| Alt Name: | Bake Off Uruguay: El gran pastelero |
| Network: | Channel 4 |
| Location: | Jacksonville, Montevideo |
| Company: | Metrópolis Films |
| Genre: | Baking, cooking |
| Country: | Uruguay |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Num Seasons: | 3 |
Bake Off Uruguay: El gran pastelero (English: Bake Off Uruguay: The Great Baker) is a Uruguayan reality television broadcast on Channel 4 and produced by Metrópolis Films based on the British television baking competition The Great British Bake Off.[1] [2] Premiered on August 26, 2021, the show follows a group of amateur bakers to compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress a group of judges with their baking skills.[3] [4]
The Uruguayan version of the talent show was announced in May 2021, while the host and judges, in June.[5] Online registrations were made between the months of May and June of the same year, and the face-to-face auditions were attended by about 2,000 people, of which only 14 were chosen for the first season of the contest.[6] The program is filmed in a large tent, located in Jacksonville, Montevideo.[7]
In early February 2022 it was reported that Jean Paul Bondoux would not return for the second season, he stated that "he was fired".[8] On the 16th, chef and presenter Hugo Soca was announced as his replacement.[9] On the 17th, Facello announced that she would not host the second season in order to "dedicate herself" to other projects.[10] A day later, the production of the program announced that Jimena Sabaris would replace her.[11]
On February 24, Stephanie Rauhut announced that she would also not be returning as a judge in order to "spend time with her family"; she was replaced by chef and author Rose Galfione.[12]
| Name | Notes | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Presenters | |||||
| Annasofía Facello | Actress and television presenter | ||||
| Jimena Sabaris | Actress, singer and television presenter | ||||
| Judges | |||||
| Stephanie Rauhut | Gastronomic entrepreneur and manager the online pastry boutique Süss Pastelería.[13] | ||||
| Jean Paul Bondoux | French chef based in Uruguay since 1979 and founder of La Bourgogne restaurant. | ||||
| Sofía Muñoz | Graduated from the Gato Dumas Institute and manager of Pecana restaurant. | ||||
| Hugo Soca | Le Cordon Bleu graduate chef, restaurateur and television presenter.[14] | ||||
| Rose Galfione | Chef sommelier and author.[15] | ||||
| Name | Age | Occupation | Hometown | Status | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facundo Amestoy | 31 | Entrepreneur | Colonia del Sacramento | 1st | ||
| Verónica Osorio | 29 | Police officer | Minas | Runner-up | 2nd | |
| Antonio Deubaldo | 40 | Speech therapist | Minas | Third place | 3rd | |
| Camila Piccolo | 35 | Actress and economics student | Montevideo | Fourth place | 4th | |
| Jimena Pereda | 38 | Endocrinologist and teacher | Montevideo | Eliminated 2nd/13th | 5th | |
| Micaela Briozzo | 21 | Electrical engineering student | Ciudad de la Costa | Eliminated 12th | 6th | |
| Ofelia Placeres | 51 | Dairy worker | San José | Voluntary withdrawal | 7th | |
| Juan Pablo Rocha | 30 | Dancer and construction worker | Montevideo | Eliminated 1st/10th | 8th | |
| Marcos Mettetieri | 31 | Doctor | San José | Eliminated 9th | 9th | |
| Guillermo Chocho | 29 | Hotelier and accounting student | Montevideo | Eliminated 5th/8th | 10th | |
| Yenifer Franco | 23 | Tiktoker | Montevideo | Eliminated 7th | 11th | |
| Graciela Kosenko | 65 | Retired | Atlántida | Eliminated 6th | 12th | |
| Natalie Nannariello | 43 | Graphic designer | Montevideo | Eliminated 4th | 13th | |
| Silvia Paiva | 42 | Nurse | Rivera | Eliminated 3d | 14th |