Mere made hamantaschen and said her triangles were wonky… but it had three sides so by definition - perfect! Alison talks about her “pantry leftovers brownies that looked like they were straight out of a Williams Sonoma cookbook. Sheldon hurt himself, but it wasn’t baking so, who cares? Spoilers for E6 below. Chocolate week! To kick it off the teams were asked to create a sharing dessert that highlighted chocolate, but also black and white sesame. Ok - a little weird - but we rolled with it. There seemed to be a trick though - the black sesame had already been toasted and if you toasted it again it would be bitter… Well, one team toasted them again and then added a whole boatload of sesame oil to their dish. It had to have been overloaded. A few teams had issues with their desserts setting and tried to cover it up with deco. George and Geanina carefully tasted their flavors, pulled together what looked like an exceptional looking dessert, and had about 15 minutes to spare. The judges seemed harsh on them. We all felt this was ridiculous as we thought theirs looked far and above more attractive than the other three. Also we kind of feel there is some favoritism being laid out… Both Keiran and Rebecca as well as Stefano and Sara put themselves in trouble with the former group reallllly having issues. Into the showpiece, the teams were asked to make a chocolate house of horrors with a moving part and 24 chocolates (2 kinds). G&G are Romanian and chose Dracula’s castle. George even dressed up for the part. We love them. Keiron and Rebecca went with “Pastry shop built on a toxic waste site and the pastries decide to eat the baker”. Oddly specific. Stefano and Sara take on chocolate skull scarecrow (don’t worry, we didn’t get it either), and Lerrick and Lennicker build “lonely house”. Some curious and some downright odd flavors. A chocolate with bell pepper… hard pass. Then the other chocolate from the same team had basically “powder” inside of it… also… hard pass. Schezwan pepper made one chocolate too spicy, but then salted caramel crickets were surprisingly ok in another. In terms of structure, Keiron and Rebecca had issues with some pieces, but another team had a total collapse… combined this with many other issues and we end up with Stefano and Sara going home. Keiron and Rebecca were VERY lucky but will join George and Geanina and the first place Derrick and Lennicker team as we rejoin the two heats next week. Truth be told… we did feel George and Geanina deserved the win, but it’s a moot point. Our assessment of the episode. We all rated this episode 3-3.5. Not the best we’ve seen.