Nadiya Hussain Biography
Nadiya Hussain is a British television chef, author, and TV host. In 2015, she rose to prominence after winning the sixth series of BBC’s The Great British Bake Off. She has since signed contracts with the BBC to host the documentary The Chronicles of Nadiya, as well as the TV cookery series Nadiya’s British Food Adventure and Nadiya’s Family Favourites; co-presented The Big Family Cooking Showdown; and has become a regular contributor on The One Show.
How old is Nadiya Hussain? – Age
She is 38 years old as of 25 December 2022. She was born in 1984 in Luton, United Kingdom. Her real name is Nadiya Jamir Begum.
Nadiya Hussain Family – Education
Hussain is a second-generation British Bangladeshi who grew up in Luton, Bedfordshire, and went to Beech Hill Primary School, Challney High School, and Luton Sixth Form College. She has three sisters and two brothers as siblings. Hussain’s father, who was born in Beanibazar, was a chef who ran an Indian restaurant. Hussain learned fundamental cooking skills in school. Her mother never baked and only used the oven to store things. She learned the rest by reading recipe books and watching YouTube videos.
Nadiya Hussain Husband
Hussain married Abdal Hussain, whom she had only met once before, in an arranged marriage when she was 20 years old; they married in a traditional ceremony in Bangladesh. She has previously spoken about her previous struggles with being in an arranged marriage, stating “It’s difficult because you’re marrying a complete stranger… We had to go through the good and the bad to get to the other side.” In December 2018, she and her husband married for the second time. Musa and Dawud are their sons, and Maryam is their daughter.
Nadiya Hussain Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of £3.7 million.
Nadiya Hussain Cookbooks
Hussain was signed by Penguin Random House’s UK publisher Michael Joseph for her debut book Nadiya’s Kitchen, which is a collection of recipes she cooks for friends and family. Nadiya’s British Food Adventure, a tie-in cookery book for Hussain’s primetime eight-part BBC2 cookery series of the same name, was published in 2017 by Michael Joseph.
Bake Me A Story, a children’s book of stories and recipes published by Hodder Children’s Books combines updated versions of fairytales with colorful illustrations and kid-friendly recipes. Bake Me A Story was nominated for Children’s Book of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2017. Following its success, Nadiya’s Bake Me a Festive Story, a second cookbook and storybook compilation, was released in October 2017. Hussain’s books Nadiya’s Kitchen and Bake Me A Story were ranked third and fourth in the 2016 list of the Top 100 Food & Drink books by book sales, according to industry analysts Nielsen.
Hussain’s first novel, The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters, was published in January 2017 with the assistance of author Ayisha Malik and was billed as a British Muslim take on Little Women. Jenny Colgan’s review in The Guardian sparked a social media firestorm after she questioned whether Hussain “really needs[s] to put her name to a novel, too, when there’s only so much shelf space to go around?” Hussain was accused of being “greedy” as well.
Finding My Voice, her autobiography, was released in 2019 by Headline Publishing Group. It contains some of her own recipes as well as poetry. Michael Joseph published Hussain’s cookbook Nadiya’s Everyday Baking in 2022. It debuted on the Sunday Times Bestsellers List and peaked at number five on the Manuals chart.
Nadiya Hussain Homeware
Hussain collaborated with BlissHome to launch her own homeware line in 2018. The collection includes designs for tableware, spice racks, candles, aprons, oven gloves, and tea towels. Hussain’s Make Life Colorful Range from BlissHome took home the award for ‘Best Brand Licensed Homewares Product or Range’ at the 2019 Brand & Lifestyle Licensing Awards.
How did Nadiya Hussain lose weight?
Despite her slim figure on the show, Nadiya revealed she used to wear clothes in sizes 16 and 18. Nadiya lost three stone in nine months by implementing some simple habits that you could try if you want to lose weight.
While some people rave about the 5:2 diet, the 16:8 diet, or the more recent guidelines of the 400-600-600 diet, Nadiya wanted something simple and easy to follow. Instead of counting calories, she reduced the portions of food she was already eating (just like chef Gordon Ramsay). Instead of intensive boot camps and short-term gym stints, Nadiya chose to walk more, and instead of gimmicky’skinny teas’ and shakes, she simply drank more water. Nadiya first noticed her weight gain after marrying her husband Abdul.
Nadiya Hussain The Chronicles
In the two-part food travelogue The Chronicles of Nadiya, which aired on BBC One in August 2016, Hussain traveled to Bangladesh to discover her culinary heritage. She went to the village of her paternal grandfather in Sylhet, which is in the northeast of Bangladesh. She went to a riverside village where people still practice the ancient art of otter fishing and cooked for the crew of one of the country’s famous paddle steamers. She assisted “Thrive,” a charity that delivers meals to underprivileged schoolchildren, in Dhaka, the capital. On August 24, the first episode, which debuted immediately following The Great British Bake Off, was watched by 4.5 million people, or 20.5% of all television viewers at the time. At the 2017 National Television Awards, the show was up for a nomination for “Factual Entertainment.” Hussain was assigned for Advanced star at the 2017 Imperial TV Society Grants.
Hussain judged the fourth season of Junior Bake Off on CBBC in November 2016. Hussain supplanted Mary Berry on the opposition show in which 40 youngsters matured somewhere in the range of nine and twelve contend to make the best cakes and treats.
As part of BBC’s Christmas radio lineup, Hussain and Olly Smith hosted a two-hour cooking show at her home on BBC Radio 2 on December 21. The show was her most memorable new program subsequent to marking an arrangement to make the BBC her ‘home’, rebuking hypothesis she would join Channel 4’s rendition of Prepare Off.