MADHU'S VOTED BIBA RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR 2005
(13 June 2005)

Leading entrepreneur and restaurateur, Sanjay Anand of acclaimed London restaurant Madhu's adds two feathers to his cap of achievement. Today (13 June 2005), Madhu’s celebrated its accolade for being the Best in the Restaurant category at BIBA 2005 as well as the restaurant’s exclusive deal to supply Harrods with its select range of award winning, exquisite and delectable Punjabi cuisine with a wonderful Kenyan Asian twist.

The Madhu’s range at Harrods includes a variety of meat, seafood and vegetarian dishes, Indian breads, pillau and desserts including King Prawn Masala, Chicken Tikka, Mixed Vegetable Jalfrezi, Baddam Kheer (rice pudding), etc with prices ranging from £0.80 to £39.50 per kilo.

With over 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Sanjay Anand, Managing Director for Madhu’s, has built up an excellent reputation, developing exclusive relationships with a huge number of top London venues including the Natural History Museum, the Langham Hotel and the London Park Lane Hilton while collecting an array of awards and honours along the way.

TOP ETHNIC RESTAURANTS IN UK ANNOUNCED

The top ethnic restaurants in the United Kingdom for 2005 were also announced at the 13th Best in Britain Awards (BIBA) organised by Menu Magazine. Among the winners were:

ORIENTAL
BIBA Oriental Restaurant of the Year : Kai Mayfair

ITALIAN
BIBA Italian Restaurant of the Year : Sardo, London

MOOD FOOD
BIBA Mood Food Restaurant of the Year : Noura Central, London

ASIAN: BIBA Top Thirty in UK

1. Spice Route 18a Boots Passage, Thames Street, Windsor Berks
   
2. Jaipur Grafton House 599 Grafton Gate East, Milton Keynes Bucks
   
3. Kanchans 53-55 Perth Road, Gants Hill, Ilford Essex
   
4. Tamasha 131 Widmore Hall Road Bromley Kent
   
5. Indian Ocean 83 Stamford Street East, Ashton under Lyne Lancs
   
6. Café Spice Namaste 16 Prescot Street London E1 8AZ
   
7. Cinnamon Club The Old Westminster Library, Great Smith Street SW1P 3BU
   
8. Haandi 136 Brompton Road London SW3
   
9. Rasoi Vineet Bhatia 10 Lincoln Street London SW3
   
10. Bombay Brasserie 1 Courtfield Road SW7 4UH
    
11. Café Lazeez 93-95 Old Brompton Road SW7 3LD
    
12. Chutney Mary 535 Kings Road SW10 0SZ
    
13. Sarkhel's 199 Replingham Road SW18 5LY
    
14. Gaylord 79 Mortimer Street W1N 7TB
    
15. La Porte des Indes 32 Bryanston Street W1H 7AE
    
16. Tamarind 20 Queen Street W1X 7PJ
    
17. Benares 12 Berkeley Square W1
    
18. Bombay Palace 50 Connaught Street W2 2AA
    
19. Thornbury Hall Rasoi Lockwood Road, Kingsley Holt, Cheadle Staffs
20. Brilliant 72-74 Western Road Southall Middx
    
21. Madhus 39 South Road, Southall Middx
    
22. Britannia Spice 150 Commercial Street, Leith, Edinburgh EH6
    
23. Café India 171 North Street, Charing X Glasgow
    
24. Kama Sutra 331 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow Scotland
    
25. Last Days of the Raj 168 Kells Lane, Low Fell, Newcastle Tyne & Wear
    
26. Juboraj Lakeside Lake Road West Lakeside Cardiff CF23
    
27. Bengal Dynasty 104 Chester Road East, Shotton, Clwyd
    
28. Lasan 3-4 Dakota Buildings, James Street St Pauls Square Birmingham B3
    
29. Mango Tree Chester Road, Stonnall W. Midlands WS9 9JH
    
30. Aagrah 4 Saltair Road, Shipley W. Yorks

BIBA Newcomer of the Year: Itihaas, Birmingham

BIBA Front of House of the Year: Mohammed Rafique(Raf) Kiplings, Bradford

BIBA Group of the Year: Masala World, London

BIBA Industry Personality of the Year: Charan Gill MBE, ex Harlequin Glasgow

BIBA Restaurant Personality of the Year: Cyrus Todiwala MBE, Café Spice Namaste, London

Grove Award for Charity: Mushtaq & Manzoor Ahmed, Tabaq

BIBA Wine list of the Year: Mango Tree, Stonnall

BIBA Website of the Year: Cinnamon Club

Seafood Recipe of the Year: Navin Bhatia, Café Lazeez, Soho

The awards were presented by Neil Fraser on behalf of Carlsberg UK who remarked that Carlsberg have been associated with ethnic restaurant for 75 years and expected to still be there in another 75. Restaurateurs flew in from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff and even Paris specifically to join in the BIBA celebration of the best of the ethnic restaurant industry.

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