Bca2011slideshowall2 View more presentations from DEGRAFIK. There is no doubt that this year’s British Curry Awards exceeded all expectations, and showed why this event continues to be the most significant of its kind within the hospitality industry calendar. Building on the success of the previous six years it simply moved up a gear, putting it ...
Vivek Singh, famed for his involvement in The Cinnamon Club and Cinnamon Kitchen, is to open a third restaurant in London’s Soho in the first half of 2012. Located on Kingly Street, with an additional entrance on Kingly Court, the new venue will offer contemporary cuisine, but with a lower average spend per customer, to ...
Potli restaurant and bar, which has recently opened in Ravenscourt Park, West London, focuses on Indian marketplace dining drawing inspiration from the famous Chowpatty beach in Mumbai, Chowrenghee Lane in Kolkata, and Aminabad, a market in Old Lucknow. The menu includes snacks such as Bhel Puri, from Chowpatty a classic Mumbai style murmura (puffed rice) ...
The Chak89 restaurant in Mitcham was recently surprised to receive a visit from the Bollywood actor, Imran Khan. Accompanied by film director Kunal Kohli and Frank Khalid, managing director of Chak 89, he enjoyed a couple of quiet drinks before mingling and having his picture taken with diners. Yet another famous visitor was the former ...
D&D London has launched its first ever Indian restaurant, Carom, at a site in Wardour Street formerly occupied by Meza. Named after an Indian spice, Carom offers a menu based around a sharing concept, and has Bala Balachander as head chef. An extensive choice of dishes in a variety of sizes will allow diners to ...
The Gloucestershire town of Cheltenham has a new addition to its already high quality restaurant scene. Koloshi, which means water carrying vessel in Hindi, is the latest brainchild of Chef Azad Hussain, who was runner-up in the British Culinary Chef of the Year competition at the British Curry Awards. Speaking at the time of the ...
Executive chef Andy Varma claims his latest venture, the 75-cover Chakra, is set to be ‘the most exciting new restaurant in London’. Situated on the borders of Notting Hill and Holland Park, it aims to be both a local favourite and a must-see destination for international gourmands. With a menu that uses traditional artisan recipes ...
Khalid Khan, from the Lasan Restaurant in Birmingham, was named British Culinary Chef of the Year at the British Curry Awards, the first time this competition to find the best chef in the spice restaurant sector has been held. The event took place in November at the University of West London, who kindly provided all ...
The parents of an Indian student, Anuj Bidve, who was shot dead in Salford on Boxing Day, have expressed their grief after visiting the scene of what has been described as a “senseless act of violence”. The police have arrested various suspects but at the time of writing nobody has been charged. The reason for ...
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Leading restaurateurs have reacted with scepticism to Government plans for ‘curry colleges’ to school British workers in the art of Asian and Oriental cooking, announced by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles. As yet there are few details on what they would involve or how they might be funded. Furthermore, Sanjay Anand, chairman of restaurant and wedding ...
