Bake Off star Nadiya Hussain reveals her grandfather was 'left for dead three times' during years of horrific racist abuse By Dolly Busby, Showbiz Reporter Published: 18:58 EDT, 9 September 2024 | Updated: 18:58 EDT, 9 September 2024 e-mail View comments Great British Bake Off star, Nadiya Hussain, has revealed her grandfather was racially abused by thugs and was 'left for dead three times'. The 39-year-old is a second-generation British Bangladeshi and grew up in Luton, Bedfordshire before she delighted 15 million fans of the BBC cooking programme when she won the sixth series in 2015. But Ms Hussain has revealed the hardships faced by her family, she said: 'When my grandad came to the country he was abused really badly by racists, and he was left for dead three times.
' 'But he refused to leave because he could see that his children and grandchildren would have a better life here than in Bangladesh. Great British Bake Off star, Nadiya Hussain, has revealed her grandfather was racially abused by thugs and was 'left for dead three times 'And he made that sacrifice, despite knowing that he wasn't welcome. I know he would be so proud of me because he now has a granddaughter with an MBE, and it would signify belonging,' she told the Radio Time s.
It comes after the award-winning chef had to install panic buttons in her home in Milton Keynes after receiving death threats including to her three children - Musa, 12, Dawud, 11, and Mariam, eight. She said: 'I was getting descriptions.