Batalha dos Confeiteiros
GenreCooking
Based onNext Great Baker
WriterBruna Barbosa
Fernando Americo
Nícolas Vargas
Renata Motta
DirectorCarla Barros
Creative directorEduardo Gaspar
PresenterBuddy Valastro
NarratedWendel Bezerra
OpenthemeIn the Hall of the Mountain King
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
Num seasons2
Num episodes24
Executive producerBuddy Valastro
Art Edwards
ProducerCamila Nascimento
Carla Aguiar
Diego Maldonado
EditorDanilo Ortiz
Felipe Falcade
Maria Claudia
Raquel Fontenele
CameraMultiple-camera
Runtime60 minutes
First aired30 September 2015
Last aired11 July 2018
RelatedNext Great Baker
ChannelRecordTV
Discovery Home & Health

Batalha dos Confeiteiros (English: Battle of the Bakers) is a Brazilian television series based on Next Great Baker, hosted by Buddy Valastro, the star of his own reality series, Cake Boss. The series premiered Wednesday, 30 September 2015 at 10:30 p.m. on RecordTV.[1]

The show features contestants participating in challenges that test their edible art baking and decorating skills. Each week, a contestant will be eliminated; the last contestant standing will win a grand prize package that varies by season. Other prizes for winning a challenge or the week's competition are also offered during the series.

Gameplay

Each round has three stages:

  1. Baker's challenge: Each contestant has to meet a challenge set by Buddy the Cake Boss, such as making a pastry, baking a cake or, as in the first season finale, filling buckets of grease. The winner of this challenge receives a special bonus, revealed after the challenge.
  2. Elimination challenge: Each contestant has a set amount of time over two days — usually three hours on the first day and the remaining time on the second — to make a cake to specifications set by Buddy.
  3. Final elimination: Buddy and the judges (the judge from the Baker's challenge and a client) decide which three cakes are the best and which two cakes that are the worst. After the decisions are made, the contestants (who were waiting in the bakers' lounge) enter the judging room. Contestants determined "safe" are then dismissed. Then, the three contestants with the best cakes are announced, with the one with the best cake in the challenge singled out. The remaining contestants have the worst cakes in the challenge; one of these will be told to leave the competition, transported away by Danny (an employee of Carlo's Bakery and Buddy's close friend) inside a box truck marked "Not the Next Great Baker".

Contestants

Fourteen contestants competed during the series:[2]

ContestantAgeHometown
Alex Alvino41Nova Iguaçu
Bruna Monari34São Paulo
Candelaria Forero30Medellín, Colombia
Chico Zinneck32São Paulo
Gustavo Henrique23Timbaúba
Ju Andreazi32Santo André
Manu Monteiro28Rio de Janeiro
Manuka39São Paulo
Marcia Acácio41Fortaleza
Mari Corali34São Paulo
Rick Zavala43Santos
Rodolfo Araújo37Salvador
Rosangela Marinho57Rio de Janeiro
Léo Vilela29São Paulo

Contestant progress

PlaceContestantEpisode 1Episode 2Episode 3Episode 4Episode 5Episode 6Episode 7Episode 8Episode 9Episode 10Episode 11
Baker's
challenge
winner(s)		ChicoRosangelaJu & AlexJu & ManuMarciaGustavoCandelariaGustavoRickMarciaNone
1RickWINWINWINWINHIGHLOWINWINWININWINNER
2MarciaININWININHIGHWINWINLOWWINWINRUNNER-UP
3ChicoWINWINHIGHINHIGHLOWWINWINLOWTHIRD
4ManuLOWWINLOWINWINWINLOWWINOUT
5CandelariaWININLOWINLOWWINLOWOUT
6GustavoWININHIGHHIGHWINLOWWINOUT
7RosangelaININLOWLOWWINWINOUT
8AlexINWINHIGHLOWLOWOUT
9JuLOWINWINHIGHOUT
10MariLOWWINLOWOUT
11RodolfoLOWLOWOUT
12VilelaLOWWINOUT
13BrunaLOWOUT
14ManukaOUT
Key
WinnerRunner-upThird place
Elimination challenge winnerElimination challenge top entireAdvanced
Saved firstSaved lastEliminated

Ratings and reception

Brazilian ratings

All numbers are in points and provided by IBOPE.

EpisodeAir DateViewers
(in points)		Rank
Timeslot		Source
Episode 130 September 201512.82[3]
Episode 27 October 201509.82[4]
Episode 314 October 201513.22[5]
Episode 421 October 201511.42[6]
Episode 528 October 201512.12[7]
Episode 64 November 201511.32[8]
Episode 711 November 201513.22[9]
Episode 818 November 201510.92[10]
Episode 925 November 201511.22[11]
Episode 102 December 201509.32[12]
Episode 119 December 201511.52[13]

References

  1. ^ "Batalha dos Confeiteiros" estreia com final gravada e tenta evitar spoiler
  2. ^ Conheça os participantes da Batalha dos Confeiteiros
  3. ^ Quadro de fofocas da Record fecha setembro na frente do Vídeo Show
  4. ^ Cake Boss da Record perde um de cada quatro telespectadores após estreia
  5. ^ Pelo segundo dia consecutivo, novela das nove tem menos ibope que a das sete
  6. ^ Nova sessão do SBT, Mundo Disney tem recorde negativo no Ibope
  7. ^ Na berlinda, Bem Estar perde liderança para Hoje em Dia
  8. ^ Pela primeira vez na história, Jornal Nacional perde três dias seguidos para novela
  9. ^ Aposta da Record, reprise de Chamas da Vida fracassa e fica em 3º no Ibope
  10. ^ Record encurta Rei Davi, mas Cidade Alerta perde vice-liderança para SBT
  11. ^ Em dia decisivo no futebol, Balanço Geral cresce e empata com Globo Esporte
  12. ^ Com final paulista, Copa do Brasil tem maior audiência na Globo em seis anos
  13. ^ Sem futebol, Globo tem pior quarta-feira desde travessia do Mar Vermelho