Nadiya Hussain, the Great British Bake Off winner, is the host of the BBC’s latest cooking series, Nadiya’s Cook Once Eat Twice. This programme looks at ways to fight food waste with tasty recipes such as a banana peel dish and a carrot soup that turns into fish curry. Nadiya grew up in an immigrant household where her parents never threw away food. The values she learned are at the heart of her new TV series, which she hopes will encourage people to be more conscious of their wastefulness, and save money.
At five years old, Nadiya remembered her father slaughtering a sheep: “I remember my dad digging a hole in the garden and creating a huge fire.” This occasion taught her two things: how to maximize ingredients and how food has the power to bring families together.
Nadiya says herself that she was struggling with anxiety while filming The Great British Bake Off in 2015, a pressure-cooker environment that pushed her out of her comfort zone. But the experience was a great positive in her life and helped her to face fears that she didn’t even know she had. However, the pressure and the celebrity status didn’t come without downsides, and she was disappointed with herself by trying to please different groups of people, until she learned to accept that it was only necessary to please herself.
Nadiya’s media career, including her latest cooking series, follows shows such as Nadiya’s Fast Flavours, The Chronicles of Nadiya, and Nadiya: Anxiety and Me, which saw her opening up about her mental health struggles. Nowadays, the TV chef tackles her anxiety with a different perspective by learning to understand what triggers it
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