Since winning 2015's Great British Bake Off in a finale watched by over 13 million viewers, Nadiya Hussain has become a national treasure. She has presented many of her own BBC2 cookery series to great acclaim, with episodes reaching on average 1.9 million viewers each week. Her next cookery series, Nadiya's Simple Spices, will air on BBC2 in autumn 2023, accompanied by her brand-new TV tie-in cookbook.

Born in Luton to British Bangladeshi parents, Nadiya now lives in Milton Keynes with her husband, Abdal, and their three teenage children. She was awarded an MBE in 2020 for services to broadcasting and the culinary arts. Her previous cookery titles Nadiya Bakes, Nadiya's Fast Flavours and Nadiya's Everyday Baking were all bestselling cookbooks, bringing the best recipes from one of our most loved chefs to more than 200,000 kitchens across the UK.