Practical to spectacle: how Britain's appetite for cooking shows is changing

As Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain returns to screens, Emine Saner looks at how food programmes have fared over the yearsThe main ingredient in the BBC’s new cooking competition show seems to be hugs. And the main giver and receiver of those hugs is Nadiya Hussain. At one point Zoe Ball, Hussain’s co-presenter in The Big Family Cooking Showdown, puts an arm around her; Hussain hugs the contestants, they squeeze her back. After winning The Great British Bake Off in 2015, Hussain’