Bake Off Greece (also called Bake Off) is a Greek television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress a group of judges with their baking skills, with a contestant being eliminated in each round, with the winner being selected from the contestants who reach the finals. The show's first episode was aired on 23 September 2018. The Show based on the BBC baking competition The Great British Bake Off.
The programme is presenting by Ioanna Triantafyllidou, with judges Akis Petretzikis, Nikolas Straggas and Dimitris Xronopoulos.
Host and judges Key
Cast member Seasons 1 Ioanna Triantafyllidou Akis Petretzikis Nikolas Straggas Dimitris Xronopoulos
Series overview
Series Episodes Premiere FinaleWinnerRunner-up Timeslot Channel 1 28 23 September 2018 24 March 2019 Venia Flessa Lena Samerka Sunday 21:00pm (Episodes 1-24)Sunday 20:00pm (Episodes 25–28) Alpha TV In series 1 the episodes 19, 21 and 23 were broadcast on Fridays at 21:00pm.
Season 1: 2018 Series 1 of Bake Off Greece saw eighteen home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battled to be crowned the Bake Off Greece best amateur baker. It began airing on 23 September 2018 on Alpha TV.
The winner is Venia Flessa.
Bakers
Baker Hometown Status Venia Flessa KalamataWinner(Episode 28) Lena Samerka AthensRunner-up(Episode 28) Anna-Maria Kefala Cyprus Eliminated(Episode 27) Georgia Mimigianni Agios Dimitrios Eliminated(Episode 26) Nikos Zotos Athens Eliminated(Episode 24) Dora Georgiou Livadeia Eliminated(Episode 22) Meli Karamelidou Thessaloniki Eliminated(Episode 18) Panos Zaredis Vari Eliminated(Episode 16) Orestis Feizo Piraeus Eliminated(Episode 13) Alexandra Legga Agia Varvara Eliminated(Episode 12) Mihalis Spiridakis Dafni Eliminated(Episode 11) Petros Fouskitakis Chania Eliminated(Episode 8) Katerina Kirpi Athens Eliminated(Episode 7) Eya Seimenaki Athens Eliminated(Episode 6) Panagiotis Barberis Keratsini Eliminated(Episode 5) Dora Kappi Athens Eliminated(Episode 4) Akis Adamopoulos Vounargo Eliminated(Episode 3) Jason Oikonomidis Chalandri Eliminated(Episode 2) Christina Alipradi Trikala Eliminated(Episode 1)
Results summary Elimination chart Baker 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 27 28 VeniaSBSBSBWinner LenaSBSB SBOUT GeorgiaSB OUT NikosSBOUT Dora G.SBSBOUT MeliSBSBOUT PanosOUT RETOUT Orestis ARROUT AlexandraOUT Mihalis OUT PetrosSBOUT KaterinaOUT EyaOUT PanagiotisOUT Dora K.SBOUT AkisOUT JasonOUT ChristinaOUT
Colour key:
Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated. Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but was not the Star Baker. Baker got through to the next round. Baker was eliminated. Baker was the Star Baker. Baker was Returned or Arrived Baker was a series runner-up. Baker was the series winner.
Episodes Team Phase Episode 1: Premiere Contestant Technical challenge(Chocolate marquise) Creative challenge(6 mini pies)Outcome Orestis & Alexandra 1º Champagne and Strawberry Advance Venia & Anna Maria 2º Lemon and orange Advance Panagiotis & Eya 3º Champagne and raspberry Advance Dora G. & Georgia 4º Chocolate and cream Advance Mihalis & Panos 5º Vanilla and blueberries Starbakers Katerina & Petros 6º Chocolate and grapes Nominated Lena & Nikos 7º Chocolate and red wine Nominated Akis & Dora K. 8º Strawberries and meringue Advance Christina & Jason 9º Cream and vanilla Eliminated
Episode 2: Chocolate Contestant Technical challenge(Chocolate souffle) Creative challenge(24 kisses)Outcome Dora G. & Georgia 1º Cream and orange Advance Panagiotis & Eya 2º Chocolate and cookies Advance Anna Maria & Venia 3º Chocolate and strawberries Starbakers Mihalis & Panos 4º Strawberries and raspberries Advance Nikos & Lena 5º Coffee liqueur Nominated Akis & Dora K. 6º Blueberries and bitter chocolate Eliminated Orestis & Alexandra 7º Grapefruit Advance Katerina & Petros 8º Chocolate and orange Nominated
Episode 3: Greek pastry Contestant Technical challenge(Baklava) Creative challenge(Filled koulorakia)Outcome Katerina & Petros 1º Almonds and chocolate Starbakers Orestis & Alexandra 2º Watermelon and melon Advance Mihalis & Panos 3º Caramel sauce Nominated Anna Maria & Venia 4º Caramelized almonds Advance Dora & Georgia 5º Chocolate and strawberries Advance Nikos & Lena 6º Nuts and raisins Nominated Panagiotis & Eya 7º Peanut butter Eliminated
Episode 4: Tiny episode This was the last episode in the Team Phase. Contestant Technical challenge(6 mini waffles) Creative challenge(48 petit fours)Outcome Anna Maria & Venia 1º Red velvet / Blue velvet Advance Orestis & Alexandra 2º Cookie cake / Lemon pie Nominated Katerina & Petros 3º Apple pie / Chocolate financieros Eliminated Dora & Georgia 4º Orange financieros / Cheesecake Starbakers Nikos & Lena 5º Lemon pie / Cheesecake Advance Mihalis & Panos 6º Chocolate cake / Pavlova Nominated
Individual Phase Episode 5: Snacks Contestant Technical challenge(20 brigadeiros) Creative challenge(24 flavoured shuku-shuku)Outcome Dora 1º Strawberry Starbaker Panos 2º Chocolate and coconut Advance Georgia 3º Coconut and banana Advance Lena 4º Chocolate Advance Orestis 5º Coffee liqueur Advance Alexandra 6º Milk and apple Nominated Venia 7º Coffee and coconut Advance Nikos 8º Bitter chocolate Nominated Mihalis 9º Chocolate and vanilla Eliminated Anna Maria 10º Milk chocolate Advance
Episode 6: Salty and sweet Contestant Technical challenge(6 cakepops) Creative challenge(Bread basket)Outcome Nikos 1º Reggiano cheese and grilled sausage Advance Georgia 2º Bacon and brie cheese Starbaker Panos 3º Onion and cheese Advance Anna-Maria 4º Leek and cherry tomatoes Advance Orestis 5º Raw ham and bacon pork rinds Nominated Alexandra 6º Cherry tomatoes Eliminated Lena 7º Bacon pork rinds Advance Dora 8º Onion and cheese Advance Venia 9º Grilled sausage and reggiano cheese Nominated
Episode 7: Français pastry Contestant Technical challenge(Opera cake) Creative challenge(Eclairs tower)Outcome Anna-Maria 1º Custard cream and chocolate Advance Venia 2º Bitter chocolate Starbaker Panos 3º Milk and cream cheese Advance Dora 4º Strawberry and blueberries Nominated Lena 5º Chocolate and coffee liqueur Nominated Orestis 6º Banana and apple Eliminated Georgia 7º Coffee and bitter chocolate Advance Nikos 8º Chocolate brownie Advance
Episode 8: Desserts Contestant Technical challenge(Charlotte tiramisu) Creative challenge(Triffle)Outcome Venia 1º Chocolate and orange Advance Dora 2º Lemon and hazelnut Nominated Lena 3º Chocolate brownie Starbaker Panos 4º Maracuja mousse Eliminated Anna-Maria 5º Strawberry and pineapple Advance Georgia 6º Custard cream and strawberry Advance Nikos 7º Opera cake in a glass Nominated
Episode 9: Judge In this episode both judge and presenter were tasked to decide the challenges. Technical challenge was decided by Nikolas and Akis. Creative challenge was decided by Ioanna and Dimitris. Contestant Technical challenge(Paris-Brest cake) Creative challenge(Profiteroles construction)Outcome Lena 1º Chocolate and mint Nominated Nikos 2º Lemon and banana Advance Anna-Maria 3º Chocolate and tomato jam Starbaker Dora 4º Strawberry and raspberries Eliminated Venia 5º Cappuccino and raspberries Advance Georgia 6º Berries Nominated
Episode 10: Countries Contestant Technical challenge(Colors cake) Creative challenge(2 Flags cake)Outcome Venia 1º Morocco and Turkey Nominated Georgia 2º USA and Italy Starbaker Anna-Maria 3º Cyprus and Israel Advance Lena 4º Argentina and Mexico Nominated Nikos 5º Brazil and Canada Eliminated
Episode 11: Semifinal Contestant Technical challenge(Petit gateaux) Creative challenge(My favourite artist)Outcome Lena 1º Salvador Dalí Finalist Anna Maria 2º Pablo Picasso Finalist Georgia 3º Leonardo da Vinci Eliminated Venia 4º Nikos Engonopoulos Finalist
Episode 12: Final Contestant Technical challenge(Greek bake off cake) Creative challenge(The grand finale cake)Outcome Lena 1º Love 2nd finalist Venia 2º V.F. Winner Anna-Maria 3º Cyprus flag 3rd finalist
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