Nadiya Jamir Hussain, MBE (Begum;born 25 December 1984) is a British television chef, authorand television presenter.
She rose to fame after winning the sixth series of BBC’s The Great British Bake Off in 2015. Since winning, she has signed contracts with the BBC to host the documentary The Chronicles of Nadiya and 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.
In 2017, Hussain was named by Debrett’s as one of the 500 most influential people in the UK and was on BBC News‘ 100 Women list.
