Also claimed there was no cheese or concept of dessert

She may be a national treasure in Britain but Nadiya Hussain is not too popular with people of Bangladeshi descent right now.

The winner of the Great British Bake Off has been accused of generalising about the country's culture while discussing her heritage in an interview.

She told The Guardian: 'There were no chairs back in Bangladesh and Dad wanted to keep the tradition, so we never owned a dining table.'

Nadiya Hussain has been criticised by the Bangladeshi community for making 'generalisations' about the country in an interview

She continued: 'The concept of dessert doesn’t exist in Bangladeshi cuisine and so the only time we had it was at school.'

The mother-of-three later revealed that her love of cheese came from the fact there was 'none in Bangladeshi cuisine.'

The article was shared on Facebook and it wasn't long before the chef was challenged by Bangladeshi people, who claimed that her statements were completely false.

Namira Hossain wrote: 'There's definitely chairs in Bangladesh, as well as desserts and our local cheese which we call poneer.

The Bake Off winner discussed that desserts and cheese weren't prominent in Bangladeshi cooking, but readers begged to differ

'This woman is definitely no Bangladeshi role model and doesn't know what the hell she's talking about.'

Farasha Khan Sayeed agreed also providing plenty of examples of cheese and desserts.

She said: 'Her statements are very generalised - Bangladeshis do have desserts such as doi, firni, various mishti and we do have our own deshi cheese too, which looks quite similar to swiss cheese.

'She is obviously talking about her own particular past which is very dissimilar to even the present rural scenario of Bangladesh. Respected this woman but her whole "ohh, boo hoo feel sorry for my poor, broke third world ass" act is getting tiresome.'

Farhana Rahman accused the Luton-born chef of deliberately trying to embarrass the country with her statements.

Readers also took to Twitter to complain that she had suggested people in Bangladesh don't use chairs

She commented: 'Shame on you #Nadiya. Before talking about Bangladesh you should do a little research about its cuisine .

'Bangladesh do have varieties of dessert and yes of course people do have dining chairs to sit on. Also there are some Deshi Cheeses that you might never get a chance to taste. Don't try to humiliate Bangladesh in front of the world with your tiny little unrealistic knowledge about it.'

This is not the first time that Nadiya has faced criticism from her fans, when Twitter users questioned her ethical approach to baking when she was enlisted to produce the Queen's birthday cake.

Nadiya was tasked with the challenge of creating a gateau worthy of the monarch's 90th but Twitter users were concerned that the BBC star didn't choose ingredients of sufficient regal quality.

This is not the first time the baker has come under fire, after she tweeted this photo while baking the Queen's 90th birthday cake. Twitter users questioned whether the eggs were from caged hens

Fans speculated that the 31-year-old baker used eggs from caged hens in her orange drizzle cake for the Queen.

The mother-of-three shared a photo of her ingredients on her Twitter page commenting: 'I found the eggs under the reminiscence of what is her HRH cake. I see crepe suzette #HappyBirthdayYourMajesty.'