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READ ENTIRE ARTICLEHere we are again, although whether there's anyone here but me and a few members of my family I have no idea.
Last week Orlando – the St. Croix native, now a chef in Pittsburgh – ended the episode with the somber but true observation that every competitor is there for one reasn – to win – and they'll do what it takes to achieve that. "So save your sad stories," he said.
That's been hanging there ever since. Now it's time to see where they go.
10 p.m.
So the chefs are told they're "going to the movies" and think it's a big vacation. Guess what. It's a set up for their next challenge.
Willie Wonka comes on the screen and they're all laughing and smiling – even Orlando claps and whoops. Orlando is sitting next to a woman who isn't one of the chefs. He hasn't figured out she's the actor who played Veruca Salt in the movie. Practically the whole cast is there in the audience with them. The penny drops and they suddenly realize who these adults are – the kids from the move, all grown up.
OK, this is very cool. And here's the challenge – They've got to recreate Wonka's candy land. Everything edible.
This might be good for Orlando – as my daughter points out, he's good at big show pieces, thinking big. "If he doesn't do well I'll be very surprised."
The catch – they're all working as one team. Once again Chris is taking charge. They are all organized, gung ho, let's do this together!
How long can it last before they're at each other's throats.
10:12
That didn't take long. Some of the chefs are already standing up to Chris's control.
"Good for her," my wife said.
Orlando just used the phrase "We've been given an unlimited amount of chocolate." How come these people aren't fat?
"How come they're not all diabetic," my wife adds.
Meanwhile, Craig is meeting his Waterloo. He's trying to make the giant gummy bear, and it's just not happening. At all. There's a bakery tray full of what looks like five pounds of snot.
Orlando is in charge of the chocolate and so far he's mixed 120 kilos of chocolate, he tells the judge. "A whole lot of chocolate."
Just before Judge Johnny leaves the room, he passes on the word that this week two contestants are going home. "It's every man for himself," as one of them said.
10:26
Why did they fill the garden with what looks like poop? I'm sure it's very delicious chocolate, but it still looks like poop.
This is the part of the show where the music kicks up and the tempo starts pushing. The tension rises, the tempers flare. But for the love of all things sweet, it's chocolate, not brain surgery.
One of the chefs is complaining about the time spent on the chocolate waterfall was wasted, but we're all agreed you can not spend too much time on a chocolate waterfall.
Judge Gail "squeed" and all of them are oohing and aahing. But now the serious part comes - judging. As Gail says, it looks great, but how does it taste.
And to test it, they brought in a small army of kids. Too cute. And the woman who used booze in her desserts is worried. Craig finally got a gummy bear to set, but it apparently lacks taste. Poor, poor Craig! Dead chef walking...
I have no idea what profiteroles are, but they apparently taste great. And they all LOVE Orlando's Chocolate Raspberry Crunch. But an awful lot of what they've prepared is apparently just awful. It is amusing to see the children's faces scrunch up with distaste. "This doesn't taste good," and throws it away. On the other hand, the chocolate carrot patch where you pull chocolate carrot out of the ground is a big hit.
And cheers all around when they licked the wallpaper. They even had schnozzberries.
Two chefs leaving. Come on Craig! We're sick of you and your whine. Orlando is right. Time to clean house.
10:45
Once again, the moment of truth.
Gail just called in half the chefs – the three highest scoring and the three lowest. Orlando is not among them, so he's safe for the week, but he won't win, either.
The three lowest scored – including Craig – are faces you begin to recognize from week to week as dead weight. Whichever goes, the other one won't be far behind in the next week or two. One of them, Sally, is the one who produced the poop. What in the world was she thinking? And the judges are offended that Craig is laughing at how badly his gummy bear failed. That gummy bear was just sad.
But it's interesting that neither Chris nor Orlando was in the top. They're both safely in the middle. Craig is not even amusing anymore. Please make him go! And Sally was his teacher, so she shares the blame for him by association. Let's see if the judges agree.
In a side note, we're getting really tired of all these team challenges. I know it's helpful for weeding out the lightweights, but it's time! Inidividual challenges please.
10:54
Katzie is the winner! She's the one who bucked Chris's authority, and it paid off for her. She didn't listen to control freak Chris.
Craig is gone! About time! And ...
Melissa, who if memory serves is a Haitian native now living in New York, is the other loser. Her green doughnuts were apparently inedible. But she took it with good grace, I'll give her that.
So that's another week down. In terms of the show, this wasn't as great if you're watching the show specifically for the Crucian entry, Orlando. But the Willy Wonka challenge was fun and the kids were cute. But like I said, it's time for individual challenges. This team stuff is getting boring.