Bake Off Argentina, El Gran Pastelero
Bake Off Argentina is transmitted by Telefe and produced by Turner International Argentina. 14 amateur bakers participate in a culinary competition where they pastry skills are put to a test while they compete to be the named the best amateur baker in Argentina. Every week the amateur bakers face two challenges with a tematic. The season was premiered March 1, 2020, Filming took place in Pilar, Buenos Aires
| Bake Off Argentina: El gran pastelero | |
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| Genre | Baking, cooking |
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| Judges |
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| Country of origin | Argentina |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Buenos Aires |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company | Turner International Argentina |
| Release | |
| Original network | Telefe |
| Original release | 8/4/18 (1st) 1/3/20 (2nd) – 24/6/18 (1st) 5/7/20 (2nd) |
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| Website | |
1st season: 2018
The 1st season was seasoned to April 8 to June 24 in 2018, The filming took place in Benavidez, Buenos Aires:
 Gaston Salas |
19 | Comodoro Rivadavia | Student | Winner |
| Hernan Lambertucci | 37 | Rosario | Graduate | Finalist |
| Elsa Caseres | 66 | Villa Rumipal | House wife | 3rd finalist |
| Julia Debicki | 19 | Wilde | Makeup artist | Semifinalist |
| Gonzalo Mampel | 28 | Rosario | Lawyer | 8th eliminated |
| Agostina Chinelli | 23 | San Isidro | Student and actress | 7th eliminated |
| Gabriel Rojas | 26 | Lomas de Zamora | Factory worker | 6th eliminated |
| Fabian Fusca | 44 | San Justo | Priest | 5th eliminated |
| Marcela Piazzese | 52 | Buenos Aires | Teacher | 4th eliminated |
| Candela Dalle Palle | 41 | Buenos Aires | Administrative employee | 3rd eliminated |
| Lorena Gonzalez Galvez | 35 | Cordoba | Military | 2nd eliminated |
| Juan Cruz Raia | 26 | Lomas de Zamora | Employee | 1st eliminated |
Episode 1: Premiere
| Participant | Creative challenge
(Celebration cake) |
Technique challenge
(12 cupcakes) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalo | Opera | 1º | Advance |
| Fabian | Bariloche | 2º | Advance |
| Hernan | Chef hat | 3º | Starbaker |
| Candela | 40th birthday | 4º | Advance |
| Gabriel | Rainbow | 5º | Nominated |
| Juan Cruz | Silver wedding anniversary | 6º | Eliminated |
| Elsa | Gold wedding anniversary | 7º | Second best baker |
| Agostina | Easter | 8º | Advance |
| Marcela | Olghi | 9º | Advance |
| Julia | Colors | 10º | Advance |
| Lorena | Ballet dancer | 11º | Nominated |
| Gaston | Purse | 12º | Advance |
Episode 2: Meringue
| Participant | Creative challenge
(Pies) |
Technique challenge
(Pavlova) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalo | Chocolate and forest fruits | 1º | Advance |
| Julia | Raspberry and maracuja | 2º | Advance |
| Gabriel | Raspberry and lime | 3º | Starbaker |
| Marcela | Chocolate, almonds, lemon and forest fruits | 4º | Advance |
| Gaston | Chocolate, lemon and forest fruits | 5º | Advance |
| Hernan | Champagne and raspberry | 6º | Nominated |
| Lorena | Chocolate and grapefruit | 7º | Eliminated |
| Fabian | Pistachio, pear and apple | 8º | Second best baker |
| Candela | Black chocolate | 9º | Advance |
| Elsa | Pistachio, pear and grapefruit | 10º | Advance |
| Agostina | Lemon and lime | 11º | Nominated |
Episode 3: Patisserie
| Participant | Creative challenge
(Lingots 8x2) |
Technical challenge
(Sacher cake) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaston | White chocolate and forest fruits / Caramel and chocolate | 1º | Advance |
| Marcela | White chocolate and maracuja / Chocolate, raspberry and strawberrie | 2º | Advance |
| Hernan | Dulce de leche and chocolate / Vanilla, cheese and quince | 3º | Starbaker |
| Julia | Chocolate and orange mousse / Chocolate and cherry | 4º | Second best baker |
| Gabriel | Meringue, vanilla and lemon / Chocolate and hazelnut | 5º | Advance |
| Gonzalo | Strawberry and pistachios / White chocolate, piña colada and coconut | 6º | Advance |
| Agostina | Chocolate, coffee and orange / White chocolate, lavender and berries | 7º | Advance |
| Elsa | Maracuja mousse / Chocolate and hazelnut mousse | 8º | Nominated |
| Fabian | Chocolate and peach / Chocolate, lavender, champagne and raspberry | 9º | Nominated |
| Candela | Chocolate brownie / Maracuja mousse | 10º | Eliminated |
Episode 4: Cookies
| Participant | Creative challenge
(Cookie tower) |
Technical challenge
(Alfajores) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaston | Eiffel tower | 1º | Starbaker |
| Julia | Eiffel tower | 2º | Advance |
| Hernan | Poker cards | 3º | Second best baker |
| Agostina | Christmas tree | 4º | Advance |
| Gonzalo | Set of bars | 5º | Nominated |
| Gabriel | Pastry house | 6º | Nominated |
| Fabian | Church | 7º | Advance |
| Elsa | Chapel | 8º | Advance |
| Marcela | House | 9º | Eliminated |
Episode 5: Desserts
| Participant | Creative challenge
(Flan / Mousse / Triffle) |
Technical challenge
(Charlotte tiramisu) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julia | Irish cream / Banana and avocado / Banana, cream and dulce de leche | 1º | Starbaker |
| Gaston | Coconut and dulce de leche / Banana and maracuja / Almonds, mascarpone and strawberries | 2º | Advance |
| Hernan | Dulce de leche and chocolate / Maracuja and white chocolate / Arroz con leche and nuts | 3º | Second best baker |
| Gonzalo | Dulce de leche / Semibitter chocolate / Yoghurt, vanillas and sesame | 4º | Nominated |
| Fabian | Cherry / Kirch / Chocolate, nuts and cream | 5º | Eliminated |
| Agostina | Dulce de leche and irish cream / Banana and maracuja / Mascarpone, yoghurt and orange | 6º | Advance |
| Elsa | Orange / 2 chocolates / Anise pastry cream and cardamom | 7º | Advance |
| Gabriel | Chocolate and cardamom / Caramel toffee and belgian chocolate / Vanilla and cream | 8º | Nominated |
Episode 6: Fruits
| Participant | Creative challenge
(Naked cake) |
Technical challenge
(Apple strudel) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agostina | Coconut spongecake filled with maracuja diplomata cake decorated with strawberries and blueberries | 1º | Starbaker |
| Julia | Pineapple, coconut and rhum spongecake filled with coconut cream and pineapple jam decorated with flowers and fruits | 2º | Advance |
| Elsa | Sacher spongecake filled with custard cream and hazelnut cream and decorated with fruits mix | 3º | Nominated |
| Gaston | Chocolate spongecake filled with mascarpone, berries, ganache and peach jam and decorated with flowers and fruits | 4º | Second best baker |
| Gonzalo | Lemon and poppies spongecake filled with lemon cream and fruits concasse decorated with fruits and aguaribay leaves | 5º | Advance |
| Gabriel | Orange and poppies spongecake filled with mango buttercream, bitter cream and grenadine | 6º | Eliminated |
| Hernan | Cream cheese, orange and poppies spongecake filled with orange pastry cream and decorated with macarons and fruits | 7º | Nominated |
Episode 7: Argentina
- Since this episode was 3 challenges. 2 creatives and 1 technical
| Participant | Creative challenge 1
(Bread basket) |
Technical challenge
(Balcarce cake) |
Creative challenge 2
(World cup) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonzalo | Raw ham, cherry tomatoes and reggiano cheese | 1º | 2018 FIFA World Cup | Nominated |
| Gaston | Tomatoes, leek, onion and brie cheese | 2º | 2014 FIFA World Cup | Second best baker |
| Agostina | Smoked bacon and mar del plata cheese | 3º | Moscow cathedral | Eliminated |
| Julia | Bacon pork rinds | 4º | World Cup host countries | Starbaker |
| Hernan | Provolone and grill sausage | 5º | Mano de Dios | Nominated |
| Elsa | Black olives and olive | 6º | 1978 FIFA World Cup | Advance |
Episode 8: Chocolate
| Participant | Creative challenge 1
(Printed rolled) |
Technical challenge
(Souffle) |
Creative challenge 2
(Chocolate mousse) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elsa | Countryside flowers | -º | Pistachio / Orange rolled / Meringue | Starbaker |
| Gaston | Animal print | -º | Citrus / Velvet bonbons / Mirror | Second best baker |
| Gonzalo | Milo Locket | -º | Crumble / Orange palete / Mirror and chocolate figures | Eliminated |
| Hernan | Streaped motif | -º | Nuts base / Coffee and whisky mousse / Mirror | Nominated |
| Julia | Britto Romero | -º | Raspberries biscuit / Chocolate and raspberries gallet / Mirror | Nominated |
- No enumeration in technical challenge
Episode 9: Semifinal
| Participant | Creative challenge 1
(Special dessert) |
Technical challenge
(Dacquoise) |
Creative challenge 2
(Building) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hernan | Squash and coconut bavarois / Dates hearts / Nuts crumble and white chocolate quenelle / Special english sauce | 1º | Pumps and eclairs of pastry cream, dulce de leche and lemon cream / White and black chocolate craquelin / Macarons and caramel | Finalist |
| Elsa | Poppies biscuit / Cheese and chocolate mousses / Raspberry and tomato jam / Glazed carrot | 2º | Profiteroles with colors craquelin and eclairs with pastry cream and hazelnut / Italian fried past | Finalist |
| Julia | Carob base / Beetroot and white chocolate mousse / Raspberry center / Berries coulis and lime cream | 3º | Eclairs covered in white chocolate and profiteroles filled with lemon pastry cream / Colors craquelin / Macarons and ganache | Eliminated |
| Gaston | Nuts spongecake / Squash and raspberries mousse / Vanilla center / White chocolate sauce with caramelized beetroot | 4º | Pumps and eclairs with pastry cream and craquelin / Macarons / Caramel figures | Finalist |
Episode 10: 3rd place definition
| Participant | Creative challenge 1
(Hidden cake) |
Technical challenge
(Mirror cake) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaston | Bake Off Argentina | 1º | Advance to final challenge |
| Hernan | Mickey Mouse | 2º | Advance to final challenge |
| Elsa | Hearts | 3º | Eliminated - 3rd finalist |
Episode 11: Final
| Participant | Creative challenge 2
(The grand finale cake) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Gaston | Family | Winner |
| Hernan | H | Finalist |
2nd season: 2020
The 2nd season was seasoned in March 1 to July 5 in 2020. The filming took place in Pilar, Buenos Aires.
The winner was potentially Samanta Casais, but she was disqualified due to actually being a professional baker. Because of that Damian Pier Basile wins the season.
| Name | Age | Residence | Ocupation | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damian Pier Basile | 30 | Rosario | Commerce employee | Winner |
| Samanta Casais | 29 | Buenos Aires | Administrative employee | Disqualified |
| Agustina Guz | 30 | Ramos Mejia | Sommelier | 3rd finalist |
| Agustina Fontenla | 30 | San Antonio Oeste | Lawyer | Semifinalist |
| Angelo Pedrazzoli | 19 | Gualeguay | Student | 13º eliminated |
| Gerardo Dominguez | 42 | Mendoza | Administrative employee | 6º/12 eliminated |
| Carolina Tannoni | 26 | San Miguel de Tucuman | Special education student | 7º/11º eliminated |
| Sonia Berwanger | 51 | Corrientes | Technique in tourism | 10º eliminated |
| Marcos Perren | 19 | Florencio Varela | Entrepreneur | 8º/9º eliminated |
| Martina Di Saia | 23 | Ushuaia | Student | 5º eliminated |
| Raquel Szamewick | 38 | Burzaco | Administrative employee | 4º eliminated |
| Gabriel Maceiras | 49 | General Pacheco | Administrative employee | 3º eliminated |
| Rita Piacentini | 64 | Buenos Aires | Retired | 2º eliminated |
| Leandro Molina | 34 | Merida (Venezuela) | Hostel manager | 1º eliminated |
Statistics table
| Participant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | SF | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Damian | Advance | Starbaker | Advance | Advance | Nominated | Nominated | Starbaker | Advance | Exempt | Advance | Advance | Starbaker | Advance | Nominated | Advance | Advance | Winner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samanta | Advance | Advance | Advance | Advance | Starbaker | Advance | Advance | Starbaker | Exempt | Advance | Advance | Advance | Starbaker | Advance | Advance | Advance | Disqualified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agustina G. | Advance | Advance | Advance | Starbaker | Advance | Advance | Advance | Advance | Exempt | Advance | Advance | Advance | Nominated | Starbaker | Advance | Advance | 3rd finalist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agustina F. | Advance | Advance | Starbaker | Advance | Advance | Advance | Advance | Advance | Exempt | Starbaker | Advance | Advance | Nominated | Nominated | Advance | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angelo | Advance | Advance | Advance | Advance | Advance | Advance | Nominated | Nominated | Exempt | Nominated | Starbaker | Nominated | Advance | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gerardo | Advance | Advance | Advance | Advance | Nominated | Eliminated | Returns | Advance | Nominated | Nominated | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carolina | Advance | Advance | Nominated | Nominated | Advance | Advance | Eliminated | Returns | Nominated | Nominated | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sonia | Starbaker | Advance | Advance | Advance | Advance | Nominated | Advance | Nominated | Exempt | Advance | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marcos | Advance | Advance | Nominated | Advance | Advance | Advance | Nominated | Eliminated | Returns | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Martina | Nominated | Nominated | Advance | Nominated | Eliminated | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raquel | Nominated | Advance | Advance | Eliminated | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gabriel | Advance | Nominated | Eliminated | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rita | Advance | Eliminated | Eliminated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leandro | Eliminated | Eliminated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technical and creative challenges
Episode 1: Premiere
| Concursant | Creative challenge
(Animal cake) |
Technique challenge
(Chocolate marquise) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriel | Tiger | 1º | Advance |
| Angelo | Dog | 2º | Advance |
| Sonia | Yacare | 3º | Starbaker |
| Rita | Lamb | 4º | Advance |
| Marcos | Bear | 5º | Advance |
| Agustina F. | Penguin | 6º | Second best baker |
| Gerardo | Panda bear | 7º | Advance |
| Samanta | Dog | 8º | Advance |
| Agustina G. | Cow | 9º | Advance |
| Leandro | Horse | 10º | Eliminated |
| Carolina | Trout | 11º | Advance |
| Damian | Cat | 12º | Advance |
| Martina | Deer | 13º | Nominated |
| Raquel | Octopus | 14º | Nominated |
Episode 2: American pastry
| Concursant | Creative challenge
(Cheese cake) |
Technical challenge
(Red velvet) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samanta | Mango and yoghurt with ginger and lemon cookies base covered with jelly and mango sheets | 1º | Second best baker |
| Gerardo | Grapefruit cheese with cardamom dough and reduction of wine with figs, grapes and damascus | 2º | Advance |
| Damian | Cheese with peanut butter, cacao crumble and peanut covered with salted caramel sauce decorated with marroc and caramelized | 3º | Starbaker |
| Agustina G. | Blue cheese mousse with sablee base and wine pears sauce | 4º | Advance |
| Martina | Cream cheese flavoured with cinnamon with sablee base and burgundy pear sauce | 5º | Nominated |
| Angelo | Cream cheese and white chocolate with coconut crumble and maracuja sauce | 6º | Advance |
| Carolina | Caramelized cream cheese with caramelized popcorn crocant and chocolate ganache with popcorn truffles | 7º | Advance |
| Agustina F. | Orange cream with coconut and piña colada with grated coconut base and fresh fruit coverage ,white chocolate and coconut scales | 8º | Advance |
| Gabriel | Cheese with blueberries with vanilla flavored sandblasting and raspberries sauce with berries | 9º | Nominated |
| Raquel | Ron cream cheese, sablee base covered with pineapple and pears compote and decorated with caramelized pears | 10º | Advance |
| Marcos | Banana flavoured cheese with nuts dacqouise, banana cream and caramel figures and toffee coverage | 11º | Advance |
| Sonia | Chocolate flavoured cream cheese, chocolate with almonds coverage with almonds praline and orange shell decorated with chocolate rack | 12º | Advance |
| Rita | Newyorker with crispy base of chocolate, cream cheese and lemon curd | 13º | Eliminated |
Episode 3: Argentinian pastry
| Concursant | Creative challenge
(Churros) |
Technical challenge
(Pastafrola) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damian | Coffee churros filled with custard cream and cream cheese covered with capuccino mousse | 1º | Advance |
| Samanta | Classic churros filled with salted caramel sauce covered with chocolate and toasted peanut | 2º | Advance |
| Angelo | Churros filled with chocolate cream and vanilla covered with pink chocolate and chopped almonds | 3º | Second best baker |
| Agustina F. | Orange flavoured churros and orange juice filled with tangerine cream and chocolate with pistachios coverage | 4º | Starbaker |
| Marcos | Churros filled with mango sauce covered with chocolate decorated with chantilly cream and mango | 5º | Nominated |
| Gerardo | Churros flavored with cardamom filled with rosehip curd and covered with white chocolate and decorated with dissected petals | 6º | Advance |
| Martina | Carob churros filled with sweat potato and curry cream decorated with white chocolate threads | 7º | Advance |
| Carolina | Chocolate churros filled with orange cream covered with bitter chocolate decorated with orange cascarita | 8º | Nominated |
| Agustina G. | Pink churros filled with raspberry and cardamom cream covered with white chocolate ganache decorated with chopped pistachios and raspberries | 9º | Advance |
| Sonia | Cinnamon and jamaica pepper churros filled with cream cheese and decorated with caramel | 10º | Advance |
| Gabriel | Churros filled with peanut butter and chocolate, semicovered in white chocolate and decorated with grains | 11º | Eliminated |
| Raquel | Churros filled with raspberry cream covered with chocolate and decorated with nuts crocant | 12º | Advance |
Episode 4: Trending pastry
| Concursant | Creative challenge
(Cookie cake) |
Technical challenge
(20 crepes cake) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agustina F. | Sablee dough with lemon curd and white chocolate, covered with coconut cream decorated with berries, macarons and gold sheets | 1º | Second best baker |
| Damian | Chocolate and almonds cookie filled with bariloche cream, buttercream, berries and bonbons | 2º | Advance |
| Agustina G. | Chocolate dough filled with custard cream covered with buttercream, decorated with strawberries and gum paste hearts | 3º | Starbaker |
| Martina | Chocolate sablee filled with beer pastry cream covered with mango curd decorated with leaves and flowers of gum paste | 4º | Nominated |
| Samanta | Almonds dough filled with chocolate cream covered with maracuja ganache decorated with flowers ,grains ,gum paste leaves and chocolate | 5º | Advance |
| Angelo | Almonds and cardamom dough, filled with chocolate ganache and roasted bananas covered with italian meringue and cognac | 6º | Advance |
| Sonia | Caramel and almonds dough covered with coffee cream and rhum filled with almonds cream decorated with chocolate, strawberries and caramel | 7º | Advance |
| Raquel | Almonds sablee filled with sour cream covered with matcha cream decorated with blueberries, grains ,flowers ,truffles and macarons | 8º | Eliminated |
| Gerardo | Lemon dough filled with zabaione cream covered with tangerine cream decorated with strawberries, raspberries, mint, grains and flowers | 9º | Advance |
| Marcos | Chocolate sablee filled with lemon mousse covered with meringue decorated with chocolate shavings, berries and strawberries | 10º | Advance |
| Carolina | Almonds cookies filled with lemon and condensed milk, covered with meringue decorated with blueberries, strawberries and comestible flowers | 11º | Nominated |
Episode 5: Italian pastry
| Concursant | Creative challenge
(Panna cotta) |
Technical challenge
(Cannolis) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samanta | Squash base accompaniated with orange sauce and goat ricotta cheese guarnition | 1º | Starbaker |
| Agustina F. | Mascarpone cheese base accompaniated with salted caramel sauce with caramelized pear and nuts guarnition | 2º | Advance |
| Agustina G. | Tea base accompaniated with orange tuil and chocolate english sauce | 3º | Advance |
| Angelo | Caramel and vanilla base accompaniated with coconut sandblasting and bitter chocolate sauce | 4º | Second best baker |
| Marcos | Lemon capuccine and rhum base accompaniated with chocolate sauce and caramelized hazelnuts guarnition | 5º | Advance |
| Carolina | Coconut base accompaniated with white chocolate and banana pudding croutons | 6º | Advance |
| Damian | Pineapple and condensed milk base accompaniated with coconut crumble, pineapple chunks and english cream | 7º | Nominated |
| Sonia | Coconut and mango base accompaniated with mango sauce with strawberries and coquitos guarnition | 8º | Advance |
| Martina | Matcha tea base accompaniated with chocolate sauce and tangerine segments guarnition | 9º | Eliminated |
| Gerardo | Pistachio and orange base flavored with lavander accompaniated with honey sauce and tangerine segments guarnition | 10º | Nominated |
Episode 6: English tea
| Concursant | Creative challenge
(7x3 cookies) |
Technical challenge
(Inverted citrus cake) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agustina G. | Lime and chocolate / Strawberries and basil compote / Almonds covered in chocolate | 1º | Advance |
| Sonia | Orange ,chocolate and peppers / Yerba mate with panela candy / Raspberries covered in chocolate | 2º | Nominated |
| Angelo | Pistachios cookies / Hazelnut and peanut butter / Almonds ,orange and chocolate | 3º | Advance |
| Samanta | Raspberries and pistachios / Covered in chocolate / Filled with coffee | 4º | Advance |
| Carolina | Coffee cookies / Vanilla filled with carrot jam / Nut covered in chocolate | 5º | Advance |
| Agustina F. | Nuts, dulce de leche and rhum / Almonds cookies / Covered in chocolate | 6º | Advance |
| Marcos | Lemon cookies / Filled with orange / Tangerine semicovered in chocolate | 7º | Advance |
| Damian | Pistachio and chocolate / Orange and cocoa with almonds / Hazelnut polvorones covered in chocolate | 8º | Nominated |
| Gerardo | Coconut cookies / Carob and cachew chestnuts filled with orange cream and covered in chocolate / Crackles of cocoa | 9º | Eliminated |
- In this episode there was no Starbaker because none of the concursants managed to pass two challenges
Episode 7: Flowers and fruits
| Concursant | Creative challenge
(Split open cake) |
Technical challenge
(Fruital verrine) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samanta | Lemon pudding filled with chocolate mousse and lemon curd | 1º | Advance |
| Angelo | Poppies and orange spongecake filled with lemon pastry cake and white chocolate with chocolate ganache with berries compote | 2º | Nominated |
| Sonia | Lemon spongecake filled with pistachio cream, white chocolate and mascarpone pastry cream | 3º | Advance |
| Damian | White wine and fruit chunks filled with cream cheese and mango jam with kiwi jelly | 4º | Starbaker |
| Marcos | Lemon spongecake filled with chantilly cream, cherry liqueur and berries compote | 5º | Nominated |
| Agustina F. | Chocolate pudding filled with chocolate and peanut ganache, cream cheese with banana and dulce de leche | 6º | Second best baker |
| Agustina G. | Amaretti spongecake filled with quince, jerez and nuts with lemon cream and white chocolate | 7º | Advance |
| Carolina | Vanilla spongecake filled with maracuja cream and fruits of the forest | 8º | Eliminated |
Episode 8: Thinking different
| Concursant | Creative challenge
(Crackled cake) |
Technical challenge
(Pionono vertical cake) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agustina F. | Biscuit Joconde with chocolate and raspberry mousses, cocoa crackled and chocolate waist | 1º | Second best baker |
| Samanta | Chocolate dough with mascarpone and coffee mousses and bitter cocoa crackled | 2º | Starbaker |
| Damian | Nut dough with banana and yoghurt mousses and cocoa crackled | 3º | Advance |
| Sonia | Almonds and pepper dough with chocolate and avocado and chocolate with milk mousses and cocoa crackled | 4º | Nominated |
| Agustina G. | Lime dough with chocolate and cucumber mousses and cocoa crackled | 5º | Advance |
| Angelo | Biscuit Joconde with orange and chocolate mousses and cocoa crackled | 6º | Nominated |
| Marcos | Orange sablee with pear and chocolate mousses and bitter cocoa crackled | 7º | Eliminated |
Episode 9: Repechage
- In this special episode, the 8 eliminated concursants enfrented in a repechage. Only 3 of them return to the tent
| Concursant | Creative challenge
(3x2 donuts) |
Technical challenge
(4 colors checkerboard cake) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina | X | Automatically returns | Return |
| Gerardo | Vanilla and poppies donuts filled with tomato jam covered with white chocolate and jalapeños / Carrot donuts filled with custard cream and nuts crocant | 1º | Return |
| Gabriel | Donuts filled with lemon and berries covered with blue glazed / Donuts filled with custard cream and apple covered with chocolate | 2º | No returns |
| Martina | Square donuts filled with chocolate, covered with dulce de leche and caramelized bananas / Square donuts filled with caramel covered with chocolate and peanut | 3º | No returns |
| Raquel | Donuts filled with apple ,cinnamon and peanut and honey covered with dulce de leche and raisins / Donuts filled with coconut pastry cream covered with chocolate and raspberries | 4º | No returns |
| Marcos | Lemon filled donuts covered with colored meringue / Donuts filled with coffee and covered with classic meringue | 5º | Returns |
| Rita | Donuts filled with diplomata cream covered with buttercream / Donuts filled with custard cream and berries, covered with chocolate and pistachios | 6º | No returns |
| Leandro | X | 7º (Automatically eliminated) | No returns |
- Carolina automatically returns to the tent being chosen by the contestants like the best in the technical challenge
- Leandro was automatically eliminated for having the worst performance in the technical challenge
Episode 10: Love
- Since this episode there is no second starbaker
| Concursant | Creative challenge
(Unlevelness love cake) |
Technical challenge
(Fruital pie) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agustina F. | Citric pudding filled with chocolate and orange creamy and covered with pineapple and coconut buttercream | 1º | Starbaker |
| Agustina G. | Ginger biscuit and cream cheese filled with tangerine cream, triple sec and chocolate decorated with gum paste | 2º | Advance |
| Angelo | Chocolate and orange spongecake filled with chocolate, mango, cheese and orange decorated with gum paste | 9º | Nominated |
| Carolina | Chocolate spongecake filled with plum and thyme cream, diplomata cream, decorated with ganache and gum paste | 9º | Nominated |
| Damian | Chocolate and beer spongecake filled with chocolate, tofu, almonds and chocolate with dulce de leche, decorated with buttercream | 9º | Advance |
| Gerardo | Moist spongecake filled with chocolate, orange and buttercream with strawberries and blueberries | 9º | Advance |
| Marcos | Vanilla spongecake filled with custard cream, raspberries and bariloche cream decorated with meringue | 9º | Eliminated |
| Samanta | Coconut and lemon spongecake filled with white chocolate, coconut, rhum and buttercream of dulce de leche | 9º | Advance |
| Sonia | Vanilla spongecake filled with cream cheese and chocolate, covered with gum paste | 9º | Advance |
- In this episode 7 of 9 concursants was in the last place in the technical challenge
Episode 11:Childhood
| Participant | Creative challenge
(Childhood cake) |
Technical challenge
(2x3 palettes) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samanta | Lollipops | 1º | Advance |
| Damian | Chocolate egg | 2º | Advance |
| Agustina G. | Apples | 3º | Advance |
| Angelo | Arroz con leche | 4º | Starbaker |
| Carolina | Tocinito del cielo | 5º | Nominated |
| Agustina F. | Sky cream (Crema del cielo) | 6º | Advance |
| Gerardo | Bonbons | 7º | Nominated |
| Sonia | Strawberries | 8º | Eliminated |
Episode 12: Français pastry
| Concursant | Creative challenge
(Eclairs tower) |
Technical challenge
(Giant macaron) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Damian | Craquelin eclairs of orange and carrot / Lemon eclairs covered with meringue | 1º | Starbaker |
| Samanta | Eclairs filled with custard cream and apples / Filled with cheese cream and berries | 2º | Advance |
| Agustina F. | Filled with mousseline of pistachios covered in chocolate / Filled with saffron cream | 3º | Advance |
| Gerardo | Cinnamon eclairs filled with cream cheese and lemon / Ginger eclairs filled with hazelnut cream and moscatel | 4º | Nominated |
| Agustina G. | Filled with blackberries and mascarpone covered in chocolate / Filled with dulce de leche and nuts | 5º | Advance |
| Angelo | Filled with white chocolate ganache and covered with chocolate / Raspberries covered in chocolate | 6º | Nominated |
| Carolina | Filled with cream cheese and bacon / Filled with white chocolate and blueberries | 7º | Eliminated |
Episode 13: Vanguardist
- Since this episode there are going to be three challenges. 2 creative and 1 technical
| Concursant | Creative challenge 1
(No conventional flavours) |
Technical challenge
(Fraisier cake) |
Creative challenge 2
(Classic reversion) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samanta | Avocado and cream cheese, Nuts, cinnamon and salt crumble, Spicy truffles with avocado, chocolate and dates | 1º | Lemon pie in dome shape | Starbaker |
| Damian | Chocolate and lentils filled with white chocolate cream, fernet and diplomata cream of lime ,lemon and basil | 2º | Apple crumble in mirror shape | Advance |
| Angelo | Orange sablee with chocolate and jalapeños mousse, Corn palete center covered with orange gelee | 3º | Disintegrated selva negra | Advance |
| Agustina F. | Cheesecake with nuts sablee filled with ricotta ,squash ,pumpkin and papaya flavored with cinnamon | 4º | Disintagrated balcarce cake | Nominated |
| Agustina G. | Brie cheese panna cotta and orange triple sec, tomato and garlic jam, olive oil biscuit decorated with fried basil | 5º | Tiramisu in shape of cloud | Nominated |
| Gerardo | Cake with squash dough filled with beets and rosemary decorated with salt and caramelized tomato | 6º | Lemon pie shape bridge | Eliminated |
Episode 14: Chocolate
| Concursant | Creative challenge 1
(Textures) |
Technical challenge
(Chocolate volcano) |
Creative challenge 2
(40 cm structure) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agustina G. | 5 textures: With almonds / Mousse with haba tonka / Ganache with elder / Sablee with almonds / Sauce | 1º | Champagne bottle | Starbaker |
| Damian | 4 textures: Brownie with nuts and banana / Whipped cream / Slabs / Truffles | 2º | Flag monument | Nominated |
| Angelo | 5 textures: Bavarois / English cream with crocant / Nibs with almonds / Crumble / Chocolate curlers | 3º | Obelisco of Buenos Aires | Eliminated |
| Samanta | 5 textures: Panna cotta with cherry liqueur / Chocolate land / Crocant / Nibs / Sauce | 4º | Suitcase | Advance |
| Agustina F. | 7 textures: Sablee / Custard cream / Mousse / Beggar with quinoa and blueberries / Velvet / Shavings / Nibs | 5º | Lighthouse | Nominated |
- In this episode, the concursants started cooking with 10 minutes of difference in the technical challenge because the chocolate volcano eats hot
Episode 15: First semifinal
| Concursant | Creative challenge 1
(6x2 petit fours) |
Technical challenge
(Petit gateau) |
Creative challenge 2
(Gravity 0 cake) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agustina F. | Mini pies with almonds dough filled with tangerine decorated with flambéed meringue / Pear crumble with Chantilly cream and chocolate | -º | Hamburger | Advance |
| Agustina G. | Pistachio sablée with lime cream and white chocolate with raspberries / Cookie cakes with chocolate | -º | Popcorn | Advance |
| Damian | Almonds pionono filled with cream cheese. Coffee and liqueur sauce / Carrot cake with cream and coconut | -º | Pig | Advance |
| Samanta | Financieros with strawberry and chocolate / Blue velvet with blueberries filled with cream cheese | -º | Owl | Advance |
- In this episode no one was eliminated
- No enumeration in technical challenge
- Gaston Salas, Winner of first season was the 4th judge in 2nd creative challenge
Episode 16: Second semifinal
- In this episode the judge was the encharged of the challenges
| Participant | Creative challenge 1
(Floating island - Pamela) |
Technical challenge
(Paris-Brest Cake - Cristophe) |
Creative challenge 2
(16x3 bonbons - Damian) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damian | Floating island filled with maracuja cream, cocoa sablee, chantilly cream and decorated with fresh fruit and chocolate figures | 1º | Golden bonbons with chocolate, coffee and cookie / White chocolate bonbons with lemon, rhum and raspberries / Moons and stars with moroccan and praline | Finalist |
| Samanta | Chocolate floating island filled with diplomata cream, berries compote and zabaione sauce with marsala | 2º | Pink bonbons filled with champagne and blueberries crumble / White bonbons filled with mango and maracuja / Chocolate leaves with peanut and honey | Finalist |
| Agustina F. | Coconut floating island filled with lemon cream, Oporto zabaione sauce, turkish figs and almonds crocant | 3º | Chocolate hearts with rhum, piña colada and curry / Cookies and salted caramel pyramids / White chocolate bonbons filled with lime and yoghurt | Eliminated |
| Agustina G. | Floating island flavored with vanilla filled with salted caramel. Whisky zabaione sauce, fruits, almonds and isomalt | 4º | Dulce de leche semispheres with nuts liqueur and crumble / White chocolate hearts filled with raspberries / Ganache pyramids flavored with prosecco | Finalist |
Episode 17: Third place definition
| Participant | Creative challenge 1
(Chocolate sphere) |
Technique challenge
(Opera cake) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samanta | Semibitter chocolate sphere with a cacao sablee and creme brûlee with pears interior | 1º | Advance to final challenge |
| Agustina | White chocolate sphere with a coconut dacqouise and almonds with maracuja cream, strawberries and mint interior | 2º | Eliminated - 3rd finalist |
| Damian | Marmolade chocolate sphere with a ricotta tart, crumble and banana split quenelle | 3º | Advance to final challenge |
Episode 18: Final
| Participant | Creative challenge 2
(My favorite artist cake) |
Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Damian | Rene Maggrite | Winner |
| Samanta | Salvador Dali | Disqualified |
- Samanta was the winner but in 2020 July she was dethroned because supposedly she was a professional baker
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