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Great British Bake Off winner decided Great British Bake Off 2013 winner decided
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Clothes designer Frances Quinn has been crowned 2013's winner of The Great British Bake Off. Clothes designer Frances Quinn has been crowned the winner of the fourth series of The Great British Bake Off.
Quinn, 31, said she was in "complete and utter shock" after beating psychologist Kimberley Wilson and former model Ruby Tandoh. Quinn, 31, said she was "in complete and utter shock" after beating psychologist Kimberley Wilson and former model Ruby Tandoh.
She baked a rainbow picnic pie to wow judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry on the fourth series of the BBC Two show. She impressed judges Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry with a three-tier wedding cake, inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Quinn also created a three-tier wedding cake, inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The final drew the show's highest ever ratings, averaging 8.4 million viewers.
The audience peaked at 9.1 million as the winner was announced on BBC Two - more than the combined audience of BBC One's Holby City and the Uefa Champions League football match on ITV broadcast at the same time.
Presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins had billed Quinn, who lives in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, as "the most creative baker to ever set foot in the tent".Presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins had billed Quinn, who lives in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, as "the most creative baker to ever set foot in the tent".
She said she was looking forward to celebrating with family and friends, after having to keep her win under wraps since recording the final episode during the summer.She said she was looking forward to celebrating with family and friends, after having to keep her win under wraps since recording the final episode during the summer.
"I've been back at work and trying to keep a poker face," said Quinn."I've been back at work and trying to keep a poker face," said Quinn.
"I remember watching the Wimbledon final the following week and getting so emotional... and thinking at least Andy Murray doesn't have to hide his trophy under his bed for the next three months.""I remember watching the Wimbledon final the following week and getting so emotional... and thinking at least Andy Murray doesn't have to hide his trophy under his bed for the next three months."
Quinn, who had been criticised at times by the judges for style over substance, said she was shocked to hear her name. Quinn said she was shocked to hear her name: "I don't think I could speak for a little while. It was so close, such a close final," she said.
"I don't think I could speak for a little while. It was so close, such a close final," she said. However she insisted there was no antagonism between the all-female finalists.
"I think it was the wedding cake at the end that really did swing it." "We all get on. People want to feel there was more competition than was the case," she said.
Quinn's showstopper cake consisted of ginger and rhubarb, lemon sponge and raspberries and a third tier of carrot, orange, pistachio and apricot, while her savoury pie contained two types of trout and five different vegetables. "The emotions you go through in that tent - you never want to see anyone get that criticism. Outside the tent we're just supportive of each other."
Record ratings
The Great British Bake Off is set for a move to BBC One next year, after series four scored the show's highest ratings yet.
Its audience has grown from an average of 2.8 million when it first began in 2010, peaking with 7.8 million a fortnight ago - making it the highest rated show on BBC Two so far this year.
Controller of BBC One Charlotte Moore said she wanted to "bring the show to an even broader audience on BBC One".
She continued: "It's been fantastic to watch it flourish on BBC Two and I can assure viewers I will continue to cherish it on BBC One."
Hollywood called Quinn "a deserving winner", who beat the others "hands down" in the showstopper round.Hollywood called Quinn "a deserving winner", who beat the others "hands down" in the showstopper round.
"She not only gave us the style, she gave us the substance too and that cake actually, each layer, superb," said Hollywood. "She not only gave us the style, she gave us the substance too and that cake actually, each layer, superb," he said.
Fellow judge Berry added: "She has attention to detail, she's got excellent flavours, her baking improved as each week went by. We're very proud of her."Fellow judge Berry added: "She has attention to detail, she's got excellent flavours, her baking improved as each week went by. We're very proud of her."
Quinn, who was persuaded to apply for Bake Off by family and friends, insisted there was no antagonism between the all-female finalists.
"We all get on. People want to feel there was more competition than was the case," said Quinn.
"The emotions you go through in that tent, you never want to see anyone get that criticism. Outside the tent we're just supportive of each other," she said.
"It's a reality show but we know the actual reality that went on."
Hours before the final was broadcast, chef Raymond Blanc apologised on Twitter after suggesting that the show's youngest contestant, Tandoh, 21, was too thin to enjoy food and had also won the competition.
He later used the social networking site to say sorry to the show's co-host Hollywood, blaming his comments on the fact that he is a "Frenchman writing English" and saying he did not know who would be crowned winner.
Quinn said she was not thinking of leaving her design job, although she has already been approached by agents and hopes to produce a book.Quinn said she was not thinking of leaving her design job, although she has already been approached by agents and hopes to produce a book.
"Work has been so, so supportive. I'm not going to say yea or nay to anything at the moment, I've got a mortgage to pay," she said. "Work has been so, so supportive. I'm not going to say yay or nay to anything at the moment, I've got a mortgage to pay," she said.
"The baking market is completely saturated so I don't want to do a book that's anything like one that's already out there. I'd like to create a book that's got all my rough sketches and ideas.""The baking market is completely saturated so I don't want to do a book that's anything like one that's already out there. I'd like to create a book that's got all my rough sketches and ideas."
She continued: "I don't know what the future is going to hold but it does excite me. What I'd love to do is combine both passions, baking and design." "I don't know what the future is going to hold but it does excite me. What I'd love to do is combine both passions, baking and design."
'Vitriol and misogyny'
Meanwhile runner-up Tandoh, 21, has hit back at the "nastiness" the show and its contestants were subjected to, in a piece written for The Guardian.
"Despite the saccharin sweetness of the Bake Off, an extraordinary amount of bitterness and bile has spewed forth every week from angry commentators, both on social media and in the press," she wrote.
"Many took to Twitter decrying the demise of the show, voicing their hatred for certain bakers, and asserting (week after week!) that they would 'never watch it again' if X or Y got through that episode."
The amateur baker - who recently received a first class honours degree in philosophy - said the criticism ranged from "gently cynical" to "downright obnoxious", and as the series went on she noticed "an increasing amount of personal vitriol and misogyny".
Tandoh, who chef Raymond Blanc suggested was too thin to enjoy food, said she was "tired" of defending herself against the "boring, inevitable accusations of flirting with Paul Hollywood, of emotionally manipulating the judges and of somehow surfing into the final on a tidal wave of tears".
She added: "So much of the criticism levelled at the bakers is gender-specific. My self-doubt has been simultaneously labelled pathetic, fake, attention-seeking and manipulative."
The Great British Bake Off is set to move to BBC One next year, after the current series scored the show's highest ratings yet.
Its audience has grown from an average of 2.8 million when it first began in 2010 and has become the highest rated show on BBC Two.