Erin and Pete are a wonderful couple,
and they're good friends.
They've been through some really hard times.
Erin's house burned down a couple years ago,
so she lost everything.
She didn't have enough money for a wedding cake.
Contacted a friend of ours
to provide the wedding cake down in South Carolina.
I think it's probably a thousand miles
over three hot days.
That's a long way for a cake to go.
[narrator]
to Narragansett, Rhode Island,
this cake must be safely transported
within three days in time for the wedding.
-Hi, I'm Jennifer. -Ken.
-Hey. -Nice to meet you.
Do you have cake that I can try?
-Of course. -Oh, my gosh.
-Let's do this. -Come on in.
Oh, it smells so good in here.
Mm. It's so good.
It's gonna go straight to my butt.
Maybe they should just pay in cake, Jen.
-I wanna see this cake. -Okay.
We have it in the refrigerator.
[gasps]
Oh, it's beautiful.
They have white chocolate with raspberry filling.
Oh. Mm.
And chocolate, chocolate chip with fudge.
Oh, my God, I hope it doesn't get ruined.
Um...
-I'm sure you'll get it there. -Very, very massive.
I hope so. God.
-You got it okay? -Mm-hmm.
This is fondant so I shouldn't worry.
I mean, it's a little sturdier?
Actually, this is buttercream.
Oh.
If butter's in the name,
I'm a little worried about it melting.
-All right. -Hold it there.
-Okay. -Got it?
-So we'll put the clear... -Okay.
...so you can check.
Now, what Holly's gonna do, she's gonna put a rod
right down to the middle of the cake.
And that cake is not gonna go anywhere.
It's not going anywhere.
Through all layers.
It's gonna lock it right in place.
-That's it. -It could flip over
and it'd be fine?
I'm not saying it's gonna flip over.
Oh, yeah, you could just run over it, it'd be fine.
You could eat it, it'd be fine.
-All right. -And their wedding
is Sunday at two o'clock.
Oh, no, it changed to Saturday at two o'clock.
Uh, no, you didn't.
Okay.
I was told the wedding was on Sunday.
This isn't gonna be good.
So I'm assuming the cake's gonna go here?
-Is that right? -Um, actually,
I was gonna put it in the trailer.
Unfortunately, this has to go on my trailer
'cause it won't fit in my back seat.
[Ken] We've never had a cake inside a trailer before.
Everybody knows
that you don't ship a cake that's buttercream in a trailer.
They're skeptical about having this cake travel this far.
And so am I.
I don't think it's gonna move.
Scott, hey. This is Jennifer.
I've got a couple of questions.
What time is the wedding? At 2:00?
No, we need the cake delivered by 1:00.
What? Oh, my gosh. Okay.
Oh, here it comes.
-There she is. -Hi, Scott. Hi, I'm Jennifer.
-Hi, I'm Scott. -Nice to meet you. All right.
[Scott] There it is.
-We'll carry it in. -Okay.
We gotta keep it out of sight. [chuckles]
-[MC] More time for Mr. Scott. -[guests cheering]
[Scott] Just step right here. Right there. You got it?
-[Jen] Yeah. Right here? -Yup.
-Okay. -Perfect.
Phew.
[MC] Erin and Peter Parker!
[guests cheering]
I'm getting nervous. [laughs]
Me too.
[Jen] Whoo.
No, this is not good.
This is not good. I'm not happy.
[Jen] Do you think it's maybe the humidity?
I promise, like, I tied it down.
I swear, like, I-- I didn't hit anything.
I don't know what happened to the cake
but it was in my trailer for three days
with no air conditioning.
I'm not happy.
This is such a letdown.
I hope Jen didn't ask for a bite of the cake now.
We need to just suck it up and deal with it.
She needs a wedding cake, so...
-I... Let's take the front off. -Okay.
[Robbie]
and Jen finds a way to ruin it.
I feel horrible 'cause this has never happened.
This isn't my fault
but I'm gonna be the one that gets blamed
because I'm the one that shipped it.
[MC] What's a wedding without a wedding cake?
[guests cheering]
-Mwah. Congratulations. -Mwah. Thank you so much.
[Jen]
You know, the bride didn't know anything
was wrong with the cake, and I'm getting paid.
[register clatters, dings]
-Thank you so much. -Thank you so much. Thank you.
[engine starts]
[Tyesha]
has hooked us up with a pretty odd load.
It's a huge replica of a king cake.
The king cake is a Mardi Gras tradition,
especially in Louisiana.
It's served at parties
and there's a baby Jesus in it.
And whoever receives the slice with the baby in it,
they have to host the next party.
So it's a fun tradition and now we just have to ship
this replica to the parade.
[Eddie]
for Mardi Gras is the king cake.
So I started making big king cake sculptures,
and it's about 440 pounds
and ten feet by six feet.
It's just a beast.
The king cake has found a home.
It's gonna be on a float in Gulfport for Mardi Gras
and get to ride down and have its moment of glory.
We are an all-ladies Mardi Gras crew.
Mardi Gras is huge here.
And I discovered that this artist had created
this king cake statue.
We said, "We need to get this
and we need to, like, put it in our parade."
[Tyesha]
We're pickin' up right outside of New Orleans
and we're gonna take it to D'Iberville, Mississippi.
All right, let's see what this cake is about.
I can't wait to see how big it is.
[Dwight] All right, babe, let's do it.
-Hello. -Hello. Hey, how are you doing?
-Hey, how's it going, man? -Eddie. All right.
We're here for the birthday cake.
Birthday cake? The king cake?
-The king cake. -Oh, you wanna check it out?
Yeah, let's check it out.
[Eddie] Yeah, here it is. This is the king cake.
[Dwight] Okay, well, I am the king of transport.
So I guess it's fitting to have a king cake
on the trailer of the king of transport, so...
-Hey. Let's roll. -Hey. Let's do it.
-Hey, how you doin'? Um... -Babe.
-Not here, not here, not here. -Okay.
-Are you ready? -Yup.
Boy, you are the king, huh?
-All right. -[Eddie groans]
Boy, last time I moved this, it took six people.
-Is that how we're doing it? -Let me do this.
Rest it on here.
Okay, good.
-Gonna put the frame on. -Yep.
[Dwight]
So this thing is lookin'
pretty good to me right now.
Don't be ridiculous.
[Dwight]
Even if I could eat it,
I'm not gonna eat something that's gonna cost me
over a thousand dollars.
All right, one more time. Down.
-There you go. -Good.
[Eddie laughs, groans]
Oh, he's still got it. Look at that.
[Dwight] I've been to the Mardi Gras before.
[Eddie] Special throw. Want you to have that.
-[Dwight] Oh, wow. -Thank you.
[Eddie] Yup.
-Wait. I got something for you. -What?
It's a golden baby.
The baby goes inside the king cake.
I usually have a car seat for it, but...
-I can handle the baby. -Just be very careful.
I'm not sure how you ship baby Jesus.
In a manger?
We made it to the drop-off for this king cake.
But the buyer for the king cake called us yesterday and told us
that they couldn't do the drop-off like they planned
and that they needed to do it tomorrow,
so we got to town and called it a day.
But now that this run is taking us another day,
it's important that we get this drop-off quickly
because we need to get going on another load
since we're not making enough profit from this
to cover multiple days.
And we had to pay for the hotel
to add to the cost of this run.
And I'm just hoping this drop-off is problem-free.
So we can get it in fast and get our full rate.
Hello, how are you?
-Tyesha. -Tyesha.
-Hello. -Thank you so much
for bringing this to us.
-Thank you. -Y'all wanna show it to us?
-We gonna show it to you. -Let's go. Let's see it.
This has been a very eventful transport for us.
-Yeah. -Yeah, it has.
Did it make you hungry thinking of king cake every time?
It did. I tell you what,
I'mma go on the other side,
-unstrap it. -Unstrap it. Good.
We've got some people to help us.
Come on over. Help 'em unload
-the king cake. -Yup.
Be careful.
-Looks gorgeous in here. -That's beautiful.
It is everything that I thought it was gonna be.
I mean, this is Mardi Gras.
This is a king cake.
A few little nicks here and there but that's okay.
That can be fixed. Mr. Eddie will come fix it.
-The baby. -Oh, my gosh. Are you kidding?
-The baby. -[Dwight] I am not the father.
-The baby. -Aw, thank you so much.
Well, I am so excited about this.
-Ben, will you hold this for me? -Absolutely,
I will hold the baby.
I bet now you wanna get paid.
-Definitely. -Okay.
Y'all, thank you so much.
-Oh. -[Cheli laughs]
[engine starts]
Hi, I'm Jennifer. Nice to meet you.
Not the greatest of news, but, uh...
-What's going on? Yeah? -Well,
we're at the end of the season
and I know this is a rush situation for you,
but we just had some huge orders go out,
we're kinda running behind.
Can you wait a little while?
I have a deadline to meet by five.
I have to be back in Austin, Texas.
What the hell am I gonna do?
Is there any way that I can go out on the boat?
I don't care if I have to go there and catch it myself.
[screaming]
Ow!
I hate screaming like a girl.
[Robbie]
I've been pinched by these things before
and it doesn't hurt.
How am I supposed to transport these crawfish?
Wow, there's the problem.
We are totally out of coolers.
Ugh. Are you kidding me? No more coolers?
Some big shipments wiped us out.
How am I supposed to get these things
back to Austin? Alive.
[David]
to old school, how we used to do it.
We're gonna line the crawfish in the truck,
cover them with burlap, ice...
Gonna have to take some special care
along the way to stop and re-ice
and keep 'em cold.
[Jen]
to get there within the heat
and these aren't in coolers,
these are in the bed of my truck in Texas heat.
I'm glad you won this one, Jen,
'cause that's gonna take a lot of ice.
[David]
seven hours from Austin.
I think it's gonna be pretty tight.
It is 95 degrees outside.
I'm about to pull over and check on these guys.
I don't want them dying.
I'm only an hour out of my seven hours.
This crawfish is already warm.
[bleep]
Jen, that's what coolers are for.
-[register dings] -[buzzer]
It's gonna take a lot of my time up.
I don't have time to keep stopping and getting ice.
And it's just gonna make me late for the grand opening.
Don't you think you should see if they're alive
before you spend any more money on ice?
[buzzer]
[Jen]
I see an ice machine, 20 pounds for $1.75.
It might fill the whole back of the bed of this truck.
Oh, yes. That's what I'm talking about.
This ice machine is amazing.
I'm trying to fill the bed of my truck.
And I won't have to stop again.
Now you stay alive, you bitches.
[tires squealing]
Well, that didn't work.
It's only been 45 minutes, the ice is already melted.
Look at that.
-[register dings] -[buzzer]
It just blows me away that that ice is melting
in this hundred degree heat.
Ugh.
[line ringing]
Hi, this is Jennifer.
Hey, Jennifer, just touching base.
I'm good. I've been icing them crawdaddies down,
like, all day long.
Huh? What? Wait, what?
They didn't provide you coolers?
Sir?
'Cause I don't know you that well.
If I would've bought the coolers myself,
that would've been half my profit.
Stopped about five times, so...
let's hope they're alive when I get there.
Just do what you gotta do.
Those suckers have got to be...
[chuckles] Mistake number one, counting on Jen.
Going through that extra expense
of 600 dollars
just to ship those things from Louisiana.
All this work will all be for naught
if she didn't do her part.
That last batch did not last long.
It's just getting hotter the closer we get to Austin.
-[register dings] -[buzzer]
I left the ice in the bags
and that seemed to work a little bit better
but I swear if it's completely melted,
I'm gonna sell the crawfish on the side of the road.
Oh, please, let these things not be dead.
How am I gonna explain that?
All right. Let's do this.
[indistinct chatter]
[Hoover] Jennifer, I'm hoping they're cold and alive.
How can you tell if they're alive or not?
They're moving!
-They're alive. -All right!
I think I impress myself every time I make a delivery.
Glad somebody's impressed with your work, Jen.
Coming through. Coming through.
-All right. -Crawfish, coming through.
How do these look? Y'all gotten them out at all?
-They're kickin'. -Thank God.
Those are beautiful. Those are beautiful.
[Jen] Good. I spent all morning catching them.
You have earned an adult beverage.