Nadiya Hussain working as teaching assistant after BBC axed her cooking shows

Nadiya Hussain is working in a school after the BBC axed her cooking shows.

The 41-year-old TV star – who won the sixth series of The Great British Bake Off in 2015 – claims she has “no idea” why the BBC decided to drop her shows and revealed that despite offers from ITV and Channel 4, she decided to start working as a teaching assistant, with plans to become a teacher in the future.

Nadiya told Woman Home magazine: “I appreciate that it’s an industry, it’s a business and it’s about making money, but I still don’t know [why they’ve let me go] because I haven’t had a conversation with anyone. There are no answers, no closure.

“'I got offers from [channels like] C4 and ITV. For now, it’s not something that I want to do. I want a real relationship with broadcasters where we’re making television that means something. If I was doing another cookery show, I’d like a little bit more creative input.

“That being said, cooking aside, I would love to do documentaries and travelogues about issues that matter to people, and I would love to continue to write cookbooks, because the best part of doing this job is being able to share recipes and help people in the kitchen.

“I’m currently working as a teaching assistant at a lovely little primary school. The plan is to gain some training and maybe in the future become a teacher."