Bake Off Greece
GenreBaking
Reality
Based onThe Great British Bake Off
Directed byAlekos Kiranis
Presented byIoanna Triantafyllidou
JudgesAkis Petretzikis
Nikolas Straggas
Dimitris Xronopoulos
Country of originGreece
Original languageGreek
No. of series1
No. of episodes28
Production
Executive producerMarilena Simadira
ProducerKostas Sousoulas
Production locationsVarympompi, Attica, Greece
Running time90 minutes
Production companyLove Productions
Original release
NetworkAlpha TV
Release23 September 2018 (2018-09-23) –
24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)

Bake Off Greece (also called Bake Off) is a Greek television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, attempting to impress a group of judges with their baking skills, with a contestant being eliminated in each round, with the winner being selected from the contestants who reach the finals. The show's first episode was aired on 23 September 2018.[1][2][3] The Show based on the BBC baking competition The Great British Bake Off.

The programme is presenting by Ioanna Triantafyllidou, with judges Akis Petretzikis, Nikolas Straggas and Dimitris Xronopoulos.[4]

Host and judges

Key
  Host
  Judge
Cast member Seasons
1
Ioanna Triantafyllidou
Akis Petretzikis
Nikolas Straggas
Dimitris Xronopoulos

Series overview

Series Episodes Premiere Finale Winner Runner-up Timeslot Channel
1 28 23 September 2018 24 March 2019 Venia Flessa Lena Samerka Sunday 21:00pm (Episodes 1-24)
Sunday 20:00pm (Episodes 25–28) 		Alpha TV

Season 1: 2018

Series 1 of Bake Off Greece saw eighteen home bakers take part in a bake-off to test their baking skills as they battled to be crowned the Bake Off Greece best amateur baker. It began airing on 23 September 2018 on Alpha TV.[5]

The winner is Venia Flessa.[6]

Bakers

Baker Hometown Status
Venia Flessa Kalamata Winner
(Episode 28)
Lena Samerka Athens Runner-up
(Episode 28)
Anna-Maria Kefala Cyprus Eliminated
(Episode 27)
Georgia Mimigianni Agios Dimitrios Eliminated
(Episode 26)
Nikos Zotos Athens Eliminated
(Episode 24)
Dora Georgiou Livadeia Eliminated
(Episode 22)
Meli Karamelidou Thessaloniki Eliminated
(Episode 18)
Panos Zaredis Vari Eliminated
(Episode 16)
Orestis Feizo Piraeus Eliminated
(Episode 13)
Alexandra Legga Agia Varvara Eliminated
(Episode 12)
Mihalis Spiridakis Dafni Eliminated
(Episode 11)
Petros Fouskitakis Chania Eliminated
(Episode 8)
Katerina Kirpi Athens Eliminated
(Episode 7)
Eya Seimenaki Athens Eliminated
(Episode 6)
Panagiotis Barberis Keratsini Eliminated
(Episode 5)
Dora Kappi Athens Eliminated
(Episode 4)
Akis Adamopoulos Vounargo Eliminated
(Episode 3)
Jason Oikonomidis Chalandri Eliminated
(Episode 2)
Christina Alipradi Trikala Eliminated
(Episode 1)

Results summary

Elimination chart
Baker 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 27 28
Venia SB SB SB Winner
Lena SB SB Runner-up
Anna-Maria SB OUT
Georgia SB OUT
Nikos SB OUT
Dora G. SB SB OUT
Meli SB SB OUT
Panos OUT RET OUT
Orestis ARR OUT
Alexandra OUT
Mihalis OUT
Petros SB OUT
Katerina OUT
Eya OUT
Panagiotis OUT
Dora K. SB OUT
Akis OUT
Jason OUT
Christina OUT

Colour key:

  Baker was one of the judges' least favourite bakers that week, but was not eliminated.
  Baker was one of the judges' favourite bakers that week, but was not the Star Baker.
  Baker got through to the next round.
  Baker was eliminated.
  Baker was the Star Baker.
  Baker was Returned or Arrived
  Baker was a series runner-up.
  Baker was the series winner.

Episodes

Team fase

Episode 1: Premiere

Concursant Technical challenge
(Chocolate marquise) 		Creative challenge
(6 mini pies) 		Outcome
Orestis & Alexandra 1º Champagne and Strawberry Advance
Venia & Anna Maria 2º Lemon and orange Advance
Panagiotis & Eya 3º Champagne and raspberry Advance
Dora G. & Georgia 4º Chocolate and cream Advance
Mihalis & Panos 5º Vanilla and blueberries Starbakers
Katerina & Petros 6º Chocolate and grapes Nominated
Lena & Nikos 7º Chocolate and red wine Nominated
Akis & Dora K. 8º Strawberries and meringue Advance
Christina & Jason 9º Cream and vanilla Eliminated

Episode 2: Chocolate

Concursant Technical challenge
(Chocolate souffle) 		Creative challenge
(24 kisses) 		Outcome
Dora G. & Georgia 1º Cream and orange Advance
Panagiotis & Eya 2º Chocolate and cookies Advance
Anna Maria & Venia 3º Chocolate and strawberries Starbakers
Mihalis & Panos 4º Strawberries and raspberries Advance
Nikos & Lena 5º Coffee liqueur Nominated
Akis & Dora K. 6º Blueberries and bitter chocolate Eliminated
Orestis & Alexandra 7º Grapefruit Advance
Katerina & Petros 8º Chocolate and orange Nominated

Episode 3: Greek pastry

Concursant Technical challenge
(Baklava) 		Creative challenge
(Filled koulorakia) 		Outcome
Katerina & Petros 1º Almonds and chocolate Starbakers
Orestis & Alexandra 2º Watermelon and melon Advance
Mihalis & Panos 3º Caramel sauce Nominated
Anna Maria & Venia 4º Caramelized almonds Advance
Dora & Georgia 5º Chocolate and strawberries Advance
Nikos & Lena 6º Nuts and raisins Nominated
Panagiotis & Eya 7º Peanut butter Eliminated

Episode 4: Tiny episode

Concursant Technical challenge
(6 mini waffles) 		Creative challenge
(48 petit fours) 		Outcome
Anna Maria & Venia 1º Red velvet / Blue velvet Advance
Orestis & Alexandra 2º Cookie cake / Lemon pie Nominated
Katerina & Petros 3º Apple pie / Chocolate financieros Eliminated
Dora & Georgia 4º Orange financieros / Cheesecake Starbakers
Nikos & Lena 5º Lemon pie / Cheesecake Advance
Mihalis & Panos 6º Chocolate cake / Pavlova Nominated

Individual fase

Episode 5: Snacks

Concursant Technical challenge
(20 brigadeiros) 		Creative challenge
(24 flavoured shuku-shuku) 		Outcome
Dora 1º Strawberry Starbaker
Panos 2º Chocolate and coconut Advance
Georgia 3º Coconut and banana Advance
Lena 4º Chocolate Advance
Orestis 5º Coffee liqueur Advance
Alexandra 6º Milk and apple Nominated
Venia 7º Coffee and coconut Advance
Nikos 8º Bitter chocolate Nominated
Mihalis 9º Chocolate and vanilla Eliminated
Anna Maria 10º Milk chocolate Advance

Episode 6: Salty and sweet

Concursant Technical challenge
(6 cakepops) 		Creative challenge
(Bread basket) 		Outcome
Nikos 1º Reggiano cheese and grilled sausage Advance
Georgia 2º Bacon and brie cheese Starbaker
Panos 3º Onion and cheese Advance
Anna-Maria 4º Leek and cherry tomatoes Advance
Orestis 5º Raw ham and bacon pork rinds Nominated
Alexandra 6º Cherry tomatoes Eliminated
Lena 7º Bacon pork rinds Advance
Dora 8º Onion and cheese Advance
Venia 9º Grilled sausage and reggiano cheese Nominated

Episode 7: Français pastry

Concursant Technical challenge
(Opera cake) 		Creative challenge
(Eclairs tower) 		Outcome
Anna-Maria 1º Custard cream and chocolate Advance
Venia 2º Bitter chocolate Starbaker
Panos 3º Milk and cream cheese Advance
Dora 4º Strawberry and blueberries Nominated
Lena 5º Chocolate and coffee liqueur Nominated
Orestis 6º Banana and apple Eliminated
Georgia 7º Coffee and bitter chocolate Advance
Nikos 8º Chocolate brownie Advance

Episode 8: Desserts

Concursant Technical challenge
(Charlotte tiramisu) 		Creative challenge
(Triffle) 		Outcome
Venia 1º Chocolate and orange Advance
Dora 2º Lemon and hazelnut Nominated
Lena 3º Chocolate brownie Starbaker
Panos 4º Maracuja mousse Eliminated
Anna-Maria 5º Strawberry and pineapple Advance
Georgia 6º Custard cream and strawberry Advance
Nikos 7º Opera cake in a glass Nominated

Episode 9: Judge

Concursant Technical challenge
(Paris-Brest cake) 		Creative challenge
(Profiteroles construction) 		Outcome
Lena 1º Chocolate and mint Nominated
Nikos 2º Lemon and banana Advance
Anna-Maria 3º Chocolate and tomato jam Starbaker
Dora 4º Strawberry and raspberries Eliminated
Venia 5º Capuccino and raspberries Advance
Georgia 6º Berries Nominated

Episode 10: Countries

Concursant Technical challenge
(Colors cake) 		Creative challenge
(2 Flags cake) 		Outcome
Venia 1º Morocco and Turkey Nominated
Georgia 2º USA and Italy Starbaker
Anna-Maria 3º Cyprus and Israel Advance
Lena 4º Argentina and Mexico Nominated
Nikos 5º Brazil and Canada Eliminated

Episode 11: Semifinal

Concursant Technical challenge
(Petit gateaux) 		Creative challenge
(My favourite artist) 		Outcome
Lena 1º Salvador Dalí Finalist
Anna Maria 2º Pablo Picasso Finalist
Georgia 3º Leonardo da Vinci Eliminated
Venia 4º Nikos Engonopoulos Finalist

Episode 12: Final

Concursant Technical challenge
(Greek bake off cake) 		Creative challenge
(The grand finale cake) 		Outcome
Lena 1º Love 2nd finalist
Venia 2º V.F. Winner
Anna-Maria 3º Cyprus flag 3rd finalist

References

  1. ^ "Bake Off Greece: Δείτε το τρέιλερ του νέου ριάλιτι ζαχαροπλαστικής στον Alpha". 7 September 2018.
  2. ^ ""Bake Off Greece": Πότε κάνει πρεμιέρα;". 12 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Bake off Greece: Η εντυπωσιακή πρεμιέρα με την Ιωάννα Τριανταφυλλίδου σε ρόλο παρουσιάστριας". 23 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Η ανακοίνωση του Alpha για το "Bake Off Greece" με Πετρετζίκη -Τριανταφυλλίδου". 2 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Bake Off Greece: Αυτοί είναι οι παίκτες". 17 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Αυτή είναι η μεγάλη νικήτρια του Bake off Greece!".

External links

The Great British Bake Off
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