

Channeling summer vibes, the contestants break eggs and appliances to create beached croque monsieurs and wipeout surf cakes for actor Tom Villa.

Love hurts as the bakers turn innocent choux buns into “love monsters” and sweet joyrides into culinary roadkill. Actress Joséphine Draï guest-judges.

Winter has come. Actor Jérôme Niel judges global-warming muffins that look cool, but hide molten hearts, and cakes that qualify as titanic disasters.

Overseen by chocolatier Jacques Torres, the contenders mold cupcakes into lumpy French icons and try to assemble picnic baskets out of chocolate cake.