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.

Why are you being so rude.

You need to put down the Daily Mail (and MN), start believing women, and educate yourself.

I think a 10 year TV career off the back of a reality show is great. But she's come to a natural end. LOADS of celebs who were huge 10 years ago are now irrelevant.

Entertainment has changed so much in the last 10 years and you have to adapt if you want to remain relevant.

Anyway she could still pitch to other production companies

I actually think part of it is almost engineered to make it seem like she's constantly criticising. She commented on her own Instagram....then gets asked (specific questions) about her experience...the interview from Radio Times then gets regurgitated by the DM etc etc ....and then the rhetoric is she's constantly seeking to complain....
(So instead of one comment on her Instagram...there are lots of further comments, repeated in various places, which then paints her as entitled, always whinging etc)

I think I might write a book of Christian Cooking…..it’ll be pretty much the same as Muslim Cooking but won’t scare the flag shaggers.

Yes! That’s right. I never watched Bake off or her subsequent programmes, it’s not my thing. I just remember that cake she made for the Queen 😳

She doesn't even watch bake off, she's been scathing about that too, says even the theme tune gives her the ick.

It's utterly bizarre to suggest she'd be the ideal presenter.

"A Muslim cook book will have less appeal to a general audience as about 10% of the population are Muslim" It’s actually 6% of the UK population (4 million Muslims) but maybe it's on sale worldwide? Around 25% of the world population is Muslim.

I think the two things are true, she has experienced racism and sexism and people don’t want to watch her tv programs.

I am not convinced her name would get her Ramadan book selling.

In the posh hardback cookbook market it's likely her name would put people off. As a non-Muslim, if I am buying a book about a new cuisine/culture I want it written by an expert. My memories of her putting wotsits and baked beans into random recipes means she is an instant no.

Looking on Amazon at the top selling Ramadan book, it's very similar but the writing is better, the chapter structure is better and the recipes are better. Even though I've never heard of the author, it's the one I'm more likely to buy.

I wouldn’t be interested in a book on Islamic cuisine because it seems very broad. Like a book on Asian cuisine

however, I got the impression her book was more about Ramadan and Eid - so not dissimilar to a book on Easter or Christmas cooking? I don’t buy cookbooks but would have a flick through it if I saw it on the shelf

i wonder why she hasn’t gone down the social media route - that seems to be where most young people get their cooking content these days. I also wonder why she moved away from baking

she seems quite lost at the moment - I understand she’s not well and the TA job didn’t work out. It would be good if she had a friendly ear who was able to give her some professional advice

Your post's horrible. Why was she "ticking a box?"
Like if you're Muslim, female and not the usual white male chef of which there's hundreds of, it must be a "box ticking exercise?!" 🙄 Never mind how good you actually are, to some like yourself it's always a "box tick."
You're kind of making her bloody point there!
I like Nadiya. I've watched some of her cookery shows and she comes across well, and approachable. Relatable.

Well people who like Indian food will buy an Indian cookbook even if they're not Indian..

Imo her issue is that religion is different from nationality. People tend to be more interested in different nations' foods, not different religions.

Ah right,,I was thinking why on earth she'd be wearing a bomb?

In fairness, these examples are not comparable. Marcus waring and Tom Kerridge are Michelin starred chefs. Jamie Oliver is a home cook who’s managed to build himself into a pretty major brand over the years through reinvention, his latest series is called ‘feasts for a fiver’ - I can imagine that being very popular and topical given CoL. It all comes down to viewing figures. I quite like watching Nadia, but I’m not keen on her recipes. The ones I’ve seen seem overly faffy to me.

I'm a keen cook and also of south asian descent and her recipes don't appeal to me. Like pp said, lots of weird combinations that don't sound like they would work. My go to asian inspired recipes are by Meera Sodha and Rukmini Iyer mostly. I think her appeal is limited, and she's had a good run so far.

This level of kneejerk, reactionary underthinking makes me actually incredulous.

That was some autocorrect.

Re her hijab, has she 'suddenly' begun wearing it? I thought she always did.

I personally think religious covering rules that only apply to women are sexist and unfair. But otoh I don't think saying women wearing hijabs are endorsing oppression & force is that helpful.

It was random but brilliant in its own way. I think there should be more random GIFs on MN tbh

Exactly - according to this thread she "should be more graceful." 🙄
Wonder when the likes of Jamie Oliver or say Rick Stein got told to be that 😁