Lenore Johnson and Jessica Harrison aren’t simply associates and entrepreneurs, they’re additionally the season three winners of Crime Scene Kitchen.
The fact baking present, airing on Fox and CTV, options groups of two from all around the globe.
Johnson owns LenJo Bakes and Harrison owns The Cake Field, each positioned in Kitchener, Ont.
Though they’ve competing companies, the pair labored collectively on the present to take the highest prize of $100,000.
“It was a huge emotional roller coaster,” Harrison stated. “[I was] feeling a bunch of different things all at once.”
They simply obtained used to working side-by-side.
“Jess and I are very much yin and yang,” Johnson stated. “Her strengths are my weaknesses, and my strength are her weaknesses.”
Friendship was additionally a key ingredient.
“The best part was just being able to bake with my best friend and have a lot of fun together,” Harrison stated.
On the present, what the contestants bake is dependent upon what they uncover contained in the kitchen. Groups need to decode clues to guess the elements and replicate what they assume was made.
“It was definitely tricky because they would try to put some clues that would try to either distract you, or lead you away from what was actually baked,” Harrison defined. “So really kind of honing in on our skills was super important.”
Within the first of two rounds of the finale, the pair selected to make a inventive alternative that just about price them the sport – an ingredient that wasn’t within the mock crime scene kitchen, however one they believed would style higher.
“We knew exactly what we needed to be making, exactly what we needed to be doing” Johnson recalled. “But instead of having white chocolate, which we thought would taste super sweet – and we were not wrong about that – we made a choice to do dark chocolate instead.”
The duo stated they nonetheless stand by their alternative and imagine it was the higher tasting ingredient.
Johnson and Harrison have been additionally the one group to nail the final bake, which was an orange semolina olive oil cake with orange curd with a mosaic tile décor. It ended up being virtually similar to the thriller cake revealed on the finish.
“The one thing that we wanted to do was to not embarrass ourselves and not embarrass Kitchener. I think we made our little town proud,” Johnson stated.
The duo’s teamwork received’t finish simply because the present has.
“Living next door to each other for six weeks in a hotel, how can you not be even closer after that?” Johnson joked. “Now we do a podcast and see each other every week on Mondays to record.”
Whereas excited to indicate off their expertise on TV, each stated they’re glad to be again residence with their family members.
They’ve additionally realized quite a bit about themselves and one another, classes they hope to make use of for the subsequent problem that comes their means.
