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#9



Points: 139
Votes: 8

Has this country ever loved a person more? Nadiya Hussain is more beloved in England than the royal family, the 1966 winning football team and Saint George put together in a blender, spat out and the mush painted red, white and blue. And I’m sure the Scottish love her too. But the point is, I can’t remember a time when that many millions of people were behind one person before. Nadiya was an inspiration to people up and down the land, young and old, woman or gay (you mean men watch this show?) And the best part? It’s all for the fact that she can bake a mean Battenberg. Nothing huge. No big budget. No fireworks. A woman, sitting at her oven, checking her baps. And it was wonderful. We were hooked on every move. We cried when she cried. We laughed when she laughed. We sat on our sofas and ate some cake and wondered how easy it would be to make one before deciding it wasn’t worth the hassle when she made a cake. Early in the competition, she faded into the background a little, her only major storyline being that she wasn’t very good at the technical challenges. But then, one episode, she won a technical, and it was like David vs. Goliath (/Paul Hollywood) all over again. We were all on Team Nadiya and there was no stopping us. And in the final, when she won and gave her speech about acceptance and confidence and if they know it’s Christmas time at all, I’m sure one or two sad people in Huddersfield stood up and clapped their TV. That’s the power Nadiya Hussain has over us all. Long live Nadiya Hussain. Long live cake.