School of Chocolate (2021) s01e08 Episode Script

[upbeat pop music playing]
Oh my God.
I can't believe I'm, like, the top two.
Top two.
-You're in the top two! [squeals]
-Oh my God!
[both laughing]
-Congratulations. I told you.
-Thank you.
I told you. You deserve it.
I do want it pretty bad.
-Yeah. As you should.
-Obviously, I wanna win really bad.
[Juan] And of course
it's gonna be me against her.
Yeah. That… that's…
-That'sspan style="style1" the funny part.
span style="style1"-That's really funny.
I mean, she did really good.
I'm not saying that she's not doing good.
-She's done really good.
-That made…
That after "the firing,"
and you were the one she fired…
I'm not gonna let her win.
After everything
she's been putting me through, hell no.
[Mellisa] I hope
you're on my team. [laughs]
-[Thiago] We'll see.
-[Mellisa] I know. It's gonna be crazy.
[Thiago] We'll see.
No idea how they'll divide it up,
no idea what the challenge is,
but I know that,
with four people on the team,
Chef's gonna expect something amazing.
I really hope
I get to have you on my team,
Daniel, and Thiago.
[Tyricia] Oh,
she ain't gonna let that happen.
[both crackling]
The only thing that will be worrisome
is if Daniel and Juan
are on the same team,
because they both
are really strong in, um, carving,
and I would like to break that dynamic up,
from a strategic point of view.
If it's not a human,
I'm pretty good at sculpting.
-And I'm not putting a human on anything.
-[chuckles]
If I can help it.
Unless the challenge is a human.
-You're gonna get it. You gotta claim it.
-Exactly.
And speak it into the…
into the world, the universe.
-Thank you for everything.
-No, I'm so happy.
-We're gonna win this.
-Yes.
[dramatic music playing]
-[Juan yells ] Ah! [grunting]
-[Cedrick] What is it?
-What is it?!
-Oh my God!
[Amanda, in singsong]
span style="style2"Dun-dun-dun ♪
-It's a pterodactyl! Oh my God!
-[Tyricia laughing]
[Stephanie] It's got
so much movement to it.
-[Tyricia] And he's got a fish.
-[Amanda] That is amazing. Look at that.
He just brought him to life.
Like, you felt like he was looking at you.
It was amazing,
the work that he put into that sculpture.
[Daniel] Look at that rock.
-[Thiago] Wow.
-All right, chefs, what am I sculpting?
-[Amaury] Hey, guys.
-[students] Hello, Chef.
-[Amaury] Do you like him?
-[students] Yeah.
So, today's theme is Prehistoric.
This is all about sculpting.
Oui.
Hundred percent chocolate,
hundred percent sculpted.
-Yikes.
-All right, you two.
[Amaury] I know it's a very difficult type
of exercise.
What's difficult
to capture sometimes in sculpting,
it's the… the reaction,
the face, the emotion it's conveying.
You can tell this is snack time.
The fish doesn't like it too much.
You know, it's trying to scream
and run for his life.
Uh, pieces you add,
not only texture-wise, color-wise,
bring some life to your piece.
-[Daniel] Is the body hollow?
-[Amaury] Hollow.
[Cedrick] There's a skeleton in there?
[chuckles] Arms and legs
has a dark chocolate skeleton.
All the rest is just Robot Coupe chocolate
on the bones.
You polish the whole thing,
and you have this beautiful baby.
Wow.
I'm very good at linear lines,
but I don't have a lot of experience
sculpting, so, yeah, I thought,
"Oh, that's… This is gonna be a challenge.
I'm gonna have to think through this."
[Amaury] Let me conduct a quick demo
on what I call "the bath."
It is a secret I've never shown
in any of my videos or in any class.
-It will change your sculpting way.
-We're all ready. [chuckles]
I'm going to use hot water,
very hot water,
a brand-new sponge,
and apply a lot of pressure.
You know, you are being told
chocolate and water doesn't go together,
and it's true, for the most part.
But then, when used wisely,
you can get incredible results.
This type of result is impossible to get
by scraping and scraping and scraping.
-That's a secret, okay? Don't tell anyone.
-[students laughing]
-Whoopsie.
-We're gonna keep it between us.
-[students chuckling]
-I mean, look at this.
-You see the difference of texture?
-[Cedrick] Oh yes.
In ten seconds,
we can get something very smooth.
Also, with the water applied
to the milk chocolate,
the milk powder
that milk chocolate contains will dry,
creating a very thin membrane
onto the chocolate,
and will be a… a very nicer shine overall.
I bet it's been hard watching us do it
the wrong way all this time. [laughs]
I have to say,…
I have to say, I wanted to tell you.
But no, like, the chameleon,
now if you knew about the hot water,
can you imagine
how it would've turned out? Yeah.
He suggested doing a different technique
that I haven't done before.
Such a simple thing,
but it's like, wow. I was blown away.
So, just to do a little recap,
there have been two students
with overall top scores,
that are now eligible to compete
for best student overall in class.
Juan and Mellisa.
Knowing that this is all-or-nothing,
that definitely puts a big pressure.
Fifty-thousand dollars,
I can start following my dreams,
open my own business.
I wanna win.
So for the next chocolate showpiece,
we're gonna build two teams of four.
Juan, knowing
that you are the overall top score,
you're gonna be the first one to pick.
Who would you like to team up with you?
-Daniel.
-[Amaury] You'd like Daniel.
-That was a fast…
-Thank you.
[Amaury] Why Daniel? Because of his hair?
[all laughing]
I really like, uh,
the dynamic that Daniel and I have,
and Daniel is a really good sculptor.
-Mellisa, who would you like to pick?
-Thiago.
[Amaury] Thiago. Okay.
[Mellisa] I chose him,
um, because I really felt like,
from a sculpture, uh, perspective,
in the remaining people,
he was gonna be the strongest person,
and I really knew
that he couldn't end up on Juan's team.
Okay. Mellisa, round two. You pick first.
[suspenseful music playing]
I did think about, "Oh, I should take
Tyricia just to sabotage Juan,"
because I knew
he really wanted her. [chuckles]
Just to mess with his head.
[suspenseful music playing]
Amanda.
[Amaury] Amanda.
And then I thought, "No, that's just…"
I mean, she would just be so miserable
not to be on his team,
so I wasn't gonna do that to her.
Juan, who would you like to pick?
I wanna have my girl Tyricia with me.
[both chuckling]
Something I told her right away was,
"If I'm gonna win, I want you by my side."
Round three. Juan, you pick first.
Uh, and it's Cedrick and Stephanie.
-Oh God. It's so difficult.
-You cannot pick both.
-[all laughing]
-That would be cheating.
-I'm gonna go with Cedrick.
-[Amaury] Okay.
Mellisa,
Stephanie will be joining your team.
-We didn't work yet together.
-Oh yeah, we didn't work together.
-[students chuckling]
-[Amaury] Love that spirit.
So just to remind you the rules,
the theme is Prehistoric,
you're gonna have 16 hours
to make a four-feet-tall showpiece.
I want the dominance
of this piece to be sculpting.
I want to see leadership from you.
You can go crazy.
This is the last exercise.
I want to be wowed.
It's gonna be Juan versus Mellisa.
May the best chocolatier win.
And you may begin.
[dramatic music playing]
[commotion]
-[Thiago] How are we setting this up?
-Yeah. Let's do it.
[Mellisa] I do believe
that in order to win,
you have to 100% believe in yourself,
and I believe in myself.
I really do think that I…
I have what it takes to win this.
I really do.
[Mellisa] We're gonna have a cave dwelling
up into a nest of little dinosaur eggs.
The little dinosaur guy
will be coming up out of egg shells.
[Thiago] I like a T. rex.
And you want three of them?
One with a little butt out, one kinda up,
and one with a mouth open would be cool.
-You need these sculpted guys to pop.
-Yep.
-We are part of this team.
-[Juan] Yeah.
-We are going to give it 1001%.
-[Juan] And that's what I want. Exactly.
I don't want this piece to be me,
I want this piece to be us.
I'm gonna work hard to come in first,
and I'm gonna get this.
[Juan] We have the rock here.
That is gonna be kinda, like, balance.
Put the bird in the middle,
and then we hide the whole bird
with the flowers and the leaves.
[Tyricia] Quit calling it a bird.
-[Juan] The dinosaur bird. The…
-The Tydacedjuan.
[Juan] The Tydacedjuan.
[Thiago] It would be cool
if they were on both sides.
-[Mellisa] The dinosaur head?
-[Thiago] Yeah.
Remember, you shaved a certain amount
when you're digging fossils.
You don't have to shave all of it.
As long as you see
it's kind of starting to be chiseled away.
Yeah. That's a good idea.
Good ideas. Okay.
[Juan] We got this, guys.
-We got this.
-Yeah!
[dramatic music playing]
-Oh, is that for me? Oh, well, thank you!
-Yeah.
-Once we pour it in, just tap it.
-Okay.
-[Thiago] Then put it right in the fridge.
-[Amanda] Got you.
-Mellisa. Team leader.
-Yes, Chef. Yes.
How did you separate the workload
between all your team?
[Mellisa] What I wanted to do
was organize it in a way
that everybody has an opportunity
to shine and to 100% contribute.
I think my strength lies
in being a pastry chef
who understands the wisdom
in being a great leader.
I really try to think about how long
it will take each thing to make,
and I write every 15-minute timeline.
So, everybody's got their tasks,
they knew what they were gonna be doing,
and I think it's a huge difference.
[pop music playing]
span style="style2"Let, let, let 'em do what they do ♪
Just worry about you
Gotta keep your cool ♪
They may just try to take it from ya ♪
Go ahead, let 'em run now ♪
-Juan.
-[Juan] Hi, Chef.
-How did you split all the workload?
-[Juan] Yes.
I wanna make sure they're doing stuff
they actually have never done.
And the reason why is because
I want all of us to push ourselves.
[Tyricia] Juan is so humble,
and he's so… He has such a big heart.
Instead of him wanting
to just win it for himself,
he wanted to win it
for everybody on his team,
and I'm like,
"Forget about everybody else!"
"It's you and Mellisa,
and you need to win this."
[whimsical music playing]
[Cedrick chuckles]
[Tyricia sighs]
Got the leaves.
[Juan giggling]
We wanted some leaves, and the best way
is to use an actual real plant.
[Amaury] Have you ever
done that before, Tyricia?
I've seen it done. I just never did it.
How's it going, Tyricia?
-[Tyricia] Doing a second coat on all ten.
-[Juan] Perfect.
[Tyricia] Am I taking too long?
-[Juan] Um, just a little bit. [chuckles]
-[chuckles] I figured.
I know so much is riding on this
that I wanna do it right,
so I'm… I'm actually moving too slow,
which is not good.
[Tyricia] It's coming along. Yes.
Two different pieces,
two different approaches.
Juan's approach to the way
he manages his team
is actually challenging them to do things
that they've never done before.
So you're gonna make a tube, see,
and then with your board, you're gonna go…
-The thinner they are…
-The better they are.
[Juan] Because it shows more finesse.
[Amaury] It's risky.
As a teacher, I do love that,
yet, Mellisa's experience
as a business owner
is coming handy in this situation.
-We only need two to go on the outside.
-On the exterior, okay.
Strong leadership usually,
uh, gives you the best results
when you are on the time constraints,
so we'll see.
[exciting music playing]
-You in good shape?
-Yep.
Daniel, before you start the head,
let's build the structure first.
Yeah. Chef, you said 36 inches by 4.
-[Juan] That's good.
-[Daniel] It's thick.
I'm here to win. I'm here to do everything
that I can to take that crown,
and I want it, and I wanna fight for it.
So I wanted to make sure
that my showpiece is really risky.
[Juan] Pull here.
It's extremely important
that it's bigger and crazier than before.
[Daniel] Time to win.
-Time to win this, Juan. [laughs]
-Time to win this one. You're right.
-[Amanda] I have my eggs! [chuckles]
-Yes!
[Thiago] All right.
So I got all our rough skeleton shapes.
I'll keep adding details to them now.
I think we might be the underdog,
because we've seen
what Juan and Daniel can do together
when they worked on that chameleon.
And it was pretty beautiful,
and it was just them two.
-Don't worry. I got you. It'll look good.
-[Mellisa] They look so cute! Perfect.
[Thiago] I was excited for sculpting,
because I've sculpted things in the past,
not with chocolate,
and no one's really seen that.
I'm gonna take this to the next level.
-[Amaury] Sir?
-Yes, Chef?
-[Amaury] No way.
-[Thiago] The eye?
You will not do a beautiful face
like this and put those teeny, tiny eyes.
-Needs to be bigger?
-Much bigger.
-We're gonna position them here. Okay?
-Yep, yep, yep.
They should be here. Okay?
-[Thiago] span style="style2"Oui. Thanks.
-[Amaury] You see already?
Okay.
[Amaury] You have the talent.
Don't overthink it.
[Thiago] Thank you, Chef.
[Daniel] Let's start sculpting, shall we?
[exciting music playing]
[Daniel] Get this head perfect.
-[Juan] Exactly.
-[Daniel] It's all I'm gonna be doing.
[Thiago] Little dino bath.
Okay, this is pretty awesome, gotta say.
-Daniel, you're gonna have fun with this.
-[Daniel] Am I? I'm excited now.
Oh you're gonna love it.
It really is life-changing.
[Thiago and Daniel laughing]
All righty. Let's see
how life-changing this thing is.
[curious music playing]
Oh wow. I'm excited.
[Mellisa] Juan, I can tell
what dinosaur you're doing from his head.
You've heard of the Tydacedjuan?
[Tyricia laughing] Yeah.
Tyceddajuan is what Juan named it.
Tyricia, Cedrick,
Daniel, and Juan. Tyceddajuan.
[laughing]
What is it they're gonna be?
[Mellisa] It's like the one
that looks like a demented bird.
So it's like a chicken
and a pterodactyl had a baby.
[Stephanie] Okay.
I was really hoping
I would be on Mellisa's team.
She is so inspired by what she does.
She pushes you
to be better than you already are.
-Good.
-Nice job.
And that is what sets her apart
and what makes her a winner in my book.
Stephanie is so far away.
-Still don't feel we're working together.
-[Stephanie] I can't hear you. I'm so far.
-[Cedrick] We need many feathers, correct?
-Many feathers. A lot of feathers.
Cedrick is an amazing feather machine.
-[Amaury] Team leaders?
-[Mellisa, Juan] Yes, Chef?
Stop working for a moment. Listen to me.
In our daily life, we have to adapt
to various scenarios and situations.
People get injured,
people get sick, people call off work.
-[Stephanie] Someone's leaving.
-[Amanda] Yes.
I'm gonna ask you
to part with one of your team members.
-Dang it!
-[Daniel] Oh wow.
-For the rest of the course.
-For the rest of the course?
[Amaury] I'm gonna give you five minutes.
Speak with your team
and come to a decision. Okay?
-[leaders] Yes, Chef.
-Thank you.
-Nothing's personal.
-This is hard.
-You can't go. You have to stay, for sure.
-You have to stay.
I want you to tell me the truth.
If one of you would rather not be here,
I want you to feel free to say,
"You know what,
I would like to… I'll bow out."
If you both wanna be here,
I wanna know that too.
I mean, it's tough. I mean, I think
we both wanna be here to help you. Like…
I mean, well,
realistically, you need Daniel.
Um, Tyricia's working on the flower,
and I'm just a floater.
So… the decision is yours.
I want you to be most successful,
and I feel like you'll be most successful
if you have Amanda with you versus myself.
Just because she's an instructor.
-It's plain and simple. Yeah. It's fine.
-[Mellisa] Thank you.
Yeah.
[Amaury] Juan, I know it's difficult,
but who have you decided
to part with today?
-It is really, really difficult.
-[Amaury] I know.
And, uh, the person that I'm gonna…
[tense music playing]
-Juan, you are within the time. It's okay.
-Yeah, sorry. I…
No, it's okay.
You are team leader, things happen,
you are fighting for your win.
So, who do you want to part with?
-Tyricia.
-[Amaury] Tyricia. Okay.
[tense music plays]
So, Tyricia, I'm gonna ask you
to stop what you're doing
and step out from the desk.
[Juan] That was
one of the hardest decisions I've made.
She has been there, like,
mentally supporting me from the beginning.
-[softly] Sorry.
-[softly] It's okay.
But Cedrick was moving in such a speed.
So, I had to make the decision of picking
the one who is, like, moving much faster.
[Cedrick] Goodbye, Tyricia.
Don't say bye-bye.
Like, Juan, it's okay.
It's not… It's not personal. It's not you.
It's the GM, who is now Chef.
Like, if your GM comes in the hotel,
"Gotta make cuts. Gotta fire people."
It is what it is.
[Mellisa] When Stephanie said,
"You know what, I'll sit out,"
it was the move of a very classy woman.
[Tyricia sighs lengthily]
It's okay.
-Did you cry? I'm trying not to.
-[Tyricia] No, I'm…
I said, I'm trying not to.
Don't… don't look at me.
-Amanda, you are now on mess duty as well.
-[Amanda] Okay.
Thank you.
Chefs, you are eight hours in
with eight hours to go.
You're at the halfway point, okay, guys?
-[students] Thank you, Chef.
-[Juan] Let's do this for Tyricia.
[Daniel] Oh, Amanda.
This is what my friends
call my dude strength.
[Mellisa] Don't talk to her
while she's holding that.
This is like, uh, sabotage over there.
-[laughs]
-[Amanda] Unfair!
[upbeat music playing]
-[Cedrick] This good?
-[Juan] Yes.
[Tyricia] Oh he went crazy.
He went crazy!
-Oh hell yeah.
-Oh my God, Thiago.
[Stephanie] The feet are so good!
[Tyricia] You went crazy.
Like, you're a tattoo artist.
[Stephanie] The eyes are so good!
[screams playfully]
What I don't like about this base so far,
it's they all have the same diameter.
I wish you would've done the wood lathe,
because it was much thinner.
You have that very thin base
and then this big thing.
It's never too late to cut here
and change the base, in case.
[intriguing music playing]
-The problem is it's too square.
-[Amanda] What's that?
[Mellisa] The problem is
that it's too square.
I think I know how to fix it.
[Thiago] Mellisa has
the old-school mentality of the kitchen.
She's laser-focused.
She's been through a lot in her career.
She's somebody who's had to really fight
to get to where she is.
I like that she took herself
out of her comfort zone
and really tried to… to sculpt something.
I wanna help her win.
-This is looking way better.
-[Amanda] Yeah. Yep.
-[rattling]
-Don't be scared of it.
-There you go. Have fun with it.
-No, wait. You're leaving already?
I'm scared.
He's scared. He can't be scared.
[chuckles] He'll never get it done.
-[Stephanie] Juan?
-[Tyricia] Yeah.
-[gasps]
-[Daniel] Shut it off. Shut it off.
-Ooh.
-[Juan] Phew.
-[Daniel laughs]
-[Juan] Where did that go?
-[Mellisa] It's on my table.
-Juan tried to take me out.
-[Mellisa] Totally.
-[student laughing]
If you take her out, I will take Daniel.
-[Daniel laughs]
-Oh-ho.
[Juan] I'm so sorry.
There is so much riding
on this one showpiece
that you see Juan kind of
almost getting in his own head a lot.
-Like, there's no room for error.
-All right.
Biased that I am, I wanted Juan to win.
-Look at the cheerleaders over there.
-Ready? Go team go!
Go team!
-Go team go!
-[laughing]
-[Daniel laughing] Oh my God!
-[laughing] Don't look at us.
Aw, nice. Nice. And I love that, like,
it's cutting a little bit
of the color off here,
so it makes it even pop the vein more.
-I've learned from the queen of shine.
-[Juan] Good job.
Team leaders?
Juan, Mellisa, you have six hours left.
I know you are missing
Tyricia and Stephanie.
Unfortunately,
you're gonna have to part with
one additional person from your team.
[laughing] I knew it. I knew it.
[Daniel] I don't think
they were surprised, Chef.
-They knew.
-Well, then it's better for them.
I want them to prove
that, as chefs and leaders,
they can overcome any scenario.
[Cedrick] I'll polish as fast as I can
before I go. [chuckles]
-Thank you, Cedrick.
-[Cedrick chuckles]
Mellisa, who is leaving the team?
Amanda.
Amanda, I'm gonna ask you to drop the egg
and join Tyricia and Stephanie.
-Thank you, Chef.
-[Mellisa] Thank you, Amanda.
-[Stephanie] No, sweetheart!
-[Tyricia] Don't cry. It's okay.
[Amanda] It's not for me.
-[Tyricia] It's just, like, a lot.
-[Amanda sighs] I'm just emotional.
[Tyricia] Don't wanna look at you.
Gonna start crying too.
[Amanda laughs] I know, right?
-[Cedrick] Thanks. Three more leaves left.
-Thanks so much for everything.
You have three more.
Just for you to know, at some point,
you will finish this competition alone.
Yes, Chef.
[laughs]
So, in my mind, I'm reanalyzing
and made some decisions
right then and there
about what I was going to change.
I was gonna make these elaborate
3D acrylic branches coming up.
Instead, I'll just do a quick laminate.
So yeah, there was some adaption.
Just gently luster them
with a little green.
[Daniel] Gonna finish this in the next 15.
Yes. Let's finish that,
and then we're gonna work together.
At the end of day, it's gonna end up
between me and Mellisa, and that's it.
And with the time that we have,
Daniel and I,
we're just jamming everything.
We still have to start assembling things.
We still have to put the bird on it.
-[Juan] All righty.
-[Daniel] Breathe.
-[spraying]
-[Juan] Yeah.
Chefs, you have three hours
to finish your showpieces.
[students] Yes, Chef.
[upbeat music playing]
[Thiago] Yes. Done.
[spraying]
[Thiago] I'll pick this up,
you heat the bottom, and I'll put it on.
[Mellisa] Yep. Good.
-Tell me where.
-Yep. There.
-Good.
-[Daniel] Watch your finger.
-Mm-hmm. Yeah.
-[Daniel] You good?
-Liquid.
-[Juan] Just guide me with the ladder.
[Daniel] Wait. Forward, forward, forward.
Look how tall their piece is now.
-[Juan] Danny, I'm kind of, like, scared.
-What do you wanna do?
It's… You see the… the…
-You see how it wobbles?
-[Daniel] Mm-hmm.
I think we should just cut the head.
-[dramatic music playing]
-Chef, it's your piece.
The body, it was too big for the base.
It's definitely not gonna work.
It's gonna be imbalanced.
-Moving that thing, it's gonna break.
-You tell me, Chef.
[Juan blowing air nervously]
Cut as close as here possible.
-Here? Right here?
-Mm-hmm. Correct.
-Yes? span style="style2"Oui. Okay.
-[Juan] I'm sure.
[dramatic music intensifies]
[percussion music playing]
-Ooh. Short.
-[Thiago] What are you at?
-How short?
-Short.
As soon as I lost Amanda,
I knew I had a height problem.
Because the greenery that I was gonna make
was supposed to be coming up there.
-Do you think this guy could go up here?
-Which one?
Up there?
Yes…
I truly believe the key to managing people
is you get people to do what you want them
to do and make them think it's their idea.
-Leave that up there?
-[Mellisa] It's pretty cute. Let's do it.
[exciting music playing]
-Let's go. Let's put it up there.
-[Thiago] He's up there.
-We are definitely at four feet now.
-[Thiago] Uh, yeah.
-Chefs, you have two hours remaining. Two.
-[Thiago] Thank you, Chef.
[Thiago] Am I on?
[Mellisa] Yep.
Don't move. Gonna get cold spray.
-I'm putting him down.
-[Juan] Go ahead.
To your right. No, no. That's your left.
You're good.
[Mellisa] Yep, yep, yep. Okay.
Go.
-Let's do actually this one.
-[Daniel] Yeah.
And then we can actually rest it.
Juan, Mellisa, you're gonna have one hour
to finish your piece alone.
[Juan] Yes, Chef.
Daniel, Thiago, please step out.
-Yes, Chef.
-[Thiago] Keep killing, Mel.
-[Juan] Thank you.
-Good luck.
-[Mellisa] See you in a few.
-[Thiago] Yep. Crush it. Push.
Push, push, push, push.
[Thiago] Good job, dude.
-Yeah. Good job.
-Looks nice.
So much can be done in one hour, guys.
Interesting.
-You guys did a great job.
-[sighs loudly]
[Amanda] Thiago died.
Looks great, Mellisa.
Love it. Love, love, love it.
I want to walk out of here and say
that I gave it everything that I could,
I brought all the passion, the ideas,
I left it all out here,
and I have no regret.
And then it's up to Chef
whose life they're gonna change.
I think it's good that she's looking
for every flaw before she covers it up.
Yeah.
[Thiago] I know you're cleaning it up
'cause you're happy.
[Juan] She was creating
a beautiful showpiece.
It was absolutely frightening.
It got in my head.
I mean, I was looking at that,
and it was like, wow.
The way that she did it
was in such a clean way
that I was just really scared.
[Tyricia] That dew is so beautiful.
-[Juan] The what?
-[Daniel, Thiago] The dew.
-[Tyricia] Your dew. Your droplets.
-[Juan] Thank you.
He probably doesn't get,
you know… He's from Colombia.
[laughing]
-One minute.
-[Stephanie] One minute.
[Thiago] Sometimes less is more.
I like it.
[Stephanie] You're, like,
queen of dragons, Mellisa.
-[Mellisa] Queen of dinosaurs.
-[Stephanie] Queen of dinosaurs.
[exciting music playing
[Tyricia] You did a great job, Juan.
A great job.
Wespan style="style1" did a great job.
Time is up. Exercise is over.
[all cheering] Yay!
[upbeat music playing]
[Amaury] Chefs, I'm gonna ask you
to bring your showpieces forward.
Three, two, one.
[exciting music playing]
[Thiago] On the ledge. On the edge.
-[Stephanie] You got it. Okay.
-Whoa, whoa.
-Gently.
-[Cedrick] Hold the neck.
Oui.span style="style1" I'm holding the neck.
-[Cedrick] Slow it down.
-[Juan] Slow down.
[Cedrick] Let's go down.
Hey, good job, guys.
-[Cedrick] That was nerve-racking.
-Oh my God.
I'm so glad I trust myself.
I can guarantee if we had not cut that,
it would've fallen.
The whole thing would just… boop.
-[Mellisa] Nice job, Juan.
-[Juan] Good job. Beautiful.
[amusing music playing]
Chefs, during this last challenge,
you all outdone yourselves in a major way,
and I wanted to congratulate you.
-You can be really proud of yourselves.
-Thank you, Chef.
[Amaury] This was a great class.
I could see personal
and professional growth and improvement.
I hope you feel that way as well.
And at the end,
we had our two top students
going head-to-head
on the chocolate showpiece exercise.
Juan and Mellisa, please step forward.
[dramatic music playing]
[Amaury] Juan,
what were you trying to achieve?
[Juan] Me, when I think of prehistoric,
I think of, uh, color,
I think big flowers, big leaves,
and I also think of, like, the cavemen,
how they were also so scared,
always being in the caves.
And then, for me,
putting the dinosaur on top
is a representation of sometimes
it's better just to get out of that cave
and explore and evolve.
And that's why we have
this type of dinosaur,
because it's an evolving dinosaur,
from a dinosaur to a bird.
That's why the wings are so small,
and he actually cannot fly.
I couldn't have done it
without the three of them.
It was a team-effort piece.
I have a good emotion when I look at it.
What I love the most is this balance.
You start with a base being very thin.
With that much height and elegance,
you are proving
that you understand strength of chocolate.
It's a real chocolatier approach
to what a showpiece should be.
At first, when I saw those disks,
I'm like,
"Oh no, no. That's not what he wanted."
You turned a design I have to say I hated
into something I actually like.
The color combinations are very nice.
The little sugar droplets, great.
You start to put one, and two, and three,
and then I have dew drops,
dew drops, dew drops.
[laughing]
Also, when you're on the flat leaf,
this makes a lot of sense.
-Right now, it's raining, right? Almost.
-[Juan] Mm-hmm.
Because, otherwise,
you cannot have, like, a perfect…
-If I drop it, then twist it, so it looks…
-[Amaury] Maybe.
Or using it only on parts
that are horizontal.
Good job on the sculpting.
You took massive risk by cutting the head.
-Yeah.
-[Daniel laughs]
[Amaury] But I was all for it,
because I agreed with you.
At first I thought that some of the leaves
would be hiding too much the neck area,
and then it created some kind
of very green environment.
From a perspective of someone
who wants to look at a prehistoric piece,
I am in that wild prehistorical jungle.
So you hit the mark on that.
-The Colombian jungle.
-The Colombian jungle. Perfect.
[students chuckle]
[Amaury] However, cleanliness.
I see broken leaves.
I see broken feathers.
I don't have to look too deep
to see that things were rushed
at the last minute.
Ramen noodles?
[laughs]
-[Amaury] What's going on?
-It's eating.
-[Amaury] Eating what? The base?
-[Juan] Yes.
[Amaury] All right.
I did not see it at first.
And he knows how to use chopsticks, right?
[Juan] Yes. [laughs]
-He's a pretty advanced, uh, dinosaur.
-[Juan laughing] He put it…
I am being harsh, okay?
But this is unbelievable,
to be really honest.
You really listen, and I can tell that,
even though you came here
with strong knowledge on chocolate,
you grew from this experience,
so for me, it's a win.
A lot. [chuckles]
-Thank you so much, Chef.
-[Amaury] Thank you, Juan.
[Juan, softly] Thank you , guys.
[team chattering indistinctly]
[Tyricia] Mmm.
[Amaury] Mellisa,
can you tell the whole class
what you're presenting today?
[Mellisa] So much of the prehistoric story
is actually death, right? And fossils.
So, I really wanted
to work that element in as well,
and it just kind of came alive
with the idea of doing the little babies
with the eggs on top of a fossil,
and this is…
[drum roll]
…the piece. [chuckles]
You… you really delivered
something very solid.
Each and every one of the element,
they are crafted to perfection.
Not to take anything away from you,
but I have to say, little plus Thiago.
-[Stephanie chuckles]
-[Amaury] The baby T. rex, it's fantastic.
-You really… you really have it.
-[students chuckling]
A sign of a good leader
is trust your team,
and for her to trust me to do these guys,
you know, for her big finale,
it's… it shows
what kind of a leader she is,
so I really appreciate that.
I was very fortunate
to have an amazing team. Yeah.
I like the color.
It's less bright,
but the dinos bring so much of that light.
Love the little mushroom.
Love the placement.
I would have loved for you
to show me heat gun and shine.
You make those eggs shiny,
and it's a big win.
Because, right now, it's…
aside from the mushroom,
it's all the same texture.
I really like the little…
the… the multiple shadow on the hand.
I can tell that time, you know, went by.
The leaves, not a big fan,
because everything you did
was so realistic-looking and so detailed
that doing a very modern approach
does not coincide
with the beauty of the whole piece.
Yeah. I agree.
The base, I have to say,
I've never seen this before.
I think it's a clever way of maybe
being less confident about sculpting,
yet still sculpting, and it's great.
But, in my opinion, the biggest flaw,
it's how massive
this beautiful yet massive base is,
compared to the rest of the piece.
[Mellisa] Yeah.
I believe that if you would've been able
to do this guy narrow,
it would have been a hit.
I agree. 100%.
However, the thing
that strikes me with this piece,
it's how impeccable
everything is glued on.
-[inspirational music playing]
-[Amaury] There is no fingerprints.
I cannot see any gluing point,
which is incredible. It's extremely rare.
You came here with a little bit less
chocolate knowledge,
coming from a restaurant business.
-You don't get to do this a lot.
-No. No.
[Amaury] You acquired knowledge.
You used the knowledge
of your team as well very wisely.
And you are delivering something
that is very new
to the world of chocolate.
It's a very new approach,
and I really appreciate it.
-Thank you.
-[Mellisa] Thank you, Chef.
[inspirational music continues]
Mmm.
-Thank you. Thank you very much.
-[Thiago] Of course.
Oh.
-[Juan whispers] Good job.
-Sorry. Yeah, you too.
Class, it's time for last check-in.
-Stephanie?
-Hi.
-Tell me about your experience.
-[chuckles] I'm really emotional.
[all chuckle]
I've gotten to prove to myself
what I'm capable of, things I didn't know,
and Mellisa has been a huge part of that.
Being able to be on her team,
I was happy to see her succeed and show
how talented she is with this piece today.
I think she really utilized our skills
the best way she could have. Yeah.
-[inspirational music playing]
-Thiago.
School for me is something
that, this was the first time, so…
I've never been a good student,
so that… that shows.
Um, but I learned invaluable amount
of knowledge here. It's been amazing.
Amanda.
It's been a roller coaster ride, Chef.
[chuckles] From start to finish.
-[Amaury] I believe you.
-[Amanda] It's been amazing.
-Are you leaving today with a fulfillment?
-Absolutely. It's been an honor.
-Cedrick. Are you gonna show me emotion?
-[Cedrick] Yes, Chef?
-Yes.
-[Amaury] What's inside?
-[students laughing]
-Feelings! Um…
[all laughing harder]
My hope was to get a better,
um, understanding
and appreciation
for working with chocolate.
And I got what I wanted out of it.
I'm… I'm excited for chocolate.
I wanna get back to my kitchen
and start to create my own showpieces.
Good. I'm happy.
Daniel.
Every one little technique
you've been able to bring up,
I'm like, "Wow. Oh my gosh.
I've never thought of that." Now I'm like…
It's just…
I've learned a lot.
And I'm very appreciative
and happy that I'm here.
-You are a diamond in the rough.
-Yes, Chef.
Tyricia.
You're gonna get
all the emotions out of me,
because, I don't know,
it just built up all the way over here.
I'm just fully emotions, Chef.
Before you go on, because I know
I won't be able to speak, right?
-[students laughing]
-[Tyricia] Gone. [laughs]
If I had a best improvement award to give,
it would be yours.
You were able to be a sponge,
and you took note of every single thing.
It was so rewarding for me as a teacher.
I did just come here to take…
[emotionally] Jesus.
-[Thiago] It's all right.
-[Stephanie] Breathe. Yeah, breathe.
[exhales]
[emotionally] I… I just came in,
Chef, to take in… to span style="style2"be a sponge.
I mean, um, you don't get this chance
in the industry to learn span style="style2"and grow.
To come here,
my thing was just to take it all in.
And you did.
Thank you, Chef.
Juan, tell me
about your experience with us.
This experience has been amazing.
I think it's one of the biggest marathons
I ever done in my life,
and I don't even go to the gym.
[Amaury chuckles]
[Juan] It really helped me
to believe in myself.
It helped me to push myself
to know what you have and just go for it.
So, thank you so much for that.
Cool. Mellisa.
I don't normally like
to put myself in situations
where you can fail miserably,
and I have noticed in… in the past,
like, pulling back a little bit in fear,
and when I came here,
I told myself that that is one thing
that I have to cure.
So from the flashlight where I thought,
"I have made a massive mistake,"
to now being here has been, um,
exceptionally rewarding.
Time of my life, actually. You know,
it's been really, really, really, fun.
And you did not embarrass yourself.
Trust me.
Okay. [chuckles]
[Amaury] You all did
an amazing job this week.
Let's talk about our awards.
-Carolyn, join me, please?
-[Carolyn] Yes, Chef.
Thank you.
[intriguing music playing]
This first envelope
is the official invitation
to my pastry academy in Las Vegas,
to teach an international master class.
[chuckles]
The second envelope is a check for $50,000
to help you kick off your next pastry
and chocolate adventure.
-[Tyricia] Intense moment.
-[some students laugh]
The third envelope,
this one, you didn't know about it,
is an official invitation
for the Charleston Wine and Food Festival,
where you will participate
in one of their marquee events.
They will help curate your experience
during this five-day festival.
Cool latest addition.
And our last envelope…
Alicia, please join me.
She's the West Coast corporate pastry chef
for Cacao Barry.
Uh, what Cacao Barry would like to do
is award you
with an exclusive one-on-one session
with our globally recognized chefs
in our state-of-the-art facility.
But that's not all.
You will be the architect of 500 pounds
of your own signature chocolate.
-[chuckling]
-It's a great last addition, right?
[Mellisa] It would be life-changing to win
for me, who wants
to start my own chocolate business.
I could pay for my licensing.
I could get my rent.
You're actually setting yourself up
for success to start a small business,
which is span style="style2"amazing.
All of these awards
constitute a total value of $100,000.
-[thrilling music playing]
-[softly] Oh my God. [chuckles]
I mean, definitely,
having that prize is gonna change my life.
That's gonna make my dreams come true.
It's gonna…
It's… it's gonna make so much for me
that I can't wait. I… I'd really wanna…
Just, like, crown me already. [laughs]
I'm going to be really honest with you.
You know I don't like to sugarcoat things.
Those two pieces
easily have the level
for an entry-level world competition.
No joke.
This is outstanding job.
Mellisa, you bring something so new.
A little bit bottom-heavy.
Juan, this is something
very narrow and elegant,
yet a little bit more traditional
to the chocolatier approach.
You are asking me
to compare apples and oranges.
-[dramatic music playing]
-[breathes deeply]
Tonight, we're going to name
our best in class…
and that person is…
Juan!
[students cheer excitedly]
[triumphant music playing]
-[Amaury] Congratulations.
-Thank you so much, Chef.
-[Amaury] Congratulations, Mellisa.
-Thank you.
Nice job.
[Tyricia] Ah!
So crazy. [chuckles]
Hey. Be proud, okay?
[Juan] Definitely a dream come true.
My mom is… She's…Right now,
there is a party up there in heaven.
Mom, this one is for you.
And for my dad too. For both of them.
[crying]
[emotionally] Thanks
for all your hard work.
Thank you so much.
-[Stephanie] Thank you.
-Appreciate you, ladies.
[Mellisa] I didn't win, but I'm proud
because I stepped outside of a lot
of different things I'm comfortable with,
and I took some big risks,
and I'm still stoked that I did that,
because I really try hard
not to let fear get in the way of things.
-[Amaury] Great job.
-[Mellisa] Thank you.
I think I'll always attribute
that kind of growth to Amaury, for sure.
-[Tyricia] Ooh! Hey.
-[Thiago] Give us a warningspan style="style2", jeez.
And this concludes
the first span style="style2"School of Chocolate.
-span style="style1"[Daniel] Oui.
span style="style1"-[students] Salud.
-[Juan] Yes, Chef.
-[Amanda] Cheers, you guys.
[Thiago] Does it mean
I actually graduated, or…
[all laughing]
[joyous music playing]
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When you got no cares around ♪
Ain't no sound like your sweet voice ♪
Amidst the noise of the crowd ♪
I said, do you know how to smile? ♪
'Cause I haven't seen it in a while ♪
Dig down deep in your soul ♪
Gotta let yourself loose control ♪
Oh oh, live a little louder ♪
Oh oh, laugh a little longer now ♪
Oh oh oh oh ♪
Oh oh oh oh ♪
Oh oh oh oh ♪
Yeah, live a little louder… ♪