The Great British Break Off's Nadiya had the best response to the Daily Mail's criticism

The (cake) dust has settled on Nadiya Hussain winning the latest series of The Great British Bake Off last week.

The mum-of-three from Leeds won fans, praise and ultimately the competition for her wit, warmth and peerless baking skills.

For some reason, some people tried to make what is basically a show about people who are extremely good at making cakes into a debate about Nadiya's religion.

Amanda Platell wrote in the Mail on October 3 that contestant Flora Shedden wouldn't have been eliminated from the show if she had made a "chocolate mosque", while some readers online just couldn't comprehend that a hijab-wearing British woman of Bangaladeshi origin had won. Meanwhile in the Sun, Ally Ross accused the BBC of "ideological warfare" for having a diverse set of bakers on the show.

When these comments were put to Nadiya during an interview with the Guardian, she replied:

I don’t know. It’s all very... It’s just so negative isn’t it? For me, the experience is so much better if you don’t concentrate on negativity.

But then she added:

If anything, putting people of different cultures in the tent is the reason why they had amazing bakes this year.

You can read the full Guardian interview here.

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