Next Great Baker: Latin America

Next Great Baker: Latin America (also known as El desafío de Buddy: Latinoamérica) was a Latin American television series that airs on Discovery Home & Health: Latin America, hosted by Buddy Valastro, the star of his own reality series, Cake Boss. In the show, eight contestants participated in challenges that tested their baking and decorating skills. Each week, a contestant was eliminated; the last contestant standing won a grand prize prize of US$50,000. Other prizes for winning a challenge or the week's competition are also offered during the series.[1][2]

Next Great Baker: Latin America
Also known asEl desafío de Buddy: Latinoamérica
Presented byAlfredo Oropeza
Buddy Valastro
Country of originArgentina, Colombia & Mexico (Latin America)
Original languagesSpanish
English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Executive producerFederico Delucci / Pablo Graziano / Virginia Kaplun
Production companyEndemol Argentina
Release
Original networkDiscovery Home & Health
Original release28 October (2014-10-28) –
2 December 2014 (2014-12-02)
Related
Cake Boss
Kitchen Boss
Ultimate Cake Off
Next Great Baker

In each of the six episodes, the participants faced two challenges, a pastry challenge and an elimination challenge. After each challenge, celebrity judges decided on the best creation, the panel including Mexican chef and presenter Alfredo Oropeza, French baker Franck Dauffouis, Mexican pastry chef María Teresa Ramírez Degollado, the Mexican chef Sergio Ibarra Garibay, and Argentine pastry chef Eduardo Ruiz among others. Ultimately, Buddy Valastro decided on the winner.

Next Great Baker: Latin America was produced by Endemol Argentina for Discovery Networks International.[3]

The show ran for 1 season in 2014.

Countries Progress
  • Argentina - Winner - Episode 6
  • Colombia - Runner-Up - Episode 6
  • Mexico - Third - Episode 5

Celebs
Name(s) No. Episode Recording (Argentina, Buenos Aires) Premiere
Argentina Colombia Mexico
1 August 2014 (2014-08) October 28, 2014 (2014-10-28), 20:00hrs October 28, 2014 (2014-10-28), 22:00hrs November 8, 2014 (2014-11-08), 21:00hrs
2 August 2014 (2014-08) November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04), 20:00hrs November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04), 22:00hrs November 15, 2014 (2014-11-15), 21:00hrs
  • Maru Botana
 3 August 2014 (2014-08) November 11, 2014 (2014-11-11), 20:00hrs November 11, 2014 (2014-11-11), 22:00hrs November 22, 2014 (2014-11-22), 21:00hrs
5 August 2014 (2014-08) November 25, 2014 (2014-11-25), 20:00hrs November 25, 2014 (2014-11-25), 22:00hrs December 6, 2014 (2014-12-06), 21:00hrs
6 December 2, 2014 (2014-12-02), 20:00hrs (LIVE) December 2, 2014 (2014-12-02), 20:00hrs December 2, 2014 (2014-12-02), 22:00hrs December 13, 2014 (2014-12-13), 21:00hrs

Contestant Eliminated
No. Name No. Episode
1
  • Renato Rodríguez
 1
2
  • Lina Bermeo
 2
3
  • Luciano Dieguez
 3
4
  • Iván Millán
 4
5
  • Roxana “Roxy” Palacios
 5

Contestant Progress
Place Contestant Episode 1 Episode 2 Episode 3 Episode 4 Episode 5 Episode 6
1 Catalina LOW HIGH LOW LOW WIN WIN WINNER
2 Myriam HIGH LOW HIGH HIGH LOW HIGH RUNNER-UP
3 Jaime LOW HIGH LOW HIGH HIGH THIRD
4 Roxy WIN WIN WIN WIN OUT
5 Iván HIGH HIGH HIGH OUT
6 Luciano IN IN OUT
7 Lina HIGH OUT
8 Renato OUT
  (WINNER) This baker won the competition.
  (RUNNER-UP) This baker was the runner-up of the competition.
  (THIRD) This baker place third overall in the competition.
  (WIN) The baker(s) won the challenge.
  (HIGH) The baker(s) had one of the best cakes for that challenge, but did not win.
  (IN) The baker(s) advanced to the next week.
  (LOW) The baker(s) was/were a part of the team who lost, but was not the last to move on.
  (LOW) The baker(s) had the worst cake of those who advanced, and was/were the last to move on.
  (OUT) The baker(s) was/were eliminated.
  (WD) The baker(s) voluntarily withdrew from the competition.
Notes

Episodes
  • Episode 1: 20 years Of Career Ana María Orozco (October 2014, 28 (28-10-2014))
  • Episode 2: 25 years Of Music With Aleks Syntek (November 2014, 4 (4-11-2014))
  • Episode 3: Birthday Cake (November 2014, 11 (11-11-2014))
  • Episode 4: Day Of The Dead (November 2014, 18 (18-11-2014))
  • Episode 5: Cake Of Real Size (November 2014, 25 (25-11-2014))
  • Episode 6: Final (December 2014, 2 (2-12-2014))
  • Episode Special: Special Mary Christmas (December 2014, 9 (9-12-2014))

References
  1. "Discovery Home & Health emite El desafío de Buddy Latinoamérica". PRODU.COM (in Spanish). 13 November 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  2. The Next Great Baker Latin America (TV Series 2014– ) - IMDb, retrieved 15 April 2023
  3. "Discovery Home & Health emite El desafío de Buddy Latinoamérica". PRODU.COM (in Spanish). 13 November 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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