It's chaos Tom!  We discuss the A and B format a bit and the struggle of having to relearn all the teams.  Overall we all agree that this group just seems more put together than Group B. We discuss each team a bit and what we liked about them. We talk about Meredith's amazing lemon meringue pie, Alison's amazing quest to take on macarons... and how she is just rewriting the rules to making them.  Sheldon has a journey of his own of redemption in the form of Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes - ganache flashbacks are real folks.  Episode spoilers below:  The teams were asked to make lemon meringue pie and tiramisu (but reimagined). There were some struggles - one involved a freezer not being set right so it was too warm.  This kicked off a discussion on who's responsibility it is to make sure it's set right... we just aren't sure if there is a standard or if the chef needs to set it. This same team also didn't use real coffee for the tiramisu... soooo. domino and Nessie shined in this event with a beautiful spread and great flavors. A few combos we thought would be interesting fell flat though. What surprised us the most was how so many just could NOT get meringue right! In the show piece, the theme was fruit crumble on an edible stand 70 cm+ in height. A lot of interesting takes on this. It could have been very boring entremets again, but the bakers delivered some very unique designs, many in the shapes of fruits. One team used sugar work and it really paid off for them, their design stood out and it pulled them out of the danger zone.  Some controversy - one team built something really great.... but it collapsed before judging. It seems thought that they got what was tantamount to full credit for it. we all felt that this was unfair. Not that they necessarily should have went home, but technically they did't deliver.  It really didn't matter too much though because Sarah and Cristina had a terrible go of it... their custard oozed out and was a mess.  Sarah was kind of mean when it happened basically chastising Cristina for not using enough gelatine.  Not cool.  As a first that we've seen there was a tie for 1st.   Next week - Heat B takes on Illusions!