Season 4 of The Great British Bake Off aired between 20 August and 22 October 2013. 13 bakers participated this season.
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