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== Career ==
== Career ==
In ''[[The Great British Bake Off]]'''s final she baked 16 [[iced bun]]s in three hours, as well as raspberry-flavoured [[mille-feuille]], to one of [[Paul Hollywood]]'s recipes, in two hours, and a multi-layered presentation showstopper which took the form of "My Big Fat British Wedding Cake", in a time of four hours. With more than 15 million viewers, The Great British Bake Off final was the most-watched show of 2015.<ref name=bbc-bakeoff-rating>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35118773/the-great-british-bake-off-most-watched-tv-show-in-2015|title=The Great British Bake Off most-watched TV show in 2015|work=[[BBC]]|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref>
In ''[[The Great British Bake Off]]'''s final she baked 16 [[iced bun]]s in three hours, as well as raspberry-flavoured [[mille-feuille]], to one of [[Paul Hollywood]]'s recipes, in two hours, and a multi-layered presentation showstopper which took the form of "My Big Fat British Wedding Cake", in a time of four hours. With more than 15 million viewers, The Great British Bake Off final was the most-watched show of 2015.<ref name=bbc-bakeoff-rating>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/35118773/the-great-british-bake-off-most-watched-tv-show-in-2015|title=The Great British Bake Off most-watched TV show in 2015|work=[[BBC]]|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref> Her appearance on the show, and ensuing popularity with audiences, were deemed important steps toward shifting stereotypes about the Muslim community.<ref name=Turner>{{cite news|last1=Turner|first1=Terry|title=Muslim Mom Wins Prestigious UK Bake-off, Recipe for Race Relations|url=http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/muslim-woman-winning-national-british-bake-off-is-recipe-for-race-relations/|accessdate=27 January 2016|publisher=Good News Network|date=October 20, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Oot>{{cite web|last1=Oot|first1=Torey Van|title=How One Woman Is Using Her Oven To Change The Way The World Sees Muslims|url=http://www.refinery29.com/2015/10/96378/nadiya-hussain-bbc-great-british-bake-off|website=Refinery29|accessdate=27 January 2016|date=October 27, 2015}}</ref>


Hussain's writes a weekly column for ''The Times Magazine'', a part of the Saturday supplement of ''[[The Times]]'',<ref name=Times-Next-2015>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/magazine/article4609097.ece?shareToken=2c368ef3cb9c327517818f44cbca3c78|title=What Nadiya did next|date=15 November 2015|work=[[The Times]]|accessdate=15 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=Metro-Column-2015>{{cite web|last1=Waring|first1=Olivia|url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/13/great-british-bake-off-champ-nadiya-jamir-hussain-lands-her-berry-own-column-5499328/|title=Great British Bake Off champ Nadiya Jamir Hussain lands her Berry own column|date=13 November 2015|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|accessdate=13 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=HuffPo-GBBO-2015>{{cite web|last1=Welsh|first1=Daniel|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/11/13/great-british-bake-off-winner-nadiya-the-times-magazine-column_n_8553460.html|title='Great British Bake Off' Winner Nadiya Hussain Lands Weekly Cookery Role In The Times Magazine|date=13 November 2015|work=[[Huffington Post]]|accessdate=13 November 2015}}</ref> as well as a monthly column in [[Essentials (magazine)|Essentials Magazine]],<ref name=essentialsnadiya-2015>{{cite web|url=http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/545010/nadiyabakes |title=#NadiyaBakes |date=28 December 2015|work=[[Essentials (magazine)]]|accessdate=28 December 2015}}</ref> and her recipes have also appeared in BBC's ''[[Good Food]]'' magazine.<ref name=goodfood-2015>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/christmas-white-chocolate-traybake |title=Christmas white chocolate traybake |date=December 2015|work=[[Good Food]]|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref>
Hussain's writes a weekly column for ''The Times Magazine'', a part of the Saturday supplement of ''[[The Times]]'',<ref name=Times-Next-2015>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/magazine/article4609097.ece?shareToken=2c368ef3cb9c327517818f44cbca3c78|title=What Nadiya did next|date=15 November 2015|work=[[The Times]]|accessdate=15 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=Metro-Column-2015>{{cite web|last1=Waring|first1=Olivia|url=http://metro.co.uk/2015/11/13/great-british-bake-off-champ-nadiya-jamir-hussain-lands-her-berry-own-column-5499328/|title=Great British Bake Off champ Nadiya Jamir Hussain lands her Berry own column|date=13 November 2015|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|accessdate=13 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=HuffPo-GBBO-2015>{{cite web|last1=Welsh|first1=Daniel|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/11/13/great-british-bake-off-winner-nadiya-the-times-magazine-column_n_8553460.html|title='Great British Bake Off' Winner Nadiya Hussain Lands Weekly Cookery Role In The Times Magazine|date=13 November 2015|work=[[Huffington Post]]|accessdate=13 November 2015}}</ref> as well as a monthly column in [[Essentials (magazine)|Essentials Magazine]],<ref name=essentialsnadiya-2015>{{cite web|url=http://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/recipes/545010/nadiyabakes |title=#NadiyaBakes |date=28 December 2015|work=[[Essentials (magazine)]]|accessdate=28 December 2015}}</ref> and her recipes have also appeared in BBC's ''[[Good Food]]'' magazine.<ref name=goodfood-2015>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/christmas-white-chocolate-traybake |title=Christmas white chocolate traybake |date=December 2015|work=[[Good Food]]|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref>


In December 2015 Hussain was signed by UK publisher [[Michael Joseph (publisher)|Michael Joseph]], part of Penguin Random House,<ref name=Bookseller-Nadiya-PublishingDeal>{{cite web|last1=Cowdrey|first1=Katherine|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/2015-gbbo-winner-nadiya-publish-michael-joseph-318734|title=GBBO winner Nadiya cuts deal with Michael Joseph|date=17 December 2015|work=[[The Bookseller]]|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref> for her debut book featuring both cooking and baking recipes. She is also writing a children’s book of stories and recipes, due to be published by [[Hodder Children’s Books]] <ref name=Bookseller-Nadiya-HodderDeal>{{cite web|last1=Eyre|first1=Charlotte|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/gbbos-nadiya-hussain-write-childrens-book-320320|title=GBBO's Nadiya Hussain to write children's book|date=14 January 2016|work=[[The Bookseller]]|accessdate=16 January 2016}}</ref>
In December 2015 Hussain was signed by UK publisher [[Michael Joseph (publisher)|Michael Joseph]], part of Penguin Random House,<ref name=Bookseller-Nadiya-PublishingDeal>{{cite web|last1=Cowdrey|first1=Katherine|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/2015-gbbo-winner-nadiya-publish-michael-joseph-318734|title=GBBO winner Nadiya cuts deal with Michael Joseph|date=17 December 2015|work=[[The Bookseller]]|accessdate=20 December 2015}}</ref> for her debut book featuring both cooking and baking recipes. She is also writing a children’s book of stories and recipes, due to be published by [[Hodder Children’s Books]] <ref name=Bookseller-Nadiya-HodderDeal>{{cite web|last1=Eyre|first1=Charlotte|url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/gbbos-nadiya-hussain-write-childrens-book-320320|title=GBBO's Nadiya Hussain to write children's book|date=14 January 2016|work=[[The Bookseller]]|accessdate=16 January 2016}}</ref>

Revision as of 15:01, 27 January 2016

Nadiya Jamir Hussain
Born (1984-12-25) 25 December 1984 (age 39)
Luton, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Television personality, newspaper columnist
Years active2015-
Known forThe Great British Bake Off
SpouseAbdal Hussain
Children3

Nadiya Jamir Hussain[1] is a British chef, columnist and author, who won the sixth series of BBC's The Great British Bake Off on 7 October 2015.[2][3] Hussain is a columnist for The Times Magazine, and has signed publishing deals with Penguin Random House[4] and Hodder Children’s Books. [5]

Early life

Hussain is a first-generation Bangladeshi born and raised in Luton, where she attended Challney High School and Luton Sixth Form College. She was one of six children, with three sisters and two brothers.

Hussain learned her basic cooking skills at school. Her mother never baked and used the oven for storage. She taught herself the rest from recipe books and watching videos on YouTube. Her favourite book of all time is a baking book by Irish novelist Marian Keyes.[6]

At the time of the show Hussain was living in Leeds, being the sibling who had moved furthest away from home. As part of a pre-arranged wager with her husband, their house was sold, within seven days, in preparation for a move to Milton Keynes.[6]

Career

In The Great British Bake Off's final she baked 16 iced buns in three hours, as well as raspberry-flavoured mille-feuille, to one of Paul Hollywood's recipes, in two hours, and a multi-layered presentation showstopper which took the form of "My Big Fat British Wedding Cake", in a time of four hours. With more than 15 million viewers, The Great British Bake Off final was the most-watched show of 2015.[7] Her appearance on the show, and ensuing popularity with audiences, were deemed important steps toward shifting stereotypes about the Muslim community.[8][9]

Hussain's writes a weekly column for The Times Magazine, a part of the Saturday supplement of The Times,[6][10][11] as well as a monthly column in Essentials Magazine,[12] and her recipes have also appeared in BBC's Good Food magazine.[13]

In December 2015 Hussain was signed by UK publisher Michael Joseph, part of Penguin Random House,[4] for her debut book featuring both cooking and baking recipes. She is also writing a children’s book of stories and recipes, due to be published by Hodder Children’s Books [5]

On Christmas Day 2015 Hussain made a cameo appearance on BBC One's Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show recorded at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.[14]

Personal life

She is married to Abdal Hussain and they have three children - two sons and a daughter.[6][15]

Hussain's birthday is on Christmas Day[16] and her sister Sadiya's birthday is on Christmas Eve.[17]

Famous quote

"I’m never gonna put boundaries on myself ever again. I’m never gonna say I can’t do it. I’m never gonna say ‘maybe’. I’m never gonna say, ‘I don’t think I can.’ I can and I will."[18]

Nadiya Hussain’s acceptance speech on the Great British Bake Off final, made millions of people tear up on their sofas and made Mary Berry cry.[19]

References

  1. ^ Khaleeli, Homa (12 October 2015). "Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain: 'I wasn't thinking about representing Muslims, I was thinking about my bakes'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  2. ^ Robinson, Martin; Freeth, Becky (8 October 2015). "Nadiya cried, Mary Berry cried... then we all cried: Viewers reduced to tears as Bake Off favourite secures emotional victory by making the British wedding cake she missed out on at her own ceremony". Daily Mail. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  3. ^ Ward, Rachel (8 October 2015). "The Great British Bake Off 2015: the final - Nadiya crowned winner". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b Cowdrey, Katherine (17 December 2015). "GBBO winner Nadiya cuts deal with Michael Joseph". The Bookseller. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b Eyre, Charlotte (14 January 2016). "GBBO's Nadiya Hussain to write children's book". The Bookseller. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  6. ^ a b c d "What Nadiya did next". The Times. 15 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  7. ^ "The Great British Bake Off most-watched TV show in 2015". BBC. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  8. ^ Turner, Terry (October 20, 2015). "Muslim Mom Wins Prestigious UK Bake-off, Recipe for Race Relations". Good News Network. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  9. ^ Oot, Torey Van (October 27, 2015). "How One Woman Is Using Her Oven To Change The Way The World Sees Muslims". Refinery29. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  10. ^ Waring, Olivia (13 November 2015). "Great British Bake Off champ Nadiya Jamir Hussain lands her Berry own column". Metro. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  11. ^ Welsh, Daniel (13 November 2015). "'Great British Bake Off' Winner Nadiya Hussain Lands Weekly Cookery Role In The Times Magazine". Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  12. ^ "#NadiyaBakes". Essentials (magazine). 28 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  13. ^ "Christmas white chocolate traybake". Good Food. December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  14. ^ [1]
  15. ^ Sawer, Patrick (3 October 2015). "Bake Off's Nadiya, the hometown heroine making young British Muslims proud". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  16. ^ Sayid, Ruki (20 November 2015). "GBBO winner Nadiya says 'be like a baker' and prepare for Royal Mail's last posting dates before Christmas". The Mirror. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  17. ^ Hussain, Nadiya (19 December 2015). "Nadiya Hussain's sour cherry florentines". The Times. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  18. ^ "'I can and I will': the best acceptance speeches ever". The Guardian. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  19. ^ Bryan, Scott (7 October 2015). "Nadiya's Speech At The End Of "Bake Off" Was So Incredibly Moving". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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