Noureddine Boufaied: The Ex-Husband Who Never Was

Alison Hammond told interviewers she has never been married. Slight correction – but the best place to begin with Noureddine Boufaied is that the verbiage is wrong in the first place. He wasn’t her husband. He was her fiancé, and he’s the father of her child, Aidan.

After that, the trail goes cold fast. Noureddine Boufaied is no presenter, no performer, no celebrity. Been flagged as a Manchester cabbie and successfully held himself out of the media spotlight while the mother of his child has been one of the most recognisable people on the BBC. Here’s what we know. And what we don’t.

Noureddine Boufaied: Quick Biography

Full name	Noureddine Boufaied
Born	Not publicly confirmed
Birthplace	Not publicly confirmed
Nationality	Not confirmed by reliable sources
Profession	Described in press coverage as a Manchester cab driver
Known for	Being engaged to Alison Hammond, with whom he has one son, born in 2005

Several sites offer confident-sounding birth years, heritage, and even net worth figures. None cite a source that holds up. Until he or a reliable outlet says otherwise, treat those details as guesses.

Fiancé, Not Husband: Clearing Up the Confusion

In 2021, a heavily published story using social media footage from Hammond identified him as “ex-husband” and acknowledged “it’s not entirely clear if the two have ever divorced.” That coverage stuck, and many subsequent articles repeated it.

Hammond cleared things up on Gyles Brandreth’s podcast. ‘I’ve never been married,’ she revealed and teased online dating profiles claiming she was married to Aidan’s dad, but said that it wasn’t correct. She explained that it all seemed to line up on paper, but she wasn’t ready, and that it was his smile she fell for, a feature her son now possesses. Hammond has previously spoken out about her frozen toes and fear of commitment that have prevented her from tying the knot.

So the correct date, according to this, was ex-fiancee and former partner, not ex-husband. The first date, and when the relationship ended, are murkier. There is one listing on Hammond’s public reference page which states her relationship with Jamie Savage was from 2005-2014 but it doesn’t specify when or how that relationship ended. We do know that she and her son’s father got engaged in 2014, so we can at least infer that she and Boufaied weren’t a thing by then.

Aidan and the Shared Birthday

The most well-known section of this tale is their son Aidan. On 5 February 2005, which Alison celebrated as her 30th birthday, Hammond joked about the day himself. Alison was “a little irritated” when he arrived on her birthday, having brought nothing but himself – no cards and no presents of flowers. She has also told a magazine that Aidan is “my twin born 30 years later”.

Aidan is now 21 years old, and has established a modest, public profile of his own. Aides, an up and coming DJ, landed his first festival appearance at Camp Bestival Dorset in 2024, then teamed up with his mum on the travel programme Alison Hammond: Florida Unpacked. In 2025 he starred alongside her and her sister Sandra on Celebrity Gogglebox.

Aidan’s own media storytelling has mostly focused on his mum and his deceased grandmother. Boufaied’s day-to-day involvement in Aidan’s life has never been explained, and it is not the business of others. There is a single, reasonably well sourced line: Hammond and Boufaied are reported to have remained on good terms and to have maintained a close relationship with their son. That is all the record currently backs up.

The Working Life of Noureddine Boufaied

Nothing much to say here, and that’s the honest answer. The repeated description has been that he drives a taxi in Manchester. The 2021 coverage described him as a Manchester cab driver, and subsequent articles have mostly repeated that single line. There is nothing confirmed pointing towards a business, qualification, career switch or media work.

That’s relevant because many “biography” pages are full of made-up junk. One even ranks for his name that features unfilled template brackets like “[insert philosophy or method]” and names him as having run seminars and workshops as a mentor. Which has no connection to the man in the actual news reports. That page is a template with a name inserted, and one reason not to take a private person’s results at face value.

What You’ll Read Online That Doesn’t Hold Up

A few claims come up repeatedly, and none of them is properly sourced:

• Heritage. Some pages infer North African roots, possibly Tunisian or Moroccan, from his surname. A surname isn’t evidence of nationality or family background, and he hasn’t spoken publicly about either. Other pages state a Tunisian background as fact, with nothing behind it.
• Age. Guesses put him in his fifties or thereabouts. No confirmed birth date exists.
• A new marriage and more children. One or more pages claim he remarried and had three more children. There are no substantiated sources confirming this, and it shouldn’t be repeated as fact.
• Net worth. No verified figure exists. Any number you see is invented or an estimate with nothing behind it.
• “Ex-husband.” Covered above, and corrected by Hammond herself.

Why the Name Keeps Getting Searched

Boufaied has not sought the attention, so the interest is really wholly borrowed. It is in the line of rising Hammond’s profile: she has co-presented This Morning since 2021, joined The Great British Bake Off in 2023 and got together with David Putman at the end of 2023. Every time she or Aidan make the news, people ask “who is Aidan’s father”.

That curiosity is understandable, but it must be contained. He’s not a celebrity, and the few public tidbits are few and far between. A few mentions in the press, and a few cryptic comments from Hammond. When the trail runs out, walk away.

The Bottom Line

A brief biography of what is known about Noureddine Boufaied can be written in a few lines. He was previously married to Alison Hammond with whom he did not marry and who is the mother of his first son Aidan born 5 February 2005. He is said to be a Manchester taxi driver, and appears to be in the good books of Hammond. Everything else – his age, background, subsequent relationships, wealth – is speculation, but if you Google his name you’ll come up with much certainty; however, the truth of him is a private father who has never solicited a place in this story.

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