Nadiya Hussain's best festive recipes (2024)

FAQs

Where is Nadia's new series filmed? ›

Nadiya Bakes was filmed in Devon, where she and a camera crew spent two weeks in a house during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The 38-year-old star has been happily married to her spouse Abdal for 15 years, with the pair meeting just once before tying the knot. But in a new interview, Nadiya admitted she and her husband struggled financially to raise two children on just one wage. She told Woman & Home: 'My husband and I struggled at first.

Hussain is a columnist for The Times Magazine and has signed publishing deals with Penguin Random House, Hodder Children's Books and Harlequin. She has appeared as a guest panellist on ITV's Loose Women. She was invited to bake a cake for the 90th birthday celebrations of Elizabeth II.

Abdal is the husband of cook and Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain. At the time of the show he was a technical manager at a Computer Sciences Corporation based in Leeds. He encouraged her to apply to the show and was quickly deemed a "hunk" by Bake Off viewers.

Queen of flavour Nadiya Hussain has returned to our screens with Nadiya's Simple Spices, the six-part BBC2 series accompanying her latest cookbook of the same name.

Something which made her nervous at first. She chose to wear a hijab. The religious headscarf is worn by Muslim girls and women as a display of modesty, with one of the first occasions for Nadia being while she was presenting for the station.

A self-made millionaire, television star and national gem, Hussain is GBBO's most successful contestant to date. But that doesn't mean her parents treat her any differently. “They don't see fame or celebrity. My mum has all my books and I give her a copy every year.

I have two sons as well - they are 16 and 17. I knew growing up as brown Muslim boys would be hard for them both - but they have not had to deal with the hurdles and challenges facing my daughter. There is an affirmation that I've taught them all - but especially her: "Elbows out."

Why is Nadiya Hussain famous? ›

Nadiya Jamir Hussain is a British chef, columnist and author, who won the sixth series of BBC's The Great British Bake Off. Hussain is a columnist for The Times Magazine, and has signed publishing deals with Penguin Random House and Hodder Children's Books.

Hussain recently did a DNA test and discovered that although her family is from Bangladesh, she has Thai, Nepalese and Cambodian ancestry.

According to Heart Radio, she is now thought to be worth around £3.7million thanks to her TV appearances. Nadiya has also published several books, including Nadiya's Everyday Baking, Nadiya's Kitchen and the children's baking book Bake Me a Story.

“We resigned, basically,” Perkins told the Radio Times. “Because it was not a kind show. They were pointing cameras in the bakers' faces and making them cry and saying, 'Tell us about your dead gran.

Nadiya Bakes

Nadiya shares her love of baking with some of her favourite recipes. From everyday treats to indulgent desserts,...

Born in Luton to a Bangladeshi family, Nadiya has been baking for 10 years. She now lives in Milton Keynes with her husband and three children.

One of the brightest stars of London's restaurant scene, Asma Khan stands tall as an inspirational figure in food, astounding diners with sumptuous Indian cookery from her own Darjeeling Express and relentlessly pushing the boundaries as an advocate for social change.

Broadcast and personnel changes

On 17 August 2010, the first episode of The Great British Bake Off was shown on BBC Two. It stayed on BBC Two for four years, grew in popularity and became the most popular programme on that channel. In its fifth series it was moved to BBC One where it stayed for three years.

The broadcaster has confirmed the TV chef will appear in Nadiya's Cook Once, Eat Twice which will air on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer later this year. The new programme sees Nadiya strive to "make your ingredients stretch further" by sharing recipes that are quick, simple to rustle up and result in less food waste.