All language subtitles for Harry.Potter.Wizards.of.Baking.S01E04

Warner Bros. Leavesden,

where our bakers are in the heat
of a fierce competition

through the sets
of the Harry Potter films.

That looks amazing.

In their previous task,
the bakers showcased

their magical desserts
in Diagon Alley.

It's really, like, boiling.

For a group of Harry Potter
superfans...

Smoky!

...and our judges,
it was a very close call.

The team that won by one vote.

Oh, wow.

Elizabeth and Juan.

But it also marked
the end of the journey

for Hemu and Riccardo.

This week, a surprise guest
joins the judging panel,

as our teams must present
their edible showpieces

in one of the most dangerous
places in the Wizarding World.

This is truly a celebration
of the Dark Arts.

- It's so eerie.
- Yeah, it's super eerie.

Stepping through the big gates

into the Forbidden Forest,
it is creepy.

What a surreal experience
being on set

where I remember
watching all those movies.

It's Buckbeak!

Can we ride him though?

- Oh, my God! We're back!
- We're back in the kitchen!

- Yes!
- Come on down, everybody!

Welcome back to the kitchen,
baking wizards!

Thank you!

Now, the Forbidden Forest
borders the grounds

of Hogwarts, so it's no surprise
that this enchanted location

is featured in almost all
the Harry Potter books and films.

There's more than werewolves
in those trees, lad.

You're Aragog, aren't you?

Yes.

The forest is not safe
at this time.

As always, this competition
is about to become

even more daunting.

Oh, what's this?

- Whoa!
- Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.
Someone else is coming.

I wonder who it could be.

Oh, my God. Who could this be?

It's got to be someone who
knows the Forbidden Forest.

Luna Lovegood herself.
Evanna Lynch!

Hi.

Wow, this is such a lovely,
warm welcome.

- Oh, my God
- Eva, we've got tears

happening right now.

Your character is helping me
raise my daughters

to be confident
in who they are,

and I'm so grateful.

- Stop.
- Sorry.

- Oh, my God.
- That's really beautiful.

Well, Evanna, tonight,
the baking wizards

are going to be presenting
their dessert showpieces

on the set of the Forbidden Forest.

You're not going mad.

I can see them too.

You're just as sane as I am.

So, for this Forbidden Forest task,

you'll create sweet showpieces
that are inspired by the Dark Arts.

I like that.

We have four rules for this task.

Some part of your showpiece
must be at least three feet tall.

Okay.

You'll need to make two
delectable tasting elements.

And in a nod
to the many layers of intrigue

in the Forbidden Forest,
one of those tasting elements

must contain at least ten layers.

- Oh, no.
- Ten?

Ten layers?

Hold on, what's the fourth rule?

- You've only given three.
- Sorry. It involves a spell.

The one that makes objects
levitate or fly.

Wingardium Leviosa.

You're saying it wrong.

It's Levi-oh-sa, not Levio-sah.

You do it then if you're
so clever. Go on, go on.

Wingardium Leviosa.

And it does mean that
the required enchanting element

must appear to defy gravity.

Oh, gosh.

So, teams, Carla and Jozef
will judge your fantastical creations,

and Evanna is also here
to be one of your judges.

Because Evanna is famously vegan,

her focus won't be on flavor,
but on the visuals.

So that means that the woman
that brought Luna Lovegood to life

will have a hand in deciding
who will eventually win

the Wizards of Baking Cup.

And don't forget, being featured in
a brand-new Harry Potter cookbook.

- Yes.
- So, teams, you have six hours.

Best of luck, everyone.
Let the baking begin.

- Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God.

- All right.
- Another one.

- Can't wait.
- Dementors.

- Perfect. Dementors.
- Nice. Perfect. Right up our alley.

"Dementors are wraith-like
creatures who feed on

human happiness and consume
a person's soul."

What could be more Slytherin,
Chris, than this?

- Nothing, I don't think.
- Exactly.

"Umbridge...

- Yes!
- ...is your Dark Arts inspiration..."

- I love this character.
- She's like the devil.

- She is the devil...
- She is the devil.

...but she's kind of
presented in this pink,

sugary, saccharine, sweet coating.

Because you know, deep down,
you deserve to be punished.

Don't you, Mr. Potter?

- She's a full facade. Literally.
- She totally is.

- Boggarts!
- Whoa!

"A boggart is a shape-shifting creature
that takes the form

of the worst fear of the person
who encounters it."

Whoa.

I am actually really afraid of
spiders. Can we do a spider?

- Horcruxes!
- Yes!

"Objects that conceal a part
of someone's fragmented soul."

"Lord Voldemort
creates seven of them

in order to try
to achieve immortality."

Let's start sketching out.
We need to make sure that we do

- the six that they destroy.
- Yes.

So, we've got the diary,

- the ring...
- The ring.

- The locket.
- ...the goblet, the diadem,

and I want a really big Nagini.
She's almost gravity-defying,

so I want her, like, swirling up.

- Perfect.
- Oh, gosh. This is huge.

I'm nervous.

So, dementors.

- One is going to be in the center.
- Yup.

- And it has to be gravity-defying.
- Right.

We want it to look
like they're flying around us.

- It needs movement.
- Yeah.

Yeah, so definitely.

It's ambitious, but we need to nail this
to get to the semifinals.

- We have to.
- Yeah.

The iconic scenes with Dolores Umbridge

- in her office at Hogwarts...
- Okay.

- ...with the plates on the wall...
- The plates, yep.

...with the moving kittens,
and she's stirring sugar into her tea.

Yeah, the pretty on top, the evil within.

- We need to bring that to this design.
- Okay.

For this challenge, we want
to go with a tea party theme.

The gravity-defying challenge
is to make the tea party float.

There'll be some edible teacups
and the iconic cat on a plate.

And then a little bit
lower down the showpiece,

we're going to create
some little dainty macarons.

I'm starting to work on making
the shells for the macarons.

Very French techniques.

As a executive pastry chef,
I do everything pastry.

Plated desserts, petite gateaux,

the fancy plated desserts.

That's something I feel like is my niche.

So doing a macaron is something
that I'm really excited to do.

We wanna play with a little bit
of texture on that.

So I'm going to make
some blackcurrant leather.

- Nice.
- We'll have a little sugar in there,

and I'm just gonna dry it out
in the oven. And then...

Yeah, I like that.

Then we can stick that
on top of the macarons.

We're doing a riff on
a blackcurrant and licorice sweet,

which is a very typical
British sweet that we have.

I'm learning a lot about
British delicacies and desserts

- from you, Zoe.
- You are, right?

People all around the world
absolutely love Harry Potter,

but we have to kind of claim it
as Brits

because that's fitting
to Harry and Hogwarts.

It's important to me, and now
it's important to Jordan.

Cake is in the oven.

Perfect. Nice, quick cake.

- Lisa.
- Well, hello.

- Mitzi.
- Hi.

- So, what's going on?
- Making some roller skates

- for our boggart.
- Okay.

It's not a scary boggart.
We have defeated the boggart

with the charm Riddikulus!

So we gotta make it fun
and playful.

It's a big, creepy spider.

The legs are gonna be
flying in the air with some roller skates.

And we're gonna do
a nod to Neville's boggart,

which is Snape dressed
in his grandma's clothes.

So we're gonna do a red handbag.

Then we're gonna do a balloon
that looks like the moon

because it's a nod to Lupin's boggart.

Riddikulus!

And our cake is defying gravity,

so all of the legs
are just gonna be flying everywhere.

We gotta be careful that
our weight is spread evenly,

so that way
it doesn't start tilting on us.

So the structure
needs to be nice and strong.

Normally, with my gravity-defying cakes,

I will spend a few days making
sure the physics are right,

the balance is right.

Doing a gravity-defying cake
in six hours

is an incredible challenge.

And would a spider
be your personal boggart?

I feel like my boggart would be
completely losing my mind

in front of some
of my childhood heroes,

but I've already done that,
so it's all good.

We've been assigned
the dementors. Scary.

My tasting element
is a gravity-defying dementor

flying over clouds
with an edible fabric gown.

And to accompany the dementor,

we're gonna be making
a lake made out of isomalt,

trees that are made
out of solid chocolate.

The requirement
of the challenge is that

it needs to be a ten-layer dessert.

So Black Forest cake, because
we are in the Forbidden Forest,

but reverse Black Forest cake.

So, instead of doing chocolate cake,

we're doing a cherry cake,
and chocolate as the filling.

My tasting element
is going to be a tree trunk.

I really enjoy incorporating
savory into a dessert.

I think it balances it out very well.

Using tarragon as an herbaceous note
complements the cherries very well.

I mean, in the last challenge,
we almost got sent home

with a savory element.

But I'm pretty confident
in this choice so far.

I am attempting to bring
the best of what we need to do

to this challenge today.

- I really want to get to the semifinals.
- We have to go from the bottom to the top.

Absolutely.

I'm making our smoky tendrils,
but we're doing rice paper,

and I'm dipping them in water,
tinted black, to make them

really dark and inky and creepy.

Elizabeth, Juan.

- Hi.
- Hi.

What is your inspiration for today?

So, we want to do all the Horcruxes.

So, we're going to start off
with a really huge rock formation.

We're going to have
smoky tendrils coming out.

And then above that is going
to be the black Voldemort soul pieces,

which are the faces.

And then we're going
to have each of our Horcruxes,

basilisk fang as well.
And then to top it all off,

we're going to have Nagini,
gravity-defying, giant five-foot snake.

You were the fan favorites
in the Diagon Alley task,

and that means you've won
another advantage.

We get a second advantage.

- This is fantastic.
- I know.

Bakers, you may want
to pay attention to what

Juan has got to say.

"Help will always be given at Hogwarts
to those who deserve it."

It must be something related to help,
but who's going to help us?

- So, at any point during the task...
- Any pont?

...you can present this card
to us and use your advantage.

- There's definitely a target on our back.
- Yeah.

We kind of are known as being
the overachieving team.

I really do want to win
and being in that cookbook

would be, gosh,
beyond mind-blowing.

I know we got this.

We have lots of different components
in this Dolores Umbridge showpiece.

Jordan is tackling the tasting elements,

so that I can focus on the cake sculpture
and the sculpted details.

I am starting on some teacups
and saucers.

I'm just using actually
a little bit of pastillage.

Just gonna do that first,
and then I can hand paint them later.

And I'm using bone china...

to model said teacup.

My mom, sorry Mom,
has a china problem.

She loves a bit of china.
Vintage china, old china.

"Ooh, look at this one."

Anyone that knows my mum
will be nodding.

My mum is the most amazing woman.

Every birthday I had, she always ordered,
like, a novelty cake.

So I kind of grew up, like,
the magic of the novelty cake.

I feel that now I've discovered
that cake is my canvas.

So my focus is to bring
the detail to the piece,

which I intend to do
through hyperrealism.

So, it is definitely gonna
look different, and hopefully

that will make it stand out
against the other pieces.

So we gotta position them
where we want them.

I'll help you.

And then we'll get it
tightened. Yeah, there.

I'm about to remove the skates
for all eight legs of the spider,

but they're incredibly fragile
right down the middle.

- Definitely anxious.
- Yeah, me too.

Shoot. It broke a little bit.

- This one broke too.
- Okay.

This is not good.

I need every single one of them.

They're cracking.

I am starting to worry about time.

I'm definitely freaking out.

- Our skates are fragile.
- The wheels broke a little bit.

We're trying to glue them together
so we don't lose them.

I don't think we have time
to fix every roller skate,

so we're gonna have
to use the ones we have,

get them in the fridge,
and do something faster

for the other legs.

- Maybe socks?
- Sure.

Come on. We can do this.

Bakers, only four hours left to create
your Dark Arts themed showpieces.

And please remember,

you will need to make
two tasting elements.

And one of those tasting elements
must contain at least ten layers.

For the ten layers tasting element,
we're doing a crepe cake.

So, this is Earl Grey tea.
So, I'm actually gonna blend it in

with the batter.
Wanna taste it? Here you go.

It's not reading. It needs
a little more Earl Grey.

Earl Grey, it's tricky.
If you have too much,

it's almost starchy, but too little of it,
you're not gonna taste it at all.

Now I taste it.

- Zoe, Jordan.
- Hey. Hi, guys.

- Hey.
- Hi.

You've been so good on the flavors.

So you're going big
on those again as well today?

We are. We've been inspired
by a drink called London Fog.

It's like a milky Earl Grey.

And so those flavors
are going to be incorporated

into the crepe cake.
The challenge is ten layers,

but this thing is going
to have a lot of layers.

I'm putting a little bit
of crunch in there,

so freeze-dried yogurt
and some feuilletine.

It's not gonna look like a crepe cake.
So, it looks like one right now,

but it'll look completely
different and very modern.

- Guys, we'll leave you to it.
- Thank you.

- All the best, guys.
- Nice to see you.

So, I am working
on my mangoes right now.

These are gonna be the filling
of my chocolate cake.

It's going to be the dementor.

Every time I eat mangoes,
it always reminds me

of my home country,
which is the Philippines,

and beautiful childhood memories.

My parents actually have a farm
in the Philippines.

And every harvest season,

there are like baskets
and baskets of mangoes.

So it's like breakfast,
lunch, and dinner,

we always have mangoes.

And it is tied up
to our showpiece,

like happiness
is something that could

actually ward off dementors.

I love it!

Just carving the basilisk fang

and then I'm covering it with fondant,
and this is the gravity-defying device.

You have to teach me how to say it.

It's Harry Potter or Harry Potter?

I say Harry Potter.

- Harry Potter. I think that sounds better.
- I pronounce the T a little bit more.

Harry Potter.

"Harry Potter!
You've come to die!"

Okay, Voldemort, calm down.

So, in this challenge,
one of our tasting elements

has to have ten layers.

My ten layers is going
to be Tom Riddle's diary,

five layers of cake
and five layers of filling,

dark black cocoa chocolate cake,
a mint crunchy buttercream,

and then also,
a chocolate whipped ganache.

My specialty is chocolate.

So I am casting
and painting my bonbons.

So this is going to be
for the jewel in the diadem.

I'm painting them with
cocoa butter, so they're nice

and shiny and they have
that beautiful blue.

So it's gonna be a black sesame
cheesecake bonbon.

I'm using black sesame because
this is all about Dark Arts.

Black sesame
has beautiful notes,

but people are too scared
sometimes to use it

because it tends to be
on the savory side.

So we have two wins now,
which that means

that we're closer
to that beautiful cup.

I know. One step closer to the cup.

I really want that cup.

I'm just blown away by
their imagination and their ambition.

I feel stressed for them.

I don't know how
they're holding it together.

I love that they each
put their personality into it.

I think that shows really gifted artists

who know how to play
to their strengths.

We're going super Mexican
with this cake.

So for our ten-layer cake,
it's gonna be the body of our spider.

Inspired by a Mexican fruit stand.

The layers will be
a cucumber lime jam,

mango and passion fruit
crémeux, guava.

And I wanted to add
a Mexican candy called Miguelito.

It's like a chili, sugar,
kind of chili powder.

It's definitely a big, big challenge
because you had to balance the flavors.

That smells so refreshing.

Whoa!

It's my mom's favorite dessert.

And I wanted to bring a nod
to her because she is amazing.

I really hope you know
how incredible you are, Mitzi.

Chris, I'm starting to build
out the rock formations.

Perfect. I'm making some
branches for the trees.

So, it's just chocolate and
then a little bit of ice water.

The good thing is they're supposed
to be abstract, so that works.

Bakers, that's halfway.

You have three hours left

to create your Dark Arts
themed showpieces.

We've got a lot to do,
and we are rather behind on time.

I'm feeling the pressure.

- I think it's time. Let's go.
- All right.

Let's use this. Okay.

- Oh, it's happening.
- Hello.

Baking wizards, Elizabeth and Juan

have decided to use their advantage.

Dumbledore's famous quote is,

"Help will always be given at Hogwarts
to those who deserve it."

Well, Elizabeth and Juan,
you'll be getting some help

in the form of a baking assistant.

Yes!

What?

- Oh, no. Good for them.
- Must be nice.

But this isn't an ordinary helper.

You'll be aided
by a world-renowned chef

who is a culinary genius.

For the next 15 minutes,
help will be given to you by...

Oh, my gosh!

That's so cool!

Jozef Youssef!

Oh, my gosh!

- That's so cool!
- Help has arrived.

This is going to be exciting
and just as equally terrifying.

So you got me for 15 minutes.
Put me to work.

Come on. Let's roll up our sleeves.
Let's do this.

Hope you like green.

What have you got for me?

Now we know this isn't exactly
the best use of your skills,

but we are short on time.

We just need you
to take some of this icing

and basically smear it on
and cover this rocky island for us.

I haven't done any icing for a while,

but, hey, I'm sure happy
to give it a crack.

I honestly thought my painting
decorating days were over.

Don't forget, you still missed
a bit around

- this side as well, Jozef.
- Yeah, I know.

How ridiculous is that?

This accomplished chef over there
is just painting cake.

I think he's more than just a painter,
you know what I mean?

That's such an honor
to be able to work with him.

- That's a really big advantage.
- It is.

No job is too big or too small

- in the kitchen.
- Thank you.

- That's how it is.
- That's the most important part.

So Elizabeth and Juan have won
the last two challenges.

And I'm really gunning
to go after that win now.

In 2014, Juan started as a cook for me.

Maybe he used some
of the tricks that I taught him

over the years. Maybe that's
why he won. I don't know.

So, if I've done this right,

I should have
a nice fluffy marshmallow.

- Ah, it looks amazing. Fluffy.
- Yeah.

Take that, Juan.

Four minutes left of your time, guys.

- Oh, I believe in you.
- I've spent better part

of a quarter of a century
trying to master

the gastronomic and culinary arts.

And here I am...

- Smearing icing.
- ...smearing icing on a cake.

One minute left, guys. One minute left.

Elizabeth and Juan,
your 15 minutes are up.

I hope you made the most

- of your time with Jozef.
- Well done.

Well, I'm glad you're happy with my work,
and now, I can add this to my resume.

- All right, guys. Good luck.
- Thank you, Jozef.

See you later.

- Bye.
- Thanks, Chef.

Two hours left
to finish your showpieces.

Remember, teams, we're looking
for your showpiece to defy gravity.

Is it leaning more forward
than it was last time?

It is, like, a lot. I want to push it,

but I don't know
if that would make it worse.

We're gonna have to hope
that it will hold.

- How are you guys feeling?
- I feel like we were the underdogs

in the last challenge,
and these two up here

are the ones to beat, so...

Watch out for the underdogs.

Well, I feel a lot like
the underdog right now,

- considering how much you've got done.
- Yeah, don't worry, guys.

We're not coming for you.
We're coming for the cup.

- Yeah.
- So you're fine. Don't sweat it.

- What are you working on right now?
- I'm going to make chocolate fabric

for the dementor's clothes.

So, I'm taking tempered chocolate

and mixing it with gelatin,
which will make it flexible.

So, I just need to let it set.

I'm happy with how
it's coming out right now.

It's bendable, it's flexible
like actual fabric.

I'm adding some holes, I'm tearing it

because the dementor's clothes
are actually very torn.

I'm looking forward to this challenge

because I specialize
in hyper-realistic cakes,

so I wanted to incorporate my talent

in painting and sculpting
into my dementor.

- That looks great.
- That's an awesome dementor.

- Whoa, your dementor's so cool.
- Thank you.

- Yours looks great as well.
- Thank you.

- Yours look great, too.
- Thank you.

I started to airbrush my spider eyes.

Great job. I'm covering
the spider legs right now.

We're like creepily
doing a lot of body parts.

Okay, I'm making
the aerated white chocolate.

It's a part of the inside of my bonbons

that were gonna be
the eyes of the spider.

I want to show my molecular
gastronomy techniques

to impress as much as we can.

I temper my chocolate
and add in CO2,

which basically pumps
a lot of air into the chocolate.

And the final product
will look like a sponge.

Just melt in your mouth.

It's fun, it's different,
it's gastronomical.

One hour, teams, start thinking
about your finishing touches.

So, this person, the dementor
is actually trying to suck

the soul out of her.

- Oh, Chris, it looks so cool.
- Perfect.

- These are so heavy.
- They're too heavy?

I'm definitely freaking out and nervous.

Worst case scenario,

everything could just fall over.

So, right now, I'm making the faces.

- It looks really creepy and good.
- I know.

Teacups are pretty much done.
I'm keeping these ones simple.

We've got two cotton candy and the cat.

Cake looks good.

So, right now, I'm making the cotton candy
because we have to defy gravity.

The cotton candy will be used
to float with the dementor.

It's gonna look like clouds.

This is make or break
for the dementor here

because otherwise
we just have a big pole

- sticking out of the lake.
- It's looking great. I love it.

Here, you want to try? There you go.

We're both doing cotton candy,
so I hope ours looks better

and is gravity defying enough.

We've got this structure here.
We wanna create the illusion

that the cakes are floating
in the air, so...

Jordan's making some cotton candy,
which we're just gonna wisp around

so it will appear the cake's floating.
So, we need to get it covered, really.

Thirty minutes, everyone!

- Oh my... Oh, God.
- Oh, my gosh!

That went by so fast.

So, I'm actually using
a special technique

to get the snake pattern
and scales on there.

There's a lot to do

and I'm really not feeling
good about the time.

The clock is ticking,
and we still have a lot to do.

I wish we had more time
with Chef Jozef.

We don't have our six Horcruxes
even remotely finished.

Making all six Horcruxes
was very ambitious.

The cup still has to be made gold.

I will spray the piece, okay?
Just gotta focus on the snake.

I don't think we're gonna
get it done in time.

You have 15 minutes left.
It's looking great from here.

- Oh, God.
- Oh, my God.

It's okay, just focus on
what we can do right now.

I'm so thankful that I'm finally
on the airbrushing stage.

So, I'm airbrushing
through this fishnet tights

because it will give the look of scales.

I'm airbrushing this as quick as I can
because I really need to get this done.

- It's a little heavy.
- We're gonna have to glue them

- over there.
- 'Kay.

Time is ticking. I want
to be adding the details

that the judges keep asking of me,

but I'm now focusing
on just trying to keep

the spider standing.

This is definitely one
of the fastest paintings

I've ever done, especially a portrait.

We're trying to make
the impossible happen.

We really want to be in the semifinals.

I'm looking around and I feel
like we're all a little bit

in the same boat here.
I think we're all running behind,

but I feel good with our flavors,

our gravity-defying element.

I would love to be in the semifinals.

Just my competitive spirit
and what I love to do.

It's validation for the hard work
I put in on a day-to-day.

- Ten.
- Nine.

- Eight.
- Seven.

- Six.
- Five.

- Four.
- Three.

- Two.
- One.

Arresto Momentum.
Bakers, your time is up.

Well done, everybody.

You'll have 20 minutes
to assemble your showpieces

and then present them to the judges
in the Forbidden Forest.

And don't worry, nothing bad
can possibly happen there, okay?

Yeah, sure.

Oh, pretty.

- Good luck, everybody.
- Thank you.

I don't think Jordan and I
could have given

any more of ourselves
to this showpiece.

I'm a little nervous
about the tasting elements.

Did we bite off more than we can chew?

So, this is a very important
part of meeting a hippogriff.

They can sense your energy
so you have to show

that you respect their strength
and power.

Welcome back
to the Forbidden Forest,

home to giant spiders,
a herd of centaurs,

and now, a whole lot of cake.

Zoe and Jordan,
tonight we're celebrating the Dark Arts.

This piece is completely inspired
by Dolores Umbridge.

You know, obviously we chose a tea party
to represent Dolores.

The top half speaks
more of when we see her

in her office in Hogwarts.

The more you look at it,
there's so much detail.

And it looks like we're not
the only ones eyeing up this creation.

Buckbeak is taking
a little gander, isn't he?

He looks like he's about to reach out
and just peck a teacup off the top.

It's so true.

We decided to use
the cotton candy, obviously,

to give the illusion of things floating.

We have these teacups
that are kind of very wonky.

You have the ones on top.

Amazing. Amazing job.

All the construction looks nice.

I can see a few little bits
of metal kind of hanging out

here and there.

Could you have kept
the cotton candy a bit fluffier?

Cotton candy is fickle.
I think that's what we learned with this.

Okay, two tasting elements.

So, tell us about them.

The macaron is a blackcurrant ganache
and a licorice gel.

And then on top,
there's a blackcurrant leather.

It's beautiful, really pink color,
and then this sludgy dark color, it's...

Yes, it's so Umbridge.

I think your macaron
is probably two minutes over.

- It's a little crackery in the top.
- Yep.

I do think that the flavors
are really good.

Let's try your second tasting element,

your ten-layered dessert.

As you see, there is
a multi-layered crêpe cake.

It embodies a London Fog,
which is a type of drink,

so that's gonna have some Earl Grey,

a little bit of lavender,
some mascarpone cream,

and a lot of vanilla.

It's really, wow, just
so stunning and so unique.

So, what I love is that I get
that Earl Grey flavor

coming through in beautiful subtlety,

but it's really there, and it's distinct.

Textures are lovely, delicious.

Well, you've given us
a lot to think about.

For the moment, you guys can head out
of the Forbidden Forest.

Thank you so much.

Heading to the judges,
I honestly feel great about our showpiece.

But also, we were in the bottom two
in the previous challenge,

which was pastry chef focused,

so I'm super nervous
in terms of my tasting element.

Miko and Chris, tell us
what you've prepared for us.

So, we took a scene from

Harry Potter and the Prisoner
of Azkaban as our inspiration.

Miko's Patronus here,
which is a butterfly,

is warding off the dementor
and saving the person

that is in the forest.

So, we have here a dementor,
which is floating,

covered with edible chocolate fabric
and wafer paper crinoline.

To complete the scene,
we've added an isomalt lake,

trees made out of chocolate,
and the cotton candy

to give the effect of the levitation.

- Wow.
- I love this so much.

This is truly a celebration
of the Dark Arts.

The movement,
the different textures, I love it.

- Thank you so much.
- Thank you very much.

I love the detail of the butterfly,

because this is something I love so much
about the Harry Potter fandom.

It's about us putting
ourselves into it,

and that is the special element,
that you haven't just copied it,

you've put your own little flavor
and essence into it.

- So...
- Thank you very much.

- Thank you so much.
- Thank you.

So, what have we got?

I did a reverse Black Forest cake.

So you have six layers
of cherry cake,

and you have a layer
of toasted marshmallow,

tarragon cherry compote,

and tarragon
freeze-dried cherry crunch.

Black Forest is my favorite.

No pressure.

And...

Oh, you've delivered
a delicious cake. I love it.

- I absolutely love it.
- Thank you.

Having said that,

I'm not really getting much tarragon,

which might be a good thing.
It's delicious.

I love that you gave us
all of these different facets,

the cherry cake with the cherry soak,

the cherry gelée,
the cherry crunchies.

- Well done. I'm really happy for you.
- Thank you.

For my tasting element,
which is the dementor,

it's chocolate cake.
It has mango buttercream frosting,

and then it has a layer
of milk chocolate ganache,

and it has fresh mango fillings as well.

I love the mango layer.

The texture of the chocolate

- feels a little dry in my mouth.
- Okay.

- Maybe a little too much flour.
- Okay.

But the flavors themselves
work really well together.

Thank you, Chef. Thank you.

All right, here we go.

Our spider right now
is incredibly unbalanced.

All of the weight of all
of the chocolate and the cake

is starting to push
our spider forward.

This is exactly
what you don't want to happen

while you're making
a gravity-defying cake.

We are definitely very nervous
and anxious.

I'm about to remove the dowel

and everything
could just fall over.

Let her go down, yes.

We've made it this far,

and I just don't want this spider to fall.

Is that gonna hold?

Hold your breath.

Hold your breath.

I'm gutted. I just don't want
this spider to fall.

Oh, she's moving.

- Here, look, she's gonna rest on the moon.
- Perfect.

- Okay.
- It's her pillow.

- Okay.
- Nothing to see here.

We have created for you
Ron's boggart, which is the spider.

This is after we've already
performed the Riddikulus charm.

So, the legs are flying in the air
with some roller skates.

All of the legs are made
out of modeling chocolate.

Guys, so the balloon didn't quite work.
Looks a bit precarious,

things are a little bit
off balance, but it's striking.

The first thing that really strikes me
is there's so much personality.

Like, the detail on the socks,
oh, my gosh,

there's so much to look at.
Yeah, it's brilliant.

Our first tasting element is her eyes.

Inside of the eye, you're gonna
have aerated vanilla chocolate.

It's gonna have a little bit
of sesame seed.

It's gonna have
a chamomile ganache,

a strawberry jam,
and a strawberry marshmallow

with some strawberry pieces in it.

Oh, it smells lovely.

Texture on that aerated
white chocolate, great.

Lovely and crispy.

I did like the texture
of the strawberry mousse.

I love the flavors that you were doing,

but a little bit of acidity in that jam
would have gone a long way.

Now on to your ten-layered
tasting element.

You are about to taste

the magic that is a Mexican fruit stand.

So, we have cucumber and lime,
we have guava,

and then a mango
and passion fruit crémeux on the bottom.

Mitzi, what I love is that you're leaning
into your Mexican heritage full force.

It smells like this Mexican fruit stand.

There's gonna be some palate surprises

- in there. Oh, my gosh.
- Yes.

I'm disappointed.

It's not good.

It's great.

- Oh, my God!
- Oh, my gosh!

So cruel.

- I am definitely going to cry.
- Oh, my gosh!

Let me tell you,
I feel really emotional for you

because I taste your heart.

She's so amazing.

You've given us an experience,
you've allowed us to travel

into your country of Mexico,
and I appreciate it so much.

You put your heart into it.
Wow, amazing.

Thank you.

Hearing those words,
she tasted my heart, it's incredible.

But we did have a falling structure,

so I'm really worried
that might affect us.

We're the last team
to go into the tasting.

I'm petrified, honestly,
because we've raised the bar so high.

We're in a winning streak,
and it puts pressure on us.

But there are definitely some areas
that are a lot rougher

in our showpiece,
and I just want to melt

into the dark Forbidden Forest.

Juan and Elizabeth, the inspiration

for your Dark Arts showpiece
was the Horcruxes.

Since we went big with this one,
we have six Horcruxes.

So, we have Nagini.
She is modeling chocolate,

hand airbrushed and sculpted.

The faces, which are elements
of Voldemort's soul,

those are chocolate shells.

For our gravity-defying element,

the classic basilisk fang,

you would use that to stab
Tom Riddle's diary,

although you won't want to stab this one
because this one tastes delicious.

And it actually has
chocolate cake inside, so.

This is truly impressive.

This icing work on the mound
here has obviously been done

- by a real...
- Professional.

...real professional.
Just have to throw it in there.

The Horcruxes is such
a detailed part of the story,

and the fact that you've managed to put

all of these elements
in there, it's so much.

It's stunning, yeah.

I expect nothing less
from you guys at this point.

But the finishing's not very clean,

and the box that we have here,
it's a bit messy.

- We admit it's not up to...
- Our standards.

- ...our standards, that we like to show.
- Yep.

All right, so two tasting elements.

You mentioned the diary.

There is, in fact, ten layers.

I went with a dark black velvet cake

paired with a mint buttercream
that has a mint crunch layer.

- Wow.
- Wow. Black velvet.

The layers are really clean.

When I heard about
black velvet cake with mint,

I'll be honest with you,
I thought it sounded a bit Halloween-y.

- But that's delicious.
- Thank you.

And if I had to have
mint and chocolate together,

I would want it together like this.

I mean, I don't picture
the Death Eaters or Voldemort

as cake people, but I can see
them eating this cake.

It's just so classy.

- Thank you.
- Yeah.

I think the cake itself
needs just a hint of salt,

- just a little more salt.
- Okay. Thank you.

Let's see about the second
tasting element.

We have here a jewel
from the diadem,

a black sesame praline,

a mascarpone
cheesecake ganache,

and then a black sesame crunch.

- That is just so detailed.
- It's beautiful.

- The color is stunning.
- Look at all the faces.

I mean, it is really a saturated blue.

I think that vanilla comes
through very nice and cleanly,

complements it very well.

Chocolate work, again,
I wouldn't expect anything less

from you, there's a lovely crack
to that shell.

You really balanced
the black sesame well.

I love how you think about food.

I love how you think about
the details and the complexity,

and this is nothing shy of delicious.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

Teams, your one-of-a-kind
dessert showpieces

represented the Dark Arts so well,

it was frightening.

There was, however, one team
whose showpiece dazzled us.

And the team that created it is...

Miko and Chris.

We finally won something.

Just kind of boost the momentum.

You know, the end goal
is to make it to the finale,

so now we just gotta do our best.

- Well done.
- Thank you so much.

Thank you.

As you know,
two teams will continue on

in the competition with you,
and one will head home.

Continuing on to
our next legendary location is...

Elizabeth and Juan.
Congratulations.

Thank you.

So, that leaves Zoe and Jordan,
and Mitzi and Lisa.

The team that will be moving forward
in the competition is...

Zoe and Jordan.

Mitzi and Lisa,
your boggart showpiece

ran into some issues
defying gravity.

But you created
a Mexican fruit stand cake

that I think no one here
will forget anytime soon,

especially myself.

I give you a Mexican cake
and that makes my day.

Thank you for bringing
so much to the competition,

but I'm really afraid
it's time to say goodbye.

Thank you so much.

It's very sad knowing
that we're going home,

but we gave all of our heart
through this whole process.

Thank you.

As an immigrant,
being able to show your roots,

it's incredible.

Going home
doesn't change the fact

that I am officially
a part of my favorite world.

I forever get to be a part
of the Harry Potter universe.

Teams, we've got to leave
the Forbidden Forest.

But you're one step closer
to being crowned

the Wizards of Baking champions.
How about that?

Next time...

The stakes are higher than ever.

It's the best of the best at this point.
Any little mistake will send you home.

As our bakers are tasked
with creating their largest...

Want to make sure we definitely
hit that four feet mark.

...most impressive...

I've never seen
anything quite like this.

...and most difficult showpieces yet.

They'll have to impress
another special guest...

in one of the most
magical places

in all of the Wizarding World.

It's just gorgeous.

Which two teams will make it
to the finale to compete

for the Wizards of Baking Cup?

This was by far

the most difficult decision
we've had to make.