{"id":8323,"date":"2015-10-08T10:53:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T10:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2015\/10\/08\/nadiya-takes-the-cake\/"},"modified":"2015-10-08T10:53:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T10:53:08","slug":"nadiya-takes-the-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2015\/10\/08\/nadiya-takes-the-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Nadiya Takes The Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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30-Year-Old Crowned Winner of Great British Bake Off 2015<\/h3>\n

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\nNadiya Hussain, semi-finalist of this year\u2019s Great British Bake Off, has been crowned the winner of the show.<\/p>\n


\nNadiya, now known as much for her facial expressions as she is for her baking talents, was tasked alongside the other two semi-finalists – Tamal Ray and Ian Cummings \u2013 to create a classic British cake with at least three tiers for the final episode\u2019s showstopper.<\/p>\n


\nInadvertent ambassador and face of the average British Muslim and South Asian on mainstream television, Nadiya chose to bake a \u201cbig fat British wedding cake\u201d for the final\u2019s showstopper. Sitting on a stand decorated in red, white and blue sari material, Nadiya\u2019s cake was adorned with jewels from her own wedding day.<\/p>\n


\nThe 30-year-old mother-of-three, who did not have a wedding cake due to the fact her marriage took place in Bangladesh, took the opportunity to bake a herself and her family a personal wedding cake of the lemon drizzle variety \u2013 her husband\u2019s favourite.<\/p>\n


\nShe said: “At the very end of the filming I took the cake out to my family’s table and we all had a slice. So my husband and I did get our wedding cake after all.”<\/p>\n


\nOf the final, she said: “Bizarrely, I found the final was one of the least scariest [rounds] and I really enjoyed the experience the most out of all the filming days. <\/p>\n


\n“I felt at that stage that I could do really well or really badly, I had nothing to lose, so I went into the tent and gave it everything I could. <\/p>\n


\n“The showstopper was a celebration cake, and as I never had my own wedding cake I wanted a proper iced wedding cake.” <\/p>\n


\nThe Luton-born baker with Bangladeshi origins became a fast favourite of individuals from the Muslim and South Asian community as well as the nation as a whole, early on in the competition.<\/p>\n


\nNadiya, Prime Minister David Cameron\u2019s favourite candidate, earned the title of \u201cstar baker\u201d three times in the show and is most certainly one of, if not the main, reason the final became the most-watched TV programme of the year, with an average audience count of 13.4m people tuning in to see Nadiya victory, an increase of over one million viewers from last year\u2019s final, which saw Nancy Birtwhistle crowned winner.<\/p>\n


\nFollowing her rise to the stardom on the small screen, Nadiya has said she is \u201clooking forward to see what will happen\u201d after show concludes.<\/p>\n


\nHowever she maintains that her family life would now “carry on as normal”. <\/p>\n


\n“Being a mum to three small children under 10 is pretty time consuming, but I wanted to have my own adventure, which with a very supportive husband and a belief in my own ability, I can now carry on having my adventure,” she said. <\/p>\n


\n“I am really looking forward to see what will happen.” \n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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