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Bake Off's Nelly Ghaffar: Cooking With My Sons Gets Us Talking

Season 1, Ep. 14

On this week’s episode of I’m Not Judging, But… Briony, Charlie and Vix are joined by Bake Off fan favourite Nelly Ghaffar. Originally from Slovakia, Nelly talks about the challenges of living in a country she wasn’t born in, raising boys and using cooking as a form of therapy with her two sons. For them, it’s a welcome distraction that helps open up conversations about their lives and what’s happening at school. She also shares her lovely Christmas traditions and offers advice to a listener who’s already regretting getting involved in Elf on the shelf.


Expect forty minutes of laughter as Nelly slips effortlessly into our millennial girl gang of chaos.


Nelly’s new book is out on 18 December 2025. And you can find more details about Nelly at nellyghaffar.com and @nellyghaffar.


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