Nadiya Hussain was born in Luton to Bangladeshi parents. The 35-year-old was one of six children with three sisters and two brothers. Her father ran an Indian restaurant but her mom was quite the opposite when it came to food. Cooking didn't interest her and she used the family oven for storage, revealed an article by The Sun.
Nadiya picked up a knack for cooking during her school years and she taught herself how to do so like a professional by absorbing piles and piles of recipe books and spending endless hours watching instructional videos on YouTube.
Nadiya married her husband Abdal when she was just 19 in a traditional ceremony in Bangladesh. Her's is an arranged marriage and she had met her husband just once before the ceremony. Abdal was Nadiya's biggest cheerleader when she was competing on 'GBBO' and fans couldn't get enough of the "hunk". The two have three children together, sons Musa and Dawud and a daughter named Maryam.