so I don't forget about it.
So I was thinking, an abstract honeydew
or watermelon carving. And we can make a gem
maybe out of isomalt.
All right. Well, let's go.
-All right. -Come on, Sherry.
ALE: Okay, so we have something translucent made of isomalt.
One of you carves an amazing fruit or vegetable and contains it.
GUIDO: We all know that the Infinity Stones are important,
but as a group, we still have a lot to add to these characters.
So it just adds a little bit more pressure that we just need to work through.
Yeah, so you just keep going with what you're doing.
ON: Okay.
Do we want this into a particular shape?
STACY: Like a round, chunky stone.
Hello, Misfits. How's it going?
-The plot did thicken. -KEKE: Thickens. (LAUGHS)
What Infinity Stone are you gonna use?
We decided to create our own Infinity Stone.
-KEKE: Oh, you did? -Yeah,
we gonna call it the Knowledge Stone.
-That's a good name. -Knowledge is power.
See, I've already tinted our isomalt here
-kind of a gold. -KEKE: Oh, wait a minute.
-So, you're already getting started? -I'm already started.
All right, well, I'm gonna leave you guys to it and catch in with you later.
-Thank you. -BENNY: Bye guys.
JESSE: Bye, guys, thanks.
(SPEAKING IN FRENCH)
That means my feet are very tired.
What I love most about Nebula is that she's a little different,
she's a little misunderstood.
I think that a lot of that applies to who I am.
(SPEAKING IN FRENCH)
(LAUGHS)
The scary part about Nebula is I'm running out of time
and we have to make a vessel for the Infinity Stone.
Where was I? All right.
We're going to do a carving, using some cantaloupe and watermelon.
Back in the day, I had no idea what I was doing,
and so you fake it till you make it.
And now roughly 45 years later, I'm a little bit closer,
not quite there yet, but I'm getting there.
We are making Groot's
texture out of gingerbread.
I am rolling it out super thin. I will be impressioning it
with this fondant mat that will look like tree bark.
I bake it.
-Cookies are done. -Cookies are done.
SHERRY: Cookies are done.
RACHELL: And then I will be placing it as it's hot over this PVC
to form the shape.
Look at that curve there, I mean,
that'll just add more dimension. It's great.
And then I'll break off pieces and layer as I go with fondant.
This is a big moment,
-we're putting gingerbread... -RAY: You got my undivided attention here.
Okay, come on, make this happen.
-There it is. -SHERRY: Wow.
Come on.
-RAY: I'm liking it. -SHERRY: I love it.
-RACHELL: Thank you. -RAY: Oh, my God.
That is like, that's out there.
-Thank you. Thank you. -RAY: I mean like way past Pluto.
(LAUGHS)
JESSE: We loved bringing Black Panther and Rocket together
because they don't immediately feel like they should be together.
They are misfits, they kind of embody our team dynamic.
Black Panther is such an iconic character especially to the Black community
and for me to be able to recreate a superhero that looks like me.
That's incredible.
This is a dream come true.
I'll airbrush him black in a few places.
Then we're just waiting for Black Panther's head.
That's the moment of truth.
My goodness! How is it going?
I'm feeling okay. I started out with 20 gingerbread pieces.
You can kind of see the different layers here.
I have "glued" them together with royal icing. It's dry-ish...
Is there a plan B?
No, ma'am.
-Okay. -All right.
-I got this. I got this. -BENNY: Okay.
STACY: I'm gonna be carving it with my favorite serrated knives,
Dremels.
Just going to town.
Come on, bud. Come on.
If I make one wrong cut,
it's over. I can't just patch on some more gingerbread.
Every little cut matters.
Now, if this work, it's gonna be amazing.
If it doesn't work...
AMIRAH: Look, it's really risky,
they've sort of let go of one entire team member.
And if that head doesn't work,
you've just lost a team member for no reason.
All right.
AMIRAH: Okay. Anything Is Possible.
She did an excellent job with the head too.
ALE: Guido, want to help me put the head on?
GUIDO: Oh, yeah.
Actually, I think they're going to measure the head, right now.
BENNY: Yeah, they're gonna cut the head now.
GUIDO: You good?
AMIRAH: Do you think it's gonna work?
-Uh... I am not sure. It's gonna make... -AMIRAH: Oh, my gosh.
What is happening?
Did we not cut the hole big enough? It's too late now.
I don't think they tried to put the head before...
(GASPS) She's pushing it from the top...
-Oh, my God. -She's gonna destroy the work on top.
AMIRAH: Look at this, they're treating it as if it was a plastic toy.
BENNY: Oh, my God.
Okay, it seems like she's done.
-It's good. -Wow. Very bold movements.
-That was a huge risk. -AMIRAH: Definitely.
KEKE: All right, guys. The sun is getting really low.
One hour, people.
-Oh, my goodness! -(GROANS)
Keep fighting the good fight!
RAY: All I need to do is cover a six foot in diameter ring
with this shaved daikon radish.
Oh, wow, that really seriously looks amazing.
RACHELL: I still have some pieces left to put on.
SHERRY: I think we really need to start on the heads
because I mean, Amirah and Benny were concerned about that.
With the watermelon, I know.
That's your character and you just need to not be worried about speaking up.
-I mean, this is your thing. -I know.
We have two options. We can either keep the watermelon head idea or we can switch
and have a chocolate head covered with fondant and layered with gingerbread.
-Hey, Chef! -Yeah?
With the watermelon, um, I feel like...
maybe we should go a different route.
Well, I'm still sayin' the watermelon would work,
but it's time to just pass the torch, so to speak.
So you use your best judgement.
Okay. Sounds good, Chef.
RAY: As a teacher, as a mentor, it's not,
"I'm gonna achieve all of this in the world and take it to my grave."
You are to achieve this much and then pass it on.
-So what are you doing? -RACHELL: I think I'm gonna go
with the chocolate head.
Let it dry out a bit.
I'm gonna start her face.
Come on, ladies, speed it up here, get your heads done.
ON: Let's go, team. Let's go.
ALE: Grab some Isomalt.
-ON: Let me see the cantaloupe. -We still have a lot to do,
but we have to build our stone.
Ooh! What color do you want? Purple?
The lights are colored.
For our Infinity Stone, I'm going to melt some isomalt.
I get to use the blow torch.
Because I wanna play with the blow torch.
The vessel for it is gonna be a floral cantaloupe.
We're gonna keep the center not intact so that we can put
an LED flashing light in it,
and then I am going to melt some isomalt and we're going to cover it in that.
JESSE: All right.
Blaque, we want the yellow of the street done first, right?
-BLAQUE: Yeah, let's do it right now. -JESSE: Let's do it right now.
BLAQUE: I can start pouring yellow.
For the street and the asphalt we're gonna be using black-eyed peas and lentils.
-JESSE: Are we doin’ the CK? -BLAQUE: Yeah.
-JESSE: Okay. -BLAQUE: Stacy!
What's up?
BLAQUE: She's pouring corn syrup on the base.
You will have a hard time putting that head on.
-I'm almost there. -BLAQUE: We need you.
I've been working on the head this entire time and I'm finally finished.
-This is a face. -BLAQUE: Okay, yeah, put it on the body.
(BLAQUE LAUGHS)
STACY: All I can think about is I just hope that the judges can appreciate
the technique and the effort that went in.
All right. Here it comes.
I think I've got it. You keep...
SHERRY: Oh! Wow, guys.
That's amazing.
Can you go look at it from the front?
STACY: It should probably tilt down a little.
Okay, can you grab me the modelling chocolate?
In the micro...
-Stacy! -Oh, Stacy!
Oh, my God! It broke.
She's been working on that head for like, seven hours.
It's okay. Just grab modelling chocolate in the microwave.
I saw it fall off. Oh, my God.
-BLAQUE: Is it melted? -STACY: I'm coming. I'm coming.
-BLAQUE: Shove it on this pole. -STACY: Okay.
I need some more, 'cause I'm gonna use it as glue.
Do we... we need freeze spray, we need something. 'Cause I can't.
We don't have...
Does anybody have some cold spray we can borrow?
Yes. It's right here.
JESSE: Rocker. Behind.
BLAQUE: Okay. Do we have more modelling chocolate?
-STACY: There's some here. -BLAQUE: Just use it as glue.
Literally, the sun is going down. We got minutes.
I'm so sorry, guys.
Pull it... look at me. You good, this is a beautiful head.
We're a team, so we gonna make sure that this works.
All right, you guys. One minute before it's time.
Oh, my God. There's not enough time.
Coming. Getting the fruit.
BLAQUE: Okay. Come on.
JESSE: Can I grab you anything else?
A miracle.
-GUIDO: Our stone's done, Ale. -Beautiful. Oh, my gosh.
GUIDO: We need to get everything on.
JESSE: Just wanna pack that whole thing in.
It's okay. Babe, It's okay.
Five seconds, artists. Y'all got it. Y'all got it.
-ALE: That's looking great, On. -ON: Thank you.
-Three. -Thank you, Nebula.
-Two, -GUIDO: Push the shield back.
KEKE: One! Sun is set
and your time is up! Tools down!
(ALL CHEER)
JESSE:
Hello, 2 Foxes And A Relic.
ALL: Hello.
Oh, my gosh. You guys, I'm so excited to dive into this foodscape.
Please walk me through the story of your foodscape.
Oh, my goodness. I got this. I think.
To help the Sorceress in her battle,
Groot and Nebula came through the portal to save the city.
Groot who is, of course, all knowledgeable, decided to take Nebula
who's always on the good, bad fence
to an environment that would be peaceful that would clear her mind.
The portal has the daikon radish sheeted and wrapped around.
Groot is made of rice cereal treat
marshmallow, gingerbread, chocolate.
Nebula is rice cereal treats, cake
ganache, modelling chocolate, fondant, isomalt,
-lot of good jazz in there. -KEKE: Hmm.
RAY: The various flowers
are made out of daikon radish, zucchini spears,
carrots, turnips, and rutabagas.
There's two hummingbirds actually out of okra, right there,
and then lots of zucchini leaves all over.
This display has some of the most beautiful carved flowers I've seen.
-Beautiful. -God bless your hands.
Thank you.
AMIRAH: Bringing Groot and Nebula into this garden is so great, story wise,
because you are sort of playing to the fact
that Groot is pulling her onto the good side.
We need to save the city and I know we spoke a lot about posture.
While Groot is one of the coolest textures I've ever seen,
I do wish that he didn't look so down, but more uplifting to Nebula.
I mean I was worrying at the beginning remember, with the...
-Yeah. -...use of the watermelon for the head.
So I'm glad that you moved in a different direction.
Thank you.
Going into Nebula, the hands
seems too small for the proportions of the body,
same as the head, but what I like about her
is just her expression and you guys got the correct proportion
from these both characters.
Of course, the plot thickened and you guys had to create an Infinity Stone
-with a vessel. -It's the Key Stone.
KE which stands for “Knowledge Everlasting.”
We gave the stone an amber color
and the light that's inside is the light of knowledge.
Those roses are stunning.
The fact that you just carved each flowers out of potato, no?
RAY: Yes. Each one is half a potato carved and they will last forever.
And what did you actually make the Infinity Stone out of?
Colored poured sugar.
All right, I mean I need to get my hands on the Key Stone.
-(ALL LAUGH) -KEKE: Awesome job.
-Thank you. -SHERRY: Thank you.
-Hello, hello. -Hello.
-Hi, guys.
-How's it going, Anything Is Possible? -Good.
-Feels good. Exciting. Yeah. -Amazing.
Please walk me through the story of your foodscape.
ALE: The Sorceress needed help from the Avengers,
so we built Captain America and Iron Man coming out of a portal
landing in a beautiful garden to save the city.
Both of them are made out of rice cereal treats
covered with ganache, we used both modelling chocolate
and fondant to cover them.
To paint them we airbrushed, we painted by hand,
we used gel coloring and powders.
GUIDO: The portal, what we did was we covered it in
royal icing and then I airbrushed angel hair pasta
to try to get that fire spark effect to happen.
The story is there. They are coming through an actual Marvel portal.
The use of color that you did there to bring it to life like this
where it does look like it's lit.
That is the best Marvel portal we have here today.
Wow.
The garden, we have some beautiful Thai carving, honeydew melon.
We have a dragon fruit and kumquat and radish.
You guys were perfectionist in the carving details.
The precision that you need to have,
I mean they are stunning. There are some issues
with the proportions on the body,
but hey, be proud. Both faces are very good.
KEKE: Now, of course, you had to create an Infinity Stone
as well as the vessel for the Infinity Stone.
GUIDO: Our Infinity Stone is made out of a cantaloupe and isomalt
with a multicolor light inside and it is called...
(SPEAKING IN THAI)
-Which is Thai for "Treasure." -Treasure.
ALE: It gives water to whoever touches it.
The fact that you're using it for water as the power
but you've also used water in your feature, that's stunning.
You know, this is the first time we see running water...
-KEKE: Yes. -...in an entire foodscape and I feel like
it really ties your story together.
All right, you guys. Beautiful job and we'll talk to you in just a bit.
-BENNY: See you guys later. -Thank you.
What's happening, Misfits?
-What's up? Hey! -Hey.
Please, walk me through the story of your foodscape.
BLAQUE: The Sorceress needs the Avengers' help,
so we've decided to bring Black Panther and Rocket
through our portal in order to help save the city from evil.
JESSE: Rocket is built from rice cereal treats
and black pipe for support
and then he's covered in modelling chocolate
and then he's got little vermicelli rice noodles as his whiskers.
BLAQUE: Moving on to Black Panther, he's actually made of rice cereal treat,
fondant and modelling chocolate.
And of course gingerbread for the head with my 3D carving technique.
Stacy, you really took the challenge on stacking up
all these gingerbreads and creating the entire Black Panther mask.
The higher the risk, the higher the reward
and unfortunately, in this case, the further I fell.
I saw that very moment and my heart dropped, boom!
I was like, "No!" Because I know that you spent so many hours on that head.
There was five minutes left, you know, and they had to stop their work and help.
At the end there was just all of this guilt,
like I had let them down, not to mention, I wanted to do Black Panther justice.
Don't be so hard on yourself.
It's about the recovery too and it's there.
And it looks amazing.
This is an amazing piece, I love a lot of things about it.
Rocket, it is really hard to create a posture on animals.
Black Panther, same case. The fact that you were
able to give them that actual motion, it's just perfectly done.
Thank you.
Knowing that you guys can create this and just knowing what you, Blaque, can...
-Blaque Panther can create. -(ALL LAUGH)
I think I just expected more out of the portal.
The fact that I'm seeing a lot of the zip ties and a little bit
of the non-food elements.
-Yeah. -Of course the plot thickened,
you had to create an Infinity Stone within a vessel.
We decided to create a new Infinity Stone called the Knowledge Stone
and where better to find knowledge than nestled in a book.
BLAQUE: Incorporating the books, thinking back to, kind of like,
chapters of like Black history, in a sense.
I was in New York. I recognize this pavement. I know what this is.
I appreciate you guys for taking that chance to say something powerful.
We also spoke about what they're representing in their posture,
in their stance and not only can I see that,
but I can also see where your stance is in this movement.
And I think that is just so deep, so special, I mean...
-You're gonna make me... -KEKE: I just wanna ask you, Blaque,
because I see you getting emotional, so I just wanna ask you
what's it you're going through?
Um...
-Being Black... -Yes.
...and making the first iconic Black superhero, that's something,
that's so much pressure.
It just feels good. Making a nod to culture.
Yeah, it just feels really good.
I know it feels good to me too because it feels like you're being seen
and you're getting the opportunity to speak
and show your heart and show your voice,
you know, I know what it's like to be Black.
So, you know, it's important to be able to feel like
you're able to say what's important to you
and express art in a way that's moving.
That's what we are hoping to see on Foodtastic,
is the opportunity to not just make a beautiful piece of art
but something that represents things that inspire people to feel like they can
do better and that's exactly what Black Panther did when it came out,
especially in the time we're in right now with all the unjust going on.
I appreciate you, Blaque.
-I see you, man, and I appreciate you. -Thank you.
I see all of you and I thank you guys for all joining in together
'cause that's what this is about, this is the world I see.
I see all different beautiful cultures in this room
and we all recognize each other and that's what is Foodtastic, man.
You know, seriously.
I just feel so honored to be able to do this in this competition.
I'm just so excited, I'm literally... I'm speechless.
-All right, yeah, so there we go. -Here you go, baby.
All right, so...
So...
-A lot of emotions today. -Yes, a lot of emotions.
-Beautiful emotions. Beautiful. -Yeah, yeah, yeah. Beautiful.
I don't know if there's really any more words that we all could say.
-Yeah, I mean... -I think it's very clear.
-It's clear. Totally. -All right.
RACHELL: What do you think they're saying?
I have no idea. They already know.
Oh, my God!
It has been epic watching you all work tirelessly to help our Sorceress
and our planet to defeat this invasion.
But only one team made the difference today.
(ALL CHEER)
This is awesome. This is awesome.
The team that created the most Foodtastic Avengers action scene is...
What?
Misfits!
(LOUD CHEERING)
To win this competition, I'm elated, I'm proud of what we did.
Please come and receive your Foodtastic pins.
BLAQUE: I know my son is gonna be proud. I know my family is gonna be proud.
I know the community is proud right now.
KEKE: I just gotta tell you guys,
you made Marvel proud, you made Black Panther proud,
and I'm sure you made Chadwick proud.
This is diversity and inclusion right here.
This is what Black Panther and Rocket represents
in our foodscape.
We loved all you guys' foodscapes, so please come up here and join us.
Yes!
And remember, never stop playing with your food!
NARRATOR: While the Misfits celebrate a well-earned victory...
Seriously.
NARRATOR: Our Sorceress finds herself safe at last.
Thank you. With your help the evil forces have been defeated.
Banished back into the darkness right where they belong.
NARRATOR: And thank you for returning the Infinity Stones.
They have the power to decide the fate of the universe,
so we need to make sure they're kept safe.
You got it! I'll return them right after I go to the dry cleaners but...
I also need to go pick up a prescription.
And I can't forget my mom at my grandma's because she'll just get so upset.
They can just talk all day. Sometimes it's like,
"Hey, why do you need me to come?"
NARRATOR: You were really out there.
Yeah. But I had the coolest dream. (LAUGHS)
(SIGHS) Back to life.
Hot dogs! Get your hot dogs here!
We've got the semi-freshest hot dogs in the city.
C'mon.