So last week I got a press release announcing the opening of the nominations of the Asian Curry Awards. Nothing strange there, I’ve received lots of these and have been invited to the awards before. But as I read the release it made me feel uneasy about the direction the industry is heading in. I’ve…
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The nation’s favourite Asian and Oriental chefs, as determined by popular public vote, have been announced by the Asian Catering Federation [ACF]. The top thirty were invited to a special presentation ceremony being held in the Terrace Pavilion of the House of Commons on Monday 15th May 2017. The event…
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National Curry Week has finally arrived, the celebration of over 200 years worth of great curry in the United Kingdom runs from the 10th – 16th October. This week never fails to bring out the best on offer across the nation, and we thought, why not give you; the reader,…
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Peter Grove (74) has suddenly passed away on 15th June. He was on holiday with his wife on Gran Canaria when he suffered a fatal heart attack. Peter was the founder of National Curry Week and the Curry Tree Foundation, which have raised funds for several charities since they’ve been…
Read the full storyFasting and praying. What do Muslims eat during Ramadan?
The holy month of Ramadan started yesterday Monday 6th for over 1.2 billion Muslims all around the world. Faithful Muslims will spend every day of the holy month fasting and praying from dawn to sunset, in order to purify the soul and get closer to God. But what are the…
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Two years after the sad event, yesterday justice has been served for Mr. Paul Wilson and his family. Paul, who suffered from a severe peanut allergy, died from anaphylactic shock after eating a take away meal from an Indian restaurant in North Yorkshire on January 2014. The curry house owner,…
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Maybe the benefits on health are not the main reasons why we love curry powder so much but that’s it. The tasty powder is also a magic powder, apparently. Curry is made up of several ingredients that may vary depending on the region. Usually these are: coriander, turmeric, cumin, cardamom, mustard,…
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Tim Bacon passed away last Friday 29 April, after a long battle with cancer. He was the founder and Chairman of Living Ventures, the successful company owning many popular bar and restaurants in Manchester, such as Artisan, Australasia and Gusto. From Tanzania, where he had spent his childhood, to the North…
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The minority business market makes up 30% of the entire economy of the Greater Manchester region; most of these enterprises are on the smaller end of the scale and many struggle to integrate properly within Manchester socio-economic society. This is where the Minority Business Engagement Hub wants to change things,…
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The curry house has been part of the fabric of British society for quite some time now, so much so that you would be hard pressed to find a high street in the UK without an Indian, Bangladeshi, Thai or other curry-loving type of cuisine. However this might not be the case for…
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It’s well known that nothing washes a good curry down quite like a nice cold beer. And this isn’t just a modern phenomenon, the tradition dates back to the 1920s when Prince Axel of Denmark visited London’s Veeraswamy (the UK’s oldest surviving Indian restaurant) and brought with him his own…
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