Nadia - stop moaning and get a job.....

[mids2019]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15628823/Nadiya-Hussain-attack-BBC-cancelled-difficult-conversations.html

I think this woman needs her to realise her star has fallen like a lot of minor celebs. She has had a good run and everything has did was tired. New cookery blood should be allowed a chance.

I thinks it's undignified to start accusing her erstwhile employers of racism.

The hijab covers the neck completely, and drapes over the shoulders and the chest.
The turban wrap just covers the hair.

Agree.

Well aren't you sophisticated.

I think it’s an important observation and is what I meant by she was palatable as a Muslim woman up to a certain extent then she became unpalatable.

But food for Eid is also cultural. I am not trying to catch you out or anything but watching food programmes if you are interested in food programmes can include other cultures and festivals.

I had almost forgotten the Wotsit abomination 😂

Reminds me of a woman I saw on TikTok once, who boiled down an entire tube of Pringles to make "soup"

There are lots of other Bake Off contestants who create amazing recipes, much better than Nadiya’s. I would love to see them get some of the opportunities she has had

She’s the only Bake-off winner I’ve heard of, so I don’t think she’s done badly. She’s done better than all the others, from my perspective.

She has a point when bloody James Martin the bore is on BBC every bloody weekend.

yourceomentor.com/pale-male-and-stale/

Yes but in day to day life any woman who is covering her hair even with a turban would be described as being Hijabi. Her clothes would then cover her shoulders and chest.

Go for it. People always seem put out when things don’t sell. It’s not compulsory to buy any cookbook or watch someone’s show.

She's gone way beyond TGBBO. That's just trying to keep her in her box and proves her point.

Why wasn't she allowed to cover her neck? I agree re modesty rules but I sounds a bit odd for necks to have to be shown. Would a scarf or roll neck jumper not have been allowed to cover the neck?

Maybe she just preferred the turban & wanted an excuse in case people trolled her for not wearing hijab?

And I imagine food for Muslim festivals varies across the world, just like Christmas food varies - so I can see how you could get a good book out of that because it’s essentially ‘special’ meals

I can’t see how it’s so controversial!!

Just what is your problem - and with me in particular? Doesn't matter whether YOU - or even I - think those scandals have legs - they got weeks of news coverage and have pretty much ended these men’s television careers. In turn this has hastened the bursting of cookery show genre bubble. And FYI - I am from a muslim family and rather like Nadiya so not sure what your issue is with my PPs.

If you have an issue with the demise of cookery programmes or these men’s careers, harass the programme makers and the broadcasters, not me.

https://theweek.com/culture-life/tv-radio/off-the-boil-the-decline-of-the-tv-cooking-show

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0jq1d63l7lo

Nadiya was very sweet and endearing on bake off, which was part of her appeal. People are hacked off with her now because she won’t play the contrite woman anymore. I have no doubt the BBC is institutionally racist and regardless of what happens with her career now it is right that she uses her platform to speak on it. People are acting like because she is a brown woman (and not a white man) she should be grateful she had any success at all, and she should shuffle off happily because gosh she really shouldn’t have had this success anyway. It’s gross.

Yes fair enough

Interestingly, Ottolenghi who of course I have tons of books from, was sort of trained, he was a trained pastry chef, but nothing else, then opened some delis and went from there

But people would probably put a lot more store in his books and recipes and view him as more authoritative perhaps than Nadiya?

Im sure theres others but he sprung to mind, he does a lot of collaborations with other chefs/cooks/restaurateurs, under the category of what woujld be called ME or Islamic/Jewish cooking Im sure. Not sure why there have been so many posts on this thread incredulous of something called ME or Islamic or Muslim cookery.

The ME share huge amounts of cross over dishes so 'Jewish' dishes are often akin to 'Muslim' dishes and all competing for the title of 'best this or that, or first this or that'

You've summed up what I was trying to post.

I think she is quite appealing. But I agree with others - she has had a very good run and people are bored now and have moved on. She has been far more successful than most of the Bake Off winners and should be proud of that.

Next...

Love her? Excited?
I'm laughing at how hyperbolic you're getting 😁
I just think you're kind of proving her point with your "box ticking" comment.

Delia Smith isn't on TV anymore.
Maybe her show just didn't get the viewing numbers?
10 years is phenomenal. Enough to pay the mortgage off!!

I think it's as simple as this. You can argue about why and maybe there is something about her identity that affects her ratings or maybe not.

I enjoyed her on Bake Off and was happy she won as it was a more enjoyable series to see someone develop and gain confidence rather than in some series where there's an obvious winner from the beginning. She's maybe the most successful to come from that show and has done well. Most winners are lucky if they get a cookbook out of it.

From the recipes people have posted they do seem bizarre. She's not a professional chef so it's not fair to compare her to them.

I'm sure given her name recognition she can still gain an audience. YouTube and social media platforms have earned nobodies large sums so I'm sure she could do something with them, given she's starting with a major advantage.

No, the hijab isn't about obedience.

Have you seen Nadiya with her husband? On what planet do you think she is obedient to him?!

Book, not show

Nadia - stop moaning and get a job.....

Can you at least spell her name correctly, OP? You're just proving her point.

It's in the headline you linked so hardly dificult?