Former Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain has revealed the BBC has cancelled her cooking show after a decade on screen, describing the decision as "really difficult".
The 40-year-old, who won the sixth series of the baking show in 2015, announced the news to her 950,000 Instagram followers in a rambling video discussing changes in her career.
Following her Bake Off victory, Hussain presented a slew of BBC cookery programmes including Nadiya's Asian Odyssey, Nadiya's Cook Once Eat Twice, Nadiya's Time to Eat, Nadiya's British Food Adventure and Nadiya's Fast Flavours.
But on Friday, she fumed: "There will be no more cookery show. The BBC have decided that they didn't want to commission the show."
'It's really difficult as a Muslim woman... I work in an industry that doesn't always support people like me,' Hussain blasted
She explained the cancellation marked a "huge turning point" after helming a range of cooking programmes for the broadcaster over the last decade.
"It was huge... I was already on this steady trajectory of change and I was thinking about where I wanted my career to go," she wrote on Instagram.
"And when the BBC decided they didn't want to commission the show anymore, it really did kind of solidify everything for me, and it made me dig my heels in and think: 'OK, I know where I want to be'."
Hussain also railed against the "challenges" she faces as a Muslim woman in TV.
"Actually, it's really difficult as a Muslim woman.
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PICTURED: Nadiya Hussain meets Queen Elizabeth II in 2016
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"I work in an industry that doesn't always support people like me or recognise my talent or my full potential," she said.
She said she had seen "a lot of gaslighting and making you feel like what's actually happening isn't happening".
In the clip, the presenter also teased at her future plans.
"So for me it's been a huge, huge, huge change for me. But it's one that I am really excited about," she added.
"I want to work with people who believe in voices of people like me."
'I want to work with people who believe in voices of people like me,' Hussain said
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A BBC spokesman later confirmed she had been canned.
The broadcaster said: "After several wonderful series, we have made the difficult decision not to commission another cookery show with Nadiya Hussain at the moment."
Beyond television, Hussain has authored multiple cookbooks including Nadiya's Kitchen, Nadiya's Every Day Baking and Cook Once, Eat Twice.
She has also written novels such as The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters.
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