Bake Off Uruguay: El gran pastelero (English: Bake Off Uruguay: The Great Baker) is an Uruguayan reality television broadcast by 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]
Gastronomic entrepreneur and manager the online pastry boutique Süss Pastelería.[5]
Judge
Jean Paul Bondoux
French chef based in Uruguay since 1979 and founder of La Bourgogne restaurant.[5]
Judge
Sofía Muñoz
Graduated from the Gato Dumas Institute and manager of Pecana restaurant.[5]
Judge
Production[]
The Uruguayan version of the talent show was announced in May 2021, while the host and judges, in June.[6] 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.[7] The program is filmed in a large tent, located in Jacksonville, Montevideo.[8]