# Bake Off Uruguay

Bake Off Uruguay: El gran pastelero (English: Bake Off Uruguay: The Great Baker) is a Uruguayan reality television broadcast on Channel 4 and produced by Metrópolis Films based on the British television baking competition The Great British Bake Off. Premiered on August 26, 2021, the show follows a group of amateur bakers to compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress a group of judges with their baking skills.

## Production

The Uruguayan version of the talent show was announced in May 2021, while the host and judges, in June. Online registrations were made between the months of May and June of the same year, and the face-to-face auditions were attended by about 2,000 people, of which only 14 were chosen for the first season of the contest. The program is filmed in a large tent, located in Jacksonville, Montevideo.
In early February 2022 it was reported that Jean Paul Bondoux would not return for the second season, he stated that "he was fired". On the 16th, chef and presenter Hugo Soca was announced as his replacement. On the 17th, Facello announced that she would not host the second season in order to "dedicate herself" to other projects. A day later, the production of the program announced that Jimena Sabaris would replace her.
On February 24, Stephanie Rauhut announced that she would also not be returning as a judge in order to "spend time with her family"; she was replaced by chef and author Rose Galfione.

## Cast

| Name | Notes | Season | Season | |
| Name | Notes | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Presenters | Presenters | Presenters | | |
| Annasofía Facello | Actress and television presenter | | | |
| Jimena Sabaris | Actress, singer and television presenter | | | |
| Judges | Judges | Judges | | |
| Stephanie Rauhut | Gastronomic entrepreneur and manager the online pastry boutique Süss Pastelería. | | | |
| Jean Paul Bondoux | French chef based in Uruguay since 1979 and founder of La Bourgogne restaurant. | | | |
| Sofía Muñoz | Graduated from the Gato Dumas Institute and manager of Pecana restaurant. | | | |
| Hugo Soca | Le Cordon Bleu graduate chef, restaurateur and television presenter. | | | |
| Rose Galfione | Chef sommelier and author. | | | |

## First season (2021)
### Contestants

| Name | Age | Occupation | Hometown | Status | Place |
| Facundo Amestoy | 31 | Entrepreneur | Colonia del Sacramento | Winner | 1st |
| Verónica Osorio | 29 | Police officer | Minas | Runner-up | 2nd |
| Antonio Deubaldo | 40 | Speech therapist | Minas | Third place | 3rd |
| Camila Piccolo | 35 | Actress and economics student | Montevideo | Fourth place | 4th |
| Jimena Pereda | 38 | Endocrinologist and teacher | Montevideo | Eliminated 2nd/13th | 5th |
| Micaela Briozzo | 21 | Electrical engineering student | Ciudad de la Costa | Eliminated 12th | 6th |
| Ofelia Placeres | 51 | Dairy worker | San José | Voluntary withdrawal | 7th |
| Juan Pablo Rocha | 30 | Dancer and construction worker | Montevideo | Eliminated 1st/10th | 8th |
| Marcos Mettetieri | 31 | Doctor | San José | Eliminated 9th | 9th |
| Guillermo Chocho | 29 | Hotelier and accounting student | Montevideo | Eliminated 5th/8th | 10th |
| Yenifer Franco | 23 | Tiktoker | Montevideo | Eliminated 7th | 11th |
| Graciela Kosenko | 65 | Retired | Atlántida | Eliminated 6th | 12th |
| Natalie Nannariello | 43 | Graphic designer | Montevideo | Eliminated 4th | 13th |
| Silvia Paiva | 42 | Nurse | Rivera | Eliminated 3d | 14th |