Bake Off Greece
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.
Bake Off Greece | |
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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 |
Release | |
Original network | Alpha TV |
Original release | 23 September 2018 – 24 March 2019 |
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 | |||
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1 | ||||
Ioanna Triantafyllidou | ||||
Akis Petretzikis | ||||
Nikolas Straggas | ||||
Dimitris Xronopoulos |
Series overview
Series | Episodes | Premiere | Finale | Winner | Runner-up | Timeslot | Channel |
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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 |
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Episode 1: Premiere
Concursant | Technical challenge (Chocolate marquise) |
Creative challenge (6 mini pies) |
Outcome |
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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
Concursant | Technical challenge (Chocolate souffle) |
Creative challenge (24 kisses) |
Outcome |
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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
Concursant | Technical challenge (Baklava) |
Creative challenge (Filled koulorakia) |
Outcome |
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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
Concursant | Technical challenge (6 mini waffles) |
Creative challenge (48 petit fours) |
Outcome |
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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 |
Episode 5: Snacks
Concursant | Technical challenge (20 brigadeiros) |
Creative challenge (24 flavoured shuku-shuku) |
Outcome |
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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
Concursant | Technical challenge (6 cakepops) |
Creative challenge (Bread basket) |
Outcome |
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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
Concursant | Technical challenge (Opera cake) |
Creative challenge (Eclairs tower) |
Outcome |
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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
Concursant | Technical challenge (Charlotte tiramisu) |
Creative challenge (Triffle) |
Outcome |
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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
Concursant | Technical challenge (Paris-Brest cake) |
Creative challenge (Profiteroles construction) |
Outcome |
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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 | Capuccino and raspberries | Advance |
Georgia | 6º | Berries | Nominated |
Episode 10: Countries
Concursant | Technical challenge (Colors cake) |
Creative challenge (2 Flags cake) |
Outcome |
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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
Concursant | Technical challenge (Petit gateaux) |
Creative challenge (My favourite artist) |
Outcome |
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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
Concursant | Technical challenge (Greek bake off cake) |
Creative challenge (The grand finale cake) |
Outcome |
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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!".