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.
She's a first-generation Bangladeshi born in London, was raised in Luton, and was one of six children, with three sisters and two brothers.
Nadiya Hussain was given the honour of baking Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday cake.
Hussain's birthday is on Christmas Day and her sister's birthday is on Christmas Eve.
Nadiya Hussain made a four-tier 21st birthday cake for the National Television Awards. The cake required 34 eggs, two kilos of sugar, three kilos of butter, two and a half kilos of flour, two kilos of icing sugar and four kilos of fondant icing.
With more than 15 million viewers, The Great British Bake Off final where she was named the winner was the most-watched show of 2015.
She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2020 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to Broadcasting and the culinary arts in Buckinghamshire, England.
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.