# Next Great Baker season 4

The fourth season of Next Great Baker premiered on June 24, 2014. Unlike other previous seasons, the teams competed in teams of two. Other changes from the previous seasons include the addition of Jacques Torres and Bobbie Lloyd as judges, the addition of the final showdown, and the opportunity to work at Buddy's Las Vegas cake shop. However, some aspects of the show were similar, including having ten competitors (or teams) as in season 1, and the $100,000 prize awarded in each of the previous seasons remained.

## Contestants

During the fourth season, there were ten different teams of two. The first episode aired on June 24, 2014. This marks the first time that there were ten competitors since the first season. Seasons two and three both had 13 competitors.
| Contestants | Color | Relationship | Hometown |
| Kaiulani Delgado and Roxanne Bodell | Maroon | Aunt and niece | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Julie Voudrie and Danielle Voudrie | Pink | Mother and daughter | Johnson City, Tennessee |
| Barry Ackerman and Fred Isla | Teal | Colleagues | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| David Duran and Elaine Duran | Red | Husband and wife | Kissimmee, Florida |
| Don Donneruno and Meredith Gulfman | Tan | Coworkers | Long Island, New York |
| Ginger Soave and Brandy Smith | Gray | Bakery teacher and student | Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Bethany Berend and Jennifer Livermore | Purple | Best friends | Tomball, Texas |
| Al Watson and Lia Weber | Blue | Coworkers | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Manny Agigian and Al DiBartolo | Black | Friends and coworkers | Woolwich Township, New Jersey |
| Jose Barajas and Aimee Anderson | Brown | Friends | Chula Vista, California |

## Contestant progress

| Place | Team color | Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 5 | Episode 6 | Episode 7 | Episode 8 | Episode 9 | Episode 10 | Episode 10 |
| | Baker's challenge winner(s) | Pink | — | — | Red | — | — | Purple | — | — | N/A | N/A |
| 1 | Blue | HIGH | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | LOW | LOW | WIN | LOW | WIN | WINNER |
| 2 | Black | HIGH | IN | HIGH | WIN | LOW | WIN | LOW | LOW | WIN | LOW | RUNNER-UP |
| 3 | Maroon | WIN | IN | LOW | WIN | IN | LOW | LOW | IN | HIGH | THIRD | |
| 4 | Purple | IN | LOW | LOW | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | OUT | OUT | | |
| 5 | Brown | IN | WIN | HIGH | WIN | WIN | WIN | OUT | | | | |
| 6 | Tan | IN | WIN | LOW | WIN | IN | OUT | | | | | |
| 7 | Red | LOW | IN | WIN | WIN | OUT | | | | | | |
| 8 | Pink | LOW | LOW | OUT | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Teal | IN | OUT | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Gray | OUT | | | | | | | | | | |
    (WIN) The team(s) won the challenge.
    (WIN) The team(s) received immunity from the cake challenge.
    (HIGH) The team(s) had one of the best cakes for that challenge, but did not win.
    (IN) The team(s) did not win nor lose and advanced to the next week.
    (LOW) The team was one of the bottom cakes, but escaped the final showdown.
    (LOW) This team had one of the worst cakes, but survived by winning the final showdown.
    (OUT) The team was/were eliminated.
    (IN) The team had immunity.
    (WD) The team voluntarily withdrew from the competition.

### Notes

* ↑ This episode did not have a baker's challenge, but the purple team won an advantage based on their choice of workstation. They also won the fan vote.
* ↑ After being eliminated in episode 8, the purple team returned to the competition in episode 9, but were eliminated regardless.
* ↑ In episode 4, Jose was declared MVP of the winning team.

## Episodes

| No. in series | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Team eliminated |
| 32 | 1 | "Empire State of Mind" | June 24, 2014 (2014-06-24) | Gray |
| "'Baker's Challenge'" : For the first Baker's Challenge, each team of two has 1 hour to bake a dessert good of their choosing. Buddy and two famous pastry artists (Jacques Torres and Bobbie Lloyd) are judges. The pink team, mother and daughter Julie and Danielle Voudrie, has won due for their cinnamon roll; for this they're rewarded to be the first to pick the location of their choosing for the Cake Challenge. "'Cake Challenge'" : Each team of two has to go to an iconic location in New York and New Jersey and make a cake inspired by the location itself. During their car ride to the Statue of Liberty, the maroon team, aunt and niece Kaiulani Delgado and Roxanne Bodell, experience a car crash, in which Kai, who was driving the car, cries because she never experienced this before and switches the driver's position. |||||
| 33 | 2 | "Sugar High" | July 1, 2014 (2014-07-01) | Teal |
| 34 | 3 | "Destination Wedding!" | July 8, 2014 (2014-07-08) | Pink |
| 35 | 4 | "Buddy's Winter BBQ" | July 15, 2014 (2014-07-15) | N/A |
| 36 | 5 | "Nightmare on Baker Street" | July 22, 2014 (2014-07-22) | Red |
| 37 | 6 | "Long Island Medium Cakes" | July 29, 2014 (2014-07-29) | Tan |
| 38 | 7 | "Gravity Defying Cakes" | August 5, 2014 (2014-08-05) | Brown |
| 39 | 8 | "Sexiest Cakes Alive" | August 12, 2014 (2014-08-12) | Purple |
| 40 | 9 | "Wow Cakes" | August 12, 2014 (2014-08-12) | Purple |
| 41 | 10 | "Vegas Showstoppers" | August 19, 2014 (2014-08-19) | (1)Blue (2)Black |