Bake Off Argentina, El Gran Pastelero

Bake Off Argentina: El Gran Pastelero is an Argentine reality television broadcast by Telefe and produced by Turner International Argentina based on the British television baking competition The Great British Bake Off. In this Argentine version, 14 amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress a group of judges with their baking skills to be named the best amateur baker in Argentina. Every week the amateur bakers face two challenges with a thematic.

It premiered on April 8, 2018, and it is hosted by Paula Chaves with judges Christophe Krywonis, Damián Betular and Pamella Villar. To date, the reality competition has three seasons (2018, 2020 & 2021).

1st season (2018)
The first season was premiered on April 8 and last aired on June 24 in 2018. The filming took place in Benavidez, Buenos Aires.

Episode 7: Argentina

 * Since this episode was 3 challenges. 2 creatives and 1 technical

Episode 8: Chocolate

 * No enumeration in technical challenge

2nd season (2020)
The second season was premiered March 1 and last aired July 5 in 2020. The filming took place in Pilar, Buenos Aires.

Episode 6: English tea

 * In this episode there was no Starbaker because none of the contestants managed to pass two challenges

Episode 9: Repechage

 * In this special episode, the 8 eliminated contestants enfrented in a repechage. Only 3 of them return to the tent
 * Carolina automatically returns to the tent by 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
 * In this episode 7 of 9 contestants was in the last place in the technical challenge

Episode 13: Vanguardist

 * Since this episode there are going to be three challenges. 2 creative and 1 technical

Episode 14: Chocolate

 * In this episode, the contestants started cooking with 10 minutes of difference in the technical challenge because the chocolate volcano eats hot

Episode 15: First semifinal

 * In this episode no one was eliminated
 * No enumeration in technical challenge
 * Gaston Salas, first season winner, was the 4th judge in the 2nd creative challenge

Episode 16: Second semifinal

 * In this episode the judge was the encharged of the challenges

Episode 18: Final

 * Samanta was the winner but in 2020 July she was dethroned because, supposedly, she was a professional baker.

3rd season (2021)
The third season was premiered September 13. The filming took place in Pilar, Buenos Aires.