‘Great British Bake Off’ winner Nadiya Hussain cried "tears of joy" after being awarded an MBE.
The 35-year-old TV chef received the award in the New Year Honours list, where she was rewarded for her services to broadcasting and the culinary arts.
Sharing a picture of her car window, on which someone had written MBE in the condensation, she wrote on Instagram: "Even my car is crying tears of joy! Thank you for all the kind words and absolutely wonderful messages! Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine this would ever happen to me. I know my grandparents would be really proud, they wouldn’t understand what was going on, or what it means but they would be proud none the less. I just know it ! Little old rice farmers family in the middle of nowhere with a grand daughter with an MBE ! Who would have thought it?! I wish they were alive to enjoy this moment with us!
"I have had an exhilarating and exciting few years and I have done weird, wonderful and scary things. Long may it continue. Thanks to all the people who have supported me and believed in me and just made it all just a little bit easier. For all the love. For believing in me. Thank you ! #ThankYou #Grateful #FeelingProud (sic)."
Nadiya won ‘Bake Off’ in 2015 and went on to present ‘The Chronicles of Nadiya’, ‘The Big Family Cooking Showdown’ and ‘Nadiya’s Family Favourites’.
She has also written a number of books.
Nadiya Hussain’s ‘tears of joy’ for MBE
