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I think PJ miscalculated how much people appreciate a bitch. There's a fine line between campy villain and just mean for no reason and while she is UNDENIABLY talented, she really overplayed the mean girl stuff. In a way I would've been ok with any of the final 3 winning but Hubbie and I both cheered for Nymphia's victory... her looks are incredible and her makeup is always absolutely flawless, so seeing her turn out a great lip synch was just *chef's kiss*

i gotta assume this is more producer fuckery because a comment like that is 99.99% foreshadowing for the end of the episode

As usual my hubby doesn't want to hear me talk about this show (he is usually a good sport and will at least half-heartedly watch it with me lol) so I have to come here for the snark! She's giving me Kathryn Hahn vibes and that makes me immediately like her (deserved or not!) Honestly I felt the same way, he's a little too show-offy for my tastes. And when he came out and goes "HELLO YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE" to the judges I just rolled my eyes extra hard. But at least he seems to be a decent baker. I think the right person went home. She seemed super nice and I would've loved to see more of her but when she goes "My cake is too bitter!" and her solution was to add MORE of the ingredient that was making it bitter, in BIG OL' JUICY CHUNKS, welp, I question that thought process.

This is the impression I got as well... there was a moment when Jesse made one of his dumb jokes and Sherrod just kinda stood there and was like "..." before reacting as if it wasn't a joke. I just get the feeling that he doesn't make "good tv" in the eyes of the production team

When we visited Tokyo a few years back, Mt Blanc desserts were EVERYWHERE. Which is a shame because they looked so enticing but I also don't care for chestnuts :) Every year for the past decade or so my Aunt would make roasted chestnuts and every year nobody would touch them and every year she'd say "I spent all morning roasting these and nobody wants them?!" lol it's tradition! ETA: this episode must've been a record for the number of times people said the word "whimsical." the challenge was poorly thought out. it might've been more interesting to pipe a design that was revealed or enhanced through the smushing process, but maybe that's too complicated. What we ended up with was "ok, here's a generic christmas design, but worse."

I'm bored at work today so here's my word-vomit after watching the finale: Ryan's cake looked really amateurish and we know he's capable of way more than that... but he's a pastry chef, right? He should absolutely have known better than to attempt to use boxed egg whites for a chiffon cake which is so heavily dependent on a perfect meringue. I was vaguely annoyed by James all season and I don't quite know why. His cake looked ok but I feel like his artistic taste level is all over the map. Some of his ideas are fully WTF (but of course that's entirely subjective) and the way he kept sorta trash-talking Ryan and Hollie was off-putting even if it was intended to be all in fun. I agree with the poster(s) above that I think Hollie is a softie and maybe had some confidence issues that she chose to address externally (I could do without all the mugging for the camera but hey that's reality TV for ya...) I have a bunch of tattoos and most of them are dumb but I find it empowering in an odd way that I'm sure many folks wouldn't understand.

I personally don't mind the gore if it's done well, which hasn't necessarily been the case this season... I know you're not supposed to talk about other shows here but I think Halloween Cookie Challenge has been way more inclusive in terms of theme than this show-- the only gore is whatever the mean plastic surgeons did to poor Rosanna's face (sorry)

I have to assume this is producer meddling? Maybe I'm being too generous but I can't imagine ANY human being actually talking like this, but the producers "encouraged" them to lean into the tech bro nonsense for the sake of the show. Which I wish they wouldn't do, no one comes to this show for wacky characters (I don't need ukulele chick either, tbh)

Yeah, yet again after seeing the results of both challenges I'm kinda like... 🤐 I'm convinced they keep the "good" bakers for Holiday Baking Championship, but it does make this show feel a little strange especially when many of the contestants are allegedly professional bakers. I can totally appreciate the fact that time constraints and stupid twists contribute to a lesser final product, but man some of these just looked like a mound of goo that was airbrushed into oblivion.

Is it just me or were most of the cakes ugly as all get out tonight? The only one I really thought looked "professional" was Ryan's so I was glad that he at least made it to the top. James is a hometown boy so I should be rooting for him but for whatever reason he rubs me the wrong way. It seemed so performative to be like "UBE! PANDAN! LOOK AT ME AND MY EXOTIC FILIPINO FLAVORS!" but hey it's probably just me. Phoebe seemed like a cool person but the thought of a clove-heavy doughnut sounds so nauseating... and I've eaten (heck, I've probably made) pumpkin cake that is dense and super stodgy and it ain't pretty. Coupled with what looked like an equally heavy cream cheese frosting, I can imagine it was like eating pumpkin spice wallpaper paste.

I'm so happy Amber and Yass won! I am not an especially emotional person but their reaction and speech after being named the winning team totally got me a little misty 🥲

when exactly did this show turn into a bunch of wannabe writers/comedians/actors just trying to get screentime? i know it's been heading in that direction for a while but i couldn't even finish the first episode because of so many "CONTENT CREATORS" who seem to be trying to workshop their crappy material on a cooking show. this is high cringe and i think i might finally be out!

I actually agree that Alyssa's cake was the best looking of the three (and a pox upon Duff for his ridiculous comment about Zoe's looking more like a float... Alyssa's practically WAS a float!) But I think the judge's comment was more that Yohann had multiple shades of blue and none of them matched. His cake looked a little sloppy (those drips! ugh!) and not up to his usual standards; maybe not having access to the star cutter really threw him off. I think Alyssa tried to account for the bacon texture by candying it, but when she's chopping it up you can see it's not really candied in any meaningful way... it looked more like she sprinkled some brown sugar on it and threw it in the oven for 5 minutes. Actually candied bacon would be great in a cake!

All of the clips from old skool Project Runway made me really miss Michael Kors. I think at the time everyone thought he was incredibly bitchy but he had some CLASSIC one liners!

I've been thinking that too although this episode I totally guessed Basque cheesecake and I was so darn proud of myself, lol I wonder how it works... like the contestants guessed "blackened cheesecake," but since they seemed kinda unfamiliar with it, how did they come up with a recipe? Basque cheesecakes are fairly different than a normal cheesecake so I don't think I could've come up with a reasonable recipe off the top of my head. Joel is a good host and I love his interaction with the contestants, but when he's just standing there reading rules or making announcements he is so stiff with his arms absolutely pinned to his sides! (it's only noteworthy to me because I've gone through so many comms classes and received the same feedback myself!)