Premise: The third season of "Next Great Baker" aired from November 26, 2012 to February 11, 2013. Like the previous season, this season was set at the Carlo's Bake Shop facility at Lackawanna Center in Jersey City, New Jersey. Unlike the previous two seasons, the finale for this season took place outside of the greater New York City area – in this case, in Las Vegas, Nevada at The Venetian Las Vegas.
Hypothesis: Because all three seasons of "The Next Great Baker" were filmed in Jersey City, New Jersey, they were not filmed in New York, just the metro area.