Shocking: The Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain has said she was racially abused by a fellow passenger while travelling on a train.

Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain has revealed she was racially abused by a fellow train passenger who told her: 'I ain't sitting near a Muslim'.

The baker, raised by Bangladeshi parents in Luton, said a man told her he would not sit beside her because of her faith.

Hussain, 31, has previously said she has to live with racist abuse as 'part of my life'.

Last night, the mother-of-three tweeted: 'A man refused to sit next to me on the train today "I ain't sitting near a Muslim" he said. His ignorance is his own ruin.'

Mrs Hussain, who won the 2015 series, said in August that she was 'astounded' to be credited with having a positive impact on race relations in the UK because she still suffers anti-Islamic abuse.

Fellow Bake Off star Rav Bansal admitted the same happened to him - while hundreds of fans gave their support and begged to sit next to her.

Mr Khan star and broadcaster Adil Ray, who has also been a victim of racist abuse, jokingly asked her: 'Were you eating a doner kebab again Nadiya?' The star baker responded: 'Mmmmm not this time'.

Since winning the Bake Off she amassed millions of fans and carved out a highly lucrative career, but the mother of three has revealed she has suffered so much racist abuse during her life that she has come to expect it.

The 31-year-old star, one of six children born to Bangladeshi parents, made the shocking revelation on Desert Island Discs.

She says: 'I've had things thrown at me and been pushed and jabbed. It sounds really silly because I feel that it's just become a part of my life now.

'I expect it. I absolutely expect to be shoved or pushed or verbally abused because it happens. It's been happening for years.'

Tweet: Hussain, 31, has previously said she has to live with racist abuse as 'part of my life'

The mother-of-three, left, even reduced Mary Berry, right with Nadiya, to tears during the emotional final round

Nadiya, pictured, made an emotional speech after winning the title that made millions cry

The 31-year-old has earned millions of fans since her win, including The Queen, pictured

Mr Khan star and broadcaster Adil Ray, who has also been a victim of racist abuse, jokingly asked her: 'Were you eating a doner kebab again Nadiya?' The star baker responded: 'Mmmmm not this time'

During the interview with host Kirsty Young, Luton-born Nadiya says she believes the best way to deal with such abuse is to refuse to react and instead instil a love of Britain in her own family.

Before winning the Bake Off Nadiya was a full-time mother and lived with her husband Abdal, who she wed in an arranged marriage when she was 19. She had only met him once.

'I don't retaliate. I just feel like there is a dignity in silence. I think if I retaliate to negativity with negativity then we've evened out. I don't need to even that out because if somebody is being negative I need to be the better person. Because I have young children, the one thing I don't want my kids to do is have a negative attitude of living in the UK.

'Yes, there are those negative people but they are the minority. I love being British and I love living here. This is my home and it always will be regardless of all the other things that define me.

'I want my kids to be proud of that. I don't want my kids to grow up with a chip on their shoulder, so I live as positively as I can.'

Nadiya's revelations shocked fans who believed her success on one of Britain's most popular TV shows was proof that racial tensions here were a thing of the past. Her life has been transformed by the success of the show. She now has her own newspaper column, has written a cookbook and is preparing to release her first novel.

About 15million viewers watched her triumph in an highly emotional final last year which even had veteran judge Mary Berry wiping away the tears. But Nadiya admits there were times, particularly during the early stages, when she regretted taking part.

The Great British Bake Off last year catapulted her to fame - and meant her life as a housewife would never be quite the same again.

But Nadiya Hussain admits she misses her old way of life and has hit out at the 'stigma' attached to stay-at-home mums.

The 31-year-old confessed she longed for the days when she could spend more time with sons, Musa, nine, and Dawud, eight, and five-year-old daughter Maryam.

She described being a stayat-home mum as a 'luxury' and said that although she had sacrificed her career for her children before winning Bake Off, she would do the same again.

'There is such a stigma attached to being a housewife, but I loved being a stay-at-home mum,' she told Essentials magazine.

'Sometimes I think people forget that what I had was a luxury. There are so many women out there who would love to stay at home with their children, but can't.

'Yes, I sacrificed my career for that time, but it was a choice I made and it was worth it. I'd do the same again given the same choice. I never felt frustrated, in fact I miss my old life sometimes.' Before appearing on the programme last year,

Support: Fellow Bake Off star Rav Bansal admitted the same happened to him - while hundreds of fans gave their support and begged to sit next to her

Family: Her husband Abdal with children Musa, nine, and Dawud, eight, and five-year-old daughter Maryam

Nadiya was a full-time mother and lived with her husband Abdal, who she wed in an arranged marriage when she was 19. She had only met him once.

Since her victory she has published her own cookbook, baked a cake for the Queen's 90th birthday and is set to star in her own TV show in which she travels to Bangladesh to embrace her culinary roots.

She said disappearing for weeks during the filming of the BBC show - which returns to screens next month - led friends to believe she was having an affair.

'There's so much secrecy around the show I had to keep it to myself,' said Nadiya

During the show - a pilgrimage to her Bangladeshi roots called The Chronicles Of Nadiya - she couldn't hold back her views about arranged marriages.

'It almost brings me to tears — I couldn't do this to my daughter,' she told the camera in an urgent, low voice.

She had to speak softly because she was at the arranged wedding of her own cousin, Jasmine.

Nadiya admitted: 'I have to say that my wedding day was one of the worst days of my life.

'I would never repeat it — you are always on show and it's something I was really uncomfortable with.'

Comparing an arranged marriage to the lunacy of signing a mortgage without reading the small print, she added: 'I've never fully understood it, but it's one of those unspoken rules you don't really speak about.'

She is now exploring her Bangladeshi heritage in a two part show for the BBC, where she looks at arranged marriages and feeling 'split in two'