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MADHU'S VOTED BIBA RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2005

L-R: Camellia Panjanbi, Aynsley Heriott and Namita Panjabi of Amaya.

This year's Tio Pepe ITV London Restaurant Awards evening was full of Eastern promise, as the Capital's Asian restaurants proved the hottest contenders. Rasoi Vineet Bhatia was voted Indian Restaurant of the Year, but Amaya - the new venture by sisters Camellia and Namita Panjabi picked up two awards - New Restaurant of The Year & London Restaurant of the Year 2005.

INTERNATIONAL INDIAN CHEF OF THE YEAR 2005

Wasim Aslam of the Yorkshire's 'Aagrah' restaurant group walked off with the 'International Indian Chef of the Year 2005' title after a closely fought battle with seven other expert cooks in Edinburgh last Friday. The unique contest, founded in 1991 to promote innovation and quality in Indian cuisine, attracts worldwide entries from thousands of cooks, amateur and professional.

TATLER RESTAURANT AWARDS 2005

The Tatler Restaurant Awards 2005 took place on Monday 10th January. Among those picking up awards were Vineet Bhatia for his new venture 'Rasoi' and Namita & Camellia Panjabi and Ranjit Mathrani for their restaurants 'Amaya', 'Chutney Mary', 'Veeraswamy' and 'Masala Zone'. Tatler's fourth annual Awards celebrated the launch of the Tatler Restaurant Guide 2005.

INTERNATIONAL INDIAN CHEF OF 2005 SHORTLIST

L-R: Tommy Miah & Alex Salmon MP at the announcement of the finalists for the International Indian Chef of the Year 2005 Contest.

The International Indian Chef of the Year 2005 competition, founded by Edinburgh entrepeneur Tommy Miah to promote innovation and quality in Indian cuisine, was a success from its launch. Finalists for this year's contest were announced by Alex Salmond M.P. at a reception at the House of Commons in London.

CAFE SPICE NAMASTE LAUNCHES NEW GINGER GARDEN

Renowned Chef Cyrus Todiwala proved that "the show really must go on" in the Curry Restuarant Trade, by checking himself out of the Royal London Hospital to attend the opening of his new Ginger Garden at Cafe Spice Namasté last night. Sporting a rather fetching hospital name band, he made sure that guests had every opportunity to tuck into his 'al fresco' Indian delicacies!

BRADFORD TOPS 'BEST IN BRITAIN AWARDS' 2004

Mohammed Rafique of Kiplings restaurant in Bradford receives the Grove Award for charity from Colleen Grove at the BIBA Awards 2004.

The twelfth annual Best In Britain Awards (BIBA's), organised by The Real Curry Restaurant Guide, were held at The Bonnington Hotel in London on 7 June 2004 and attended by top restaurateurs from all over the country. Mohammed Rafiqe's Kiplings restaurant in Bradford won two of the coveted individual awards this year.

BRADFORD IS CURRY CAPITAL OF BRITAIN 2004

Kingfisher marketing director Brian Dozey prepares to hand over the cup to Bradford as The Kingfisher Curry Capital of Britain 2004

Bradford has been awarded the title 'Curry Capital of Britain 2004'. For the three previous years the curry houses and the people of Bradford have had to accept second place in the nationwide Curry Capital of Britain competition, beaten first by London West and then by Glasgow for two years in succession. This time Bradford Council declared itself "to be delighted to support the district's bid.

MADHU’S VOTED BEST AT GOOD CURRY GUIDE AWARDS 2004

Leading Indian restaurant, Madhu’s scooped the highest honours in the ‘Best UK Restaurant’ category at the 2004 Good Curry Guide Awards, at London’s Hilton Hotel on Park Lane, Monday 17th May, 2004. Madhu’s, also renowned as the top Asian Outside Caterer in the UK, is recognised for its Punjabi cuisine with a Kenyan Asian twist.

ITV LONDON RESTAURANT AWARDS 2004

Entertainer Ronnie Corbett(centre) presents the London Restaurant Award for best Indian Restaurant 2004 to 'The Painted Heron'.

The Painted Heron is celebrating after winning the Indian Restaurant category at this year's Tio Pepe ITV London Restaurant Awards. It fought off competition from Chowki, New Tayyab, Zaika and Chutney Mary. Despite narrowly missing out in the same category, Chowki's popularity was confirmed as it won the Evening Standard London Tonight Award as voted for by readers and viewers.

CYRUS TODIWALA WINS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD

Cyrus Todiwala MBE, executive chef and proprietor of the Café Spice Namasté Restaurant Group, was last night honoured with the prestigious ‘Outstanding Contribution’ award for his extensive services to the London Restaurant Industry. Since his arrival in the UK thirteen years ago, Todiwala has been dedicated to educating people on authentic Indian cuisine, determined to dispel curry's ‘cheap and cheerful’ stigma.

"FISHY" AWARD FOR RESTAURATEUR

Iain MacSween (left) presents Tommy Miah (right) with the 'Pride in Seafood' Award.

Tommy Miah of the Raj Restaurant in Edinburgh is the first Indian restaurateur to be honoured by Britain's Seafish Authority with its "Pride in Seafood" award. Iain MacSween, chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen's Organisation, presented the prestigious award that recognises Tommy's pioneering work in promoting Haddock.

INTERNATIONAL INDIAN CHEF OF THE YEAR 2004

Kapil Kaushik prepares his meal for the International Indian Chef of the Year competition.

A Delhi chef, Kapil Kaushik, who works in the city's upmarket Oloroso restaurant, beat off a challenge from six other top quality chefs -- shortlisted from a 5,000 strong worldwide entry to the 13th annual contest International Indian Chef of the Year - to win the coveted title and £1,000 prize. "This is such an achievement for me," Kaushik . "It is a new beginning."

CHAD RAHMAN - CURRY CHEF OF THE YEAR 2003

Chad Rahman, CIEH - FSA Curry Chef of The Year 2003.

Chad Rahman of the Mumtaj Restaurant in St Albans, Hertfordshire has done it again. He today triumphed in culinary combat to carry off the title CIEH - FSA National Curry Chef 2003. This is a unique and coveted prize in the Asian restaurant trade, awarded to the chef who can demonstrate excellence in cooking & hygiene. Chad, who has won the competition for the second year running, prepared a winning menu.

RV2 - A NEW DINING EXPERIENCE IN LONDON'S SOHO

RV2 chef Bhuwan Bhatt displays his culinary skills at RV2.

Situated on the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue, RV2 is a new £2m, 160 cover bar & restaurant. The brainchild of five young entrepreneurs all aged just 26 - Tahir Kahn, Zakaria Hussan, Shabaz Lais, Manjot Raytt and Mo Lais, it opened its doors to the public on 1st November 2003, offering a completely new perspective on Indian dining - a sophisticated and stylish twist on traditional South Indian food.

CURRY WEEK 2003 IS A HUGE SUCCESS

Pictured with the authentic Put-Put are (l-r) Tamsin Mitchell of Action Against Hunger, Brian Dozey - Marketing Director of Kingfisher Lager, Babru Miah - director of the Juboraj Group & Kois Chowdhury - Kingfisher Regional Sales Rep.

Curry lovers and Indian restaurants across the UK made sure that this year's Kingfisher World Curry Week® was an event to remember as they pulled out all the stops to ensure that an incredible amount was raised for the international charity Action Against Hunger.

CAFÉ LAZEEZ TO SERVE TIKKA WITH T-REX!

L-R : Zahid Kasim - CEO of Cafe Lazeez, Nick Moorhouse MD of Payne & Gunter, Ian Fraser of the Natural History Museum and Samar Hamid of Cafe Lazeez.

Party guests in London could be enjoying Tikka with a T-Rex after specialist events caterer Payne and Gunter teamed up with award winning Indian restaurant group Café Lazeez to bring authentic ethnic dishes to the menus at the Natural History Museum. In the deal, Payne and Gunter will bring in Café Lazeez' chefs at special events.

STICKLEBACKPINK OPENS IN CHELSEA

Sticklebackpink - Chelsea's latest Indian restaurant seats 50 downstairs.

Chelsea is a mecca for flagship Indian restaurants and joining them is new kid on the block 'Sticklebackpink'. Within just a few months of opening, the restaurant has built a loyal following. Adored by local residents, the compact restaurant is tucked into a residential street and serves the neighbourhood with contemporary North Indian cuisine. Head Chef Mujib Rahman describes the restaurant as "new wave Indian cooking, blending Eastern verve with European style."

GLASGOW NAMED 'CURRY CAPITAL OF THE YEAR' 2003

Scottish cities took both major awards at Hilton Olympia in London today when Glasgow was named Kingfisher Curry Capital of the Year for a second year running and Edinburgh became the first holder of the title of EthniCity making them the multi-ethnic city of 2003.

KINGFISHER WORLD CURRY WEEK, 19 - 25 OCTOBER 2003

Curry lovers across the country will be in heaven during Kingfisher World Curry Week® 2003 (19-25th October) as participating restaurants pull out all the stops to ensure that this festival of Indian food, the UK's favourite Ethnic cuisine, is celebrated in style. Chicken Tikka Masala is by far the nation's favourite Indian dish, with more than 23 million portions being devoured each year.

BANGLATOWN CURRY FESTIVAL, 7 - 21 SEPTEMBER 2003

London's Brick Lane will be transformed into a gastronomic boulevard during the Banglatown International Curry Festival, 7 - 21 September 2003.

In a bid to put Bombay back into Banglatown and the authenticity back into curry; vibrant and colourful Brick Lane, home to London's Curry Mecca will be transformed into a gastronomic boulevard of al fresco dining with restaurants open all day to host the Banglatown International Curry Festival from 7 - 21 September.

CHUTNEY MARY WINS 'INDIAN RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR'

(l-r)Namita Panjabi, Preman Mohan, award presenter Graham Le Saux Camellia Panjabi and chef Rubi Nath from Chutney Mary voted Best Indian Restaurant at this year's London Restaurant Awards.

Camellia Panjabi's restaurant 'Chutney Mary' was celebrating as it took home the Indian Restaurant of the Year Award while contemporary eaterie, Hakkasan won Oriental restaurant of the Year at this year’s Tio Pepe Carlton London Restaurant Awards - held at Le Meridien, London on Monday 10 March 2003.

UTSAV OPENS IN KENSINGTON

Chef Gowthan Karingi at work in Utsav, the new Indian Restaurant on Kensington High Street.

Businessman Ash Modi and Chef Gowthan Karingi have launched UTSAV London's newest premier Indian Restaurant. Already a hit with celebrities including Jason Farrell, Shane Ritchie, and Tony Hadley, UTSAV is an unpretentious and accessible venue with 134 covers. The menu is drawn from the Four Corners of India and prices start from £4.00 for appetisers and £8.75 for main courses.

RED ROSE CITY LAUNCHED IN LONDON'S SQUARE MILE

Red Rose City, the seventh venture from Moin Uddin launches in London's Square Mile.

Moin Uddin launched Red Rose City, his seventh restaurant venture, at a cost of three quarters of a million pounds on 4th February 2003. Destined to be a hit, Red Rose City is an elegant venue with 150 covers - an unpretentious and accessible restaurant set in beautiful surroundings, with reasonable prices for starters and main courses.

TIFFINBITES LAUNCHES IN THE UK

Jonathan Marks (left) and Jamal Hirani (right), owners of newly launched Indian Fast Food Outlet, Tiffinbites.

The first ever Indian fast food brand will hit the UK high street with the launch of the 'Tiffinbites' store in London today. Indian cuisine is well established as Britain's most popular meal and Tiffinbites attempts to be a revolution in offering a fast food Indian brand that guarantees purity of ingredients and home-cooked appeal.

MONTY'S OPENS AT WATERMANS

Monty's restaurant at Watermans Arts Centre

Visitors to Watermans, the leading Arts venue based in Brentford, will be delighted to discover that Monty’s - London’s legendary chain of top Nepalese restaurants - is now open in the River Terrace Bar.

TAMARIND RETAINS MICHELIN STAR FOR THIRD YEAR

Tamaring Executive Chef, Alfred Prasad helps restaurant achieve a Michelin Star for the third year.

Tamarind Restaurant the first Indian restaurant to achieve Michelin recognition has retained its prestigious star for the third successive year for 2003 thanks largely to the introduction of new executive chef, Alfred Prasad. Formally of 'Bukhara', 'Dum-Pukht' and 'Dakshin' reataurants in India, he also the youngest Indian Chef to achieve Michelin status.

VAMA VENTURES INTO HOME DELIVERY MARKET

Vamaji, the new home delivery service from award-winning Indian restaurant Vama.

Vama, the award-winning Indian restaurant business founded by brothers Arjun and Andy Varma, is to open a chain of home-delivery units in London. The Vama-Ji concept has been developed to deliver quality, Indian cuisine to homes in seven West London boroughs, with plans to 'roll-out' the brand nationally in the next two years.

CIEH NATIONAL CURRY CHEF 2002 CROWNED

Chad Rahman (third from the left) of Mumtaj Restaurant in St Albans is presented as the CIEH Curry Chef of the Year 2002

Chad Rahman of the Mumtaj restaurant in St. Albans was crowned the CIEH National Curry Chef of the Year 2002 at the Harrogate International Centre. Chad was presented with a cheque for £3000 by Karan Bilimoria of Corba Beer.

DORCHESTER HOTEL WINS LONDON'S TOP TEA AWARD

Representatives present the Tea Council Award 2002 to Mr F Palminteri of The Dorchester Hotel

The Tea Council has awarded The Dorchester Hotel with this year's prestigious afternoon Tea Award in London. Throughout July 2002, a team of mystery tea tasters from The Tea Council's Tea Guild secretly visited 40 tea venues and hotels in a bid to find the capital's finest brew.

NEWQUAY BREWS BEST CUPPA IN BRITAIN

Newquay's Trenance Cottage Tea Room and Gardens is officially home to the best brew in Britain, having won this year's coveted Top Tea Place award for the second year running. Winning the award could mean big business for Newquay's tourist industry. After winning in 2001, Trenance Cottage and Tea Room saw sales grow up to 400% during the summer following the competition.

KULDEEP SINGH LAUNCHES 'CHOWKI' IN LONDON

Kuldeep Singh has launched 'Chowki', his second West End venture, at a cost of £1million. Destined to be a hit, Chowki is set to be a trendy venue with 150 covers; an unpretentious restaurant with prices as low as £2.50 for starters and £5.95 for a main course.

JOSHI'S ONLINE CURRY DELIVERY SERVICE

Launched in Reading in April 2001 is Joshi's Kitchen, the UK's first on-line curry delivery service. It offers, with the assistance of virtual Maitre de "Joshi", an Internet and telephone service, delivering freshly prepared Indian cuisine direct to home or office.

CASH 'N' CARRY?

Mark Tuppen, an airline pilot and curry enthusiast had invented the CurrySafe. A flat-packed cardboard device that slots together, to forms a container to hold your curry takeaway safely.

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