Curry Awards logo featured on city’s Heritage Panels

The success of the Leicestershire Curry Awards continues to grow and we were delighted to see that our logo has been featured on two existing heritage panels across the city. The first panel is located on Highfield Street near London Road. Here, visitors can learn about the Taj Mahal Curry House believed to be the first in the city. The second bright panel is located on Belgrave Road near the…

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The Winners of Leicestershire Curry Awards 2023 Revealed!

The hotly anticipated spectacle took place last night (Monday, September 25), at the city’s Athena Events Venue. This year, hundreds of restaurants and takeaways entered the event, which was formally known as the Leicester Curry Awards. However, this year the event was rebranded to include delicious eateries from across the county.  Just 42 made it to the final across eight different categories; The first worthy winner, in the ‘Best Catering’…

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Cultural and colourful entertainment planned for our red gala event

Just over two weeks left until the sixth Leicestershire Curry Awards and we can announce that yet another performance has been confirmed for the live event on Monday 25 September. Local dynamic dance organisation Nupur Arts Dance Academy based in Leicester’s Peepul Centre will be bringing their vibrant and vivacious dance troupe to our red carpet gala event at Athena. The dance academy has been established since 1990 and specialises…

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Who is our fifth mystery judge?

We’re delighted to announce that our last judge is Leicestershire’s Lord Lieutenant, Mike Kapur OBE.  Mike has celebrated five extraordinary years in the role as the King’s official representative for the county. He moved to the city to study Accounting and Computing and went on to achieve great success in his career as a chartered accountant. In 2021 he received an OBE for his services to science, technology, business and enterprise. This will…

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Our fourth judge makes it a hat-trick

Becky Jones works as Leicestershire Live’s What’s On writer covering food and drink and has been a supporter of the Curry Awards since it began in 2016. The Leicestershire mum has eaten her way around the city and county so is no stranger to the local foodie scene or curry for that matter and we are privileged to have her experience and knowledge on this year’s panel.  Becky who was…

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Time to reveal our third judge

Every year, we carefully select five mystery judges to visit the establishments that have made it to the Finals of the Curry Awards. We’re pleased to announce that the third judge is Rob Nixon. Family man, Rob lives in Leicestershire and is a keen pilot and skier and living and working in the county means he’s quite au fait with curry and knows his vindaloo from his jalfrezi. “The Leicestershire…

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Second judge revealed for the LCA 2023

It is with great pleasure to reveal that President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester, Nishan Canagarajah is our second judge in this year’s Leicestershire Curry Awards. Nishan who is originally from Sri Lanka came to the UK to complete his studies and received a BA Hons and PHD from the University of Cambridge. He joined the University of Leicester as President and Vice-Chancellor in 2019. This will be…

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Our Head Judge revealed

We’ve kept you guessing for long enough, so without further ado we can announce that our first judge and head judge is news editor at ITV News Central, Gary Newby. “Judging has been an extraordinary journey of exploration of the diversity and delights of the county’s fabulous curry scene.” Gary has worked and lived in the Midlands for most of his life and has a long-standing relationship with Leicester; it’s where…

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New hosts announced for 2023 Curry Awards

Leicestershire Curry Awards today have revealed its hosts for this year’s Curry Awards: BBC Radio Leicester Breakfast show presenter Ady Dayman and award-winning BBC radio and TV presenter, podcaster, and TEDx speaker Summaya Mughal. A born and bred local, Ady wakes up the city and county every morning and loves celebrating the community. He’s also a massive LCFC supporter and when he’s not presenting can often be found at King…

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Pipe Up! Get ready for some noise

It’s been an exciting time over at Leicestershire Curry Awards HQ. This week we revealed the Finalists in the Leicestershire Curry Awards and are now able to confirm the first entertainment act for the big night. The RATAE Pipe Band is a new musical group set up to develop and promote Scotland’s national instrument, the Great Highland Bagpipe and Highland Drumming within the Midlands. Named after the 4th Century town…

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