Scrap Recap Season 9 Episode 6
Baking Scraps11 Nov 2025

Scrap Recap Season 9 Episode 6

The baking talk heats up! With only five bakers left in the competition, and (possibly?) a Fairytale Week on the horizon, Lisa, Cristina, Steven and Vincent break down the birthday pie signature challenge, swooning over flavour choices and intricate sugar work. We debate par-baking versus raw crusts, share favorite pie plate materials, and even wander into savory pie territory...cheese, onions, caviar, and all.


This week, the bakers tackled the tricky Egyptian Lenza technical challenge, and we swap shortcuts for pomegranate prep and suggest possible alternatives for home bakers. It’s a mix of laughter, learning, and layered pastry talk: just the way Baking Scraps listeners like it. There’s plenty of friendly disagreement about whether to par-bake or risk it all, whether puff pastry should be sprinkled with a spoonful of sugar or left bare, and whether to use glass or metal pie plates - and we can’t resist a few tangents about flavor pairings that might be a little too adventurous for our own kitchens. When the technical challenge arrives, we collectively question the sanity of attempting something so complex under time pressure, and somehow end up swapping ideas for how we’d “simplify” it… which, of course, get increasingly elaborate as we talk.


Discussion of the Mille Feuille Showstopper brings out everyone’s inner pastry artist, and by the end, we celebrate the baker who won the Star Baker crown this week, reflect sadly on another departure, and hope against hope that the “Curse of the Star Baker” is not a real thing.

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Megan Stasiewich

Megan Stasiewich

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Niki Behjou

Niki Behjou

In this episode of Baking Scraps, Lisa and Cristina reconnect with returning guest Niki Behjou, one of the podcast’s earliest supporters, to chat about how far everyone has come since Niki first appea...

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Chris Stefanski

Chris Stefanski

Chris Stefanski sits down with Lisa and Cristina to talk about his path into baking and his experience competing on The Great American Baking Show.Chris shares how he first got serious about baking an...

10 Mar 1h 55min

Jo Mandet

Jo Mandet

This week on Baking Scraps, Lisa and Cristina are joined by Joanne Mandet, winner of Season 9 of The Great Canadian Baking Show, talking travel, coming home, and the kind of joy that lives in simple, ...

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While We Wait

While We Wait

This week on Baking Scraps, we’re talking about what it really feels like to put yourself out there.With Cristina away on vacation, Lisa and special guest (and expert on applying to baking shows) Stev...

24 Feb 1h 24min

Vanessa Furci

Vanessa Furci

In this heartfelt episode of Baking Scraps, Lisa and Cristina sit down with The Great Australian Baking Show finalist Vanessa Furci for a conversation that is so much more than Bake Off.Vanessa shares...

17 Feb 1h 46min

Ryan Gridzak

Ryan Gridzak

This week Lisa and Cristina are joined by GCBS Season 9 finalist Ryan Gridzak for a reflective, honest conversation about his journey on the Great Canadian Baking Show and everything that came after. ...

10 Feb 1h 39min

Loïc Fauteux-Goulet, Peter Sawkins and Laura Foo

Loïc Fauteux-Goulet, Peter Sawkins and Laura Foo

This episode brings together three incredible Bake Off champions for a lively, heartfelt, and wonderfully nerdy deep dive into the world of competitive baking. Lisa and Cristina are joined by Peter Sa...

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