Netflix’s Easy-Bake Battle: The Home Cooking Competition, Hosted by Antoni Porowski, is a baking series that focuses on tips and tricks used by home cooks. In each episode, three contestants must complete two challenges to earn the title of Easy-Bake Champion. The winner gets $25,000 and a chance to come back and defend their title against the other contestants and win even more money.
From its light-hearted vibe to some valuable tips and tricks, the Netflix show has something for everyone. Inspired by childhood memories associated with Easy-Bake ovens, the cooking series aims to clarify how delicious food does not have to be prepared in a fancy way and with many ingredients. The kitchen where the series takes place adds to the magic of the show, and fans are naturally curious as to where exactly the series is set.
Where Was Easy-Bake Battle: The Home Cooking Competition Series Filmed?
“Easy-Bake Battle” is filmed in New Mexico, specifically in Albuquerque. Principal photography for the show’s first season took place in late 2021, with George Maxwell serving as cinematographer.
Now let’s take a closer look at the places of production of the cooking series.
New Mexico
All key parts of ‘Easy-Bake Battle’ are filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico’s largest city. Specifically, the show is being recorded on a unique set built within Netflix’s Albuquerque Studios in Mesa del Sol. The area designated for the series has three cooking stations where participants can show off their skills.
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In addition, it houses two gigantic Easy-Bake ovens that the finalists use in the second round of each episode. The set also has a confessional area with a couch where the bakers sit and share their inner feelings.
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Also known as ABQ Studios, the property has eight sound stages, several offices, and facilities. Interestingly, this facility is featured in the fifth season of Breaking Bad as the coordinates of Walter White’s buried money at Albuquerque Studios.
In 2020, Netflix expanded the facility by approximately 300 acres. Over the years, Netflix Albuquerque Studios has become home to many other hit TV shows, including ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Better Call Saul.’
