Bake Your Dream
| Bake Your Dream | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 베이크 유어 드림 |
| Lit. | Bake Your Dream |
| RR | Beikeu yueo deurim |
| MR | Peik'ŭ yuŏ tŭrim |
| Genre | Cooking Reality competition |
| Presented by | Lee Da-hee |
| Starring |
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| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of seasons | TBA |
| No. of episodes | TBA |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Yoon Se-young |
| Original release | |
| Network | MBN |
| Release | February 1, 2026 – present |
Cheonha Bakery: Bake Your Dream (Korean: 천하제빵 : 베이크 유어 드림), also known as Bake Your Dream, is a South Korean cooking reality competition, hosted by actress Lee Da-hee[1], featuring the 72 bakers around the world, competing for the prize of ₩ million and other numerous prizes to build their own brand. The series premiered on MBN, started from February 1, 2026 at 21:40 KST.[2]
Judges
The competition were judged by, Master Craftsman Chef Lee Seok-won, world-class Pastry Chef Kim Narae, Culinary Class Wars winner Chef Kwon Seong-joon, Idol and Member of Oh My Girl Mimi and brand creator genius Noh Hee-young.[3]
Contestants
All 72 contestants who came from around the world to competed to be the best baker are either chefs or bakers. Through out the competition, the contestants were competing either against each other or in a team. The youngest contestant in the competition is Chef Kim Kyu-rin (14 years old), while the oldest contestant is Cheong Pil-sun (73 years old).
Several contestants that were known in the competition are:
- Chef An Byeong-Tae - Former Culinary Class Wars contestant and Korean Chicken War winner.
- Chef Hwang Ji-oh - Chef Choi Hyun-seok's student at "Choi" Restaurant.
- Chef Jang Kyung-joo - First female korean chef to win the iba UIBC Cup in 2025.
- Chef Kim In-seok - First-ever Two-time iba UIBC Cup 2025 winner.
- Chef Kim Kyu-rin - The youngest chef to win numerous awards.
- Chef Kwon Soon-seong - First Korean chef to win the iba UIBC Cup in 2012.
- Chef Lee Kyung-mu - 2024 Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie runner-up
- Chef Nam Jeong-seok - Former Culinary Class Wars contestant
- Chef Yoon Yeon-jung - was known as "Patent King" for his 5 baking recipe patents, ranked 9th at the world pastry cup and the runner-up of Asia pastry cup.
- Chef Yoon Hwa-young - a world-renowned Chef for his Korean-French fusion cuisine and the 2025 LA LISTE Bakery Discovery Gem Award winner.
- Joo Young-seok - Former Rapper and Former member of Korean boy group SMASH.
- Lee Hye-sung - Former KBS announcer.
- Lee Sang-ho - Former SBS Producer.
- Park Dool-seon - Top Model Veteran.
- Pricilia Carla Yules - Miss Indonesia 2020 winner.
Airtime
| Season | Air date | Airtime |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 1, 2026 - present | Sundays at 21:40 (KST) |
Episodes
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Mission | Team | Result | Contestant eliminated | Guest appearance | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 1, 2026 | create signature bread that represented the contestant | N/A | N/A | Kim Eun-hee, Na Su-ji, Bang Jun-ho, Kim Young-sik, Oh Se-sung, Lim Hoon, Kim Seong-yong, Son Sung-pil, Koo Ja-hong, Yoon Jong-chan, An Byeong-Tae, Yoon Hwa-young, Nam Jeong-seok, Ki Yong-nam, Park Dool-seon, Kim In-seok, Clément Bosch, Kim Ji-ho. [a] |
Chef Choi Hyun-seok (archive recording only) | [4] |
| 2 | February 8, 2026 | ||||||
| 3 | February 15, 2026 [b] |
create bread dishes for the perfect day. | Team Picnic Day (Cho Song-ah, Im Dong-seok, Kwon Soon-seong, Kim Ji-ho) Team Exercise Day (Jung Nam-mi, Susumu Kobayashi, Kim Kyu-rin, Kim In-seok) Team Flirting Day (Kim Dam-hyun, Hwang Ji-oh, Kwak Dong-uk, Kim Myung-joon Team Hangover Day (Lee Kyung-mu, Seon Min-soo, Lee Hong-gyu, Lee Hye-sung) Team Dopamine Day (Yoon Hwa-young, Alessio Galli, Jae In-young, Jeong Min) Team Cheat Meal Day (Jung Jung-hoon, Kim Jin-seo, Go Jae-wook, Joo Young-seok) Team Depressed Day (Jang Gyeong-ju, Kim Si-Yeop, Cho Sang-min, Cho Jung-hoon) Team Sunday Morning (Yoon Yeon-jung, Kim Jeong-un, Seo Yong-seok, Oh Seung-geun) |
Result: 1st Place - Team Depressed Day 2nd Place - Team Hangover Day 3rd Place - Team Flirting Day Additional Result: Cho Song-ah, Hwang Ji-oh, Joo Young-seok, Im Dong-seok, Kim Jin-seo, Kwak Dong-uk, Oh Seung-geun and Yoon Hwa-young were safe from the elimination. |
Elimination: Team Exercise Day (Jung Nam-mi, Susumu Kobayashi, Kim Kyu-rin, Kim In-seok) Team Picnic Day (Kwon Soon-seong and Kim Ji-ho) Team Flirting Day (Kim Dam-hyun and Kim Myung-joon) Team Cheat Meal Day (Jung Jung-hoon, Kim Jin-seo and Go Jae-wook) Team Dopamine Day (Alessio Galli, Jae In-young and Jeong Min) Team Sunday Morning Day (Yoon Yeon-jung, Kim Jeong-un and Seo Yong-seok). |
F&B Expert Cha Seung-hee. | |
| 4 | February 22, 2026 | ||||||
| 5 | March 1, 2026 | Main Mission: Compete against each other on recreating classic dishes. Wild Card Mission: create a dish without oven using only ingredients from the fridge. |
Main Mission: Korean Peanut Streusel Bread - (Lee Hong-gyu Vs. Lee Hye-sung) Monaka - (Lee Kyung-mu Vs. Cho Sang-min) Choco Pies - (Jang Gyeong-ju Vs. Oh Seung-geun) Shrimp Chips - (Hwang Ji-oh Vs. Kim Si-yeop) Cream Bread - (Kim Jin-seo Vs. Seon Min-soo) Rice Punch - (Cho Jung-hoon Vs. Yoon Hwa-young) Sweet Red Bean Bread - (Joo Young-seok Vs. Im Dong-seok) Cheetos - (Kwak Dong-uk Vs. Cho Song-ah) Wild Card Mission: N/A |
Main Mission Result: Lee Hye-sun, Jang Gyeong-ju, Kim Si-yeop, Kim Jin-seo, Yoon Hwa-young, Joo Young-seok, Kwak Dong-uk and Lee Kyung-mu were advanced to semi-finals. Wild Card Mission Result: Seon Min-soo and Hwang Ji-oh were advanced to semi-finals. |
Main Mission Elimination: Lee Hong-gyu, Oh Seung-geun, Hwang Ji-oh, Seon Min-soo, Cho Jung-hoon, Im Dong-seok, Cho Song-ah and Cho Sang-min. Wild Card Mission: Elimination: Lee Hong-gyu, Oh Seung-geun, Cho Jung-hoon, Im Dong-seok, Cho Song-ah and Cho Sang-min. |
Main Mission: Chef Lee Ji-myeong Actor/Chef Ryu Soo-young Content Creator Kwak Joon-bin Wild Card Mission: N/A |
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| 6 | March 8, 2026 | ||||||
| 7 | March 15, 2026 | Bake a Korean local bread that represent a city. | N/A | Yoon Hwa-young, Lee kyung-mu, Kim Jin-seo, Hwang Ji-oh, Kim Si-yeop, Seong Min-soo and Joo Young-seok were advanced to the finals. | Lee Hye-sun, Jang Gyeong-ju and Kwak Dong-uk. | Marketing & Food Specialist Yeo Myung-lang | |
| 8 | March 22, 2026 | ||||||
| 9 | March 29, 2026 | Round 1: Bake international dish for a meals Round 2: TBA |
Round 1: Chinese Cuisines - Hwang Ji-oh & Hwang Jin-seon Japanese Cuisines - Lee Kyung-mu & Ahn Yu-seong Thai Cuisines - Kim Jin-seo & Kim Yoo-ah French Cuisines - Kim Si-yeop & Lee Seung-jun Korean Cuisines - Seong Min-soo & Lee Won-il French Cuisines - Yoo Hwa-young & Oh Se-deuk Korean Cuisines - Joo Young-seok & Cho Seo-hyeong Round 2: TBA |
TBA | TBA | Atomix NYC Restaurant CEO/Manager Park Jeong-eun | |
| 8 | April 5, 2026 |
Notes
References
- ^ Kim, Ye-eun (October 15, 2025). [단독] 이다희, 또 마이크 잡는다…제과제빵 서바이벌 '천하제빵' MC [[Exclusive] Dahee Lee Takes the Mic Again… MC of Pastry Survival Show 'Bread of the World']. Xports News (in Korean). Retrieved October 15, 2025 – via Naver.
- ^ Lee, Hyo-jeong (January 7, 2026). '흑백요리사' 잇는 빵의 전쟁… 베이커리 서바이벌 '천하제빵' [The bread war continues with "Black and White Chef"… Bakery survival show "Cheonha Jebak"]. MHN Sports (in Korean). Retrieved January 7, 2026.
- ^ Kim, So-young (January 8, 2026). "베이커리 서바이벌에 미미, 나폴리 맛피아가 왜?"..'천하제빵' 역대급 심사위원 공개됐다 ["Why Mimi and Napoli Matpia on Bakery Survival?"... 'Bread of the World' reveals its all-time best judges.]. MHN Sports (in Korean). Retrieved January 8, 2026.
- ^ Maeng, Seon-mi (February 2, 2026). [종합] '천하제빵' 임동석·정남미·황지오·임훈·이경무·정정훈, 시그니처 빵 1R 통과 [[Comprehensive] 'Bread of the World' Im Dong-seok, Jeong Nam-mi, Hwang Ji-oh, Im Hoon, Lee Kyung-moo, and Jeong Jeong-hoon pass the first round of the signature bread contest.]. Biz Enter (in Korean). Retrieved February 2, 2026.