Bake Off Greece
| Bake Off Greece | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Baking Reality |
| Based on | The Great British Bake Off |
| Directed by | Alekos Kiranis |
| Presented by | Ioanna Triantafyllidou |
| Judges | Akis Petretzikis Nikolas Straggas Dimitris Xronopoulos |
| Country of origin | Greece |
| Original language | Greek |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 28 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Marilena Simadira |
| Producer | Kostas Sousoulas |
| Production locations | Varympompi, Attica, Greece |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company | Love Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Alpha TV |
| Release | 23 September 2018 – 24 March 2019 |
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.[1][2][3] 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.[4]
Host and judges
- Key
- Host
- Judge
| Cast member | Seasons | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Ioanna Triantafyllidou | ||||
| Akis Petretzikis | ||||
| Nikolas Straggas | ||||
| Dimitris Xronopoulos | ||||
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Premiere | Finale | Winner | Runner-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.[5]
The winner is Venia Flessa.[6]
Bakers
| Baker | Hometown | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Venia Flessa | Kalamata | Winner (Episode 28) |
| Lena Samerka | Athens | Runner-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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venia | SB | SB | SB | Winner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lena | SB | SB | Runner-up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anna-Maria | SB | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | SB | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nikos | SB | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dora G. | SB | SB | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Meli | SB | SB | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Panos | OUT | RET | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Orestis | ARR | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alexandra | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mihalis | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Petros | SB | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Katerina | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eya | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Panagiotis | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dora K. | SB | OUT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akis | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jason | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Christina | OUT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 fase
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 fase
| 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 fase
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 the judge and the presenter was the encharged 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 |
References
- ^ "Bake Off Greece: Δείτε το τρέιλερ του νέου ριάλιτι ζαχαροπλαστικής στον Alpha". 7 September 2018.
- ^ ""Bake Off Greece": Πότε κάνει πρεμιέρα;". 12 September 2018.
- ^ "Bake off Greece: Η εντυπωσιακή πρεμιέρα με την Ιωάννα Τριανταφυλλίδου σε ρόλο παρουσιάστριας". 23 September 2018.
- ^ "Η ανακοίνωση του Alpha για το "Bake Off Greece" με Πετρετζίκη -Τριανταφυλλίδου". 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Bake Off Greece: Αυτοί είναι οι παίκτες". 17 September 2018.
- ^ "Αυτή είναι η μεγάλη νικήτρια του Bake off Greece!".