The Great British Bake Off (series 4)
| The Great British Bake Off Series 4 | |
|---|---|
| Presented by |
Mel Giedroyc Sue Perkins |
| Judges |
Mary Berry Paul Hollywood |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Anna Beattie |
| Producer(s) | Samantha Beddoes |
| Location(s) | Harptree Court |
| Editor(s) | Amanda Westwood |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Love Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC Two |
| Original release | 20 August – 22 October 2013 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Series 3 |
| Followed by | Series 5 |
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.
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The bakers were given two hours to make a sandwich cake with filling of their choice for the signature challenge. For their first technical challenge, the bakers were required to bake an angel food cake using Mary Berry's recipe in two and half hours. For the showstopper, the challenge was to make a chocolate cake using at least two types of chocolate to decorate the cake. They were given four hours for this bake.
The bakers were asked to make in two hours 36 breadsticks, all made using yeast, of at least 25 cm (10 inches) in length, and the breadsticks should be crisp and produce a good snap. For the technical challenge, the bakers have to make eight English muffin using Paul's recipe in two and three quarter hours. For the final bake, an elaborately decorated loaf was set as the showstopper challenge to be completed in four hours.
For the first challenge of the episode the bakers were asked to make a Trifle of their own choice, using Ladyfingers, Sponge or Biscuit for the base and either Jam or Custard for the middle layer. For their second challenge, the bakers were required to bake in an hour and a half Floating Islands using a recipe of Mary Berry. For the show-stopper, the bakers were set the task of making 24 petit fours, twelve biscuit based, twelve sponge based, to be finished in three hours.
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