Frost, Caroline (15 April 2016). " 'Great British Bake Off' Champion Nadiya Hussain Will Bake HM The Queen's 90th Birthday Cake". HuffPost . Retrieved 15 April 2016. When Nadiya isn't baking on television, you'll find her whipping up some delicious bakes and meals at home. She previously told the Mirror that you'll likely find her "cooking dinner with the kids or having tea with Abdal and a slice of cake" - either carrot or lemon cake, or a Bourbon biscuit dunked in clotted cream. "I also love watching Gogglebox, it's been a guilty pleasure. I annoy Abdal by talking at the telly," she revealed. After Nadiya won the final, the whole family moved from Leeds to Milton Keynes, a place near London, so that she could have more opportunities and pursue a culinary career. How Did Nadiya Hussain Earn Her Money? On 13 August 2016, Hussain appeared as guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, [58] and was interviewed by Kirsty Young. She opened up about her struggles as a young mother, the social isolation suffered by some Muslim women and how her confidence grew during Bake-Off. She described the racial abuse she still receives on the street and, determined to be a good role model to her children, how she responds with the "dignity of silence". [15] [59] [60] What I liked about this is how normal this family was in all of their messiness. There’s some melodrama, and some of it derives from their Bangladeshi roots, but most of it is caused by the ordinary messiness of people and their lives. We see the story from the point of view of each sister, so we get to see how each reacts to being the hero of her own story. Some are supremely confident as protagonists, and others are not at ALL. As someone who struggles with writing more than one PoV, I was very impressed with how clearly drawn each sister was.

Just after our first wedding anniversary we had our first baby boy, Musa and then the following year we had our second baby boy, Dawud. They may have been the busiest 2 years of my life or at least I thought they were. I didn’t really know what I had in store over the coming years.I remember forcing my husband to sit through tons of cookery shows and despite the grimace on his face, he did what all good husbands do, he told me he’s only watching because there’s nothing else on the Tele. We watched our first series of Bake Off and got hooked. I would sit quietly and observe techniques and get familiar with alien baking terms. He would sit through each episode and shout at the box ‘Nadiya you can do that’! And I would ignore him. At the age of 20, [83] Hussain married Abdal Hussain, whom she had only met once before, in an arranged marriage; they had married in a religious traditional ceremony in Bangladesh and only legally registered their union in the UK in December 2018. [84] They have two sons, Musa and Dawud, and a daughter, Maryam. [27] [85] [84] She has spoken about her earlier struggles of being in an arranged marriage, saying "It's tough – you are pretty much marrying a complete stranger... We had to live through the good and the bad, and have come out the other side." [86] a b c Hogan, Michael (17 July 2017). "Nadiya's British Food Adventure is why the BBC must hang on to Mrs Hussain". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 21 July 2017.

Hussain is a guest presenter on Loose Women. [14] She announced on the programme that she had been given the honour of baking the Queen's 90th birthday cake, [55] [56] an orange drizzle cake with orange curd and orange butter cream. Hussain said: "When I told the kids (I was making a cake for the Queen), the boys were great at keeping it a secret. I told my daughter and she said, 'Oh Mary Berry? You've made lots of cakes for Mary Berry'." [57]Bagwell, Matt (28 June 2017). "Ariana Grande, Adele And Gogglebox Among Nominees at the 2017 Diversity in Media Awards". HuffPost UK . Retrieved 29 September 2022. Vesey-Byrne, Joe (23 July 2017). "When she was tweeted Islamophobia, Nadiya Hussain had the perfect response". Indy 100 . Retrieved 23 July 2017. a b "Bake Off star Nadiya Hussain proves hot stuff on Oxfordshire farm on her latest food adventure". The Oxford Times. 15 July 2017 . Retrieved 16 July 2017. I ask Nadiya what she hopes we’ll all takefrom this time of uncertainty and tragedy for somany, when the entire country’s emotions havebeen heightened. ‘I really hope that we don’tforget the important people who helped tokeep us afloat,’ she says. ‘That those “low-skilledworkers” are celebrated and we don’t forgetwhat they did. And I hope when this is over, wedon’t forget the people who died. We try to staypositive, but it’s a stark reality for those whohave lost people they love and the peoplethey’ve not been able to bury or say goodbyeto properly. I hope we remember that.’ Though she has admitted that she wouldn't plan the same for her daughter. "He's a wonderful human and the most supportive man ever - to me and the children. I know everyone says this, but they do have the best dad in the whole world. I am the sister who turns up and never slags off their husband," she said, adding: "That said, I would never accept an arranged marriage for my daughter. I don't have the time. Once they've left home and got on with their own lives, I want to buy a sports car and drive off! I'm still questioning whether I'll take my husband with me. Ask me in a few years!"

Women 2016: Bake Off's Nadiya Hussain – Muslim, Bangladeshi, British and proud". BBC News. 7 December 2016. Oot, Torey Van (27 October 2015). "How One Woman Is Using Her Oven To Change The Way The World Sees Muslims". Refinery29 . Retrieved 27 January 2016.Great British Bake Off's Nadiya Hussain: 'I expect verbal and physical racist abuse every day' ". London Evening Standard. 14 August 2016. I may be the only one, but I honestly thought of "The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters" as a modern-day, Muslim version of "Little Women". Not the plot, but the characters have similarities. The Amir sisters are like Bangladeshi copies of the March sisters in certain aspects of their character and personality. There's sensible and reliable Farah - she may not be the eldest, but she's the most mature and the first to get married - much like Meg March. Free-spirited, outspoken, feminist Bubblee has a zealous character so alike Jo March, and they are both dedicated to pursuing their art - for Jo it is her writing, for Bubblee it is her paintings, sculptures and other physical art forms. Then there's sweet, kind-hearted Fatima. She reminded me so much of Beth March with her gentle, loving nature. Also, while Beth suffered from a physical illness, Fatima's turmoil is mental. Lastly, the youngest Amir sister and the youngest March sister. They are both the most integrated in society and most socially conscious. Something about the personalities of Mae Amir and Amy March are indistinguishable (also both their names are only three letters lol). We moved several times in Leeds in pursuit of a better life for the children. I decided to do an Open University degree while pregnant with my third baby and finally had my baby girl, Maryam (or the pink one as we like to call her) in 2010. We didn’t know it but she completed our family. I worked at my degree through the night feeds, the nappy changes, the nursery runs and the long days. Life progressed but my desire to get my degree never left me so when the kids went to bed I worked on my degree and when I felt stressed I baked. I was baking my way through my degree on my path to become a social worker. British Bake Off' Winner Takes on the Toughest Judge of All: The Queen". NPR . Retrieved 21 April 2016.

My only complaint is a little quibble about story structure. The solution Fatti comes up with towards the end (trying to keep this vague) felt like it could have used more foreshadowing, as it all seemed very sudden and not really tied to anything that had happened previously. But I suppose life doesn't always involve foreshadowing, and some ideas do spring up out of nowhere, so it's a fault I'm inclined to forgive. Her first cookbook Nadiya’s Kitchen was published in 2016, following which she released a tie-in cookbook titled Nadiya’s British Food Adventure for her cookery series with the same name. Nadiya has also written two children’s books that include a mix of stories and recipes; Bake Me A Story and Nadiya’s Bake Me A Festive Story. Michael McIntyre's Big Show – Production Details & Cast and Crew – British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. 25 December 2015 . Retrieved 27 January 2016. a b "Nadiya Hussain to judge Junior Bake Off". The Daily Telegraph. 9 August 2016 . Retrieved 4 November 2016.

The four Amir sisters - Fatima, Farah, Bubblee and Mae - are the only young Muslims in the quaint English village of Wyvernage. GBBO winner, Nadiya Hussain, is launching a brand new homeware range!". Your Home Magazine . Retrieved 25 November 2018. I was born in Luton in 1984, on Christmas Day. That was my claim to fame when I was younger. My eyes lit up when someone asked ‘when is your birthday?’ the answer at the tip of my tongue. Doesn’t have the same effect anymore now I am in my 30’s. My kids however still have some mileage with it ‘so people celebrate your birthday and Jesus’ birthday’? ‘Yes they do’ is my answer. Sanghani, Radhika (10 August 2016). "Nadiya Hussain's 'bad hair' – and the other reasons why Muslim women wear headscarves". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 10 August 2016. Hussain was a guest on BBC One's The Graham Norton Show on 9 December 2016 and 12 November 2021. [61] [62] She also appeared on Would I Lie to You as a guest in Season 10. [63] Writing career [ edit ] Newspaper and magazine columns [ edit ]