Nadiya's FoodFavourites

The Bake Off champ has all the recipes for success, no matter what the culinary occasion!

- Susan Watson

The Magic Of Baking

Nadiya may have found fame when she won Bake Off but it was long before that when she first discovered her talent.

“I discovered the magic of baking the first time I saw my Home Economics teacher mix flour, eggs and sugar together and put them in the oven. My passion for baking was definitely sparked at that point.

“However, I didn’t really start baking seriously until I was 21 and got married and realised that my husband loves cakes. I thought, ‘Well, if he eats it, I’ll make it!’”

Comfort Food Classics

She maybe able to cook up all kinds of deliciously delightful treats in the kitchen but, like most of us, Nadiya has simple, unsophisticated demands when it comes to comfort food.

“Cheese and marmite is always a winning combination – I think because I spend all day cooking, comfort food usually consists of things I haven’t made myself. A packet of pickled onion monster munch gets me so giddy!