In this week's episode Morimoto's sous chef made bagels.  It appeared that he mixed the dough and immediately formed, boiled and baked.  I don't think there is any trickery involved on this show with time shifting and the like.  The bagels could have been rested or allowed to rise briefly but I believe the format of the show required them to be made in less than an hour.

The judges proclaimed them good.

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