Cheonha Bakery: Bake Your Dream (), also known as Bake Your Dream, is a South Korean cooking reality competition, hosted by actress Lee Da-hee, featuring the 72 bakers around the world, competing for the prize of ₩ million and other numerous prizes to build their own brand. The series premiered on MBN, started from February 1, 2026 at 21:40 KST.
Judges The competition were judged by, Master Craftsman Chef Lee Seok-won, world-class Pastry Chef Kim Narae, Culinary Class Wars winner Chef Kwon Seong-joon, Idol and Member of Oh My Girl Mimi and brand creator genius Noh Hee-young.
Contestants All 72 contestants who came from around the world to competed to be the best baker are either chefs or bakers. Through out the competition, the contestants were competing either against each other or in a team. The youngest contestant in the competition is Chef Kim Kyu-rin (14 years old), while the oldest contestant is Cheong Pil-sun (73 years old).
Several contestants that were known in the competition are: Chef An Byeong-Tae - Former Culinary Class Wars contestant and Korean Chicken War winner. Chef Hwang Ji-oh - Chef Choi Hyun-seok's student at "Choi" Restaurant. Chef Jang Kyung-joo - First female korean chef to win the iba UIBC Cup in 2025. Chef Kim In-seok - First-ever Two-time iba UIBC Cup 2025 winner. Chef Kim Kyu-rin - The youngest chef to win numerous awards. Chef Kwon Soon-seong - First Korean chef to win the iba UIBC Cup in 2012. Chef Lee Kyung-mu - 2024 Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie runner-up Chef Nam Jeong-seok - Former Culinary Class Wars contestant Chef Yoon Yeon-jung - was known as "Patent King" for his 5 baking recipe patents, ranked 9th at the world pastry cup and the runner-up of Asia pastry cup. Chef Yoon Hwa-young - a world-renowned Chef for his Korean-French fusion cuisine and the 2025 LA LISTE Bakery Discovery Gem Award winner. Joo Young-seok - Former Rapper and Former member of Korean boy group SMASH. Lee Hye-sung - Former KBS announcer. Lee Sang-ho - Former SBS Producer. Park Dool-seon - Top Model Veteran. Pricilia Carla Yules - Miss Indonesia 2020 winner.
Airtime SeasonAir dateAirtime 1 February 1, 2026 - present Sundays at 21:40 (KST) Episodes + Original broadcast date Mission Team Result Contestant eliminated Guest appearance Ref. 1 February 1, 2026 create signature bread that represented the contestant N/A N/A Kim Eun-hee, Na Su-ji, Bang Jun-ho, Kim Young-sik, Oh Se-sung, Lim Hoon, Kim Seong-yong, Son Sung-pil, Koo Ja-hong, Yoon Jong-chan, An Byeong-Tae, Yoon Hwa-young, Nam Jeong-seok, Ki Yong-nam, Park Dool-seon, Kim In-seok, Clément Bosch, Kim Ji-ho. Chef Choi Hyun-seok 2 February 8, 2026 3 February 15, 2026create bread dishes for the perfect day.Team Picnic DayTeam Exercise DayTeam Flirting DayTeam Hangover DayTeam Dopamine DayTeam Cheat Meal DayTeam Depressed DayTeam Sunday MorningResult:1st Place - Team Depressed Day2nd Place - Team Hangover Day3rd Place - Team Flirting DayAdditional Result:Cho Song-ah, Hwang Ji-oh, Joo Young-seok, Im Dong-seok, Kim Jin-seo, Kwak Dong-uk, Oh Seung-geun and Yoon Hwa-young were safe from the elimination.Elimination:Team Exercise Day(Jung Nam-mi, Susumu Kobayashi, Kim Kyu-rin, Kim In-seok)Team Picnic Day(Kwon Soon-seong and Kim Ji-ho)Team Flirting Day(Kim Dam-hyun and Kim Myung-joon)Team Cheat Meal Day(Jung Jung-hoon, Kim Jin-seo and Go Jae-wook)Team Dopamine Day(Alessio Galli, Jae In-young and Jeong Min)Team Sunday Morning Day(Yoon Yeon-jung, Kim Jeong-un and Seo Yong-seok). F&B Expert Cha Seung-hee. 4 February 22, 2026 5 March 1, 2026 Main Mission:Compete against each other on recreating classic dishes.Wild Card Mission:create a dish without oven using only ingredients from the fridge. Main Mission:Korean Peanut Streusel Bread - (Lee Hong-gyu Vs. Lee Hye-sung)Monaka - (Lee Kyung-mu Vs. Cho Sang-min)Choco Pies - (Jang Gyeong-ju Vs. Oh Seung-geun)Shrimp Chips - (Hwang Ji-oh Vs. Kim Si-yeop)Cream Bread - (Kim Jin-seo Vs. Seon Min-soo)Rice Punch - (Cho Jung-hoon Vs. Yoon Hwa-young)Sweet Red Bean Bread - (Joo Young-seok Vs. Im Dong-seok)Cheetos - (Kwak Dong-uk Vs. Cho Song-ah)Wild Card Mission:N/A Main MissionResult:Lee Hye-sun, Jang Gyeong-ju, Kim Si-yeop, Kim Jin-seo, Yoon Hwa-young, Joo Young-seok, Kwak Dong-uk and Lee Kyung-mu were advanced to semi-finals.Wild Card MissionResult: Seon Min-soo and Hwang Ji-oh were advanced to semi-finals. Main MissionElimination:Lee Hong-gyu, Oh Seung-geun, Hwang Ji-oh, Seon Min-soo, Cho Jung-hoon, Im Dong-seok, Cho Song-ah and Cho Sang-min.Wild Card Mission:Elimination:Lee Hong-gyu, Oh Seung-geun, Cho Jung-hoon, Im Dong-seok, Cho Song-ah and Cho Sang-min.Main Mission:Chef Lee Ji-myeongActor/Chef Ryu Soo-young Content Creator Kwak Joon-binWild Card Mission:N/A 6 March 8, 2026 7 March 15, 2026 Bake a Korean local bread that represent a city. N/A Yoon Hwa-young, Lee kyung-mu, Kim Jin-seo, Hwang Ji-oh, Kim Si-yeop, Seong Min-soo and Joo Young-seok were advanced to the finals. Lee Hye-sun, Jang Gyeong-ju and Kwak Dong-uk. Marketing & Food Specialist Yeo Myung-lang 8 March 22, 2026 9 March 29, 2026 Round 1: Bake international dish for a mealsRound 2: TBA Round 1:Chinese Cuisines - Hwang Ji-oh & Hwang Jin-seonJapanese Cuisines - Lee Kyung-mu & Ahn Yu-seongThai Cuisines - Kim Jin-seo & Kim Yoo-ahFrench Cuisines - Kim Si-yeop & Lee Seung-junKorean Cuisines - Seong Min-soo & Lee Won-ilFrench Cuisines - Yoo Hwa-young & Oh Se-deukKorean Cuisines - Joo Young-seok & Cho Seo-hyeongRound 2: TBA TBA TBA Atomix NYC Restaurant CEO/Manager Park Jeong-eun 8 April 5, 2026
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