Danny Claus has brought out some presents, each w/ a numbered card inside. These will determine the teams for the week.
#1: Chris, Jessica & Gretel-Ann
#2: Letty, Jen & Peter
#3: Chad, Paul & Melissa
#4: Ashley & Garrett
BC #3: Maurizio (cake mechanic) & Anthony (baker), both dressed as elves, have brought out four covered plates w/ three ingredients in each. The idea's to make a holiday dessert using those three ingredients in two hours. The winners each receive a Hershey's Chocolate World gift card.
#1 (Hershey's pieces w/ almonds, dried figs & cayenne pepper): Chocolate almond tort w/ chocolate bark
#2 (Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, bacon & fennel): Fudge w/ tort & chocolate bark
#3 (Reese's pieces, condensed tomato soup & pink peppercorns): Mini Yule Log
#4 (Hershey's Kisses, cardamom & butternut squash): Chocolate cardamom cake- WIN
EC #3: To honor the 30th Anniversary of "A Christmas Story" next yr., four-ft.-tall cakes have to be made in eight hrs.
GJ: Peter Billingsley
As an extra bonus for winning this week's BC, Team #4 got to put something special on someone else for the rest of the challenge, in this case Chad...& it's a pink bunny suit.
WINNERS- TEAM #2
ELIMINATED- Melissa