(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
NARRATOR: Time goes fast, but it seems to have stood still
in this dust-coated mechanic shop,
where rusted road signs and faded photos are pinned to the walls,
like the dreams of this once-hopeful racer-turned-mechanic.
Those dreams are distant memories. Or are they?
There you are! You busy?
Busy? Please. I've been idle since they built that highway on Route 66.
NARRATOR: Well, big news! The Piston Cup has space for one more race car.
Wait, really?
NARRATOR: Yes! This is your chance to get back
on the racetrack. Isn't that what you've always wanted?
Oh, wanted? Oh, it's more than that.
Ever since I rolled into this here town,
I had dreams of going wheel-to-wheel with Lightning McQueen and Cruz Ramirez.
But ever since my race car blew its engine block in that pickup race,
-it's only been a tailpipe dream. -NARRATOR: Well, it's time to get out
from beneath the hood and back behind the steering wheel, kid.
-Wow, you sound like Doc. -NARRATOR: Really?
Was it the overall message or the timbre of years lived in my voice then?
Oh, son of a Buick! I still don't have a race car.
Why do you think I'm sitting here wrenching instead of racing?
I knew it was too good to be true.
I'm outta luck unless they let me enter the Piston Cup on a bicycle.
NARRATOR: What if I told you I can get you a car?
Something the likes of which the Piston Cup has never seen!
-What would you say then? -What would I say?
I'll tell you what I'd say. I'd say, "Ka-chow!"
NARRATOR: Let me work on making this happen.
I know some people who can help build you a car.
Introducing three exceptional teams of the world's best food artists.
Magic, Sugar and Spice.
An Olympic ice carver joined by two phenomenal pastry chefs.
Slicing and Dicing.
Two bakers and a vegetable carver competing for their kids.
And Magical Madams, scenic builders looking to transfer
their artistic ability into the food art world.
(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
They'll be competing for the coveted Disney Foodtastic pin.
A prize so valuable, Chick Hicks would sell his wheels for it.
And it's all happening as the Piston Cup is getting ready to start.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
(CONTESTANTS CHEER, APPLAUD)
Welcome to the world of Cars,
where speed reigns,
and nothing is more prestigious than the Piston Cup.
Here, the only thing that matters is being the fastest, the best, a champion!
(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
KEKE: Oh, did I just hear Lightning McQueen himself?
-(REVS) -Ooh, Shine, shine.
Well, hey there! I hope you're okay with how I'm retelling your story.
Don't worry, I'll make sure that everyone gets their due,
especially Cruz Ramirez.
-(CHUCKLES) -(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
KEKE: She is something, isn't she?
Artists, welcome to Foodtastic!
(CONTESTANTS CHEER, APPLAUD)
Where food artists race to the finish line to create one-of-a-kind pieces of art
that leave you with nothing to say but, "Ka-chow!"
(CHUCKLES)
But every race needs racing inspectors.
And we're lucky to have two joining us today.
Our very own, Amirah Kassem and Benny Rivera!
-Hi, Lightning McQueen. -(CAR ENGINE REVS)
(CONTESTANTS CHEER, APPLAUD)
Food artists, your task today is to give our former racer-turned-mechanic
what she asks for. An original race car that can go wheel-to-wheel
with the likes of Lightning McQueen and Cruz Ramirez.
And please know, any food you do not use in your builds will be donated to charity.
Benny, what would you be looking for from our artists?
We'll be looking for technical ability.
Your race car must have that special, professional polish to it.
We want to see your creativity. Cars is one of the most beloved stories,
and everyone knows that the eyes can tell an amazing, emotional story.
I wanna see the eyes of your race car to tell me a story about who they are.
Now, what kind of race would this be if we didn't clock your time?
That's why you've got until the sun sets over Mater's garage.
And if you're not able to finish your foodscapes by then,
well... (CHUCKLES) ...Mater will tow you to the junkyard.
(CHUCKLES)
All right! On your marks...
get set...
go!
(CONTESTANTS SCREAM, CHUCKLE)
All right.
We're gonna make Frosty McCoy.
She's an ice cream truck. No one's gonna think
that she is gonna be able to go fast enough.
I think we're gonna surprise all the other racers.
-And she's gonna be winking. -Giver her a little...
MAGGIE: Yes! Ooh!
(CONTESTANTS CHUCKLE)
Who's the magic, who's the sugar, and who's the spice?
-This is Maggie... -Yes.
...sugar, and spice.
-(ALL CHUCKLE) -KEKE: I love it.
-And how do you guys know each other? -We work in a luxury resort in Orlando.
VICTOR: We're doing, like, cakes, showpieces...
MAGGIE: Showpieces. We do a massive gingerbread house every year in the lobby.
JOANNA: Life-size, you can like, literally, walk inside.
MAGGIE: Life-size.
You guys are pros when it comes to some large foodscapes.
-Absolutely. -Do you know we have
a world champion ice carver on our team?
Silver-medal Olympian.
-Oh, my goodness! -(ALL CHUCKLE)
So, I mean, that we're gonna be getting a little bit of ice
when it comes to today's design?
-Yes! (CHUCKLES) -This kind.
-KEKE: Ms. Frosty McCoy. -JOANNA: She's a sassy girl.
And there's a massive hundred-pound block of ice in there.
Victor is going to help reveal this beautiful ice engine
that we know that Frosty has.
For most of the body, we're gonna do sugar panels
to give the car a glossy look, just like in the movie.
Wait for a second. Are you talking about isomalt panels?
-Yes. -Yes!
Making big panels of isomalt
is really tricky because they can break with nothing.
It's almost 300 pounds of sugar itself. So, we're gonna be cruising for a while.
-Yeah, okay. -JOANNA: You won't be disappointed.
-That's for sure. (CHUCKLES) -Best of luck, all righty?
-Thank you. -CONTESTANTS: See you later.
BENNY: See you guys later.
We're gonna do a truck. We're doing a truck. A vintage truck.
It'll be like some of those classic drag trucks...
-Yes. -...as opposed to, you know,
the generic race car. We want a new kind of race car.
MICHAELA: We're gonna go pink, too, right?
SAMANTHA: Yes. So, we'll use some sour tape...
MICHAELA: Pink strawberry wafer cookies?
SAMANTHA: Yes, I like that.
So, I hear you guys call yourself, "The Magical Madams."
-We do. -Why that name?
-We're all scenic painters. -We're scenic artists.
JENNIFER: We're behind-the-scenes ladies.
We've all built stage sets, and painted stage sets.
We've made large-scale builds before.
We've done a couple of foodscapes.
So, you guys really do know how to build probably on all different types of scales?
-We do. -It's just maybe the mediums this time,
-that's a little bit... -Absolutely.
-A fun challenge. -The perishables.
-Yeah! -Yes!
-It's a fun challenge. -Large-scale is no problem.
Actually, this is considered small-scale for us.
-Oh! Okay. -Ooh!
-AMIRAH: Okay. -KEKE: Okay, Michaela.
Any specific technical elements that you're planning
-to incorporate in the design? -I'm going to be making
-the eyes out of isomalt, so... -And this is your first time?
This is gonna be my first larger-scale isomalt.
Don't forget the eyes are so important.
I mean, you look at Lightning McQueen, and you know what he's thinking...
-SAMANTHA: Yes. -AMIRAH: ...with just the eyes. (CHUCKLES)
Is there a name for our car yet?
-We have named it Pepper. -Pepper.
Pepper? I love that name.
-Spicy! -It's very spicy!
-(ALL CHUCKLE) -Yes! Yes!
AARON: My favorite kind of race cars are concept cars,
because they're always the most futuristic
-the most sleek. -Absolutely.
And I think if we can get
any of that kind of look in here at all, then that'd be so amazing.
CATRINA: I really think that this is gonna fit right
into the whole Cars world.
-Looks like it can just be right on... -LINCOLN: Definitely.
...the track, toe-to-toe with Lightning McQueen.
As parents, we do everything for our kids.
LINCOLN: I think my kids will probably be the most proud
when we take this win home.
This is cool. (CHUCKLES)
-This is Disney! (CHUCKLES) -This is like, Disney cool.
So, I'm like, they're all about this.
So, we're gonna help the mechanic get back into racing
by making a car we call Rapid Fire.
-KEKE: All right. -LINCOLN: We thought through this a lot.
Like, how the types of foods we could use to really get an ombré effect.
So, we're gonna start up with some broccolis
we're mixing some kale, some celery.
CATRINA: Cheese at the front, for the nice, cheesy smile.
The most exciting thing about this to me is
how many different food ingredients you have.
But the scariest part for me is how many different food ingredients you have.
-Yeah. -So, but, you know, it can
go in either direction. It can be a little bit of a...
Not a hot rod, but a hot mess. And so I feel like,
you guys have to just be very careful in how you blend all of these together.
-Absolutely. (CHUCKLES) -Yeah.
Well, I can't wait, you guys. This looks all very exciting.
-Check in with you soon. -Thank you.
-Appreciate it. -(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
-Let's go. -Let's go.
-JOANNA: Okay! (CHUCKLES) -MAGGIE: Whoa!
-Yes! -AARON: Awesome! Wow!
-FEMALE VOICE: Yes! -CATRINA: Oh, my God!
AARON: Bananas, pineapple, apples.
(SCREAMS)
-VICTOR: Which one? Sugars. -JOANNA: Get sugar.
CATRINA: Oh, my gosh. Look at the buns!
LINCOLN: Look at this place.
-Sweet. -CATRINA: Oh, my gosh. I love it.
-Sprinkles! -AARON: Oh, look at all these peppers.
These are perfect.
Soft pink.
Oh, perfect.
I feel like Santa right now.
-Bring 'em on. -Let's go.
Let's check off everything that we've got and then lay it out.
MICHAELA: We'll assembly line at the beginning
right now as we're prepping,
-and then Jen and I will be... -Kinda sculpting...
-Yeah, sculpting... -...and getting the general shape of
of each section of the vehicle.
LINCOLN: Probably wanna get our structure going,
and we can start prepping some of these broccolis.
That's a good idea. I'll start cutting some of the butternut.
AARON: I'll be creating some side-view mirrors out of the butternut squash.
What do you guys think? Should I cut the end off
or leave this end?
-Like, work it in? -I don't know,
I kinda like that... the uniqueness of that.
AARON: I'm thinking slicing jicama, sticking it inside.
But I'm gonna use that for the glass. So, it's pretty cool, right?
-Oh! I like it a lot. -LINCOLN: It's great.
All right, here you go.
Uh-huh. Yes.
JOANNA: Maggie's making the royal and the pastillage.
-I'll be right back. -JOANNA: I'll let you know
when the isomalt's ready.
VICTOR: I'm carving the lips that gonna go on the face of our racing car.
So, I'm using a chisel that's literally from my town where I born,
so this is the best luck for me.
I grew up in a small town, widely known as
the carving capital of the Philippines.
I'm so fortunate that in my young age, I already learned how to carve the wood.
-JOANNA: Vic does everything. -MAGGIE: Yeah.
Vic can carve anything that you give him.
I just love saying my friend's an Olympian.
-(CHUCKLES) It's the coolest. -(JOANNA CHUCKLING)
MAGGIE: Making a mess!
Right now, I am currently making all of the eyebrows, eyelashes,
as well as the eyeballs out of pastillage. Pastillage is like a sugar dough,
and we use this just because it firms up so well.
And I am going to be decorating, our eyebrows and eyelashes with food gel.
And I'll be covering it with poppy seeds.
You won't be able to see any white through it, so it'll give a nice texture.
-How's that cake looking? -Looking great!
-Awesome! -CATRINA: Let's start to stack it.
All right.
AARON: Both, Catrina and I are working on layering cake. Aaron's working on carving.
So, you can start seeing the shape of our car come together.
Can you step back for a second? Let me know if it lookin' rounded.
When I think of why I would want to win this competition,
I think a lot about my family.
When I'm carving, and my kids come to the event, they love it.
And people walk up, and they're like, "That's my dad,"
I feel like a lot of what I'm doing is just to make my family proud.
(EXHALES DEEPLY) This thing is taking longer than I thought.
-CATRINA: Oh, you guys... -What do we need? How's the cheese coming?
Oh, slow. It's coming slow.
So, the cheese is just... it's not sticking.
I'm having to heat it up to try to get it to mold,
and then I'm having to try to cool it down,
and I'm just creating more and more grease,
and nothing is sticking to it.
AARON: This is kind of a disaster, actually.
'Cause the cheese won't stick, I can see that.
LINCOLN: Yeah, it's gonna just keep peeling down.
-AARON: It's not working. -CATRINA: I'm so frustrated.
I've taken so much time trying to get it to work and it's just not.
We might just have to hold this until later.
Yeah. Maybe we ought to keep it rolling.
Have you guys looked at the sun lately? It's moved so much.
MICHAELA: Oh, man. Okay.
-We need to pick up the pace. -Let's go. Let's go.
SAMANTHA: I am currently making the first batch of royal icing.
I'm gonna end up using a ton of royal icing as an adhesive property.
We know it's gonna be really strong,
and dry very similar to a construction adhesive,
which is what we're used to.
So, we try to find things that are equivalent to our world,
and this is as close as I've been able to find.
When are we doing the bed of the truck?
-Right now. -MICHAELA: Right now.
You're gonna look adorable sitting in the back of that.
We're choosing strawberry wafers for the truck bed,
because we like the color and texture.
They're going to be fairly fast to apply.
We can fill it in nice, and neat and keeping neat lines.
I would say start on the checkerboard.
(CHUCKLES) Okay.
SAMANTHA: I'm basically doing a mosaic tile technique.
Of course, there's always a fear that things are gonna pop off.
But I'm pretty confident in this one.
-VICTOR: How's the sugar? -I'm so happily cooking.
I am making big sheets of isomalt,
to become the body of our little Frosty McCoy.
We're shooting for 80 kilos of isomalt just to start.
All these panels are gonna be colored with sanding sugar to create, like,
a glossy look on the outside of the truck.
That way she looks animated and shiny, just like the cars in the movie.
-VICTOR: Look at the shine. -(CONTESTANTS CHUCKLE)
MAGGIE: It's so much cooler than I thought!
-I'm seeing isomalt over isomalt. -Everywhere!
-MAGGIE: Yes, exactly. -Look at how beautiful
-this color is! -MAGGIE: These are them.
Oh, wow! That's amazing.
-AMIRAH: It's beautiful. Yeah. -BENNY: Yeah, you can see that.
It actually looks like a car. This is a crazy texture you've achieved,
and color through just adding sanding sugar.
They're doing so much out of isomalt.
They're doing, like, all of their paneling’s isomalt.
That is so much hot sugar.
-They're pastry chefs. -I know.
-JENNIFER: Oh, no! -MICHAELA: What happened?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(EXHALES) It's not good.
JENNIFER: We're having a bit of an issue with the pink wafers.
The pink wafers are buckling as the royal icing dries.
They're just kinda falling off.
SAMANTHA: Of all the things that we were attaching,
I never for a second thought the sugar wafers would be a problem.
All the wafer cookies are just buckling. The royal icing isn't really working,
which is pretty devastating, because it's on the entire car.
What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do?
Should I just scrape the main layer off and leave the back layer?
-Just to like... -Yes, do it.
This layer of the cookie is very well attached,
which might be our saving grace.
Charting new territory.
KEKE: Let's talk about Magical Madams.
So, they've run into some issues but they're... they bounced back.
BENNY: But I'm really worried knowing that they don't have a lot of experience
working with some of these elements.
And they're working with different mediums,
which are not easy to work with.
But they have so much knowledge when it comes to design...
And props.
I'm waiting to see what they're gonna be able to present to us at the end.
Magic, Sugar and Spice, this is the team to look out for because...
-Mm-hmm. -...they're coming with Victor who is...
-I mean, he's Olympic medalist... -BENNY: Uh-huh.
You know? And he's worked with his team for a very long time.
BENNY: And the quality of their work seems really good.
Those isomalt panels,
-beautifully created... -Yes!
-It is just, like, stunning. -AMIRAH: Stunning!
KEKE: Now, let's talk about Slicing and Dicing.
AMIRAH: Look, overall, they have a lot planned.
And they're starting with the cheese.
And that looks really sloppy. So, I'm a little concerned about that ombré,
-and all of these different effects... -Yes.
-...that they've talked about. -KEKE: How are we gonna
blend this all together?
BENNY: I'm worried about how they're gonna be able to catch up
with Magic, Sugar and Spice.
The sun is going down. Radiator Springs, they ain't got all day.
No.
NARRATOR: While Magic, Sugar, and Spice takes the lead in this race...
our mechanic realizes she's missing something very important
in order to make her racing dreams come true.
(IMITATES RACECAR)
Whoo-hoo! This is gonna be my shot! What's that, Lightning McQueen?
Someone coming up hot in your rearview mirror?
NARRATOR: Okay, okay. Let's not put the trunk before the engine.
Yeah. What are we? A vintage Beetle? (CHUCKLES)
NARRATOR: Funny and fast. Gotta hand it to you, kid, you got it all.
Hey, I think your pit crew wants to get their lug wrenches
on this car once it's finished.
Well, I don't have myself a pit crew.
It's not something else you can help me out with, is it?
I know a good pit crew is a very important Lincoln our chain.
And I definitely want to make sure we can get the best we can a-Ford.
I sure hope I don't end up as a laughingstock car of the town.
NARRATOR: I'll make some calls, so long as you stop with the car puns.
Oh, what do you mean, car puns?
That's just how we talk around these... parts.
(CHUCKLES)
-KEKE: Listen up, teams! -(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
-The plot has thickened. -Oh, my God. Is this a twist?
That is right. It's time for your team
to add one member of the pit crew to your foodscapes.
But that's not all, you're going to use your team's characteristics to design it.
-(CHUCKLES) -(CHUCKLES)
KEKE: But that ain't all either.
You need to find a way to include one food into your Pit Crew member that has a pit.
-(DRAMATIC MUSIC CONCLUDES) -KEKE: Now,
-hit the gas. And go, go, go! -(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
-(CONTESTANTS CLAMOR) -VICTOR: All right, here we go!
-MAGGIE: All right. -LINCOLN: What is this?
-MAGGIE: Oh, dates! -JOANNA: I got a bucket.
JENNIFER: Avocado! Avocados have pits.
MICHAELA: Okay, are there any dried cherries?
I've got apricots.
AARON: Should we do like... I don't know.
One car was hard enough.
And now, we have to make two? And make it have our personalities?
So, let's strategize. We have to just incorporate one of these pitted items.
-One of these. -CATRINA: And make it work
with our Slicing and Dicing.
Maybe something from each of us individually. Like, blue.
I kinda like that idea.
CATRINA: What are we gonna incorporate with you?
-LINCOLN: Well, the carving. -AARON: Carve your rose with the peach...
-LINCOLN: I like that. -AARON: ...and luscious lips.
-Oh, stop it! -(ALL CHUCKLE)
Hear me out. We call her Sel. S-E-L is salt in French.
-So, it's Pepper. And Salt. -What is it? Salt and Pepper.
MICHAELA: We make her like a French version of us.
SAMANTHA: Can we... get some kind of black leather look to it?
MICHAELA: I think we'd lay down all nori.
JENNIFER: So, what's gonna be our pit?
MICHAELA: Give her glasses out of the apricots.
Wouldn't that be cute?
-'Cause we all have glasses. -I think so.
-MICHAELA: What do you think? -No, I like it.
MAGGIE: We're Magic, Sugar and Spice.
-JOANNA: Yes. -MAGGIE: With pits.
What's our pit? You think an avocado for the nose?
-VICTOR: Avocado for the nose. -JOANNA: A big nose.
VICTOR: Yeah, and then eyes.
-And an apron. -JOANNA: And an apron.
-VICTOR: We're set. -JOANNA: Yes.
MAGGIE: We are going to be adding a little magic, sugar, and spice
into our little pit crew. We're thinking literal spices, and, of course,
-there's always magic with our team, so... -MAGGIE: Looks great.
-He's getting there. -And then, where is the nose?
-The avocado. -Avocado.
We need lips. We need an apron.
-Victor, I love you. -VICTOR: I love you, too, Maggie.
MAGGIE: Okay, back to this Frosty McCoy.
The sun is in the middle of the sky. With the plot thickening, it's definitely
a little more added to our plate. But our isomalt is sticking.
We haven't had any cracks on it,
because we believe that we are number one.
-So... -(CRASHING)
-Joanna. -Oh, it's one.
-MICHAELA: We okay? -SAMANTHA: Oh, no!
JOANNA: It's okay. Okay.
SAMANTHA: Her isomalt.
JOANNA: Watch your hands.
-AMIRAH: You guys okay? -VICTOR: Yeah. This will be okay.
-BENNY: Oh, my gosh. -AMIRAH: There's just not
a lot of time for them to have isomalt panels
that are shattering like this. I don't know if they have backups.
This is the last thing you want happening.
-VICTOR: Oops. -MAGGIE: You okay Vic?
VICTOR: No.
To panel the entire car in isomalt is definitely a huge challenge.
Especially when you're working under pressure,
-isomalt is not the best medium. -I don't know how you recover from that.
I don't know if they're gonna be able to recover from that.
-MAGGIE: I gotta fix this. -Okay, I'm gonna start cooking.
Let's go and spray this thing. Got a nice consistent coat.
AARON: We've got a design that's gonna be doing an ombré.
We're going for gradients from one color to a next.
I'mma let you finish that.
I'm gonna start prepping some of these vegetables.
AARON: We have peppers, broccoli, blueberries.
LINCOLN: And we're just gonna mimic,
a natural look of a flame to have like that mix of colors.
Part of our strategy with getting that consistent blend of color.
Just map out a pattern. We have to make sure
that we have this color down because this might look like
a hot mess of color.
CATRINA: This cheese isn't working.
Let's get rid of it, I don't wanna look at it any longer.
LINCOLN: It's all right, we got this. We got this.
-(CATRINA SOBS) -(LINCOLN CHUCKLING)
Let's just get rid of it.
I think I'm just gonna take some modelling chocolate.
We'll get a nice seamless look, and then we'll just blend into our flame.
I'm not having to worry about if its gonna fall off.
I feel it's giving us a better covering consistency.
Feeling more like a car.
LINCOLN: These veggies are taking forever.
AARON: I know. It's taking a lot longer than I thought. And time is running out.
I am a little worried because I wanna put some good detail into the eyes.
So, I really wanna make sure that I have enough time
to get those right.
I've gotta step away for a little bit.
MAGGIE: I feel like a disaster.
If he can't get the isomalt down,
I know Victor's not gonna have enough time to carve the engine.
We'll definitely have to do something else on the sides.
JOANNA: The sun is setting, and we're starting to run out of time.
We have a lot more isomalt panels and it's not just the cooking process,
it has to cool, and then we need to adjust it, and then glue it,
and it's pretty time-consuming, so we're gonna change our plan
and do a royal icing, like, drip, to kind of bring it down to the size
of all the panels that we aren't gonna be able to cover.
We'll make it look like he's dripping snow
and just coat it and coat it and we'll be okay.
SAMANTHA: I wonder if I'm the first person to use a speed square
on a cutting board. (CHUCKLES)
I bet there's some kinda culinary tool to do this.
MICHAELA: Probably, but that's not what we know.
That's true. This feels very much like model making.
We're working on the sour tape on the hood.
We're using a lot of pink candy tape and royal icing.
MICHAELA: (GROANS) It's weeping.
-Keep moving. -I'm going as fast as I can.
It won't stick.
We're trying to figure out a different solution.
How do I wanna put this on there?
When building things as a scenic artist you have some kind
of fastener that's holding it on.
-SAMANTHA: Pins. -Oh, my God! Are you a mind reader?
SAMANTHA: Yeah. (CHUCKLES)
I literally like wandered around in circles opening all the drawers.
-MICHAELA: I gotta treat it like fabric. -SAMANTHA: Yeah.
MICHAELA: It's very practical.
I'm pinning in the sour tape with sewing needles.
-Just to hold it in place while it dries. -SAMANTHA: Fingers crossed.
MICHAELA: Yay! That works for me. (CHUCKLES)
SAMANTHA: Adorable.
-MICHAELA: And fast. -SAMANTHA: Yeah.
Well, a lot has happened
-since I saw you, Jennifer. -Hello. Welcome back.
I see that you guys are using pins.
Michaela sculpted the mouth and was starting to cover it
with the candies. We discovered that pinning it in place
while it dries is the best thing 'cause sometimes it peels away.
-But if you pin it... -AMIRAH: This is so smart.
-BENNY: It's smart, yeah! -I've never seen it used on a foodscape,
but I'm taking notes
because when you're defying gravity, pinning it
and then when it dries taking them away is just such a smart technique.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
SAMANTHA: Just leave yourself time to take 'em out.
(JENNIFER CHUCKLES)
MAGGIE: Time is short, but we are staying optimistic.
Vic is going to do an icy engine underneath the hood.
I think we'll be okay.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
-VICTOR: Here we go. -MAGGIE: Ooh, here comes Victor.
Wow. I'm excited to see this.
-MAGGIE: Oh, yeah, Vic. -All right, here we go.
-I can't wait. -MAGGIE: Yes, Victor.
LINCOLN: We're all just watching you, Victor.
-Are you ready, Vic? -VICTOR: I'm so ready.
This is the magic of the Magic, Sugar and Spice.
-(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) -(MACHINE WHIRRING)
VICTOR: I'm gonna break this down into multiple pieces,
and then when it's time, I'm just gonna assemble on the engine.
It's gonna flow all together to give the heart of Frosty McCone.
VICTOR: Look at that!
(UPBEAT MUSIC STOPS PLAYING)
MICHAELA: Oh, God, you guys, the sun is moving.
-Okay, we gotta pick up our pace. -Okay.
Put a little pep in our step, you guys. We got this.
MICHAELA: I really, really wanna work on these eyes.
I'm going to start intermixing the nori in with the different colors.
So that way, Pepper has a little more personality
and not just a solid color eye.
That's not how things are in the Cars world.
So, I'm just torching the back of this a little bit
to integrate some more of the sugar.
-SAMANTHA: Oh, it's really pretty, though. -MICHAELA: The nori is really cool.
KEKE: Okay, food artists, just one hour left.
If this were a Piston Cup race, we'd be nearing the finish line, you guys.
JENNIFER: All right, ladies, we got this.
AARON: My girls are just gonna be so excited to see this.
-The old fogies... -Right, the old fogies made this.
CATRINA: I'm really making sure to get those... sharp, clean,
animated eyes that Cars is so famous for.
-LINCOLN: Just beautiful. -CATRINA: Oh, thank you.
All right, I'm gonna stick this mama.
-MAGGIE: What's that? -JOANNA: Oh, the apron.
Right now, I am decorating our pit crew.
MAGGIE: Oh, my God, all these croissants are falling off.
-JOANNA: How is McCoy? -She looks great from here.
She looks pretty good.
-VICTOR: Five minutes, I'll be there. -JOANNA: Okay, Vic.
SAMANTHA: What else is high priority? Baguettes?
MICHAELA: This smells delicious.
I'm gonna do glasses, I guess.
JENNIFER: The backside of the tailgate is still not covered.
Finishing touches. Go! Go! Go!
Final lap. This is the make or break.
CATRINA: I am working on our pit crew member.
LINCOLN: Oh, I'm liking that, Catrina. Those lips.
-AARON: Okay, we have side-view mirrors. -LINCOLN: Sweet.
CATRINA: For our pitted elements, we're gonna let Aaron make a peach flower.
AARON: Catrina, I might need a hand.
Can you get a toothpick and shove it through this?
-CATRINA: Not through your thumbs? -AARON: Not through my thumbs.
CATRINA: We gotta get this done and finish up with the car.
-JOANNA: Anything we need to sparkle? -MAGGIE: The whole thing.
What we have left is to cover our tire covers,
and then a lot of piping and decorating, but that's our strong suit,
so we should be fine.
Holy cannoli.
Eyes are on, you guys.
Michaela, will you take the sewing needles out of the front for me?
-MICHAELA: On it, girl. -Five seconds, everyone.
-(SCREAMS) -JOANNA: Oh, God.
-Three... -I'm literally going to get these pins out
right as time's up.
-...two... -MAGGIE: Glitter, glitter, glitter!
-CATRINA: Headlight going on. -LINCOLN: Yes.
...and one! The sun has set, and your time is up.
-LINCOLN: Yeah! (GROANS) -Three-way boom! (CHUCKLES)
Frosty hand high five. (CHUCKLES)
(ALL CHUCKLE)
We did it!
-We did. -Oh, my God.
-This is... Good job, -Incredible.
-both of you guys. Wow. -(CHUCKLES)
I have never seen teams work faster to achieve their goals.
Now, it's time to see who's getting that checkered flag waved
in their face first.
Magic, Sugar and Spice, you're up.
(CONTESTANTS CHEER, CHUCKLE)
I am so excited to get into this colorful foodscape.
There have been some
-mishaps during this process. -Oh, yeah!
With the isomalt, how are you guys feeling, what are your thoughts?
We feel good. We're surprised at how much we were able to accomplish.
You had to create a race car to help our mechanic.
Please tell me the story
of how you pulled that off on your foodscape.
(HONKY TONK MUSIC PLAYING)
MAGGIE: So, in order to help the mechanic win the race,
we decided to have the secret under the engine.
So we to have our beautiful ice engine that has tons of horsepower
That's what gonna make this baby drive super-fast.
JOANNA: The lips are hand carved 100 percent white chocolate.
The windows and body of the car
are sheets of isomalt colored with sanding sugar.
The hood of the car, the roof, and all of its icy drippings
-are desiccated coconut and royal icing. -KEKE: Hmm.
Her eyelashes and eyebrows are poppy seeds and pastillage.
The eye, also pastillage,
airbrushed and then coated in isomalt so she's glossy.
Going up to the cupcake, it is a pappardelle pasta cone,
and we have white rice,
and then the assorted melons as it's sprinkles.
-Ooh! -MAGGIE: And then when the plot thickened,
to incorporate pits,
we have our nose as the avocado.
And then we also glittered up some cherries
for a pit crown.
And as Magic, Sugar and Spice,
we definitely needed the glitter to create that little magic.
-Sugar is very clear here. -KEKE: Yeah!
And then we added star anise, to say those are our spices,
and that represents us.
We think she's super cool.
(ALL CHUCKLE)
The techniques that you used around the entire piece,
incorporating different textures, is well done.
The technique that you guys used to create the isomalt color
turned out beautifully.
The ice carving is beautifully done. I see the lines, I see the details.
-KEKE: It's gorgeous. -BENNY: You delivered.
Congratulations. It's just something special.
-This is so creative. -KEKE: Mm-hmm.
AMIRAH: You guys spun that into your own story
of who you guys are on a racetrack.
The glitter, like you said, is magic, and there's tons of sugar on it.
I do want to talk about the eye, because expression is just so important.
When you're making a winky face, if you close your eye,
your eyelash would be level with your eye and not up with your eyebrow,
so I think that in this case it almost looks like
-it could be missing an eye... -KEKE: Hmm!
AMIRAH: ...versus pit. I think that that winky face is exactly the sassiness
that you guys were looking for. (CHUCKLES)
Of course, you guys have issues with the cracking.
Maybe the isomalt panel wasn't resting completely flat.
KEKE: Mm-hmm.
But I was just blown away by how you guys were able to recover.
You should feel proud of yourself.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
-She looks sassy. -Yes.
I definitely feel like I got some magic, some sugar, and some spice,
from y'all and from Miss Frosty McCoy. So, beautiful job.
-ALL: Thank you! -KEKE: Yes.
Hello, my Magical Madams.
-Hello. -Hey, Keke.
We started this competition, you guys coming in straight from the theater world,
very familiar with creating things from the ground up,
but just not with food.
How are you feeling about food and working with it in this way?
-I think we all learned a lot. -Oh, absolutely.
We tried out a lot of things, not all of them ended up working,
but, you know, we tried.
And I think we're proud of the things that we did manage to accomplish.
I'm so happy to hear that, and I'm so excited to hear about
your story for your foodscape.
You chose Pepper, the truck.
MICHAELA: So, we wanted to help the mechanic build a race car,
that incorporated her signature smize, and had a lot of her heart.
I mean, she's a mechanic,
so she wanted to take this truck and soup it up.
She knows that it has a V8 under the hood, and that it can really take her
where she wants to go. And she has her eyes on McQueen,
so you can see that reflected in the lightning bolts in her eyes.
-Ooh! There's our story. (CHUCKLES) -JENNIFER: We've got candy chews
for our checkerboard along both sides, all the way around.
Baguettes lining the body for chrome. We've got strawberry sour tape,
-which smells delicious. -(ALL CHUCKLE)
JENNIFER: And Michaela built up the mouth with modeling chocolate.
Everything that's black is nori.
And then Samantha and Michaela were working on the eyes with isomalt.
MICHAELA: Sel is salt in French. She has on some nice pink forks on the front.
-Yes! -And then she's got...
-And she's got... -She's got glasses.
-...she's got her cat eyes. -KEKE: Got her cat-eye glasses, I love it.
They're made out of dried apricots and cherries.
The body is all nori.
And she's dressed in black just like you guys.
-She is. -She's very stylish.
Okay, I'm seeing the personality coming through.
(CHUCKLES)
In term of techniques, I have to say that I love how you guys
placed each candy belt in the front
-to create such a perfect pattern. -KEKE: Mm-hmm.
-I can tell it was time consuming. -Mm-hmm!
So great job.
The little fruit chews that you used on the sides,
the way that you guys placed them one by one,
it was beautiful. I mean, it looks perfect.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
I'm gonna start with color here because, wow, neon!
The fact where you guys were able to find so many different ingredients
in the same color is just so crazy to me.
I don't think I could think of that many neon candies in one tone.
-I think that that was really smart... -(CHUCKLING)
...to keep the truck just super cohesive.
The other thing I absolutely love is that you chose to
sort of line the defined areas with the licorice.
I think that this is such a cartoon animated look.
I absolutely love how you used
the silver on the baguettes to sort of line everything.
I do wish that they were closer together just so it's sort of continued.
When I look at the piece, it looks a little bit unfinished in some areas.
I can still see those areas where it's obvious that it needs something else.
But... but I can't believe that this is your first time working
-with any of these elements. -(CONTESTANTS CHUCKLE)
Thank you.
-Wishing you guys the best of luck. -CONTESTANTS: Thank you.
-See you, guys. -We did it! (CHUCKLES)
-Hello, hello! -Hello!
-Hey.
Now, Lincoln, how are you feeling about the competition,
-and how your foodscape turned out? -We really stretched ourselves,
we tried to step outside of our comfort zones,
and do something that we've never done before.
So, walk me through the story of your foodscape.
(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING)
LINCOLN: Cars is all about fast cars. So, in order for mechanic to win the race,
we wanted to create something that was sleek, had really nice lines,
aerodynamic, just a very fun and curvy style to it.
We used over 40 different edible items...
-(KEKE CHEERS) -...to build Rapid Fire.
-(AMIRAH CHUCKLES) -LINCOLN: Yes, yes.
Up front, we have different types of peppers,
the red-hot chili peppers that goes into the orange and the yellow.
We Used fondant for the eyes,
and this red fondant and modelling chocolate front
really represents that beginning of the flame.
We wanted to work with this ombré effective of mixing
and blending colors and textures.
AARON: That flame is coming up transitioning into dried pineapple.
Different colors of peppers, blueberries, we have broccoli.
-The mirrors are butternut squash, jicama. -KEKE: Ooh!
We have goji berry eyelids.
It continues. I've got blue popcorn, white popcorn.
We even threw some sprinkles in there to help transition.
-Oh, yeah. -Oh, yes.
CATRINA: For our pit crew member, we created Ember.
We used wafer paper to get that wrinkly, bumping texture,
-because we're all... -Parents.
(CHUCKLES) And we all just have a couple wrinkles,
and so we want our pit crew to definitely represent the fact
that we've been around the block a couple times.
And then we put some
-luscious lips on there. -KEKE: Mm-hmm!
To represent Lincoln.
-As... (CHUCKLES) -(KEKE CHUCKLING)
And our master carver made a peach flower.
She's the pretty flower, so don't forget that.
-Okay, I see what you did there. -AARON: Got... Yep.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -I think that you guys drew
such great inspiration from the colors of the actual film.
You achieved ombré with the flames.
-Thank you. -Thank you.
The fact that you guys used spicy peppers to then create fire,
that was just such a fun use of an ingredient.
-Yeah. -(CHUCKLES)
AMIRAH: The expression in their faces look so clean to me.
To be honest with you, this looks like they're straight out of Cars.
I was not going to be beaten
-by a sandwich ingredient. -(ALL CHUCKLE)
The one thing I would've done differently is I wish
that the butternut squash rear-view mirrors were actually red,
just to tie it back into the car.
I just wish that they looked a little more finished.
Okay.
The thing that I noticed is just the carving.
It's just perfect execution.
The left side looks like the right side.
The angles are extremely the same, the curves goes in the same ways.
-Great work. -Thank you.
-BENNY: The airbrushing work
on the eyes, stunning.
-Yes! -KEKE: Mm-hmm!
-It's just like, amazing. -(CHUCKLES)
(CHUCKLES)
Catrina, I just gotta ask you because I see you are getting emotional.
-Yeah, a little bit. (CHUCKLES) -Aw!
KEKE: What's... what's happening in there?
-I am a huge fan... (CHUCKLES) -Oh!
-Thank you! -CATRINA: ...of chef and so...
...to have somebody who's as... Oh, wow.
-To have somebody as amazing... -You're gonna make me cry. Stop!
...as he is compliment my work, really...
It's hitting a little harder than I thought it would.
-Girl, you're making me tear up. -Listen.
I want you.. I want you to know that it means to me too
because your work can inspire someone else too.
-That's right. That's right. -Thank you, Chef. Thank you.
-Beautiful job, you guys. -Thank you.
-Appreciate it.
Beautiful cars, beautiful expressions of art here that we've seen today.
BENNY: They all have their own concept, their own idea.
AMIRAH: Their own personality
-which is what we wanted. -BENNY: Correct.
I mean, it's you guys’ choice. Do you know who you want?
Oh, yeah.
-All right. -Hard, but yes.
Okay. Let's go.
(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
-Aw! -(ALL GASP)
-(VICTOR CHUCKLES) -(GASPS) Oh!
As you can tell, we love, love, love your creations
and we think our mechanic would be honored to drive any of them.
But only one can win.
Oh, my God!
-(CONTESTANTS APPLAUD, CHEER) -Oh, my God!
AARON: Wow!
The team that created the most foodtastic Cars race car and pit crew is...
(ALL CHUCKLE)
Oh! Cool!
Slicing and Dicing!
(ALL CHEER, APPLAUD)
Please come and receive your Foodtastic pins!
CATRINA: There's fireworks!
-KEKE: To our champions... -Oh, my God!
-...please, please, put the pins on. -CATRINA: Thank you.
-KEKE: Congratulations to you guys. -AARON: Thank you.
AARON: Wow, winning this competition...
-Just wow! Wow! -Yeah, wow!
We absolutely loved your foodscape, and we loved your foodscapes too,
please come up here and join us, you guys. Thank you so much for everything.
It doesn't just mean so much to me, but also to my kids.
The pride that I'm sure they're gonna have.
-That's... that's fun. -CATRINA: Yeah.
And I'm excited to see the reactions, and the, "That's my mom."
-Right. -You know.
-Oh, my gosh, this is amazing. -Congratulations, guys.
-Thank you so much. Thank you so much. -Thank you.
Remember, never stop playing with your food.
NARRATOR: Now that the mechanic has a brand-new race car...
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
NARRATOR: ...let's see how she's feeling about her new ride.
Wow! I can't tell you how much this means to me,
to be given the chance to chase my racing dreams again.
I'll send you a postcard from the Piston Cup.
NARRATOR: You've always had the drive.
And now you've got the pit crew and the race car.
I know that you'll come home with that trophy.
I feel it in my core-vette.
(IMITATES TROMBONE SOUND EFFECT)
NARRATOR: What? You're the only one who gets to be punny?
-I'm outta here. -NARRATOR: GMC you later.
Hey, I might steal that one.
NARRATOR: It's all yours. Go get 'em, kid.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYS)