Bake Off Argentina: El Gran Pastelero is an Argentine reality television broadcast by Telefe and produced by Turner International Argentina based on the British television baking competition The Great British Bake Off. In this Argentine version, 14 amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress a group of judges with their baking skills to be named the best amateur baker in Argentina. Every week the amateur bakers face two challenges with a thematic.
It premiered on April 8, 2018, and it is hosted by Paula Chaves with judges Christophe Krywonis, Damián Betular and Pamella Villar. To date, the reality competition has three seasons (2018, 2020 & 2021).
Seasons summary Season Release Winner Runner-up Third place 1 8 April – 24 June 2018 Gastón Salas Hernán Lambertucci Elsa Cáceres 13.8 2 1 March – 5 July 2020 Samantha CasaisDamián Pier Basile Damián Pier Basile Agustina Guz 10.7 3 13 September – 8 November 2021 Carlos Martinic Facundo Tarditti Famosos 2024
Host and judges Host/Judges Season 1 2 3 F Paula Chaves Host Christophe Krywonis Judge Judge Damián Betular Judge Pamela Villar Judge Lizardo Ponce Digital Dolli Irigoyen Judge Dani La ChepiDigital Wanda Nara Host Maru Botana Judge
1st season (2018) The first season was premiered on April 8 and last aired on June 24, 2018. The filming took place in Benavidez, Buenos Aires.
Contestants ContestantsAgeOccupationHometownStatus Juan Cruz Raia 26 Employee Ramos MejiaEliminated 1st Lorena González 35 Military CórdobaEliminated 2nd Candela Dalle Palle 41 Administrative employee CaballitoEliminated 3rd Marcela Piazzese 52 Teacher Villa CrespoEliminated 4th Fabián Fusca 44 Priest San JustoEliminated 5th Gabriel Rojas 26 Factory worker Lomas de ZamoraEliminated 6th Agostina Chinelli 23 Actress and student San IsidroEliminated 7th Gonzalo Mampel 28 Lawyer RosarioEliminated 8th Julia Debicki 19 Makeup artist WildeEliminated 9th Elsa Cáseres 66 Retired Villa RumipalEliminated 10th Hernán Lambertucci 37 Bachelor of administration RosarioRunner-up Gastón Salas 20 Student Comodoro Rivadavia
Challenges Episode 1: Premiere Participant Creative challenge (Celebration cake) Technique challenge (12 cupcakes)Outcome Gonzalo Opera 1º Advance Fabián Bariloche 2º Advance Hernán Chef hat 3º Starbaker Candela 40th birthday 4º Advance Gabriel Rainbow 5º Nominated Juan Silver wedding anniversary 6º Eliminated Elsa Gold wedding anniversary 7º Second best baker Agostina Easter 8º Advance Marcela Olghi 9º Advance Julia Colors 10º Advance Lorena Ballet dancer 11º Nominated Gastón Purse 12º Advance
Episode 2: Meringue Participant Creative challenge (Pies) Technique challenge (Pavlova)Outcome Gonzalo Chocolate and forest fruits 1º Advance Julia Raspberry and maracuja 2º Advance Gabriel Raspberry and lime 3º Starbaker Marcela Chocolate, almonds, lemon and forest fruits 4º Advance Gastón Chocolate, lemon and forest fruits 5º Advance Hernán Champagne and raspberry 6º Nominated Lorena Chocolate and grapefruit 7º Eliminated Fabián Pistachio, pear and apple 8º Second best baker Candela Black chocolate 9º Advance Elsa Pistachio, pear and grapefruit 10º Advance Agostina Lemon and lime 11º Nominated
Episode 3: Patisserie Participant Creative challenge (Lingots 8x2) Technical challenge (Sacher cake)Outcome Gastón White chocolate and forest fruits / Caramel and chocolate 1º Advance Marcela White chocolate and maracuja / Chocolate, raspberry and strawberrie 2º Advance Hernán Dulce de leche and chocolate / Vanilla, cheese and quince 3º Starbaker Julia Chocolate and orange mousse / Chocolate and cherry 4º Second best baker Gabriel Meringue, vanilla and lemon / Chocolate and hazelnut 5º Advance Gonzalo Strawberry and pistachios / White chocolate, piña colada and coconut 6º Advance Agostina Chocolate, coffee and orange / White chocolate, lavender and berries 7º Advance Elsa Maracuja mousse / Chocolate and hazelnut mousse 8º Nominated Fabián Chocolate and peach / Chocolate, lavender, champagne and raspberry 9º Nominated Candela Chocolate brownie / Maracuja mousse 10º Eliminated
Episode 4: Cookies Participant Creative challenge (Cookie tower) Technical challenge (Alfajores)Outcome Gastón Eiffel tower 1º Starbaker Julia Eiffel tower 2º Advance Hernán Poker cards 3º Second best baker Agostina Christmas tree 4º Advance Gonzalo Set of bars 5º Nominated Gabriel Pastry house 6º Nominated Fabián Church 7º Advance Elsa Chapel 8º Advance Marcela House 9º Eliminated
Episode 5: Desserts Participant Creative challenge (Flan / Mousse / Triffle) Technical challenge (Charlotte tiramisu)Outcome Julia Irish cream / Banana and avocado / Banana, cream and dulce de leche 1º Starbaker Gastón Coconut and dulce de leche / Banana and maracuja / Almonds, mascarpone and strawberries 2º Advance Hernán Dulce de leche and chocolate / Maracuja and white chocolate / Arroz con leche and nuts 3º Second best baker Gonzalo Dulce de leche / Semibitter chocolate / Yoghurt, vanillas and sesame 4º Nominated Fabián Cherry / Kirch / Chocolate, nuts and cream 5º Eliminated Agostina Dulce de leche and Irish cream / Banana and maracuja / Mascarpone, yoghurt and orange 6º Advance Elsa Orange / 2 chocolates / Anise pastry cream and cardamom 7º Advance Gabriel Chocolate and cardamom / Caramel toffee and Belgian chocolate / Vanilla and cream 8º Nominated
Episode 6: Fruits Participant Creative challenge (Naked cake) Technical challenge (Apple strudel)Outcome Agostina Coconut spongecake filled with maracuja diplomata cake decorated with strawberries and blueberries 1º Starbaker Julia Pineapple, coconut and rhum spongecake filled with coconut cream and pineapple jam decorated with flowers and fruits 2º Advance Elsa Sacher spongecake filled with custard cream and hazelnut cream and decorated with fruits mix 3º Nominated Gastón Chocolate spongecake filled with mascarpone, berries, ganache and peach jam and decorated with flowers and fruits 4º Second best baker Gonzalo Lemon and poppies spongecake filled with lemon cream and fruits concasse decorated with fruits and aguaribay leaves 5º Advance Gabriel Orange and poppies spongecake filled with mango buttercream, bitter cream and grenadine 6º Eliminated Hernán Cream cheese, orange and poppies spongecake filled with orange pastry cream and decorated with macarons and fruits 7º Nominated
Episode 7: Argentina Since this episode was 3 challenges. 2 creatives and 1 technical Participant Creative challenge 1 (Bread basket) Technical challenge (Balcarce cake) Creative challenge 2 (World cup)Outcome Gonzalo Raw ham, cherry tomatoes and reggiano cheese 1º 2018 FIFA World Cup Nominated Gastón Tomatoes, leek, onion and brie cheese 2º 2014 FIFA World Cup Second best baker Agostina Smoked bacon and mar del plata cheese 3º Moscow cathedral Eliminated Julia Bacon pork rinds 4º World Cup host countries Starbaker Hernán Provolone and grill sausage 5º Mano de Dios Nominated Elsa Black olives and olive 6º 1978 FIFA World Cup Advance
Episode 8: Chocolate Participant Creative challenge 1 (Printed rolled) Technical challenge (Souffle) Creative challenge 2 (Chocolate mousse)Outcome Elsa Countryside flowers -º Pistachio / Orange rolled / Meringue Starbaker Gastón Animal print -º Citrus / Velvet bonbons / Mirror Second best baker Gonzalo Milo Locket -º Crumble / Orange palete / Mirror and chocolate figures Eliminated Hernán Streaped motif -º Nuts base / Coffee and whisky mousse / Mirror Nominated Julia Britto Romero -º Raspberries biscuit / Chocolate and raspberries gallet / Mirror Nominated No enumeration in technical challenge
Episode 9: Semifinal Participant Creative challenge 1 (Special dessert) Technical challenge (Dacquoise) Creative challenge 2 (Building)Outcome Hernán Squash and coconut bavarois / Dates hearts / Nuts crumble and white chocolate quenelle / Special English sauce 1º Pumps and éclairs of pastry cream, dulce de leche and lemon cream / White and black chocolate craquelin / Macarons and caramel Finalist Elsa Poppies biscuit / Cheese and chocolate mousses / Raspberry and tomato jam / Glazed carrot 2º Profiteroles with colors craquelin and éclairs with pastry cream and hazelnut / Italian fried past Finalist Julia Carob base / Beetroot and white chocolate mousse / Raspberry center / Berries coulis and lime cream 3º Eclairs covered in white chocolate and profiteroles filled with lemon pastry cream / Colors craquelin / Macarons and ganache Eliminated Gastón Nuts spongecake / Squash and raspberries mousse / Vanilla center / White chocolate sauce with caramelized beetroot 4º Pumps and éclairs with pastry cream and craquelin / Macarons / Caramel figures Finalist
Episode 10: 3rd place definition Participant Creative challenge 1 (Hidden cake) Technical challenge (Mirror cake)Outcome Gastón Bake Off Argentina 1º Advance to final challenge Hernán Mickey Mouse 2º Advance to final challenge Elsa Hearts 3º Eliminated - 3rd classified
Episode 11: Final Participant Creative challenge 2 (The grand finale cake)Outcome Gastón Family Winner Hernán H Finalist
2nd season (2020) The second season was premiered March 1 and last aired July 5, 2020. The filming took place in Pilar, Buenos Aires.
Contestants ContestantAgeOccupationHometownStatus Leandro Molcar 34 Hostel employee VenezuelaEliminated 1st Rita Piacentini 64 Retired RecoletaEliminated 2nd Gabriel Maceiras 49 Administrative employee General PachecoEliminated 3rd Raquel Zanewczyk 38 Administrative employee BurzacoEliminated 4th Martina di Saia 23 Student UshuaiaEliminated 5th Marcos Perren 19 Enterprising FloridaEliminated 8th / 9th Sonia Berwanger 51 Tourism technician CorrientesEliminated 10th Carolina Tannoni 26 Special education student San Miguel de TucumanEliminated 7th / 11th Gerardo Dominguez 42 Administrative employee MendozaEliminated 6th / 12th Ángelo Pedrazzoli 19 Student GualeguayEliminated 13th Agustina Fontenla, Agus 29 Lawyer San Antonio OesteEliminated 14th Agustina Guz 30 Sommelier Ramos MejiaEliminated 15th Samanta Casais 29 Administrative and baker San TelmoRunner-up (Disqualified) Damián Pier Basile 30 Commerce employee Rosario
Technical and creative challenges Episode 1: Premiere Contestant Creative challenge (Animal cake) Technique challenge (Chocolate marquise)Outcome Gabriel Tiger 1º Advance Ángelo Dog 2º Advance Sonia Yacare 3º Starbaker Rita Lamb 4º Advance Marcos Bear 5º Advance Agus Penguin 6º Second best baker Gerardo Panda bear 7º Advance Samanta Dog 8º Advance Agustina Cow 9º Advance Leandro Horse 10º Eliminated Carolina Trout 11º Advance Damián Cat 12º Advance Martina Deer 13º Nominated Raquel Octopus 14º Nominated
Episode 2: American pastry Contestant Creative challenge (Cheese cake) Technical challenge