# 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 of US$50,000. Other prizes for winning a challenge or the week's competition are also offered during the series.
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.
The show ran for one 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 | Premiere | Premiere |
| Name(s) | No. Episode | Recording (Argentina, Buenos Aires) | Argentina | Colombia | Mexico |
| Ana María Orozco | 1 | August 2014 (2014-08) | 28 October 2014 (2014-10-28), 20:00hrs | 28 October 2014 (2014-10-28), 22:00hrs | 8 November 2014 (2014-11-08), 21:00hrs |
| Aleks Syntek | 2 | August 2014 (2014-08) | 4 November 2014 (2014-11-04), 20:00hrs | 4 November 2014 (2014-11-04), 22:00hrs | 15 November 2014 (2014-11-15), 21:00hrs |
| Maru Botana | 3 | August 2014 (2014-08) | 11 November 2014 (2014-11-11), 20:00hrs | 11 November 2014 (2014-11-11), 22:00hrs | 22 November 2014 (2014-11-22), 21:00hrs |
| Natalia Oreiro | 5 | August 2014 (2014-08) | 25 November 2014 (2014-11-25), 20:00hrs | 25 November 2014 (2014-11-25), 22:00hrs | 6 December 2014 (2014-12-06), 21:00hrs |
| Buddy Valastro | 6 | 2 December 2014 (2014-12-02), 20:00hrs (LIVE) | 2 December 2014 (2014-12-02), 20:00hrs | 2 December 2014 (2014-12-02), 22:00hrs | 13 December 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 | 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 (2014 October 28 (28-10-2014))
* Episode 2: 25 years Of Music With Aleks Syntek (2014 November 4 (4-11-2014))
* Episode 3: Birthday Cake (2014 November 11 (11-11-2014))
* Episode 4: Day Of The Dead (2014 November 18 (18-11-2014))
* Episode 5: Cake Of Real Size (2014 November 25 (25-11-2014))
* Episode 6: Final (2014 December 2 (2-12-2014))
* Episode Special: Special Mary Christmas (2014 December 9 (9-12-2014))