Luton-born baker Nadiya talks about her Great British Bake Off win

LUTON-born Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain has spoken after being victorious in the competition.

Mrs Hussain said: “I went into the tent as the smallest baker at 4ft 11” but I walked out feeling a giant – almost as tall as my fellow baker 6 footer Mat Riley.

“I can be quite self-deprecating, but I feel I have tested my abilities and come out a much stronger confident person the other side.

“I really hope that I have not become known more for my facial expressions or my eyebrows than my baking!”

Nadiya beat off competition from Ian and Tamal to be crowned victorious in yesterday’s final.

On the final, she said: “Bizarrely I found the Final was one of the least scariest and I really enjoyed the experience the most out of all the filming days.

“I felt at that stage that I could do really well or really badly, I had nothing to lose, so I went into the tent and gave it everything I could.

“I never imagined in my wildest dreams that I would ever get to the Final, so part of me felt that I had won something just by getting there.

“On the day itself it was really still and quiet inside the tent.

“There was a real sense of calm and concentration, it wasn’t just the bakers last day it was everyone’s last day.

“We all had a slight sense of sadness that it was all coming to a close.”