The Nice British Bake Off star has issued a staggering cause behind why her present is being axed.
Nadiya Hussain has opened up about being fired by the BBC (Picture: YouTube)
TV prepare dinner Nadiya Hussain has made a staggering admission about her profession after being fired by the BBC final yr. The 41-year-old prepare dinner famously shot into stardom after profitable the Nice British Bake Off in 2015. In addition to releasing best-selling cookbooks, she additionally fronted quite a few cooking programmes and documentaries, together with Nadiya’s British Meals Journey, Nadiya Bakes, Time to Eat and Nadiya’s Easy Spices.
Regardless of her success, in June 2025, the mum-of-three revealed that the broadcasting giants determined to not renew her cooking reveals after their 10-year partnership. On the time, the TV star claimed she was not given a “definitive” cause, though stories from insiders prompt that her work had “waned” in recognition. In a contemporary revelation, Nadiya has now additionally mentioned that she was fired as a result of she now not “match that area anymore” after saying a “Ramadan cookbook.”
Her profession skyrocketed after profitable GBBO in 2015 (Picture: BBC)
In her jaw-dropping admission, Nadiya claimed that it was thought-about “an excessive amount of” when she wrote a Ramadan cookbook and that she consistently has to point out she is “British sufficient or Bangladeshi sufficient or Muslim sufficient”.
The TV chef printed Rooza final yr, described as a “culinary exploration of the Islamic world,” and added that she’d misplaced plenty of model offers the day it was introduced, branding the second a “turning level” in her profession.
She advised the Press Affiliation: “It dawned on me that it dawned on everybody else that I’m truly a Muslim. As a result of up so far, I felt like I’d achieved books that had been for everyone.
“My Rooza ebook is for everyone, it’s just a bit bit nearer to residence, as in, it’s what I skilled as a Muslim lady who cooks for her household. As a prepare dinner, I connected religion and meals collectively, and the second I did that, and I misplaced these model offers, I [realised] someone’s simply clocked that.”
She continued: “There aren’t that many manufacturers that wish to work with me anymore as a result of there’s a model of me that simply makes them uncomfortable, however that’s okay for me…as a result of if our views don’t align, then I don’t wish to work with you anyway.”
The TV star additionally acknowledged: “I’ll undoubtedly make much less cash for it. And that could be a topic that makes folks actually uncomfortable, as a result of what I believe numerous folks don’t realise is that…I’ve to work 10 instances more durable, and I’ve to consistently show my price and to consistently be grateful.”
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