SEASON #12: CHARLES

 EPISODE #1:  Welcome to the Holiday Village.       

 12 to Start

HOST:  Jesse Palmer

JUDGES:  Duff Goldman

                  Nancy Fuller

                  Kardea Brown.

PRIZE:  $25,000

               A Feature in Food Network magazine

               The Title.

            Naughty vs. Nice

                         PLAYERS

1.  VIOLET ZONER  Pastry Student      Ithaca, NEW YORK

2.  DANIEL GRAY  Owner     High Point, NORTH CAROLINA

3.  CAMREY SMITH Owner             Detroit, MICHIGAN

4.  ERIN LUTTRELL  Consultant  Kansas City, MISSOURI

5.  NICO ALKALAY   Owner          Denver, COLORADO

6.  CHARLES ZIMMERMAN      Charlottesville, VIGINIA

7.  JEAN CARLOS                          Orlando, FLORIDA

8.  ASHLEIGH WRIGHT                Frisco, TEXAS

9.  ALYX ABREV                        New Orleans, LOUISANA

10.  TAREK HUSSELNI             St. Louis,

11.  CHASE MAUS                   Santa Fe, NEW MEXICO

12.  JEANNA "GIA" BARNES     Troy, ALABAMA  

PRE-HEAT CHALLENGE:  Create a dessert either Warm & Toasty for the Nice Team.  For the Naughty Team Chill & Frosty as inspiration in 2 1/2 hours.  

                       JUDGING

WINNERS:  Nice Team - Jean Carlos

                      Naughty Team - Ashleigh.

           WINNER:  Ashleigh won the advantage.

MAINHEAT CHALLENGE:  Create a dessert for your Holiday Village Display in 2 1/2 hours.  

ASHLEIGH' ADVANTAGE:  choosing the key ingredients that Nice Team can not use.  She picked Chocolate.

                             JUDGING

TOP 2:  Naughty - Ashleigh & Nice - Chase.

           WINNER:  Chase of the Nice Team.

 Nice Team has Immunity.

SAFE:  from the Naughty Team - Nico, Charles, & Daniel.

BOTTOM 2:  Gia & Tarek.

ELIMINATED:  Gia.

EPISODE #2:  Holiday Cheer. 

PRE-HEAT CHALLENGE:  Nice Team - making making dessert by holiday Mocktails.  Naughty Team - making dessert inspired by actual seasonal cocktails.  In 2 1/2 hours.  

                                   RESULTS

NICE TEAM: Top:  Violet

NAUGHTY TEAM:  Top:  Nico.

   WINNER:  Nico - won the advantage for whole team.

MAIN HEAT CHALLENGE:  Meringue-based Dessert.  

NAUGHTY TEAM'S ADVANAGE:  Received separated cracked eggs from the elf.  2 1/2 hours.   

                                                          RESULTS

NAUGHTY TEAM:  Top:  Nico

NICE TEAM:  Top:  Alyx

     WINNER:  Alyx.

SAFE:  from Naughty:  Nico, Charles, & Ashleigh.

BOTTOM 2:  Daniel & Tarek.

ELIMINATED:  Daniel.

EPISODE #3:  Crafting Holiday Magic.     

                  Holiday Wreath

MAIN HEAT CHALLENGE:  Create an over-the-top Holiday Wreath Dessert.  Only Challenge today.  2 1/2 hours

TWIST:  Nice Team's advantage:  choose an advantage.  

                              RESULTS

TOP FROM EACH TEAM:  Naughty Team:  Ashleigh

                                                Nice Team:  Alyx.

    WINNER:  Ashleigh - Immunity for the whole team.

SAFE FROM NICE TEAM:  Alyx, Erin, Jean Carlos, & Camrey.

BOTTOM 2:  Violet & Chase.

ELIMINATED:  Violet.

EPISODE #4:  Pies and Shine.  

 CHALLENGE:  Pies.  Each make two identical pies for serving.  Only Bake.   2 1/2 hours.  

TWIST:  Choose ONLY the Top 2 Pies from your team to be judge.  

- From Naughty:  Tarek & Charles.

- From Nice:  Chase & Jean Carlos.

                   RESULTS

TOP PIE FROM EACH TEAM:  Naughty:  Tarek & Nice:  Chase

     WINNER:  Tarek from Naughty.   All Naughty is Safe.

The Nice Teams will be picked whom to be eliminated: Erin. 

EPISODE #5:  Snowed in Sweets 

                     SNOWMAN

CHALLENGE:  Make a dessert that represents a fun snow day activity:  Building a Snowman, Sledding, or playing board games, or having an indoor picnic.  ONLY BAKE TODAY.  2 1/2 hours.

NAUGHTY'S ADVANTAGE:  Nice Advantage:  give yourself a 15 minute head- start   OR

Naughty:  Take a baker from the other team & stay on your team.  

- Take Alyx for themselves. 

CHASE:  Having a Indoor Picnic,

ALYX:  Building an Indoor Fort, 

CHARLES:        Cutting Out Snowflakes,  

CAMREY:  Building a Snowman, 

TAREK:  Snowshoeing, 

JEAN CARLOS:  Coloring, 

ASHLEIGH:  Playing Board Games, 

NIKKO:  Sledding.

                   RESULTS

TOP 2:  Naughty:  Charles, & Nice:  Chase.

    WINNER:  Charles from Naughty - all has Immunity.

BOTTOM 2 OF NICE:  Jean Carlos & Camrey.

ELIMINATED:  Camrey - I knew it the Blacks DO NOT make it to the end.  

EPISODE #6:  Jingle Mingle.   

               CHRISTMUKKAH 

(The forgot Kwanzaa)  

MAIN HEAT CHALLENGE:  Making dessert for Christmas & Hanukkah platters.  Fill with 3 treats:  1.  Xmas Cookies, 2.  Rugelach, 3.  Sufganiyot.  

TEAM NAUGHTY'S ADVANTAGE:  proof basket to help w/ their raising.  2 1/2 hours.  

                             RESULTS

Naughty Team :  Best is Nico

Nice Team: Best - Chase

      WINNER:  Chase.

NAUGHTY TEAM:  Safe:  Charles, Tarek.

  Bottom:  Alyx & Ashleigh

ELIMINATED:  Alyx.

ESIPODE # 7:  Retro Christmas.                      6 Left

        SEMI-FINALS

No More Teams

PRE-HEAT CHALLENGE:  Going Vintage.  Retro Christmas Desserts.  Spin on an old fashion dessert.  

CHASE'S NAUGHTY ADVANTAGE:  choose own desert & also assign the rest to the bakers.  2 1/2 hours

CHASE:  Grasshopper Torte,

JEAN CARLOS:  Coconut Cake,

CHARLES:  Champagne Cake,

NICO         Pineapple Upside down cake,

TAREK:  Bread Pudding w/Brandy Sauce,

ASHLEIGH:  German Chocolate Cake.

                    RESULTS

TOP 2:  Charles & Ashleigh.

     WINNER:  Ashleigh - earned an advantage.  

CHANCE HEAT:  Ashleigh vs All other Bakers

- She must come out on top, again & doesn't have to bake in the Main Heat.  

- Gelatin Molds.  Creating a dessert with a gelatin component.  90 minutes.  

                        RESULTS

TOP 2:  Ashleigh vs. Charles

          Ashleigh - going into the finale.

- Charles won advantage.

MAIN HEAT CHALLENGE:  Pie Filling & Chocolate Pudding.  Make a delicious & beautiful holiday dessert featuring one of the retro ingredients.  2 1/2 hours.  

- Charles's advantage:  assign the ingredients for the bakers.

CHARLES:  Mandarin oranges,

CHASE:  Apple Pie Filling,

NICO:  Chocolate Pudding, 

TAREK:  Canned Peaches,

JEAN CARLOS:  Pineapple.

              RESULTS

TOP 2:  Charles & Tarek.

      WINNER:  Tarek.

SAFE:  Chase.

BOTTOM 2:  Nico & Jean Carlos

ELIMINATED:  Jean Carlos.

EPISODE #8:  Naughty & Nice Christmas           5 Left.

PRE-HEAT CHALLENGE:   Make any dessert you like with naughty-elf-theme decoration & ingredients e.g. Red Curry, Avocados, Jalapenos, Black Licorice, or Sauerkraut.  2 1/2 hrs,

BID TIMING:  to choose the ingredients to assign the ingredients.  

- Charles bid 20 minutes off his time.  

CHARLES:  Black Licorice, 

TAREK:  Sauerkraut,

CHASE:  Red Curry,

NICO:  Jalapenos,

ASHLEIGH:  Avocado.

           RESULTS

GUEST JUDGE:  Zac Young, in place of Duff.  

  TOP 2:  Ashleigh & Chase.

       WINNER:  Chase - going to the Main Heat.  

HOT, HOT, HEAT CHALLENGE:  Hot Cocoa.  Create Hot Cocoa desserts with Christmas Theme.  2 hours.  

                                            RESULTS

TOP 1:  Ashleigh.  

 SAFE:  Charles - going to the Main Heat.

BOTTOM 2:  Nico & Tarek

ELIMINATED:  Nico.

MAIN HEAT CHALLENGE:  Naughty versus Nice Multi-tier Cake.  CAKE THEMES:  Scrooge vs. Santa, Coal vs. Holiday Gifts, Naughty Reindeer vs. Nice Reindeer, & Naughty Nutcracker vs. Sugar Plum Fairy.  

ASHLEIGH'S ADVANTAGE:  assign the themes.

                                    RESULTS

   THE WINNER IS:  CHARLES.