(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
NARRATOR: Welcome to the Isle of Tortuga, home to the most brutal pirate
to ever have sailed the seven seas. Her lust for battle knows no bounds.
She is vicious, merciless. She is...
-(LAUGHS) -...cooking.
Perfecting me conch chowder. (LAUGHS)
Getting there. Needs basil.
NARRATOR: But what about the plundering? The pillaging? The red-sailed ships stuck
-in the seven seas? -(CHUCKLES) I'm a retired pirate now.
Look, me crew even gave me a watch. (LAUGHS)
NARRATOR: Mm, but you were the only one who could save Barbossa.
Wait. Captain Barbossa?
"You best start believing in ghost stories," Barbossa?
NARRATOR: He's being held hostage by the East India Trading Company.
Oh, well, that's a ship of a different color.
Avast! Beware ye scurvy scum. I shall sail to the edge of the world,
and die a certain death to free our good Captain.
NARRATOR: There she is. I knew retirement didn't suit you.
Nay! Now if only we could find a ship to commandeer.
And a crew. But not just any crew.
A cursed crew, with the strength of the ocean.
-(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) -(GRUNTS)
Inside this ye chest you'll find everything you need
-to bring me such a crew. -NARRATOR: Aye-aye, Captain.
A ship and cursed crew will be on the horizon soon.
I know just who to call for help.
Don't let the sun set on your back, matey. Move, move, move! (GRUNTS)
NARRATOR: Introducing three exceptional teams
of the world's best food artists.
Monster Sculptors, a competitive trio of carvers and food artists
that are as close as family.
Food Fighters, a determined team of self-taught artists from a small town.
And Confectionery Crew, a polished team of professional pastry chefs
and chocolatiers.
Which of these three teams will build the best ship and cursed crew
to help our retired pirate save Captain Barbossa?
And win the coveted Disney Foodtastic pin,
a prize more precious than buried treasure.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
That's enough, Davey Jones.
-(ALL LAUGH, APPLAUD) -(CHEERS)
Ahoy there. Today, it's all hands-on deck.
As we set sail on an adventure like no other.
Pirates of the Caribbean started out as a Disney Parks adventure,
for those of us this tall to ride, and bloomed into a beloved film franchise.
Now, Pirates of the Caribbean has influenced fashion, entertainment,
and, today, it's going to influence food art.
Which is why we've asked some very special people
in the food art world to join us on this mission.
Let me just get something. Okay, where are they?
-(ALL LAUGH) -Mm. Avast! There they are.
-Amirah Kassem and Benny Rivera. -Hi!
-(ALL LAUGH) -(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
-Hey, guys. -KEKE: Our food artists are gonna need
every bit of your food art expertise to bring this ship in!
Now, speaking of ships, as we all just saw, our pirate lass needs a boat,
with a crew to rescue Barbossa.
So, today, your challenge will be to create a scene,
on a pirate ship in the world of Pirates of the Caribbean.
But that's not all. Your pirate crew has a curse.
-(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) -(THUNDER RUMBLING)
-Uh-oh. -(ALL LAUGH)
KEKE: Now, you guys want treasure?
Well, our pirate lass has brought you treasure.
(LAUGHS)
What's in there, mate? (CHUCKLES)
So, uh, what are you waiting for?
-(GASPS) -FEMALE VOICE: Oh.
-Go for it. -Oh, man!
-(LAUGHING) Don't be shy. -(GRUNTS) What?
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
-It's real. -KEKE: Like the hexed gold
Captain Barbossa wears around his neck,
what's inside these chests will curse three crew members on your ship.
Now, I gotta ask you guys.
What are you looking for out of all of our teams today?
-For me, it's about technical ability. -Mm-hmm.
It's so important to see you mastering your craft.
Now, what about you, Amirah? What are you looking for?
Creativity.
How resourceful you're being with the materials
in your build can make or break your presentation.
And don't forget to take storytelling into account.
And, so you know, all the food you don't use in your build will be donated.
Nothing goes to waste on Foodtastic.
Now, you've only got till sundown to finish your ships.
So once the sun sets over the horizon, it's lights out. Got it?
-Yeah. -Yes.
Are you guys ready?
-CONTESTANTS: Yeah! -All right. Let's set sail!
FEMALE VOICE: Go, go, go.
So I think we should go big, go impactful, right?
We can do a ship that's being invaded by crabs.
Mm-hmm. I think the pirates should be cursed with the crab's traits.
ADAM: And maybe even cursing the pirates
-and turning them into crabs themselves. -KATE: Yes.
ADAM: Maybe he's getting turned into a half-crab here.
-AMANDA: Yeah. -And the crab should really
pop with lots of red and orange.
-Cartoony faces and things like that. -Mm-hmm. Yeah.
I think there should be one up in the crow's nest too.
ADAM: Oh, yeah, I like that. Is that what that's called?
-Yeah. Crow's nest. -ADAM: Crow's nest?
Kate, Amanda, and I met while working
at a luxury five-star, five-diamond resort.
Kate does all the cake decorating at the resort.
Amanda does all the chocolate work and confectionery work.
They're just fantastic. And being head chef,
I'm honored every day to go in there and lead the team.
KATE: I think we should put some coral and some shells.
-Made out of chocolate? -KATE: Yeah.
ADAM: And we make this real perfect chocolate sculpture.
-Nice and shiny. -KATE: Mm-hmm. Yeah.
I think we could incorporate the real crabs.
-ADAM: Yeah -KATE: Like they're also helping invade
-the ship. -ADAM: I like that.
So the first thing they're gonna see from afar is the giant ship.
And then as they get closer, there's lots of details and textures.
-Big dramatic claws. -KATE: Yeah.
ADAM: Eyeballs coming out.
-I think ours is gonna be large. -KATE: Big. I'm excited.
-Yeah. -Yeah.
So I'm thinking, maybe they're gathered around a table, all right?
-And maybe... -Holding a meeting.
-Holding a pirate meeting. -MAURICE: Yeah. I agree.
Let's talk through this, right?
DILL: So how big are we gonna make this? Life-sized?
-MAURICE: Yeah. Something like that. -DILL: This is Pirates of the Caribbean.
Let's make sure that they look like pirates
and not like shrimp people from Planet Shrimp.
-(ALL LAUGH) -We're self-taught.
Just experience through working at a grocery store
or at different local bakeries around town.
And now I own my own business, making cakes.
I'm very passionate about it.
I'm getting choked up just talking about it right now.
-(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) -I think this looks pretty good.
I think me and Maurice can handle doing the three shrimp-cursed crewmen.
made from produce, fondant, and different elements that we can find.
They are holding a meeting on the top deck
to discuss the plan to save Captain Barbossa.
-Dee, can you handle the lanterns? -DEE: Yes.
-Yeah. I call it. -With your isomalt skills, sugar work?
-DEE: Yeah. -DILL: All right. We got it.
VIVIAN: We should have the ship. Kind of like this, right?
DEAN: We could make a bread ship.
-(VIVIAN CHUCKLES) -DEAN: I want this to be out of bread.
Yeah. It's gonna be a carbalicious ship.
DEAN: The characters need movement, we know.
We've done this before. We've done competitions. Movement wins.
VIVIAN: Why don't we have a chimp up here. He has a compass...
And then our three characters could be trying to get the monkey,
-who has the compass... -Exactly.
...so they can finish their adventure.
VIVIAN: And then, Matt? Why don't we do some waves?
MATTHEW: Yeah. It would give it some more motion.
-I could make these waves out of ice. -DEAN: That's another skill...
-VIVIAN: Yeah, definitely. -...that I don't think the other
-teams have. -VIVIAN: Yes.
DEAN: Here's... I'm seeing all this,
but do you think you can do three characters all by yourself?
-I'm doing all three? -(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
I think that they need to be cohesive,
so if I do one and you do one, they're gonna look different.
VIVIAN: Shoot, then I should take on the chimp.
DEAN: That's an amazing idea.
KEKE: Hey, hey, hey.
-What's up, Monster Sculptors? -Hey, guys.
KEKE: All right. So, how did you guys' team come together?
Well, Vivian and I have done competition stuff together.
-VIVIAN: I know. Feel sorry for me. -KEKE: Oh, no.
-That's amazing. -Feel so sorry for me.
Our relationship would be defined as a dysfunctional family.
It's like working with fire and ice with us.
-(DEAN LAUGHING) -VIVIAN: We bicker and argue all the time.
But between Dean and I, there's nothing that we can't do with food.
KEKE: And what about you, Matthew? You just joined in now?
Yup. I grew up pretty much seeing Dean sculpt ice...
-Oh, wow. -...and I got into it.
-So I've been doing ice for 12 years now. -I've known him
-since he was shorter than me, so... -(ALL LAUGH)
All right. How are you gonna help our retired pirate save Captain Barbossa?
Our idea is to stand out and be different than the other teams.
-Okay. -VIVIAN: So we decided to
-do a cross section of a pirate ship. -BENNY: Okay, got it.
VIVIAN: And we kind of wanna make it just like the movie,
so we have a chimp up here with a compass to find Barbossa.
And then the crewmen are down here trying to get the compass,
because that points to what you want the most.
I have this crazy idea to have clothing as leafy greens.
-She's usually right. -Yeah.
-Wait. Say it again. Say it again. -Always right.
-She wants to hear it. -VIVIAN: What was...
-Once is enough. -What was that?
-Once is enough. -(ALL LAUGHING)
-See you, guys. -Thanks, guys.
-Thanks, guys. See you. Good luck. -MATTHEW: Thank you.
-Let's go pillage the pantry, guys. -VIVIAN: Yes.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
-MALE VOICE 1: Top of a watermelon. -MALE VOICE 2: Whoa. This place is cool.
Ooh, there's so many things.
Where's the bread at? Where's the bread?
Okay. Okay. Okay. Brown. Brown. Brown. Brown. Ooh! Three browns.
Just grab all of them.
KATE: I got the desiccated coconuts for the crabs.
-AMANDA: (GASPING) There's cocoa nibs. -Let's grab these.
DILL: I'll grab all these sheets.
-Gettin' a bicep workout. -VIVIAN: Let's bounce.
MAURICE: Don't we gotta like, taste everything to make sure it's edible?
Maybe later.
All right. Why don't you establish this area for your...
-Yes. Okay. -...fondant work?
ADAM: This, I think, would make a good chocolate station.
We work at the longest running five-star resort in the country.
So we're bringing that integrity with us.
-Sheet the fondant. -KATE: I'm about to.
-Yup. -ADAM: And then cast some chocolate.
We've been working together for a few years,
and we've got a good work chemistry.
Very good, Chef.
When it's time to focus on work, we all hustle and we all get the job done.
And we all have each other's back,
-which I think is very important. -I agree.
-Hey, Amanda. -Yeah.
Why don't you go ahead and cast some in there.
We've got a rough timeline that we're working with,
so we've got a little checklist. You know, we're chefs. We like organization.
So if we can stick to that checklist and we can be within
about 20 percent of the timing, I think we're okay.
For the coral, we are going to be using a fun and traditional technique.
All right. So we'll make some coral.
It's really... Now pay attention, it's very, very complicated.
Pour chocolate on ice.
-Yeah. We got coral. -AMANDA: Looks good.
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
How you feeling, Matt? Are you carbed out?
-Not yet. -(GIGGLES)
This is my first time actually working with bread so it's a little bit different.
Really just kind of some of the sketches we're going through,
I kind of understood the concept, but actually seeing it in person now
and seeing this kind of come together, I'm so excited.
So we're gonna cover all of this in really cool baguette
and make it look like wood. And then I'm gonna finish
this last little bread piece here, and then I'm gonna go change
into my ice gear.
VIVIAN: Dean, how's it going?
DEAN: Pretty good. I'm on the second palm tree.
VIVIAN: Nice.
I got a couple of tortillas I rolled up.
I'm doing a treasure map. Since, we're on a pirate's boat,
there's gotta be a treasure map.
We are planning on putting this on the mast.
So it tells part of the story.
I hadn't done tortillas before. I have done big murals on toasts before.
But never in a tortilla.
Vivian, you happy with that? Does it read from over there?
Cool.
(LAUGHS)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
DEE: So, about this big for the eyes? I mean, the shrimp eyes?
Go for it. Do all the eyes.
DEE: Right now, I'm making isomalt eyes
for the shrimp human characters.
I started working in a grocery store bakery.
And a lot of the competitors here are classically trained.
They're chefs. And it's great to go to school for it.
But I'm proud of, like, learning on my own.
-DILL: Hey, look at that eyeball. -MAURICE: It's an eyeball.
-DILL: Hey, Maurice. -MAURICE: Yo.
-What's a pirate's favorite letter? -(DEE LAUGHING)
-R. -You think so, but really it's the C.
-Oh. -DEE: Oh, yes.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
We are using white chocolate and hoping
it'll harden in enough time for us to start decorating it.
DEE: How you're just painting that on, it looks crazy.
Ain't got time to be pretty. These aren't...
these aren't princesses. They're pirates.
-AMIRAH: Food Fighters. -Hey.
How is it looking? How is it going?
This was like a big experiment for us. We added some chocolate.
So hopefully that should just stabilize this whole region.
Why white chocolate? Because I tend to find
that when I'm working with chocolate
white chocolate is a milkier chocolate
so it has... it's more of a liquid versus a darker chocolate,
-which hardens and, you know... -BENNY: Hmm.
...is a little more binding than a white chocolate.
So that's...
-So that's a good question. -It's a good question. Next question.
-(ALL LAUGH) -Next question.
We have to be a little bit careful with that.
-Remember gravity. -MAURICE: Yeah.
Gravity. Yeah. No, this is it. It's gonna be the biggest thing.
But, yeah, if we can pull it off, it's gonna be amazing, you know?
It's falling off while we're talking about it.
-I know. Exactly. -(LAUGHS)
DILL: I've never worked with this much stuff at once.
Usually when I'm making something, it doesn't get looked at by judges.
(LAUGHS)
MAURICE: Yeah, you don't have your idols like looking over your shoulder,
being like, "You know, white chocolate, you know, what's the deal with that?"
So let's go ahead and stabilize this area, man.
-DILL: Cool. -All right. Thanks, guys.
Excited to watch it come together.
-DEE: Thank you. -DILL: Thank you.
-(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING) -DILL: Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Oh, boy.
Right now, the white chocolate is putting us behind.
Can we switch on the other characters?
-With dark chocolate? -Okay. Sure.
And we're just gonna start running out of time
if we don't start covering this build with everything that we can.
-ADAM: What do you got? -I got desiccated coconut
for the texture for the crabs.
I got orange, red fondant.
-ADAM: Kate, you good? -KATE: Yeah.
-ADAM: Truckin'? -Yes, Chef.
-ADAM: That's your third one, right? -(LAUGHS)
I think it really is Disney-inspired.
Crabby crab.
I used different textures on their shells.
Sanding sugar and coconut and even dried chilies ground up.
-Ooh, it's so purty. -Thanks
AMANDA: All right. Here goes tempering on whatever this material is.
KATE: Ah, you got it.
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
KATE: Look at those mad chocolate skills.
AMANDA: I'm working on the chocolate work.
Primarily, it's focused on the front of ship.
And then we're gonna do some detail work within other areas.
So the wheel's getting some chocolate. The pirate hat and a few faces as well.
And then we're gonna embellish it and it'll give it a nice brighter top.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
MATTHEW: About to finally do my part of this job.
I'm so pumped.
I've been sculpting ice for 12 years now.
Typically, I will use a template for my designs,
so that I know all the lines exactly where I need to go.
With this being a little bit more an organic sculpture,
I'm just kinda going based off of some stuff I've done in the past.
Right now, I'm working on reverse carving this squid into the block.
So when you look down into the wave, you see this really cool squid
-swimming through it. -DEAN: Don't mess it up. (LAUGHING)
MATTHEW: I think they're really gonna like it. That's gonna add
a little bit more wow factor to our build.
VIVIAN: I'm tackling all three of the crewmen just
so that there's continuity between all of them.
I've done competitions, as long as I can remember.
Right after culinary school, I just wanted to go out at it.
Dean knows this. I have been waiting for this type of competition
for a really long time.
Everyone considers me as a cake artist, but I think I've been considering myself
as a food artist for far longer than that.
These vegetables, it's like the hair color that I want. (LAUGHS)
You could rock it.
-Yeah. -(CHUCKLES)
The plan for my characters are to mold the faces, the arms, and the legs,
out of modeling chocolate, and have a rice cereal treat base.
I'm adding all of these tentacle embellishments,
because when we were presented with our treasure chest,
we were presented with our squid ingredient.
And then afterwards, dress them up in a way that it reads like fabric
using different leafy greens, and bok choy, and all sorts of things
that you would see at an Asian grocery store.
Okay. Where's my thinner?
I'm already behind on schedule with these builds
just because these characters have so many details.
Think I'm really behind. Like really, really, really behind.
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
All right. For our food build,
we are planning to make an actual pirate ship.
And it's covered with all things edible.
There are rice cereal treats. There are baked goods.
We've chosen sugar cane for the bow.
It looks sort of like wood even. The texture will fit in really nicely.
-ADAM: It's like if it's dramatic. -AMANDA: Yeah.
ADAM: All right, let's get the focaccia up.
So we're sticking focaccia sheets
all the way up to kinda fill it in and make it look like panels of wood.
We're gonna weave some corn husks into the sail.
AMANDA: Yeah. I mean, we're getting there.
-ADAM: Looks like a boat. -(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
KEKE: I can't wait to hear you guys' thoughts.
BENNY: Yes.
They are the one who are giving us the whole ship scene.
-Yeah. -Which is what you asked for.
-Presentation to me is everything. -BENNY: Mm-hmm.
When I saw the chocolate earlier, I was concerned with the high gloss.
You have to think about the color pallet of the movie
and that would instantly inspire me to do things that are,
you know, little bit salty and edgy.
And for me, you know, with Pirates of the Caribbean,
it has so much realism.
So, when I'm looking at that ship, it's like, "Yeah, it's a ship.
I see it as a ship," but it does not give me that same realism.
-I'm hoping that ship comes around. -We'll see.
Now, let's move on to Monster Sculptors. I've gotta say,
-you guys, they have the best energy. -VIVIAN: We're working here,
-it's not a fun zone. -DEAN: Oh, yeah, it is.
(LAUGHS)
-Their technical skills are amazing. -Yeah. I'm worried for Vivian.
BENNY: She's feeling the pressure.
You know, they have such specific roles. If you take over all the characters...
-KEKE: That's gonna take a lot of time. -AMIRAH: There's just a lot left to do.
So I actually am concerned of how they're going to come together.
-KEKE: We'll see. -We'll see.
Okay. Food Fighters.
BENNY: They went through a lot.
But did you see that when I... we asked them about
white chocolate versus the dark chocolate,
they were a little stunned, so it seems like it's a little bit
of a trial and error.
BENNY: The chocolate is working really well.
It's actually looking good.
AMIRAH: Look, the rice cereal is actually holding up.
Well, I'm excited to see, you guys. I feel like we are in for a ride.
-A Pirates of the Caribbean ride. (LAUGHS) -Exactly. (LAUGHS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
NARRATOR: As the food artists set sail creating their ships
and cursed crewmates, our retired pirate awaits help back on the dock.
(KEKE GRUNTING)
NARRATOR: Your ship will be soon at your command, Captain.
Well done, me first mate. Aye, we make ready to set sail
the seven seas and free our dear Captain Barbossa.
Board the crew. There will be no quarter given to our enemies.
We make to sea. Batten down the cannons.
NARRATOR: Right. Well, about the cannons. There be no cannons to batten down.
What do you mean no cannons?
Make no mistake, we are setting sail into the very heart of the enemy,
and you think it wise to enter the fray, nary a cannon to be found?
NARRATOR: I mean, when you put it that way.
Please tell me you can plunder up some firepower to get this thing done.
NARRATOR: You're saying you want me ask if me mateys can get us cannons?
Cannons, matey. Cannons the likes
of which the pirate lords of old have never seen.
NARRATOR: Right. Yes, Captain. Straight away.
Run, you bilge-suckling scallywag, run!
-Oh, snap. Here's the judges. -All right, artists, listen up.
-(EXPLOSIONS) -KEKE: We're under attack.
This swashbuckling story just got crazier
because now the plot thickens.
Okay? In order to come out victorious in a battle with other pirates,
your ships and your crew need firepower to fight back.
Holy Toledo!
You need to add something explosive to your foodscapes.
A cannon blast to be specific, or else we're sunk.
Now, the sun is still high, but the sunset isn't too far away.
So get to the pantry and grab some firepower, so you can add that blast.
-Go! -(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
DEAN: There's big ones and little ones, Viv. You want a little one?
-MATTHEW: Yeah. Let's go with little. -VIVIAN: Yes, smart idea.
-DEAN: Let's go with little. -Big one? Little one?
-DEE: Oh, yes, big. -I guess, big. We're pretty big.
-ADAM: Let's get a big one. -AMANDA: We definitely need a big one.
It's gonna be more impactful.
-VIVIAN: Anything else? -Oh, some of that moss.
And some of these sea beans.
DEE: Oh, I'm gonna take a bunch of this.
-All right. -I'll take some of that.
-(DEE LAUGHING) -(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
We are placing the cannon between the fighting king crab
and the captain who's begging for his life.
So let's think about covering it in moss,
-candy and some ganache. -KATE: Yes.
ADAM: Giving them something pretty and impressive at the same time.
-KATE: Yes, Chef. -(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
I'm excited for the cannon. I think it's gonna add to the ship a lot.
Yeah.
DILL: I ain't worried about no cannon right now. (CHUCKLES)
We got people to make.
We're running out of time. Some of our stuff isn't finished yet.
We don't even have our characters done. Our floor isn't done.
And now we have to worry about a cannon.
We're gonna just keep building on everything that we have planned on
before and we're gonna do the cannon last.
So we're just gonna tack it on over here in the corner by this chair.
Hopefully, it all goes good.
DEAN: Sea beans, they're so salty.
-VIVIAN: You ate it? -DEAN: Yeah, delicious.
-VIVIAN: Try this one too. -DEAN: I ain't trying that. That's moss.
(ALL LAUGH)
MATTHEW: Okay, guys. If the treasure chest is on one side,
-what if we put that on the other side? -VIVIAN: Yeah.
MATTHEW: So that it still kind of correlates.
VIVIAN: I think we should put...
MATTHEW: Because we'll have the other two guys here.
We really didn't plan to have that tied into our storyline,
so it's gonna be interesting to see where this goes.
DEAN: I got a great idea to cover the cannon.
Nori seaweed and some gelatin. It looks like wrought iron.
-VIVIAN: Yes, yes. -DEAN: And then we'll taro root
on the base. It looks like wood.
-We'll just skin these off. -VIVIAN: Yes.
DEAN: Overlap them on that.
VIVIAN: Wow.
Right now, I'm just putting some bok choy on the mantis.
To separate what they're wearing and the differences in each one.
MAURICE: We'll be using leafy greens. It gives it more of a fresh look.
They got bok choy going on over there on the Food Fighters.
I like that combination together.
VIVIAN: Dude, you guys’ build looks so awesome.
DILL: Thanks. I love y'all's.
-You know, great mind thinks alike. -DILL: You got that veggie on deck.
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
Right now, I'm heating up isomalt so I can make
the panes of glass for the lantern. You have to get the isomalt
to a certain temperature. After that, you have to let it cool down
just a little bit just to where the bubbles dissipate.
-And then you can pour. -Don't burn me.
I'll try not to.
-That's good. -DILL: I'm gonna hold it.
-(CRACKS) -(GASPS) No!
-Did you just crack it? -Yes.
-DILL: Why? Which one? -DEE: I mean, it's a look.
DILL: Can I do something? Can I do anything? Okay. I'm gonna let you...
DEE: No, it's fine.
The lantern is part of the story...
so I feel like if I don't finish and make it look good,
then it'll affect our story.
There she goes. I see a lot of imperfections.
If you're an artist, you're gonna be hard on yourself. You're gonna critique,
you know, all your stuff. You know where your flaws are at.
Even if some people don't see that, you know they're there.
I feel like my art makes me who I am. I really don't know who I am... (LAUGHS)
...without, like, making cool things. Like, I really don't.
-DILL: For sure. -DEE: Like, I wanna make something
I'm proud of. I don't know how to explain it.
Make something with my hands, like I'm proud of... (LAUGHS)
...I'm proud of... I'm working on these things.
(ALL LAUGH)
Once I finish airbrushing it and I'm gonna age it a little bit more.
It's coming together.
-Perfect. -(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
ADAM: Is that too dramatic?
-I think these should come in down here. -Down.
ADAM: Even the skull itself is cursed by the crab invasion.
This is a gelatin spray. It's got sugar, pectin, gelatin, alcohol.
Am I spraying you?
So it's just kind of like a nice sheen. It's very cartoony. I like it.
-It looks like a Disney thing to me. -KATE: Yes.
ADAM: What do you think? Is it too much? I really like the skull.
So the sun's starting to set and we're finishing up our ship.
-Don't fall. -(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
MAURICE: Pour the isomalt out.
DEE: Yeah, coral.
AMANDA: And we need to finish our cannon.
We are using the seaweed, but we also need to cover the rest of it.
-So we'll see what time permits. -ADAM: Just keep moving. Just keep moving.
MAURICE: What is that? Is that cinnamon sticks?
-Looks pretty neat. -MATTHEW: This is burdock root.
-DILL: What? -DEE: What are those?
-MAURICE: Something really fancy. -(ALL LAUGHING)
-DEE: Some chef things. -DILL: Stuff that's definitely
not from our town.
DEE: Me growing up Asian, we just wanted to use all sorts of Asian ingredients
that's never been seen before. Right, Dean?
Yup. Vivian, do you know what this is?
-VIVIAN: A taro. -It's a vulture. (LAUGHS)
See, that's why I haven't finished these 'cause you keep on making me stop doing
what I'm doing and listen to you, and it's nonsense.
-KEKE: What's happening, Dean? -DEAN: Hey. How's it going, guys?
KEKE: It's going good. We coming and checking in on you, guys.
-What are you doing here? -BENNY: Oh, wow.
DEAN: I am working... it's kind of in progress
but this is the vulture that'll be on the back.
-Wow. -Really cool.
-Wow. -DEAN: So it's a giant.
taro root or some people call it malanga root.
You are showing us your amazing skill sculpting...
-I mean, it's fabulous. -AMIRAH: Yeah. Yeah.
...vegetable, which I'm loving it. That's a unique and beautiful technique,
if it's done properly. It looks impressive.
All righty. Let's go check on Vivian. Now, we see you steady at work, Viv.
We're not trying to get in your way, but, I mean, this is incredible.
-We're stepping into a fashion show. -And... We are.
Yeah. If I wasn't in cakes, I'll be a fashionista. (CHUCKLES)
I am very impressed with how pirate-like they are with the belts and...
-KEKE: Really cool. -...the fitting of it,
-the billowy sleeves. -KEKE: Oh, my gosh.
-AMIRAH: You have it all going on here. -Thank you.
I'm a little worried about the time.
So do you think you will be able to kind of like finish
-all the details that you're looking for? -There's a lot of pressure just
because in what we don't make up in size,
-we need to make up in details and... -AMIRAH: Yes.
-VIVIAN: You know? -Correct. Can you handle
-the pressure? -VIVIAN: The pressure is on.
-KEKE: Well, go ahead. Get back to work. -Okay.
-We don't wanna mess you up. -Thank you. Thank you so much.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
VIVIAN: I'm gonna dress him up a little bit,
and then I'll work on the chimp.
The characters are turning out the way that I think they're supposed to look,
but I think I'm really behind.
My bad.
DILL: That sun is about to hit that water, guys. We need to keep moving.
Right now, I'm working on the map, rolling out the gum paste to fit to scale
for these big shrimp humans.
We're gonna do it. Two feet by three feet.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
Right now, I'm just putting
fondant on the head and making a really gruesome-looking face.
They're a combination of human and shrimp. I'm an artist. I do a lot of portraits.
I'm constantly making sculptures at home that deal with faces and caricatures.
But there's a lot more work to do
to make it look like it's a whole different species.
And all that good Pirates of the Caribbean look.
We're gonna get there. We will put in the work and we'll get it done.
DEAN: All right, Vivian, I'll pour last two windowpanes here
for the Captain's quarter door. I heated up the isomalt.
Makes it look like old stained glass.
VIVIAN: So I'm working on the chimp.
I'm sculpting him out of modeling chocolate.
So once I'm finished with the chimp's head,
I will finish the crewmen.
And, of course, the squid. We haven't even...
Oh, my gosh. We haven't even done anything with the squid yet.
DEAN: Vivian, do you see the sun over there?
-VIVIAN: I do see the sun. -It's touching the tip of the mast.
These characters have so many details and Dean is already, you know, rushing me.
What do you think, Dean?
-DEAN: I just want them done. -VIVIAN: I know. Sorry.
(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)
Oh. The sound of seagulls circling overhead can only mean one thing.
They're about to swoop down and steal something from your builds.
-(LAUGHS) -(CHUCKLING) Wait, no.
It means that two teams are about to walk the plank.
You're almost out of time, guys. It's just one more hour left
before sunset. It's time to start thinking about your finishing touches.
-Get to it. -Get to work. (IMITATES WHIP CRACK)
(LAUGHS)
-(GRUNTS) -The sun's almost down.
I really gotta add the shrimp and get that cannon covered.
We just had to use the buttercream to make some kind of cool texture.
I'm gonna just toss some gold on it.
This is the most expensive cannon in the world.
I'm kind of happy with it actually. I'm proud.
-DEE: You're gonna add the shrimp? -DILL: Yeah.
DEE: I wish we could have thought of a more creative way to use it.
DILL: We just didn't have time.
What would be a creative way to use these guys? Shoulder pads?
Let's make some shoulder pads.
DEE: I'm gonna put one in the hat 'cause I can.
DILL: Man, never gonna take shrimp for granted again.
-KATE: Call me the Crustacean Queen. -ADAM: Are you cracking jokes over there?
MATTHEW: I'm gonna pull the ice out and get it set.
-DEAN: Yeah. -VIVIAN: Okay. I'm done.
All right, guys. Take a step back and just take a last second look.
DEAN: She doesn't have hair, so she's all right.
-She's okay. -He's got the sword.
-She's got the banana. He got the bird. -VIVIAN: Monkey's up there.
-Rolling with the punches. -KEKE: All right, you guys.
One minute till sunset.
-ADAM: One minute. -AMANDA: Yes, Chef.
-(GRUNTS) -(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
ADAM: Mercy, mercy.
-MATTHEW: Is that where you want it? -DEAN: Yeah.
-DEAN: What else, guys? -VIVIAN: Just put it. Yeah.
KATE: Last character. Of course, it's the tallest.
Time's almost up! Five seconds until sundown.
Three, two... one!
Food artists, the sun is down and time is up.
-MALE VOICE: Yeah! -(ALL CHEERING)
Good job. Yeah!
-Monster Sculptors. -Roar.
-DILL: Good job, Food Fighters. -Dee.
(LAUGHS) She don't wanna touch me. I got fish hands.
-(CHEERS) -(LAUGHS)
-Yes, we got it done. -(EXCLAIMS) Wow.
-KATE: There we go. -Good job.
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER) -KEKE: Ahoy there, Amanda, Kate, and Adam.
-Welcome. -BENNY: Hello.
How do you guys feel about everything?
-Oh, my gosh. We feel relieved. -AMANDA: Yeah.
I can't believe we actually pulled it off in the time we had. (CHUCKLES)
-Let's talk about the story. -(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
-(WOMAN GASPING) -(ALL LAUGH)
KATE: So we have crabs that have boarded the pirate ship,
-The Grinning Skull. -KEKE: Ooh!
KATE: And they are cursing these pirates because they're wanting to find out
Hector Barbossa's whereabouts.
The captain is starting to transform and his body's like halfway there.
This pirate over here is terrified because he's starting to turn into a crab.
And then we have one that's trying to abandon ship.
The crabs and three pirates
are made out of fondant and modeling chocolate.
ADAM: Coming down the side of the ship, we got many different textures
of food and baked items. We even use tortillas.
We poured some isomalt for the windows.
And we've got this really dramatic textured sail that's made
out of some corn husks and gold leaf.
AMANDA: For the bowsprit, we used
chocolate fèves and bars that we scratched for texture
and added gold luster dust too.
And we do have the white chocolate coral as well.
ADAM: We were very surprised to get real seafood.
We have a few claws here, and we were really satisfied with that
'cause it adds to that dramatic head of the ship.
KATE: A cannon is hiding a little bit behind the mast.
The pirates are going to set off
the cannon as a cry for help to the surrounding ships.
First of all, I absolutely love the storytelling.
And it really looks like the ship is under attack in live action.
You have so many different crabs. I mean, that one's really angry.
-This one's ready to get the captain. -(CONTESTANTS LAUGHING)
AMIRAH: Someone's even conquering, you know, the top of the mast.
And the captain really is freaking out. I mean, "Help me!"
-(LAUGHING) Yeah. -BENNY: As an overall look,
the scale is just impressive.
I see some piping work. I see some chocolate work.
I love the textures and the chocolate panels.
But I will probably
have done some of the details in a different way.
For example, this skull is too shiny. I love the top front piece
because of the texture that you add into the side,
it looks more natural. Do you see the difference?
-AMANDA: Yes. -Let's talk about color.
I would have probably gone with a more realistic pirates,
dark and dirty.
BENNY: It's important, that look that the bone normally have
-because of its natural colors. -Mm-hmm.
I love that you chose the corn husk because it does have the natural color
-of a sail. -BOTH: Thank you.
-KEKE: Really great job, you guys. -KATE: Thank you.
Wishing you the best of luck. Thank you so much.
BOTH: Thank you.
This is incredible. Y'all scaled it all the way up with the shrimp.
I mean, I ain't never seen a shrimp this large.
-(ALL LAUGH) -It's definitely a shrimp dream.
-So relieved. -We are very relieved that it came out
looking like what we wanted it to look like.
-Dill, tell us what the story is here. -(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
FEMALE VOICE: Oh, here it comes.
-(ALL GASPING) -(ALL LAUGH)
DILL: We have a shrimp captain,
who's called a meeting with their shrimp mates.
Made from produce and fondant. We have a tortilla hat.
And then the top is just a cantaloupe
-smashed on top to hold it. -BENNY: That's awesome.
DILL: They're looking at the map to try to figure out a good route
to save Captain Barbossa.
DEE: The lamp is gum paste and isomalt.
DILL: Not everybody has the same feeling, so one guy's a little more chilled out,
one guy's a little angrier. He's also a little trigger-happy.
-(GASPS) -DILL: (LAUGHING) He's gonna light
that cannon and it's gonna go off 'cause that's just the kind of guy he is.
DEE: The shrimp character's eyes are made out of isomalt.
DILL: So we put the shrimp, kind of all over the place.
Kind of like they're living there. Like a friendly little creature.
The great thing about this story is that they are very scary.
-(CHUCKLES) -Thank you.
The faces on the creatures are just really in that pirate's world.
I love the use of carrots because they are looking like tentacles.
And I just really enjoy that, right.
The whimsicalness of matching two things together.
And I think story-wise, I would have loved to see shrimp either being part
of the story or being part of the materials
that we're actually using on them.
I do love the ones on the hat. I feel like...
-DILL: Yeah. -...it's like a feather in the hat.
-DILL: Right. -Lettuce is a good choice for the outfits.
However, what I had probably done different is just like the way
that you place them. Right now, he just looks like a sea of lettuce.
-Right. -DEE: Mm-hmm.
Now, the lantern. Let's talk about that beautiful piece.
DEE: Around it, it's gum paste. There's isomalt panes
and there's just gum paste sightings.
BENNY: I can see some cracks on the isomalt.
-Yeah. That's a look. -BENNY: But, hey.
It works perfectly, because it's an old ship.
It's just like the Pirates of the Caribbean, dark colors.
-DEE: Hmm. -BENNY: In general, it looks stunning.
-KEKE: Yes! I love that. -Thank you. (CHUCKLES)
All right. Thank you so much, Food Fighters.
-Thank you, judges. -Thank you.
-Hello, Monster Sculptors. -Monster Sculptors.
-Hello. -KEKE: How are you feeling?
-Tired. -(ALL LAUGH)
Well, I'm very excited for you guys to walk us
-through the story of this piece. -(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
-KEKE: All right! -(LAUGHS)
In order to rescue Captain Barbossa, they need the compass.
MATTHEW: And our ship's in the middle of a storm, this raging sea.
Then it's causing crazy waves. Like, our boat is in water.
DEAN: This is our captain. We call him Captain Stabby.
He's gonna... (LAUGHING) ...stab the monkey out of the crow's nest.
She's got a banana to try to coax him down.
-Our crew member over there has a blowgun. -(WOMAN LAUGHING)
The cannon ties in because when the... (IMITATES EXPLOSION)
...goes off there, that's their last-ditch effort
to scare him out of the crow's nest.
MATTHEW: There's a treasure map out of tortillas.
VIVIAN: All the faces, the arms and legs are modeling chocolate.
And then I dressed them up using cabbages, and kale, and bok choy.
MATTHEW: Our ship is carbalicious.
It's baguettes, French bread, flatbread, tortillas.
DEAN: So the body of the vulture is a giant taro root,
also known as malanga root.
The white part in between is from a Korean radish.
And the neck is a butternut squash.
One of the most memorable antics from this movie is the scene
when the chimp is up there and the pirates are trying to lure him in.
You've actually pulled from the storyline of Pirates of the Caribbean.
I just love that you incorporated a little bit of humor.
This one over here is ready to poke him with his glitter sword.
-I mean, a glitter sword. -(ALL LAUGH)
There's a ton of techniques in this piece.
The characters, the sculpting details on the face,
their expression, the coloring. The way that you placed
the lettuce on each one of them.
You took your time to place them correctly,
so the ruffles are facing the direction that you want it to go.
Vivian, in the beginning, I was really worried.
It took you a long time to create the actual characters.
But the final look, it's just stunning.
One thing that I wasn't expecting to see as part of the challenge is the ice.
I immediately see like the ship
is just going through the ocean and the waves are just popping out.
It's a great effect. I would probably have tried to do it a little bit higher...
-I agree. -...so the waves would look
a little bit more impressive.
I did a little surprised over on the other wave.
-KEKE: Oh, my gosh. A squid up in there. -So I took our challenge
and incorporated it into our ice.
AMIRAH: When I get closer here, I find so many hidden gems
throughout this boat. I'm seeing star anise.
This looks like a pork rind
with some sort... what is this one, please?
VIVIAN: Oh.
I grew up with it, so I've got all these ideas for this
-from just all my childhood. Growing up... -You brought your culture into it.
-VIVIAN: Yeah. -I love that.
I love that you pulled from what you know, from what... who you are
and your heritage and incorporate it into this.
-Thank you. -Thank you so much, Monster Sculptors.
Wishing you the best of luck. And we'll see you soon.
-Thank you. -BOTH: Thank you.
Obviously, everybody did such a fantastic job.
The storytelling, and the characters, and the curses,
they were just so many different things,
the cannon, all the challenges, incorporating it, all of it, and just...
-And each team took a different approach. -(DEAN GRUNTS)
-I'm nervous. -Oh, man.
I mean, they had to really change the texture. You guys were...
-BENNY: Yes. -You know, you guys weren't holding back.
You wanted to see color. You wanted this transformation.
(INHALES SHARPLY)
-I think we know who it is. -BENNY: Yes.
Let's go.
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
-That's beautiful. -DILL: Cool.
Oh!
-The classic Disney Castle. -Awesome.
We absolutely love your creations, and we think Hector Barbossa
would be honored to be rescued by any of them. But only one can win.
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(ALL LAUGHING)
MALE VOICE: Hey.
(CHUCKLES)
The team that created the most foodtastic ship is...
Monster Sculptors.
(ALL CHEER)
Please come and receive your Foodtastic pin.
KEKE: Yay!
-(SOBS) Thank you. -BENNY: Congratulations, guys.
MATTHEW: Thank you so much.
Winning this competition means everything because we've been calling ourselves
food artists for years.
DEAN: We wanted to showcase what we did, and I think that we came and we did it.
MATTHEW: With everything that we've incorporated into our display,
hopefully it reaches someone out there and inspires others.
-ADAM: You guys’ piece is amazing. -AMANDA: Congratulations.
-KATE: Good job! -DEE: Good job!
-DILL: You're so good. -(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
NARRATOR: As Monster Sculptors continue to celebrate,
our retired pirate looks forward to her next conquest.
Aye, there she be.
And what a beaut she is. (SIGHS)
I've missed this. Thanks ye, me hardy.
You're reminding an old, retired pirate like me self that me place be on the sea.
NARRATOR: The ship is yours, Captain. What is our heading?
To adventure, matey, to our dear Captain's aid.
And, if there be time, perhaps the Port Royal
to procure some fresh ginger root, and tomatoes, and garlic.
Ooh, you can never have too much garlic. I might as well make a list.
Okay.
Tomatoes, ginger root, garlic...
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYING)