Produced by NoFilter for satellite TV channel Echourouk TV, the 8 x 90’ series will go to air on 28th January 2023. The Algerian series will be presented by Mehdi Yadess and judged by Chef Mehdi Hadj Mebarek and La Louza. Producer Fouede Zabaiou also brought in expertise and talents from BBC Studios France and Mercotte, from the French version of the series Le Meilleur Patissier, will be a guest judge for the first episode.
The Great Bake Off follows passionate amateur bakers as they compete to be crowned the nation’s best amateur baker. Over the course of the series the audience follows the trials and tribulations of the competitors, as they attempt to prove their baking prowess. Each week the bakers tackle a different baking skill, which become progressively more difficult as the competition unfolds.
Since The Great Bake Off format was first adapted locally in 2012 for Belgium, the format has gone on to become an international phenomenon with 165 series recorded worldwide and over 1,900 episodes spanning countries such as Argentina, Australia, Germany, Japan, Kenya and Thailand. 2,000 bakers have entered the tent globally.
In 2023 new series of the format will be launching in Morocco (Series 3 with 2M) and South Africa (Series 4 for BBC Lifestyle) which is returning after a five-year hiatus. Further launches for 2023 will be announced in due course.
International versions of the format capture the warmth, humour and show-stopping bakes that are synonymous with the series with some (and often surprising) local flavours:
• The iconic Bake Off tent has taken pride of place in a variety of locations globally, including a German castle, by the sea in Israel and Belgium and in a shed in Australia! Now for the first time the tent is set in a UNESCO World Heritage site downtown Algiers.
• Testing challenges around the world have included ‘Simon Says’ where contestants had to keep up with real time instructions from a top chef working at his expert pace (Denmark), using balloons to model chocolate decorations (Brazil), through to glow in the dark cakes (Italy) and recreating the chocolate & raspberry cake from the opening titles (France).
• Some of the jaw-dropping bakes across the globe have included a remote control car cake (Czech Republic), a delicious cake containing sweet potato, horseradish, beetroot and vodka jellies (Denmark) and a ‘meat cake’, made with pizza base, minced meat filling and gherkin cream topping (Germany)
• Brazil was the first country to have a mother and daughter compete in the same season
• The accolade of youngest ever winner sits with the Italian version (Dolci in Forno). 16-year-old Federico de Flaviis won the 2018 season.
• Slovakia holds the record for the youngest ever baker on the main show – 15-year-old Viliam, who competed in the country’s first series in 2021.
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