Series 4 of The Great British Bake Off aired between 20 August and 22 October 2013. 13 bakers participated this season.
About[]
The fourth series of The Great British Bake Off began airing on 20 August 2013. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins again presented the show and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood returned as judges. As with series 3, the competition was held at Harptree Court in East Harptree, Somerset.
13,000 amateur bakers applied to appear on the programme, and 100 were selected for screen test, with the best 60 advancing to a three-day audition. From these, 13 contestants were chosen this year so the judges could eliminate two people whenever they wanted.
The winner of the Great British Bake Off 2013 was Frances Quinn.
Contestants[]
| Baker | Age | Occupation | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Imdad | 25 | Charity worker | Saltley, Birmingham |
| Beca Lyne-Pirkis | 31 | Military Wives' Choir Singer | Aldershot, Hampshire |
| Christine Wallace | 66 | Director of an engraving company | Didcot, Oxfordshire |
| Deborah Manger | 51 | Dentist | Peterborough |
| Frances Quinn | 31 | Children's Clothes Designer | Market Harborough, Leicestershire |
| Glenn Cosby | 37 | English Teacher | Teignmouth, Devon |
| Howard Middleton | 51 | Council Worker | Sheffield |
| Kimberley Wilson | 30 | Psychologist | London |
| Lucy Bellamy | 38 | Horticulturist | Grimsby, Lincolnshire |
| Mark Onley | 37 | Carpenter & Kitchen Fitter | Milton Keynes |
| Robert Smart | 54 | Space Satellite Designer | Melbourn, Cambridgeshire |
| Ruby Tandoh | 20 | History of Art and Philosophy Student | Southend, Essex |
| Toby Waterworth | 30 | Web Programmer | Reading, Berkshire |
Contestant progress[]
| Elimination chart | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||
| Frances | STAR | Winner | |||||||||||||
| Kimberley | STAR | STAR | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Ruby | STAR | STAR | STAR | OUT | |||||||||||
| Beca | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Christine | STAR | STAR | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Glenn | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Howard | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Robert | STAR | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Ali | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Deborah | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Mark | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Lucy | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Toby | OUT | ||||||||||||||
Colour key:
- – Baker was the star baker
- – Baker got through to the next round
- – Baker was eliminated
- – 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
- – Baker was the series winner
- - Baker did not compete due to illness
Episodes[]
- Episode 1: Cakes
- Episode 2: Bread
- Episode 3: Desserts
- Episode 4: Pies and Tarts
- Episode 5: Biscuits and Traybakes
- Episode 6: Sweet Dough
- Episode 7: Pastry
- Episode 8: Alternative Ingredients
- Episode 9: French week
- Episode 10: Final