David can get a little too creative with his flavors.
Rosie and Alice sometimes struggle to reach ultimate perfection in the technical rounds.
And Steph… well, Steph is an untouchable angel we do not deserve.
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Speaking of angels… Hark!
What good news do they bring?
Why, it is in fact the week Ive been dreaming of:mon prefere, patisserie!
Aweeee, theyre wearing ties!
This is season 9s Hawaiian shirt semifinal all over again.
Its cute, its campy, Im fine with it.
My one and only question: Could no one really be bothered to wear it properly under a collar?
Henry always wore a collar.
The chocolate dome will be surrounded by an espresso buttercream and topped with a blanched hazelnut.
Fortunately, they both love everything else about the tartlets.
Paul even goes as far as to say that the flavors, textutres, and base are stunning.
The dome will be decorated with a dark chocolate drizzle, raspberry, and golf leaf.
During their check-in, Paul asks the obvious question: Do you see yourself in the final?
She explains that shes just trying to take every bake as it comes and What will be will be.
Steph is the best.
We should all be more like Steph.
The end result is a slightly sloppy-looking dome, and its a clear disappointment to Paul.
Rosie is also using a pate sable for her dome.
Paul says its a shame and Rosie clearly agrees.
Sandi kicks off the challenge by explaining that Saint Honore is the patron saint of bakers.
Back in the tent, Rosie has purchased a ticket for a first-class ride on the struggle bus.
On a third attempt, the batter thickens a bit and the choux puff acceptably.
Elsewhere, Alices caramel goes a bit dark, but she seems takes it in stride.
Davids puff pastry isnt quite up to his own standard, but it is too late to correct.
Steph struggles a bit with how to make a pile of light brown pastry and white cream look pretty.
Alice gets dinged for her overdone caramel but receives compliments for her solid puff pastry.
Should you make this at home?The feast of St. Honore is May 16, people!
This challenge is exactly the pop in of multiskilled feat we were expecting to see today.
You go, Alice way to use your platform to speak out!
Greta is rooting for you!
Greta is rooting for all of us!
The cake will then be decorated with isomalt corals and chocolate shells.
David is similarly drawing on the natural environment for his display case, opting to create a greenhouse terrarium.
Once unboxed, Paul calls the cake very neat and Prue calls it very pretty.
Lacking any real criticism, Prue takes the opportunity to say, You are a very good baker.
We can all certainly agree with that.
Davids glass is also very neat, but the transparency is a tiny bit mottled.
Prue describes his cake is wonderfully light and quite spicy.
After a few quiet moments of tasting, Prue declares that the entremet has a lovely flavor.
Prue describes Rosies glass case as a good concept and compliments her sugar work for looking like old glass.
Paul considers that maybe more variation in color would have helped.
Star Baker this week is Alice.
This is Alices second Star Baker.
Going home this week, tragically, is Rosie.
