The Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain is to front a travel cookery show for BBC1, with a working title The Chronicles of Nadiya.
The two-part programme will trace Hussain’s culinary roots.
The spin-off show, made by Love Productions which also makes The Great British Bake Off, will see Hussain travel from her birthplace in Luton to her family ancestral home in a village in rural Bangladesh.
The BBC describes it as an “exuberant” food-inspired journey where she will cook dishes from her childhood, share favourite meals with family and friends, learn new recipes and find out what has changed on the food scene in Bangladesh since her last visit a decade ago for her wedding.
“Nadiya’s story on Bake Off touched the hearts of the nation. We are delighted that she will be using her cooking skills to take us on a journey to such an extraordinary and changing land,” said Patrick Holland, the BBC’s head of documentaries commissioning.
