Roth, Carter Eliminated from 'Crime Scene Kitchen'

Alexandria's own Erinn Roth and Amanda Carter went out on a high note from the competitive cooking show on FOX.

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Erinn Roth’s phone blew up with text messages and phone calls late Wednesday night, seconds after the latest episode of  “Crime Scene Kitchen” aired on FOX.

Roth and her friend, Amanda Carter, had made it to the semi-finals of the competitive, mystery-based cooking show before they were eliminated.

“I didn’t realize that people were really rooting for us,” Roth said. “I’m excited that people were excited about what we did. I’m just humbled with that.”

Roth said that she and Carter had “missed the mark” on the showpiece dessert in the competition — Roth didn’t smell the banana in the recipe hint for the fault cake, and they didn’t remember seeing a poster with gemstones.

“But we went out on top — it was a beautiful cake,” Roth said. “It would hurt a lot more if we had created a disaster, but it was a beautiful cake.”

The show, which was shot this spring and started airing in May, pitted 12 teams of two bakers against each other to compete for a $100,000 prize. In each episode, the contestants were allowed to explore a kitchen that was recently used. The teams used their baking skills and the clues left behind to determine what was baked, and then they have two hours to recreate what they think it was.

The show is hosted by actor Joel McHale with celebrity judges chef Curtis Stone and cake artist Yolanda Gampp. The finalist contestants will be on the show this coming Wednesday, July 21, at 9 p.m. ET.

While Roth and Carter won’t be on the show anymore, Roth said the experience was amazing.

“I have such a huge respect for the TV world, the movie world – I don’t see how they do it,” Roth said, with late nights, early mornings and the amount of work that goes into producing high-quality entertainment. It took two full days to shoot just open episode of the show. “It was hard, you’re on your feet moving all day and it was truly an eye-opening experience,” Roth said. She still keeps in touch with several of her fellow contestants.

With the pandemic ending and increased awareness about Ms. Jo’s Petite Sweets from the cooking show, business has been picking up this summer.

It's been quite a turnaround — a year ago, she considered closing the business due to the pandemic.

As for what’s next, Roth’s company, Ms. Jo’s Petite Sweets, will be launching a new venture called Mrs. Jo’s Petite Eats. Her new café will be in the Pentagon Federal Credit Union building in Tysons. A soft opening is planned for August and a full grand opening in November. She’ll continue Ms. Jo’s Petite Sweets.

“If you get an opportunity like this, don’t get nervous about it – just do it,” Roth said.

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