The popular star claims that the TV industry ‘doesn’t always support Muslim women like me’

Nadiya is one of the best-loved Bake Off winners who has enjoyed many years of TV success off since(Image: BBC/Wall To Wall Media Ltd)

Nadiya Hussain has revealed that her cookery shows have been dropped by the BBC after a decade on air.

The TV chef has fronted several food series for the BBC since winning The Great British Bake Off in 2015 – when the show was on BBC1 – including Nadiya Bakes, Nadiya’s Fast Flavours and Nadiya’s Simple Spices.

But in a video post on Instagram, Hussain said BBC bosses had “decided they didn’t want to commission the show any more”, which she described as a “huge turning point”.

A BBC spokesperson said: “After several wonderful series we have made the difficult decision not to commission another cookery show with Nadiya Hussain at the moment.

Mary Berry famously shed a tear when Nadiya won Bake Off a decade ago, such was her joy(Image: BBC/Wall To Wall Media Ltd)

“Nadiya remains a much-valued part of the BBC family, and we look forward to working together on future projects.”

Suggesting that the TV industry “doesn’t always support Muslim women like me”, the mother-of-three told her followers: “The BBC have decided that they didn’t want to commission a show. And for me, that was a huge turning point because it’s something I’ve done for the past 10 years.

“I was already on this steady trajectory of change and I was thinking about where I wanted my career to go, and when the BBC decided they didn’t want to commission the show anymore, it really did kind of solidify everything for me, and it made me dig my heels in and think ‘OK, I know where I want to be’.”

Nadiya has enjoyed a long run of programmes on BBC2 and bosses say she will remain part of the ‘family’ – but nothing new is coming for now(Image: BBC/Wall To Wall Media Ltd)

She added: “As a Muslim woman, I work in an industry that doesn’t always support people like me or recognise my talent or full potential.

“There’s a lot of gaslighting, making me feel like what’s actually happening isn’t happening.”

Nadiya’s other series for the BBC have included Everyday Baking and Nadiya’s Cook Once Eat Twice, which focused on leftovers, as well as the documentary Nadiya: Anxiety and Me.

She remains one of the best known contestants to have appeared on Bake Off, and is the only one to have carved out a career as a TV presenter off the back of it.