Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain snubs the show that shot her to fame as she reveals why she hasn’t watched it in five years

Chef Nadiya Hussein has revealed she has not watched the show that launched her career – The Great British Bake Off – in five years.

Nadiya, 39, won the sixth series of the Channel 4 programme in 2015, when the competition was still on BBC One.

The Great British Bake Off sees 12 amateur bakers battle it out over two months under a marquee and in the presence of professional bakers.

Because of Nadiya’s success on the show she was able to host cooking programmes of her own, write bestselling books, and bake the late Queen’s 90th birthday cake.

But, she told Heat magazine in September: ‘I don’t watch Bake Off. 

Nadiya won the sixth series of the Channel 4 programme in 2015, when the competition was still on BBC One (pictured on Tuesday)

Because of Nadiya’s success on the show she was able to host cooking programmes of her own, write bestselling books, and bake the late Queen’s 90th birthday cake

‘I stopped watching it about five years ago as it has changed so much since I was on it. It’s a different show now, but I do love that Alison Hammond is the host.’

When Nadiya won in 2015, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins were hosting and Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood were judging.

Just two years later, all the central cast had been replaced bar Paul Hollywood.

In 2017, Mel and Sue departed and were replaced by Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig and Mary was replaced by Prue Leith.

Since then, the judging team has remained the same, but the presenting team has changed a further two times: Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas from 2020 to 2022 and now Noel and Alison.

This revelation comes after Nadiya revealed her grandfather was racially abused by thugs and was ‘left for dead three times’ earlier in September.

Nadiya is a second-generation Bangladeshi and grew up in Luton, Bedfordshire.

Though her upbringing was relatively peaceful, the same was unfortunately not true for her grandfather.

But Nadiya has said: ‘I stopped watching it about five years ago as it has changed so much since I was on it’

Nadiya recalled to Radio Times: ‘When my grandad came to the country he was abused really badly by racists, and he was left for dead three times.’

‘But he refused to leave because he could see that his children and grandchildren would have a better life here than in Bangladesh.

‘And he made that sacrifice, despite knowing that he wasn’t welcome. I know he would be so proud of me because he now has a granddaughter with an MBE, and it would signify belonging.’

Nadiya shares three children – Musa, 17, Dawud, 16, and Mariam, 13 – with her husband Abdal, 43.