Despite receiving offers from ITV and Channel 4, she revealed she opted instead to work as a teaching assistant, with ambitions to qualify as a teacher down the line. Nadiya told Woman & Home magazine: "I appreciate that it's an industry, it's a business and it's about making money, but I still don't know [why they've let me go] because I haven't had a conversation with anyone. There are no answers, no closure. I got offers from [channels like] C4 and ITV. For now, it's not something that I want to do. I want a real relationship with broadcasters where we're making television that means something. If I was doing another cookery show, I'd like a little bit more creative input."

She continued: "That being said, cooking aside, I would love to do documentaries and travelogues about issues that matter to people, and I would love to continue to write cookbooks, because the best part of doing this job is being able to share recipes and help people in the kitchen.

"I'm currently working as a teaching assistant at a lovely little primary school. The plan is to gain some training and maybe in the future become a teacher.

"I had to do an application form, an interview, go in and sit in with the kids, and see how they reacted to me. I did get people ringing me, asking: 'Sorry, is this actually the Nadiya Hussain?' and I'm like: 'Yes, it is and I am looking for a job, and I would like an opportunity'."

Nadiya confessed she desperately needed a fresh start following the blow of losing her BBC contracts.

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She said: "There have been lots of tears, sadness and judgement. People [close to me] have asked: 'Why would you go from being here, right at the top to being at the bottom?' but I don't see it that way. Just because I'm famous doesn't mean I'm at the top. I have been at my lowest at the top'.

"So what does being at the top really mean? Since working at the school, I've had some of my highest moments."

At the time, the BBC released a statement saying: "After several wonderful series we have made the difficult decision not to commission another cookery show with Nadiya Hussain at the moment. Nadiya remains a much-valued part of the BBC family, and we look forward to working together on future projects."

Nadiya's previous BBC programmes included The Chronicles of Nadiya and Nadiya's British Food Adventure, and she also served as a judge on Junior Bake Off.

She has additionally penned several cookery books, amongst them Nadiya's Kitchen, Nadiya's Every Day Baking and Cook Once, Eat Twice.