Another half-term looms, and what better way to keep the kids busy than a bit of kitchen time? But while that might sound cosy, the reality – with flour flying, tantrums and little fingers darting between mouths and the mixing bowl – can feel more war zone than Waltons.

Don’t be put off, says Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain. And she knows about achieving the seemingly impossible. When the housewife from Leeds won GBBO in 2015, she crowned her achievement with a speech. “I’m never going to say, ‘I don’t think I can,’” she declared, “I can and I will.”

Since then, she’s proved that in spades – or spatulas. Not only has she baked the Queen’s 90th birthday cake (orange flavour, with buttercream) but she’s also published six cookery books and two novels, as well as presenting television shows such as Nadiya’s Family Favourites and The Big Family Cooking Showdown with warmth, humour and girl-next-door charm.

All this while also bringing up three children, Musa, 12, Dawud, 11, and Maryam, eight, although Hussain acknowledges how supportive her husband, Abdal, has been in keeping the show on the road, including the family’s move to Milton Keynes to be closer to her work.