The 10 competitors meet host Carla Hall and get their first challenge: haunted house cakes. Then they play the dagger game for the chance at a key reward before Carla and judges Stephanie Boswell and Zac Young give their verdict.

The nine competitors meet up with host Carla Hall, who challenges them to create Halloween candy croquembouche and incorporate an illusion. Carla and the other judges, Stephanie Boswell and Zac Young, decide which competitors' creation earns the win.