All language subtitles for Baking Up Love (2021)- Eng

(upbeat music)

(bell chimes)

(gentle music)
(traffic humming)

- Come on, that can't be
the best idea we have.

It is the 200th anniversary
of Morton, Illinois,

the town that my family founded,

and where the Morton
Pumpkin Company started.

(playful music)

We need to do something special.

It's the Pumpkin Capital of
the World for crying out loud.

- Actually I'm from Half
Moon Bay, California,

and we're the Pumpkin
Capital of the World so.

- What did you just say?

- It's no big deal, a lot of
cities

call themselves the Pumpkin
Capital of the World,

I just know that Half Moon Bay

is the best place for pumpkins.

- How long have you been here,
Ms. Hamlin?

- Like three months.

- That's long enough.

- You're firing me over
pumpkins?

- Pumpkins are our lifeline here

at the Morton Pumpkin Company.

Morton is the Pumpkin
Capital of the World,

and if you don't respect that

you don't respect me or my
company.

- [Ms. Hamlin] They're just
pumpkins.

- I rest my case.

(brooding music)

Pumpkins are incredibly
important to me and my business.

- Hey, I get it, my aunt and
uncle

are from Circleville, Ohio.

- Get out.

- What, what?

- Uh, uh, uh, leave the donut.

- What about a jack-o'-lantern
festival?

- A jack-o'-lantern contest?

- To celebrate Morton's 200th
anniversary.

People can come from all over
the world

and compete in the contest

and see who makes the
best jack-o'-lantern.

- Jack-o'-lanterns aren't
made all over the world.

- They aren't?

- No.

As matter of fact Halloween

isn't even celebrated all over
the world.

What is wrong with you people?

This is about pumpkins not
Halloween, not jack-o'-lantern.

(playful suspenseful music)

Cucurbita pepo.

- [Mr. Penedo] What?

- Pumpkins.

You really should learn
your history of pumpkins

and pumpkin related holidays

if you wish to continue
working here, Mr. Penedo.

- Sorry, sir.

(brooding music)

- Next.

- [Mrs. Patel] Oh.

- Mrs. Patel, you have an idea?

- What about a spice off?

- Spice off?

- Sure, we can see who

can make the best pumpkin spice
latte.

(playful suspenseful music)

- A bit cliche, but I
think we're getting closer

to what we're looking for.

- The Great Pumpkin Bake-Off.

- Excuse me?

- The Great Pumpkin Bake-Off,

that's what we will call it.

Your great-grandmother used to
enter

her pumpkin pies into contests

and they were the best pumpkin
pies there.

- I remember the story.

- Now there are so many pumpkin
dishes,

pumpkin pies, pumpkin bread.

- Pumpkin cookies.
- Pumpkin ravioli.

- Pumpkin spice cake.

- So why don't we have a cooking
contest

where people can enter
any recipe they want

as long as pumpkin is the star
ingredient.

- I love this.

- You could hold it in
conjunction

with the Morton Pumpkin
Festival.

- Nice of you to join us, Mr.
Coburn.

I didn't think you were paying
attention.

- I was doing some history on
Morton.

It, it appears as though this
year's

the 55th annual Morton Pumpkin
Festival.

- And?

That's already an established
event,

I want something new.

- Over 75,000 people coming
from all over the world

to attend a pumpkin festival.

It lasts for four days.

- I see where you're
going with this, Mike.

- You do?

- Sure, there's a ton of
marketing done

for the pumpkin festival,

we can just piggyback off of
that

with, for the 200th celebration.

- Yeah, we can get the
Morton Chamber of Commerce

to, to help out.

I mean they run the pumpkin
festival.

- And there won't be any extra
work.

All the work is already being
done

for the four day festival.

- Right, it's just adding an
extra event.

- Or several.

If, if we have smaller
bake-offs within each category

we can move it to the
finals on the final day.

- Oh, and we can finish the
whole thing with a ball.

- A ball?

- Sure, Cinderella's coach
was made from a pumpkin.

- That's, that's a great.

(group chattering)

(Pierce clearing throat)

- All of those in favor of
the Great Pumpkin Bake-Off?

- [Group] Aye.

- All those opposed?

Let's get on this people.

Meeting adjourned.

(upbeat music)
(birds chirping)

- Hi, Mrs. DeFriest.

- Hi, Lynn.

- Here you go, fresh baked this
morning.

- Thank you so much.

You know you really do make

the best pumpkin pies in the
county.

- You're too kind.

- You should enter that bake-off

that everybody's talking about.

- Bake off?

Where?
- It's happening here

in Morton during Pumpkin Fest.

- Where did you hear that?

- The morning talk show.

The one with that handsome host.

He had Madison Bell on
during the food segment.

- Madison Bell?

I love Madison Bell.

- I love that handsome host.
(laughs)

- Lynn, Lynn, you gotta see
this.

- [Mrs. DeFriest] Well, hello,
Peter.

- Hi, Mrs. DeFriest.

I'm sorry I didn't mean to
interrupt.

- (chuckles) No, you're fine.

You must have seen the news this
morning.

- About the Great Pumpkin
Bake-Off.

- [Mrs. DeFriest] Yes.

- So this is really a thing?

- Oh, it's not just a thing,
Lynn,

the top prize is a million
dollars.

- A million dollars?

- I told you, you should enter.

- [Lynn] You didn't say the
prize was a million dollars.

- It's more than that, every
category

has a prize of 50 grand.

- 50 grand?

- Well, you two have
a lot to discuss here,

so I'm just gonna take
my pie and uh, head home,

maybe check the news again.

- [Lynn] Here you go, Mrs.
DeFriest.

- What's this?

- For your kids.

- You are too kind, Lynn.

Thank you.

And you enter that bake-off.

Nobody deserves to win
it more than you do.

(upbeat music)

(Peter yells)

(Peter laughs)
(Lynn yells)

(traffic humming)

- Let me see that.

- You could totally win it,
Lynn.

- (gasps) I don't know,
they're open up entries

to people all over the world.

- You're the best baker in the
world.

- Hardly.
- I'm serious,

there's no one out there
that can bake like you.

- (chuckles) You've
never even left Morton.

- Doesn't matter, I know
the best when I see it

and I'm seeing it.

- Thank you for calling The
Confectionery.

How may I help you?

I was just looking over the
details.

I will.

Thank you, bye.

- Who was that?

- [Lynn] Mr. Langenbach asking

if I'd heard about the contest.

- See.

(playful music)
(Lynn scoffs)

- He's probably just being nice.

(phone ringing)

- Okay.

Why don't you pick up the phone
there.

- Thank you for calling The
Confectionery.

How may I help you?

Uh, hi, Grandma.

I'm thinking about it.

(sighs) I will, okay?

(laughs) Okay, I will.

I love you, bye.

- Told ya.

- She's my grandma, of course
she's gonna want me to enter.

- Oh, come on, Lynn, you should
enter.

There's a huge prize and no
fee, what have you got to lose?

- I'll think about it.

- Lynn.

- Don't you have to go
to work or something?

- I'm not going anywhere
until you say you'll enter.

(phone ringing)

- Thank you for calling The
Confectionery.

How may I help you?

Mayor Kaufman.

What a pleasant surprise.

What can I do for you?

I was just telling Peter I
was planning on entering.

(playful music)

Tonight?

Okay, what time?

Sure.

Okay, we'll see you then.

Bye.

- That was the mayor?

- Yeah.
- And he wants you to enter?

- Yeah.

- Which you will?

- Yeah.

- And you're freaking out
because?

- He wants us to come to dinner
tonight

and bring two pumpkin pies.

- Tonight?
- Yeah.

You can come, right?

- Yeah, absolutely.

What time?

- Um, 7:00 pm at his house.

- Okay, well, you better get to
baking

those pies aren't gonna make
themselves.

- Right.

- I'll pick you up at your house
at 6:30.

- Okay.

- Later.
- Bye, Pete.

(upbeat music)

I'm sorry, but we're closed.

- Oh, your door was open.

- But the sign says closed.

- Hmm, well, I was uh,
I was walking outside

and I smelled something
wonderful baking,

so I gave it a push, it opened.

- Again, we're closed.

- (inhales) It's smells
as if you're baking.

- I am, this is a bakery after
all.

- A closed bakery.

- We closed early.

- So you're not gonna sell me
anything?

- Sure.

What would you like?

- Well, I don't know, um.

- [Lynn] Nothing interests you?

(playful music)

- Nothing in the case.

So what are you baking?

- Pumpkin pie.

- Sounds good, I'll take one.

- I'm sorry, they're not for
sale.

- [Pierce] This is a bakery,
right?

- Yes, a closed bakery.

- And you just baked a pumpkin
pie?

- [Lynn] I baked two.

- But you won't sell me one?

- [Lynn] Right.

- Because?

- [Lynn] They're not for sale.

(playful music)

- I think you're missing the
point of what a bakery is.

- And I think you don't know
how to take no for an answer.

- Is that so wrong?

- Look, I'm happy to sell you
anything

in the case or refrigerator

even though my bakery is closed.

The pumpkins pies not for sale.

- Hmm.

So why'd you bake 'em?

- I'm bringing them to a dinner
tonight.

- Well, it just so happens
I need to take something

to a dinner I'm attending as
well.

- If you prefer there's a lovely
prosecco

at the liquor store down the
street.

- Are you kicking me out of your
bakery?

- Not yet.

- Prosecco it is.

And um, remind me to buy you a
glass

if we ever meet up again.

- We won't.

- Enjoy your dinner.

- You too.

- [Peter] And you've
never seen him before?

- No, and I hope I never do
again.

- Maybe he's a reporter covering
Morton for the bake-off.

- Already, I doubt it,
just announced yesterday.

- Yeah, you're right.

- He most definitely was
not from around here.

- Why you say that?

- The way he was dressed.

- Well, what's wrong with the
way people in Morton dress?

- Nothing, it's just he
was dripping with money,

you could tell by his clothes.

- Oh.

- And his hair.

- What?

- His hair, it was all done up.

- I don't follow.

- So he's not from around here.

- Because of his hair?

- [Lynn] Right.

- And his clothes.

- Yeah.

- And he's dripping with money.

- Well, don't make it
sound like that, Peter.

- Um, you said it not me.

I'm just trying to follow.

- Just never mind, forget it,
okay?

- Lynn, you're too nervous.

- Of course I'm nervous,
when's the last time

you went to dinner at the
mayor's house?

Never mind, don't answer that.

Your dad is the president
of the chamber of commerce.

- [Peter] It's just dinner,
it's not like they're judging

your pies for the Great Pumpkin
Bake-Off.

- Everybody wants me to enter my
pies.

Do you know how many
people called me today?

- A lot.

- A lot, and they were all
asking if I was entering.

- So?

- So it's a lot to carry on my
shoulders.

Morton is the Pumpkin
Capital of the World,

people are gonna be looking at
me.

- Then don't enter.

- I don't have that choice.

- Lynn, you always have that
choice.

If you don't wanna enter then
don't.

- Really?

- Really.

You're being too hard on
yourself, Lynn.

You're the best baker that I
know.

I know that you're gonna win.

Your family knows you're gonna
win.

The whole town knows you're
gonna win.

I think everyone's just excited
for you,

and they're excited that Morton

is finally gonna be put on the
map.

- Maybe you're right.

(Peter gasps)

- Can you say that again?

No, I, I, uh, no, I really
need to record that.

Um. (clears throat)

- Come on, we're gonna be late.

- No, come on, just one more
time please.

And like-
- No.

- A little louder.
- Let's go.

(group chattering)

- Lynn, Peter, I'm so
glad you could make it.

- Hi, Mae.

- Nice to see you, Mrs. Kaufman.

- Please call me Mae.

There's no need to be so formal,
Lynn.

- Okay, Mae, you have a lovely
home.

- Let me take those.

- I can help you.

- Nonsense, I'll just
put them in the kitchen.

We're having everything
catered tonight anyway.

- Catered?

What's the occasion?

- The CEO of Morton Pumpkin
Company is here for a visit.

- Oh, wow.

Isn't he a descendant of one
of the founders of Morton?

- Yes, and he also came up
with the idea of the bake-off.

- (gasps) I can't wait to meet
him.

- He also happens to be one

of the most eligible
bachelors in Chicago, Lynn.

(Lynn sighs)

- I, I don't think Lynn's
looking for romance tonight,
Mae.

- Oh, why not?

You never know when you're
going to meet the person

you wanna spend the
rest of your life with.

- Please don't set me up with
him.

- I won't.

I'll just introduce you to him

and let the fire ignite itself.

- Mae. (laughs)

- He's really handsome.

- Is she always like this?

- Yeah.

Come on, let's go find Mayor
Kaufman.

- Okay.

- Mayor Kaufman, nice to see
you.

You remember Lynn Travis
from The Confectionery.

- Of course.

So glad you could make it.

- Thank you so much for
inviting me, Mr. Mayor.

- Well, dinner wouldn't be
complete

without your pumpkin pie for
dessert.

(Jeff and Lynn laughing)

- So that's wouldn't sell me
those pies.

(playful music)

- You.

(gentle music)

- Prosecco?

- So you already know each
other?

- Yeah, uh, no, not exactly.

Pierce Morton.

- Peter Menold.

This is Lynn Travis.

- Uh, Lynn's the best baker in
town.

- Oh, is that so?

- Best in Illinois.

- I wouldn't go that far.

- Nonsense, I'd say you're
the best pumpkin pie baker

in the entire USA.

- The whole world.

- Stop, you're embarrassing me.

- Oh, please, continue,

I'm enjoying the various
shades of red you're turning.

- Lynn is just being modest.

I'll tell you something,

I'm sure she is gonna
win our entire bake-off.

- [Lynn] Mayor Kaufman.

- I agree, no one can out bake
Lynn,

especially with pumpkin pies.

- Well, I wouldn't know,
she wouldn't sell me any.

- You coulda purchased anything

in that case and I told you
that.

(bell chiming)

- [Mae] Dinner is served.

- [Pierce] Well, saved by the
bell.

- This is great, just great.

(upbeat music)

- If uh, everyone's okay with it

I'd love to offer up Grace
before dinner.

- Mr. Morton, this is
Pastor Mark of Grace Church.

He's a prominent figure in
Morton

as well as a good family friend.

You don't mind if he says Grace,
do you?

- Oh, of course not,
by all means please do.

- Let's all join hands.

(gentle music)

Heavenly Father, thank you for
the food we're about to eat.

Thank you for our wonderful
town, our kind citizens,

and our great mayor.

Thank you for bestowing
upon us the opportunity

to show the whole world
just how special Morton is

through the Great Pumpkin
Bake-Off.

We ask that you continue to
watch over us

and guide us along your path.

In your name we pray, amen.

- Amen.
- Amen.

- Amen.
- Amen.

- Is this how it always is?

- If you mean being
grateful for what we have,

the opportunities we've
been given, then yes.

(glass clanging)

- I'd like to offer a toast.

To Pierce Morton, the
great-great-grandson

of the founder of Morton,

as well as the entire Morton
family.

Thank you for putting Morton
on the map, literally. (laughs)

(group laughing)

(group chattering)

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

(group chattering)

(glasses clang)

- Lynn, have you had a chance

to talk with Mr. Morton tonight

or is Jeff chewing his ear off.

- It's fine, I'm sure they
have a lot to talk about.

- Nonsense.

Jeff, Jeffrey dear.

- Yes, dear.

- Why don't you let Lynn and Mr.
Morton

have a chance to speak.

- Please just call me Pierce.

- Well, Pierce, Lynn
owns The Confectionery.

You should check it out
sometime.

It used to be the town's police
station,

it even still has jail cells in
the back.

- I went there today, but I
had no idea of the history.

Do the jail cells work?

- Yes, it's where I keep grumpy
customers.

(Pierce chuckles)
(upbeat music)

- Well, maybe you can show me
sometime.

- Lynn's actually pretty busy
with the bake-off and all so.

- Well, the bake-off isn't
until September at Pumpkin Fest.

- I do need time to prepare.

I haven't even read the rules
yet.

- Um, tell you what, I'll
uh, drop a copy off tomorrow.

I'm approving them tonight.

- Isn't that nice of him, Lynn?

- Yeah, sure, real nice.

- Yeah, I'll swing by before
I head back to Chicago.

- You're leaving tomorrow?

- Sunday.

I just came into town to
kinda check things out.

I haven't been here
quite some time actually.

- He's staying at his parents'
house.

- Your parents still live here?

- No, they uh, they
retired to uh, Arizona,

but uh, we kept the house in the
family.

My great-grandparents actually
built it.

- Hmm, sounds quite charming.

- Yeah, it is.

Hey, come see it.

- I couldn't.

- Oh, of course you could.

- No, I'm really busy.

- Come before breakfast.

Matter of fact come for
breakfast.

Come by, I'll give you
a copy of the rules,

and I'll show you around.

- Thought you said, "It was
parents' home,

and that you uh, lived in
Chicago."

- Yes, to both, Peter,

but I own the house now
and I take care of it,

just I haven't been
there in a while is all.

- Hmm.

- Come on, Lynn, you never
know where this is going to go.

- (sighs) Fine, but it has to be
early.

- Just so happens I'm an early
riser.

Shall we say seven?

- 5:30.

- Works for me.

- Well, this looks delicious,
Lynn.

- Thank you.

- Lynn'll make the best
pumpkin pie you'll ever taste.

- So I've heard.

- You're too kind, Pastor Mark.

- I only speak the truth.

- I'm sure Pierce has tasted
his fair share of pumpkin pies,

he can be the judge.

- That I will, Jeff, quite
literally.

- [Jeff] What do you mean?

- I'm one of the judges for the
bake-off.

Actually I was hoping you'd
consider being a judge as well.

- Absolutely.

Well, who else do you have in
mind?

- Well, we're still working on
that.

But it might be conflict of
interest

since you already know what
Lynn's pumpkin pie tastes like.

- Well, I would never choose
Lynn's pie

just because it's hers or just
because she's from Morton.

- Well, I'm sure you wouldn't,
at least not on purpose.

- Wait, wait, so what are you
saying?

- Well, I just don't
think it'd be very fair

for Lynn to enter her pumpkin
pie

into the bake-off that's all.

- What?

That's what she's known for.

- I was planning on entering it.

- Well, could always
enter another category.

Tell you what, we'll
talk about it tomorrow.

(gentle upbeat music)

Mmn, too bad though,

this really is the best
pumpkin pie I've ever tasted.

(truck door bangs)
(insects chirping)

- I can't believe he's not gonna
let me make my pumpkin pie.

I really don't like him.

- Well, for what it's worth
I don't like him either.

- Why not?

He didn't do anything to you.

- Exactly, he barely spoke to me
in there.

He's rude.

And I saw the way he looked at
you.

- Come on, Pete.

- I'm serious.

He was like a wolf gawking at a
lamb.

- Are you calling me a lamb?

- (chuckles) Not exactly.

- What does that even mean?

- It was like he wanted to
pounce on you.

- I can handle him.

- You shouldn't have to.

- Come on, Pete.

- I'm serious, Lynn.

Look, I've wanted to tell
you this for a long time.

- [Brooke] Lynn.

Lynn, hey.

- Is that your sister?

- I think so.

- What's she doing here?

- I have no idea.

- I.
- Come on.

(Peter sighs)

What are you doing here?

- I have been trying
to call you all night.

- I had dinner with the mayor,

and I left my phone at home.

What's wrong?

Are Blaze and Julie okay?

- Yes, they're fine.

I just need to talk to you.

- Hey, Brooke.
- Hi, Petey.

(gentle music)

- Everything okay?

- Do you mind staying out here
with Julie

while I talk to Lynn?

- Julie's here?

- She's in the car.

- Yeah, sure, no problem.

- Let's go inside.
- Okay.

(door clicks)

- She's just selfish and
takes everything for granted.

- I mean it doesn't help that
you

and Blaze don't say no to her,
Brooke.

- I know, I know, it's just
easier

to give her what she wants than
fight.

- You don't have to fight, you
know.

- You don't have kids.

- Believe me when I do they

will have to earn everything
they get.

- Well, that's what Blaze has
been saying, "She's 14 now,

and she needs to start taking
on some responsibilities,

like doing chores around the
house,

even making her bed when she
wakes up in the morning."

- Okay, so what's the problem?

- I'm leaving to shoot a
film in France tomorrow,

Julie was supposed to come with
me,

our nanny was gonna take her
and her best friend around

while I'm on set.

- And?

- Well, Blaze was able to come
home for the past three days,

and he walked into Julie's
room and it was a total mess.

And he said, "You need to clean
this up."

And she said, "Uh, that's
what the maid is for."

And he hit the roof.

- Not a good answer.

- We realized she's just a
spoiled brat,

and we don't wanna reward
her with a trip to France

because she's just gonna keep it
up.

- I mean I don't think you're
wrong.

- So Blaze canceled the trip.

- What about your movie?

- Exactly, I still need to go,

and I'm filming until September.

- Oh, no, Brooke, come on.

- Please, I wouldn't ask
you if I wasn't in a bind.

- What about Mom and Dad?

- I can't get her to them
tonight, my flight's at 6:00 am.

- Tomorrow?
- Yes.

Lynn, I'm begging you please.

- (sighs) I don't know.

- [Brooke] You're her
godmother, she loves you,

I trust you with her life.

- I know but what am I
supposed do with her.

How am I supposed to keep her
off her phone and entertained?

- Oh, she lost phone privileges.

No electronics all summer.

- Brooke, you're really
putting me in a lousy position.

- I know, and I'm so sorry.

I'll pay you.

- I don't want you to pay me.

Besides money's not gonna fix
this.

It's so last minute

and I've got this pumpkin
bake-off thing I've gotta do.

- Teach her to bake.

- What?

- Come on, Lynn, she can work
The Confectionery with you.

She needs to know what a
traditional life is like

rather than coming from a movie
star mom

and a pro baseball player dad.

There is nothing more
traditional than Morton.

- You can say that again.

- And we grew up here.

She needs to know what her
roots are, Lynn, please.

(Lynn sighs)

(gentle music)

(door bangs)

- Thanks for bring her luggage
up, Pete.

I don't know what I'd do with
you.

- That's what I'm here for.

If you need anything
else just give me a call.

- You're leaving?

- Yeah, I figured I'd give
you and your sister a chance

to talk a little more before
she goes back to St. Louis.

- Is everything all right up
there?

I heard yelling.

- Oh, yeah, there was yelling,

and when that didn't
work the tears started.

- (sighs) What have I got myself
into?

- Hey, it's all gonna work out.

- How can you be so sure?

- God doesn't give us
things we can't handle.

- Yeah, but my sister sure does.

(Peter laughs)

- Hey, you got this, and if
you don't, you got me to help.

- Thanks, Pete.

Goodnight.

- Goodnight.

(door clicks)

(door bangs)

- Good morning, Julie, time to
wake up.

(Julie groaning)

Come on Jules, rise and shine.

Time to take the day by storm.

- [Julie] What time is it?

- 5:30.

- [Julie] 5:30?

- Yeah.

- [Julie] In the morning?

- Of course in the morning.

- I didn't even know there
was 5:30 in the morning.

- We gotta be at the
bakery by six, so let's go.

Wakey, wakey, eggs, and bakey.

- Come on, Aunt Lynn, just let
me sleep.

- No, we've got work to do.

- Work?

- Yes, come on, let's go.

I made your favorite cinnamon
rolls.

- So that's what I smell.

- Come on Sleeping Beauty,
let's go, chop, chop.

- Now if I were in France

they'd be treating me like
royalty.

- Well, if you play your cards
right

might get treated like royalty
here.

- Yeah, as if.

- Don't make me dump that glass

of water over there on your
head.

- [Julie] Fine, I'm up, I'm up.

- Great.

Get dressed, let's go.

(Julie sighs)

(birds chirping)

- Oh, look, there she is!

(group clapping)

- Howdy, Lynn.

Jake Reilley, Morton Village
Bugle.

Mind if I ask you a few
questions?

- I don't know, I really
need to open up my shop.

- Oh, no, go ahead,
Lynn, please, we'll wait.

You're a celebrity now.

- A celebrity.

- I'm not.

- You are in Morton.

- Okay, sure, go ahead.
- So Lynn, will you be

entering the Great Pumpkin
Bake-Off?

- Oh, well, I don't-

- Of course she is.

- [Jake] What, what
category will you enter?

- I don't even know what
categories there are.

- [Mae] The bakery category no
question.

- [Jake] And why is that?

- Well, I-
- The Confectionery

is the cornerstone of Morton.

It used to be the Morton
Police Department.

There's even working jail
cells still in the back.

There is no other bakery like
it.

- So I suppose you could say

you're gonna lock up the
competition, huh?

(Mae and Mortonite laughing)

- You'll have to use that.

- [Jake] I just might.

- I, I really need to open up
the bakery.

- Could I ask one last question?

- Sure.

- What are you gonna make?

- Well, she won't be able

to make her pumpkin pie
unfortunately.

She'll have to make
something entirely different.

- And why is that?

- Two of the judges were
at dinner last night,

and Pierce Morton said, "That
she won't be able to enter it

because they'll already
know what it tastes like."

- Wait, you're disqualifying her
pie

because they already
ate it, that's not fair.

- Calm down, Julie.

- My aunt makes the best
pumpkin pie in the world.

She wins all sorts of contests
for it.

- [Mae] Which is exactly why
we're here.

- What do you mean?

- Since you can't enter your
pumpkin pie

we are all here to buy one
and try to replicate it

for the amateurs' category.

- You can't copy her pie.

- You're all here to buy pumpkin
pie?

- Mm-hmm.
- Yes.

- Mae called me as soon
as you left last night,

and I said, "We needed
to spread the word."

We can't risk having
someone outside of our town

locking up the pumpkin pie
category.

- That's not fair.

- Darling, Morton is the
Pumpkin Capital of the World,

we have to work together
to keep our title.

- I'll be opening up my
shop in five minutes.

Thank you for your time.

- No, thank you.

- Come on, Julie.

- That's cheating by the way.

- [Mortonite] It's for Lynn.

(gentle music)

- What in the world is going on
out there?

- The Great Pumpkin Bake-Off.

- So that's in September,
it's over two months away.

- I know, people are excited.

- They want to steal her pumpkin
pie.

- What?

- Desiree you remember
my niece, Julie right?

- Of course, what's up Jules?

- She'll be spending the summer
with me.

- Um, and working here I hope.

- I'm too young to work.

- Oh, you're gonna help out.

- I don't even know how to bake.

- You're gonna learn,

especially since all of these
people want pumpkin pie.

- I'm sorry all of them?

- Aunt Lynn got disqualified

for making her pie for the
bake-off

and now everybody out there
wants to replicate it.

- That's cheating.

- That's what I said.

- It doesn't matter, right now
we need to open the bakery.

- I'm not ready.

I need 30 minutes before we can
open.

- I know.

- I have an idea.

- Yeah, what's that?

- I can go outside and
take 10 orders at a time

and bring them back to you.

- Yeah.
- When did you get so smart?

- I've seen Mom's personal
assistant

do stuff like this all the time.

I think she calls it crisis
management.

- (laughs) All right, let's get
to work.

I can't believe how many
people are out there.

- I can't believe it.

- There, there's so many
other bakeries in town.

- Yeah, but you make the best
pumpkin pie.

- Thank you.

- [Desiree] No, it's true.

It's too bad you can't enter
into the pumpkin pie category.

- You know about the categories?

- Yeah, I read all about it.

- How does it work?

- There are 10 categories
and each winner gets $50,000.

- 50,000 grand?

- Yep, and then those 10 winners

will go on to play for
one million dollars.

- I can't even imagine that much
money.

- It's crazy, but you know your
sister,

you've seen that much money.

- You know what I mean.

- Speaking of your sister,
what is Julie doing here?

- It's a long story, she's
here for the entire summer.

- Do you think it's gonna be a
problem?

- So far so good.

- Those people are crazy.

- Why, what happened?

- Every single one of them asked
me

for your pumpkin pie recipe.

- But you don't know it.

- That's what I said.

The mayor's wife even
offered me a hundred bucks

if I gave it to her.

- What did you say?

- I told her, "I'm not a
sellout."

- Julie.

- Attagirl.

- I wish I just took the money

and gave her something I found
online.

- Ooh, that's a good idea.

- Desi, come on.

- Fine, fine, what are the
orders?

- So we need 27 pumpkin pies.

- 27?
- I thought you were just

getting the first 10 people?

- I did.

- 27 pies for 10 people.

- Yeah.

- How many more people are out
there?

- A lot.

- We better get baking.

(upbeat music)

* Did you ever feel like
a fish out of water *

* Like a four-legged beast *

* You try to walk on land

* You adjust, and try
to fit in, and alter *

* But no matter how you try *

* You just can't stand

* Now when you get back to the
water *

* Start flippin' your fins

* Forgotten how to swim

* You tried to walk so long

* That your fins feel wrong

* And everything looks grim

* You can never go back

* Once you leave home waters

* You better teach those fins
to dance somewhere in between *

* La, la, la, la, la

* La, la, la, la, la

* La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
*

* La, la, la, la, la

* Did you ever feel like the
course *

* Was a bit misleading

* You never got where
you thought you'd get *

* When you went to go

* And now you're feeling just
like a ship without an anchor *

* You better batten those
hatches down even so *

* La, la, la, la, la

* La, la, la, la, la

* La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
*

* La, la, la, la

- [Lynn] Here you go, Lulu,
last pumpkin pie of the night.

- Thanks, Lynn.

I hope I can make mine
taste just like yours.

- (laughs) If you come in
tomorrow

I'll teach you how to make it.

- Really?
- Sure.

- I'll come right after I close.

- Can I come too?

- (sighs) I don't know, Morgan.

- Why not?

If you're giving baking lessons

I wanna learn how to
make your pumpkin pie,

it's sure to win the million
dollars.

- Yeah, but I asked her first.

- So?

- So I'm her best friend,
she has to teach me, Morgan.

- I'm her friend too.

- I'm sorry, Morgan, I'm
not giving baking lessons.

- But you just said.

- I know, Morgan.

I just, it's my pumpkin pie,

I'm not gonna teach
everyone how to make it.

- Please.

- It has my secret ingredient.

- Fine.

Goodnight, ladies.

- [Lynn] Goodnight.

- You're still gonna teach me,
right?

- Absolutely, I am
closing up early tomorrow.

- Yeah, we have to.

We've been open four
hours longer than normal

and my feet are killing me.

- What about during my lunch?
- Okay.

- Didn't get to eat lunch today.

- Julie, I saw you eating,
you can't still be hungry.

- I'm not hungry, I'm tired.

(Lynn laughs)

- I'll come by your shop
tomorrow after we close up.

- That would be so great.

Thanks, Lynn.

- Bye.
- Goodnight.

- If I ever see a pumpkin
pie again it'll be too soon.

- Same.

- Come on, Julie, let's go.

- I'll clean up.

- We already did.

- Really?
- We sure did.

Go home, Des.
- Great.

I'll see y'all in the morning.

- Goodnight.

All right, ready?

One more stop.

(Julie sighs)

Relax, it'll be quick.

Come on.
- Fine.

(insects chirping)

So this is the big stop, a
closed church.

- It's not suppose to be closed.

- Who are you calling?

- Pastor Mark.

(phone ringing)
(ball bouncing)

(playful music)

- Lynn, you forgot about me
tonight.

(insects chirping)

- I didn't forget about you,

we were very busy at the bakery.

We're going crazy for the
bake-off.

- Well, I'm up at the high
school playing basketball

with some of my youth group
kids if you wanna pop by.

(playful music)
(insects chirping)

- I can't, I have to get my
niece home.

We're really tired.

- Niece?

Are Brooke and Blaze in town?

- Nope, she's spending the
summer with me.

- Really, I don't think
you mentioned that before.

- (laughs) No, I didn't.

It was all very sudden.

Here, let me put you on speaker.

Pastor Mark, meet my
niece, Julie Remington.

Julie, Pastor Mark.

- Hi.

- It's very nice to meet you,
Julie.

Are you a champion baker like
your aunt?

We're all pulling for her to win

that million dollar prize you
know.

- No.

- If I win that prize it's
going straight to the church.

- That would certainly be a
blessing.

You already give so much to us,
Lynn.

- It's the least I can do.

- Uh, what do you want me to do

with the breakfast for tomorrow?

- That's a lot of food
for one person, Aunt Lynn.

- It's not for me.

- Then who's it for?

- I'm on the coffee team.

- Every Saturday after
The Confectionery closes

your Aunt Lynn donates
whatever wasn't sold.

- So then who's gonna pay for
it?

We had no leftovers after
tonight.

- No one, it's my service,
Julie.

When I don't have leftovers

I donate what I can to the
church.

- I didn't know that.

- It's fine, Mark.

It's my pleasure, really.

Don't think anything of it.

- Thank you.

We do cherish you.

- Sounds like a waste to me.

- Julie.

- Do you go to church
with your parents, Julie?

- When they go, yeah.

- Do you do anything with your
church

besides go to service?

- What else is there to do?

- So, so much.

Tell you what, Lynn,

why don't you come to
first service tomorrow

instead of breakfast with your
niece.

- Okay.

- (sighs) Do we have to?

- Julie, go wait in the car.

- Fine.

Goodnight, Mark.

- Pastor Mark.

- Ugh, Pastor Mark.

- Goodnight, Julie.

God bless.

- I'm so sorry.

She worked all day with me
and she's never worked before.

Her mom sprung it on both of us

that she'd be spending the
summer

with me and here, not in France.

- Lynn, it's fine, just bring
her tomorrow

and I'll take her under my wing.

- I don't wanna be a trouble.

- It's no trouble at all.

- Okay.

See ya tomorrow.

- Night, Lynn.

(ball bouncing)

(net whooshes)

(Lynn sighs)

- Tough day.

- Long day.

- How was breakfast?

- It was good, I made her
cinnamon rolls.

She was happy for a while.

- What about Pierce?

- Who?

- Pierce Morton, you
said you had breakfast

with him or something.

- Oh, no.

- You forgot?

- Yes.

Please make sure Julie gets to
bed okay.

- Where are you going?

- To apologize to Pierce.

- Lynn.

(Peter sighs)

(insects chirping)

(knuckles tapping)

(gentle music)

(door clicks)

- [Lynn] Hi.

- Little late for breakfast
aren't ya?

- I know, I'm so sorry, I
didn't mean to stand you up.

My sister dropped off my niece
last night out of the blue

and then this morning there was-

- Yeah, you had quite a line

of people coming for pumpkin
pie, huh?

- You saw?

- I did.

Yeah, I actually tried
to come in a few times

but everybody started yelling
at me to wait my turn so.

- They must not have recognized
you.

- [Pierce] Yeah, did you
just close up for the night?

- Yeah, about an hour ago.

- Well, hey, come on in.

- [Lynn] I can't.

- I don't bite you know.

- It's not that, it's my niece.

- Well, I'm not gonna be back

until September after Pumpkin
Fest.

- I understand.

- And I'm judge so we
can't go out or anything

until after the bake-off is
over.

- Who said I would go out with
you?

- Hmm, playing hard to get, huh?

I like that.

- I'm not playing hard to
get, Pierce, I'm being honest.

- All right, fair enough.

You haven't had a chance to get
to know me

so just let me know when
you wanna make time.

- I'm sure you're used
to bossing people around

and getting what you want,
but can't do that with me.

- You should enter the bakery
category.

- Excuse me?

- Yeah, it's gonna be the most
difficult category to win.

- So why would I enter that one?

- Because I think you're just
like me, you like a challenge.

Goodnight, Lynn.

I'll see ya in September.

- [Lynn] Goodnight.

- Oh, hey, Lynn.

- Yeah.

- Good luck.

- Thanks.

(door clicks)

(door bangs)

- [Lulu] Well, you better
decide today's the deadline.

- (sighs) I just wish there was
more time.

- Lynn, the bake-off was
announced two weeks ago.

- I know, I know.

- I'm in the amateur baker
category.

- Yeah, you told me.

- You should enter Julie

into the children and teen
category.

- She doesn't wanna do it.

- [Lulu] Why not?

- She doesn't think she's a good
baker.

- But you're the one that's
teaching her.

- I know, her confidence just
isn't there.

- Well, you're a great teacher,
I know from experience.

- Thanks.

- Obviously, you can't enter
the kids' or seniors' category,

what about the professional
bakers' category?

- No, I'm thinking about
entering the bakery category.

- Lynn, that's going to
be the most difficult one.

Everyone who owns a bakery

wants to see it the finals
just for the exposure alone,

let alone the million bucks.

- I know, but Madison bell

is in the professional bakers'
category.

- Hmm, so this is your
chance to get closer to her.

- Lulu, don't be like that.

- What, I know you have
pictures of her on your phone.

- I have pictures of her
baked goods on my phone.

- (scoffs) Whatever.

I know that I'm going to win
the pumpkin pie category.

- Ooh, you're so sure, huh?

- It's your recipe and you
taught me how to make it.

- We need to work on your finals
dish.

- (sighs) I'd stick to the
pumpkin,

pumpkin pie if I was allowed.

- You can't?

- No, you have to make something

entirely different for the
second round.

- Hmm, interesting.

- [Lulu] Any ideas?

- Lots.

We've got plenty of times to
decide.

- Okay, great.

Is Peter entering?

- Peter?

I don't think so.

- He should enter

the men's category.
- Why?

He doesn't know how to bake.

- Ugh, so teach him.

Lynn, the more people
that you have competing

because of you, the better
chance you have

of getting more exposure
for The Confectionery.

- I don't need more exposure.

We're making at least a
hundred pies every day.

Ever since that article came out

I can barely get through
the line each day.

- That's great for now.

What happens when Pumpkin Fest
is over

and everything returns to
normal?

- Look, I'll think about it.

- Do more than that,
at least talk to Peter.

- Fine, I will.

- So let's get you entered
for the bakery category then.

- Great.

- Do you think Madison will
still

wanna be your friend after you
beat her?

- Lulu, don't be like that.

(Lulu laughs)

- You are gonna beat her though.
(laughs)

- We'll see.

(door creaking)

(playful music)

- Hey, Emily.

- Hey, no cutting.

- Oh, I'm just picking up for
uh-

- I said no cutting.

- Oh, no, I just-
- Wait your turn.

- Okay.

- Coach, good grief, there's
no reason to beat Peter up.

- Hey, no one's beating me up.

Not that you couldn't because
you totally could kick my,

actually I'm just picking
up lunch for Lynn.

- Sorry, Pete.

(hand slaps)
(Peter groans)

(hand slaps)

- No problem.

So is Renee entering the
bake-off?

- We both are.

- You are?

- Yeah, you got a problem with
that?

- No, not at all.

I'm, I'm, I'm just surprised.

- Why?
- I didn't know you baked.

- I don't, Renee's teaching me.

- (sighs) So Renee's coaching
you.

- Coaching, coaching?

No, nobody coaches coach.

I coach, coach.

Coach doesn't need a coach

because coach coaches coach.

There's only one coach.

I'm the coach!

I'm the coach!

I'm the coach, and nobody
coaches coach

because there's only one coach.

I coach, coach.

- Yeah.

- Coach coaches coach.
- So Renee is entering.

- Coach coaches coach.

Yes, in the professional
category

'cause she's a professional.

- What category are you
entering?

- The men's.

Are you entering?

- No, no, not at all, not, yeah,
didn't even think about it.

All you, coach.

- Good.

- Here you go, Peter.

- Uh, thanks, yeah.

Got, I gotta go, bye.

- [Lynn] Peter, hey.

- Hey, Lynn.

I just dropped off lunch for
you.

- [Lynn] You're too good to me.

- Ah, no I'm not.

I like being good to you.

- Hey, I'll walk with you.

I was actually just talking
about you.

- You were?

- Yeah.

- All good things I hope.

- Of course.

Lulu brought you up actually.

- Lulu?

- Yeah, she thinks you
should enter the bake-off.

- Hey, I don't know how to bake
anything.

- I know, I told her that.

- Oh, yeah, there's no
way I'm gonna enter.

- Even if I teach you?

- Lynn, I just told Coach
Robison I wasn't gonna enter.

- Tell him you changed your
mind.

- Lynn.

- Please, Pete.

Please for me.

- For you?

- Yeah, if you win the category
you advance to the finals

and everyone will know I taught
you.

- So?

- So it's more advertising
for The Confectionery.

- But what if I don't even win?

Look I don't really
have much time to learn

and you don't have any time to
teach.

- Well, come over some
nights after dinner.

All we can do is try.

- I guess.

- Plus maybe this will give
Julie a confidence boost.

- What do you mean?

- She's afraid to enter
the kids' category,

she doesn't think she's good
enough.

- What?

She's been baking with
you for like two weeks

and she's gonna be with you all
summer.

- I know, she's an angsty
teenager,

I'm not gonna force her to do
something

she doesn't wanna do.

She already doesn't wanna be
here.

- It's not getting any better?

- It is, she's spending more and
more time

with the kids at youth
group and Pastor Mark

so she's making friends.

- [Peter] Well, that's good at
least.

- Please.

(Peter laughs)

Peter.

- Okay, fine, but I'm
only doing this for you.

- [Lynn] Thank you.

- If Coach Robison gets angry,

I'm telling him it was your
fault.

- Deal.

Bye.
- Bye.

(upbeat music)

- Hello, food fans.

I'm Shane Sanders.

- And I'm Amy Price.

- And we are coming to you live

from the 55th annual Pumpkin
Fest

and the first ever Great Pumpkin
Bake-Off

held in Morton, Illinois.

- Morton happens to be the
Pumpkin Capital of the World

so it's appropriate that
the Great Pumpkin Bake-Off

be held right here.

- With us now is the direct
descendant

of the founder of Morton

and the CEO of Morton Pumpkin
Company

in Chicago, Pierce Morton.

Pierce, welcome.

- Shane, Amy, it's great to be
here.

- So Pierce tell us about why
you decided

to host the Great Pumpkin
Bake-Off here in Morton

and give away one million
dollars to the best baker?

- Well, it's not just the best
baker, Amy,

it's the best pumpkin baker.

See my family um, they uh,

they have a lot of respect
and pride for Morton.

My great-great-grandfather
founded Morton,

and uh, I just thought this was
a terrific way to celebrate.

- Why not just keep it
to the people in Morton?

- (chuckles) Well, when I do
things

I like to do 'em big.

Besides we wanna show the world

that Morton really does
have the best pumpkins,

not to mention the best bakers

that know how to use pumpkins
as their main ingredient.

- Then it's no surprise that
heading into the competition

the favorite baker is none other

than Morton's own Lynn Travis.

- So I've heard.

- Lynn owns The
Confectionery here in Morton

and has entered the bakery
category.

What does that mean?

- Well, the bakery category is
our most difficult category.

We have 347 bakeries entering
from all around the world.

- Wow, that's a lot.

- Yeah, it really is.

Uh, which is why we're
kicking off the judging

for that category this weekend.

So bakeries had from last night
at 8:00 pm

until three o'clock this
afternoon

to create their entry,
bring it to the gymnasium,

all the entries are numbered,

and then at that point it's
just a blind taste test,

and so we'll be announcing
the winner tonight

at eight o'clock.

- You heard it here first,
folks,

be back tonight at eight
to see which bakery

will be going on to the finals.

- Bake a leg everyone.

- That's really good, did you
come up with that yourself?

- I did, it's hard.

(playful music)

- Excuse me, are you Lynn
Travis?

- I am.

- I'm Madison Bell.

I own Simple Sweets in New York
City.

- Wow.

It's so nice to meet you.

I read about you in "Baker's
Monthly" last November.

- And I've been reading
a lot about you as well.

People around here really seem
to think

you have this competition in the
bag.

- I, I don't know about that.

I mean there's so many people
entering

from all over the world.

- Especially in this category.

Why did you enter your bakery?

- I thought it'd be better for
me

if I got my bakery's
name out there, you know?

- Yeah, I guess, especially
in a small town like this.

Do you ship?

- I'd like to start.
- Nice.

So I read an article

that you have jail cells in your
bakery.

- I do.

- Get out.

- No, really there's two in the
back.

- Do you use them for anything?

- Just stuff we use seasonally.

- You should have wedding
cake tastings back there.

Give 'em a taste of cake, and
a preview of married life.

(Lynn and Madison laughing)

- You should come and see
it while you're in town.

- Can I?

I'd love that.

- Sure, I'm at 131 South Plum.

Come by whenever you'd like

and when there's a, I'll,
I'll show you around.

- What time do you close?

- During Pumpkin Fest
usually around seven.

- Great, I'll come by the end
of the night this weekend.

Can't wait.

- I'm looking forward to it.

(group cheering)

(playful music)

- Name.

- Lynn Travis.

- [Security Guard] Bakery?

- The Confectionery.

- [Security Guard] Location?

- Morton, Illinois.

- Name of your entry?

- Pumpkin pecan cinnamon rolls.

- Number 314.

- Thank you.

(group cheering)

(gentle music)

- Thank you.

Whoa, don't tell your Aunt Lynn.

- You know she isn't gonna like
it.

- Come on.

- So where are we going?

- The Pumpkin Pedal is the
kickoff event.

- You're gonna pick flowers?

- Huh?

- Pumpkin petal as in flowers.

- No, as in bike ridding.

Pumpkin pedal like pedaling a
bicycle.

- Oh.
- Oh.

It's a five mile bike ride
around Morton.

- Five miles.

- Yeah, it's fun.

It goes by fast.

- I've never done five miles
before ever.

- Well, we'll take it slow.

- I don't have a bicycle.

- That's okay, you can borrow
one.

You just need a helmet.

- I don't have that either.

- Hmm, okay, well,

I'm sure there's something
we can do around here.

- [Julie] Like?

- Um, there's a cornhole
tournament at noon

followed by barbecue, hmm?

You do know how to cornhole
right?

- Of course.

- Well, great, we could be
teammates.

- I like the sound of that.

- Come on.

(Peter and Julie laughing)
(upbeat music)

Nice, cheers.

- Good evening ladies and
gentlemen.

For those of you who don't know
me,

I'm Jeff Kaufman, the mayor of
Morton.

(audience cheering)
(audience clapping)

Welcome to our town, the
Pumpkin Capital of the World.

(audience clapping)

Now this is a special year

because it's the 200th
anniversary of Morton.

To celebrate the
great-great-grandson of our
founder

created the first ever
Great Pumpkin Bake-Off.

(audience clapping)

So please give a warm
welcome to Pierce Morton.

(audience clapping)

- Thank you, thank you
everybody.

Today we had 347 bakeries
from all around the world

enter the bakery category

of the first ever Great Pumpkin
Bake-Off.

(audience clapping)

Now the winner of this
category will receive $50,000,

and it just so happens
I have the five finalist

in this very envelope.

Jeff, why don't you do the
honors.

- Thanks.

The five finalist are, number 17

from Killkenny, Ireland, Aran
Maith.

(audience clapping)

Number 89 from Nice,
France, Vin Pain Chocolat.

(audience clapping)

Number 151 from Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada, Yummy Yummy.

(audience clapping)

Number 222 from Atlanta,
Georgia, Black Swan Bakery.

(audience clapping)

And number 314 from Morton,
Illinois, The Confectionery.

(audience cheering)
(audience clapping)

- And now the order of
these five finalist.

Now keep in mind that these

are the top five out of 347
bakeries.

In fifth place we have Yummy
Yummy.

(audience clapping)

In fourth place.

- Black Swan Bakery.

(audience clapping)

- In third place, Aran Maith.

(audience clapping)

In second place for the bakery
category

of the Great Pumpkin Bake-Off.

- Please, please.

- I can't watch, I can't watch.

- Oh, my goodness, oh, my
goodness, oh, my goodness.

- Vin Pain Chocolat.

(audience clapping)

Fifth place, the first finalist,

and the winner of $50,000
sponsored

by The Forge Steakhouse,
The Confectionery.

(audience cheering)
(audience clapping)

- [Julie] Yes, yes!

- Well, she's asleep.

Out as soon as her head hit the
pillow.

- I'm not surprised, she
had a long day, we all did.

- Yeah, I should turn
in too, I'm exhausted.

- Can we chat for a minute?

- Yeah.

Is everything okay?

- Yeah, no, everything's fine.

I just been wanted to talk to
you

and you haven't had the time.

- I know, it's been so busy.

I'm sorry.

- Oh, don't apologize, I get it.

But we have a minute now.

- Right.

(Peter chuckles)

Are you nervous?

- Is it that obvious?

- There's nothing to be nervous
about.

- There's plenty to be nervous
about.

- No, there isn't.

Don't worry about what people
think.

- I only care about what you
think.

- Well, I think you're great.

I think you're brave.

You always put yourself out
there for me.

- Ah, you'd do the same for me.

- Never really had the chance

but you know I'm here for you
always.

- Always?

- Always.

- I was hoping you'd
say something like that.

Don't you think it's time
we do something about it?

- There's not much else we can
do.

- We could take the first step.

- Pete, you're on like
step five out of six.

- Wait, what are you talking
about?

- Your bake-off tomorrow.

- Right.

- [Lynn] What, what are you
talking about?

- No, no, yeah, the
bake-off of course it's.

- You sure?

- Yeah.

- I don't know what I'd
do without you, Pete.

- Same.

Lynn.

- Mm-hmm.

- I uh,

I think you should go upstairs.

You're falling asleep.

- Good idea.

- I'll let myself out.

(lips smack)

- [Lynn] Goodnight, Pete.

- Goodnight.

(Peter sighs)

(insects chirping)

(upbeat music)

(birds chirping)

- Good morning.

Now it's time to announce
the five finalist

for the 18 and under category

of the Great Pumpkin Bake-Off.

(audience clapping)

- Please welcome to the stage
number 12

from Brookhaven, New York, USA,

and sponsored by Sweet Baby
James Bakery, Jenny Kunkel.

(audience clapping)

- Number 18 sponsored by the
Cookery

from Morton, Illinois, United
States, Lacey Williams.

(audience clapping)
(audience cheering)

- Number 26 from Nashville,
Illinois, and sponsored

by Curry & Associates
Engineers Inc., Rebecca Curry.

(audience clapping)

- And number 30 sponsored by her
parents

and from Brussels, Belgium,
Ingrid Vough.

(audience clapping)

(playful music)

- And finally number
37 from Vienna, Austria

and sponsored by Gute
Boulangerie, Gretel Von Schiff.

(audience clapping)

- And the winner of the
18 and under category

of the Great Pumpkin Bake-Off

and receiving a check for
$50,000

sponsored by Kuhl Insurance
is Lacey Williams.

(audience clapping)
(audience cheering)

- Thank you everybody.

We'll see you back here in two
hours for the men's category.

- Well, guess I'm up.

(Peter groans)

- Good luck, Pete.

I'm so proud of you just for
entering.

- It's the smallest category
so odds are in my favor right?

- I don't care if you win, just
getting up there's amazing.

- Thanks.

Hey, Mark.

- Hey, one of the kids from
our youth group just won.

- Congrats.

Where's Julie?

- She's inside celebrating
Lacey's big victory.

I would have stayed behind
myself

but I'm in the next category.

- You entered too?

- I sure did.
- I didn't know you baked.

- Well, I'm not as good as
you or Desiree but I try.

My wife encouraged me to enter

and you know the church
could sure use the money so.

- Now who am I gonna root for?

- Hey, I entered because of you.

(Lynn laughs)

- Well, good luck to both of
you.

I'll see you after the
announcement.

I'm gonna head into work for a
little bit.

Thanks for letting Julie hang
out

with you and the youth group
kids.

- Of course, she fits right in,

and she seems to having a blast.

- I can't believe it's the same
kid

since the beginning of summer.

- Yeah, she's come a long
way in the last few months.

- She sure has.

- Come on, Pete, we've
got some baking to do.

- All right.

- Good luck, guys.
- Bye.

- So you ready for this?

- Not one bit.

- Neither am I.

- You two have nothing to worry
about.

- Oh, you think so?

- I know so.

- Why is that?

- Because neither of you can
beat me.

You're in my house now, pastor.

- Oh, yeah, definitely
not worried about us.

- Not a chance.

* When you're tired

* I'll be the one to tuck you in
*

- Nobody beats the coach,
nobody!

Come on!

* When you're angry

* I'll be the one to listen

* And if you feel like letting
go *

* I'll be the one and
your one that's all *

* And there ain't nothing
I know you can't survive *

(audience clapping)

* It's getting harder to hide

* The fear in your eyes

* But you're gonna make it

* You're gonna make it

- Hello from Morton, Illinois,

the Pumpkin Capital of the
World.

I'm Shane Sanders.

- And I'm Amy Price.

- And we are live

at the first ever Great
Pumpkin Bake-Off finals.

- That's right, Shane.

Tonight someone will walk out

of Morton High School auditorium

with a check for one million
dollars.

That's a lot of dough.

- (chuckles) The way it works is
simple,

the judges have already been
sequestered at Village Hall.

Each of the 10 bakers
will be assigned a number

between one and 10, their work
stations

are setup on the stage for the
crowds

to watch them prepare their
ingredients.

Once completed they will take
them

to the home economics
room where they will bake.

Once finished the judges
will head to the gymnasium

to taste the finished baked
goods and declare the winner.

- The winner will be
announced tonight at 10:00 pm,

which means the contestants
only have two hours to bake.

- Now it's time to meet our
bakers.

- And kids don't pie this at
home.

- Boy that one really takes the
cake.

- I'm a legend in the baking.

(gentle music)

- Madison, hi.

- I was hoping you were still
here.

Where is everyone?

- Uh, they all went to the
finals.

Desi just left.

Do you wanna walk with me?

- Yeah, sure.

Let's see the jail cells first.

I have a flight early tomorrow

and I just have to see them.

- Okay, come on.

Go around that way.

Come on, back here.

- Oh, my goodness.

They're real.

- Of course they're real.

I actually had to clean the one
out

'cause people read the article

and they wanted to have pictures
inside.

- Would you mind taking one of
me?

Thanks.

- Oh, don't close it all the
way.

- Why not?

- It locks and I don't have the
key.

- Good to know.

- Okay.

Here.

Fun right?
- Totally.

Now let me get one of you.

- I've got plenty.

We should probably head to the
school.

- Oh, come on, just one.

I have to show everybody back in
New York

that I met the Lynn Travis.

- Okay, fine, but we have to.

(door thuds)

Madison, what are you doing?

- Making sure I win.

You're the only baker I was
worried about.

- Madison, that's cheating.

- (laughs) It's for a million
dollars,

who cares how I get it?

- Anyone from my bakery can
compete.

- There's no way your assistant
can bake as well as you do.

I'll take my chances with her.

- Madison, come on, let me out!

- You said it yourself, there's
no key,

so even if I wanted to
let you out I couldn't.

- Madison, come on!

- Don't worry, someone will
find you in the morning.

Toodles.

- [Lynn] Madison!

Madison!

(door thudding)

(insects chirping)

- (sighs) Where is she?

- I don't know, her cell
went straight to voicemail.

I tried to her four times
already.

- Oh, try, try the store line.

(Peter sighs)
(rock music)

(phone ringing)

(door clanging)

(Lynn sighs)

- No answer.

- Okay, you stay here,
I'll go check her house.

- Okay.

- What about me?

What should I do?

- Hey, don't worry, okay?

Just go inside and cheer on your
friends.

- Don't worry?

She's my aunt.

- I'm sure she's just fine,
okay?

Now go have fun.

- (sighs) Whatever.

- How do you think you'll
do in the finals, Madison?

- Quite frankly I think
I'm gonna do great.

I don't wanna jinx it but I have
a feeling

I'm gonna be a millionaire after
this.

- Well, you certainly sound
confident.

- What can I say I have the
competition all locked up.

- Julie, what?

- I know where she is.

- Where are you going?
- Ladies and gentlemen,

boys and girls, children of all
ages,

welcome to 55th annual Pumpkin
Fest,

and the first ever Great
Pumpkin-

- Pastor Mark.
- Bake-Off.

- Have you seen Julie?

- He graduated-
- Hey, Ray, no.

She was supposed to be here by
now.

- Then worked his way-
- Do you know where she is?

- Through almost all of our-
- Maybe's she's with Ms. Lynn

until she goes on stage.
- Restaurants in town

until he was discovered-
- Maybe, let's take our seats.

- [Announcer] By Foodie
TV, and is now host

of "Feed My Belly".

Put your hands together for
tonight's host

the cupcake king himself,
Timothy Flame.

- Wow, thank you, thank you.

Wow, thank you.

Thank you so much.

Wow.

It is so good to be
back home, it really is,

especially around Pumpkin Fest.

But I gotta tell you I've
really been looking forward

to tonight's competition, and
the Great Pumpkin Bake-Off.

And that said, let's meet
our finalist shall we.

He came, he saw, he baked some
bread.

Please welcome to the stage
Shawn Schmidt

from the Schmidt Baking Company.

Give it for him, come on.

Shawn is making a multigrain
pumpkin bread this evening

with whipped honey butter.

Sounds amazing.

- [Julie] Aunt Lynn.

- I'm in here.

It's Madison, she locked me in.

- I knew it.

How do you get out?

- Only Peter knows or a
locksmith.

- I'll get Peter.

- [Lynn] Julie, no, there's no
time.

- What do you mean?

- The contest is about to start,

I need you to bake for me and
represent The Confectionery.

- Me, no way.

- Julie, please, The
Confectionery cannot be a
no-show,

it would run my reputation.

- I'm not good enough.

- [Lynn] Of course you are.

- What about Desiree?

- Where is she?

- I don't know, she was
looking for you in your house.

- Please, Julie, there's no
time.

I wouldn't ask you if
it wasn't an emergency.

- I don't even know what to
bake.

- Think of the one thing you've
baked over

and and over all summer.

You even said, "It's your
favorite thing to make

because people love it so much."

- Pumpkin bars.

- That's what I was going to
make.

Desi doesn't know how, I never
shared the recipe with her.

Just all the ingredients
will be at your station,

bake them like you're baking
here.

Bake with love.

- I don't know.

- Julie, please for me.

I have faith in you, just have
a little faith in yourself.

- I love you, Aunt Lynn.

- I love you too.

Now go win the bake-off.

(gentle brooding music)

- She's known for her
beauty and for her sweets.

Please welcome to the stage
Madison Bell

from Simple Sweets in
New York City, New York.

Come on, make her feel welcome
everybody.

Madison Bell everybody.

Madison's preparing
pumpkin macadamia blondies

for her entry.

We got it.

Madison Bell everybody.

(upbeat music)

- Julie, where's Lynn?

- In jail.
- What?

What'd she do?

- In the back of the bakery.

- What are we gonna do?

That was the seventh competitor,

they have Lynn going on last.

- I'm gonna bake.

- [Peter] You?

- Me.

And I'm gonna win.

- [Peter] But you're just a kid.

- Pete, trust me, I'll be fine.

- Are you sure?

- If Aunt Lynn says I
can do it, I know I can.

- Go in through the backstage.

- Last but certainly not
least Morton's sweetheart,

please welcome Lynn Travis
from The Confectionery.

(audience clapping)
(audience cheering)

Lynn Travis.

Lynn Travis representing The
Confectionery

from Morton, Illinois.

Are you here, Lynn?

(footsteps tapping)

- Looks like she's a no-show.

- The rules clearly state
that I have to announce

the contestant's name at least
three times

before they're disqualified.

- Okay, sorry.
- Okay.

- Sorry.
- Okay.

Do we have a baker from The
Confectionery?

- Me.

Julie Remington, Lynn Travis's
niece

and I'm gonna bake for The
Confectionery.

(Madison laughing)

- This is going to be
better than I expected.

Do you really think you're
going to beat the best?

- No, but I can beat you.

(upbeat music)

- Julie will be baking pumpkin
bars for The Confectionery.

Ladies and gentlemen, start your
baking.

(gentle music)

- Lynn, Lynn, Lynn!
- Peter!

- Are you okay?

- [Lynn] You have to get me out
of here.

- I will.

- Did Julie make it in time?
- Yeah.

- Is she okay?
- She's fine, I promise.

- How long will it take you to
get me out?

- Less than five minutes.

- Then do it.

- No.

- No?

Why not?

- Okay, I've been trying to
tell you something for weeks now

and every time I try and
tell you get interrupted.

- I know I've been so busy ever
since

that dinner at the mayor's
house.

- It's okay.
- Had more people in my shop

this summer than ever before.

- Lynn, I know.

- With Julie here I
haven't even had a moment

to think to myself.
- I love you.

- Wait, what?

- I love you, Lynn.

I've loved you ever since we
went to senior prom together.

- But we were just friends then.

- That's all we ever
been, but I want more.

- More?

- More than friends.

I've felt this in my heart for
so long

but I just never had
the chance to tell you.

- So, so, so you tell me now.

- There's not time like the
present right?

And something tells me no one's
gonna interrupt me in here.

- This isn't fair.

- Life isn't fair, Lynn.

Look when Pierce came back into
town

I thought for sure that you
were gonna end up with him.

- So you're telling me
because he's back in town?

- I'm telling because I love
you,

and it is about time that I tell
you.

Aren't you gonna say anything?

- Uh, can, can you just let me
out?

- Yeah.

Yeah, okay.

(lock clicking)

- Well, it appears that Coach
Robison

is the first to bring
his entry to be baked.

He's made his wife's
signature autumn scones,

and he'll be back to the stage
later on

to make the delicious pumpkin
glaze.

Coach Robison everybody.

(gentle music)

(lock clicks)

- There.

You're free.

- [Lynn] I love you too.

Now let's go.

- Good news all the entries

have been presented to the
judges,

we'll have the results in 15
minutes.

- Hey.

- Where have you been?

- (sighs) Trust me you wouldn't
believe me if I told you.

- Try me.

- Tomorrow.

Tonight's Julie's night,
even if she doesn't win.

- Oh, she'll win.

- How are you so sure?

- She's doing it for Lynn.

She's fueled by faith
and she's driven by love.

- My great-grandmother
would be very proud.

And I do hope to make this a
tradition.

Well, it's my privilege and
honor to announce to you

that the winner of the first
ever Great Pumpkin Bake-Off

and the recipient of
one million dollars is

The Confectionery!

(audience cheering)
(audience clapping)

(gentle music)
(birds chirping)

- And this year's Pumpkin Fest

was an enormous success with
over hundred thousand people

in attendance from all over the
world,

we shattered all of our previous
records.

That's partially due to the
first

ever Great Pumpkin Bake-Off.

(audience clapping)

And while we all expected Lynn
Travis from The Confectionery

to bring home the grand prize,

it was her niece, Julie
Remington

who won the million dollars

after baking Lynn's famous
pumpkin bars.

Julie, stand up so we can all
see you.

(audience clapping)

So all and all Morton we really-

- Pastor Mark.
- Experienced amazing things

this year.
- Pastor Mark.

- Yes, Julie.

- I have something to say.

- [Mark] Well, come on up here,
darling.

(gentle music)

- When I got here in the
beginning of June

I felt like I had my entire
summer taken from me.

You see I live in St. Louis,
my parents are really famous,

and to be honest they make a lot
of money.

I'm sure you know my mom's
the actress Brooke Remington,

and my dad is a professional
pitcher for the Cards.

Before I came to stay with my
Aunt Lynn

I planned to spend the summer in
France

with my nanny and best
friend while Dad traveled

for the season and Mom filmed a
movie.

I expected a great summer.

I didn't care what it
costs, I wanted everything,

and I usually got it.

My parents finally had enough

and saw me for what I was,

a spoiled brat that didn't
appreciate anything she had

and took everything for granted,

so Mom brought me here to Morton

so I could learn to be a better
person.

You know be more like all of
you.

Over the past few months

I saw what good people actually
look like.

How good friends are
suppose to treat each other.

Why I need God in my heart
and faith in my mind,

and what true love is.

I found myself, I discovered the
person

that I was always meant to be,

the person that I know my
parents will be proud of.

For that I thank you, all of
you.

Pastor Mark, you and the
church have done so much,

not only for me and my family

but for the entire community and
beyond.

I'd like to give you my
million dollar prize.

(group gasping)

- Julie.

- It's okay, Aunt Lynn.

What I learned here is worth way
more

than a million dollars.

Thank you, Pastor Mark.

- Thank you, Julie.

(audience clapping)

(gentle music)

(group chattering)

- Mm-hmm.

(group chattering)

- May I cut in?

- I'd prefer you didn't.

- I'm not after your woman,
Peter.

- Go dance with Julie.

Give us a minute.

- Fine.

- Enjoy.

* You and I will be together

- You're torturing him you know.

- Yeah, I know.

(Lynn laughs)

I saw what your niece
did with her prize money.

- She's got a big heart.

- I'm matching her donation to
the church,

and I'm gonna create a
college fund for her.

- Pierce, that's so generous.

- I'm leaving the money
with you, all right.

I just, I, I just don't want her

to know about it until
she's 18, all right?

- Thank you.

She won't.

* A soulmate

- May I have your attention
please.

Ladies and gentlemen, it's
what you all been waiting for.

It's time to crown our pumpkin
queen.

This young lady was born
and raised in Morton

and created a bakery that is a
cornerstone in our community.

* And the

It should be no surprise to any
of you

that this year's pumpkin
queen is Lynn Travis.

(group clapping)
(group cheering)

* We'll be together forever

(man vocalizing)

(group cheering)

(gentle music)

This year we created a new
title.

Our committee got together and
we all felt

that we needed to acknowledge
someone

who is so selfless,
competent, compassionate,

and a really great example of
Morton.

So please give a big round of
applause

to our pumpkin princess,

our first ever pumpkin
princess, Julie Remington.

(Lynn gasps)
(group cheering)

- See I told you if you
played your cards right

you'd be treated like royalty.

(group clapping)

(group cheering)

(gentle upbeat music)

* I wanna be the future of a
movement *

* All my life's been leading up
to this *

* I wanna be that important to
someone *

* I got the kiss, I got the kiss
*

* You wanna see me just
change, change, change *

* You wanna love me just
rearranged *

* I wanna see you just smile at
me, yeah *

* No corrections, no complaints
*

* Everything I want to do

* I got inside of me, side of me
*

* Everything I got to do

* I got in front of me, front of
me *

* I got this

* I got it on my own

* I wanna be right square in the
moment *

* Meditating like it's Buddha
night *

* But I don't think it's
desire that's killing us *

* It's the taint of self-denial
*

* I wanna lose all that
shame, shame, shame *

* I want the power all
rearranged *

* I wanna see a true partnership
yeah *

* All connected, not the same

* Everything I want to do

* I got inside of me, side of me
*

* Everything I got to do

* I got in front of me, in front
of me *

* I got this

* I got it on my own

* Oh

* Mmm, mmm

* I wanna show you the light my
sunshine *

* I wanna teach you how to be
unsure *

* I wanna hold out my hand to
you *

* Show you things you've
never seen before *

* I wanna see us both
change, change, change *

* Thinking so hard it hurts our
brains *

* I wanna see you just smile at
me yeah *

* No corrections, no complaints
*

* Everything I want to do

* I got inside of me, side of me
*

* Everything I got to do

* I got in front of me, in front
of me *

* I got this

* I got it on my own

* Everything I want to do

* I got inside of me, side of me
*

* Everything I got to do

* I got in front of me, in front
of me *

* I got this

* I got it on my own

* Everything I want to do

* I got inside of me, side of me
*

* Everything I got to do

* I got in front of me, in front
of me *

* I got this

* I got it on my own

* Everything I want to do

* I got

* I got

* Everything I want I got

* I got this