It’s no surprise that us Brits love our curries – korma, madras, jalfrezi, and vindaloo are just some of our favourites. In fact, we love them so much that we’ve dedicated an entire week to it. National Curry Week runs from 9 – 15 October this year and you couldn’t be better placed to find a tastier curry than in Leicester. The city’s Belgrave Road, also known as the Golden Mile is a…
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Proceeds raised from next year’s Leicester Curry Awards will be split between two local charities; Leicestershire Action for Mental Health Project (LAMP) and Care of Police Survivors (COPS). The two charities will receive 3% revenue from individual ticket sales along with additional funds raised through a charity auction on the night. Romail Gulzar, Founder of the Leicester Curry Awards, said: “We feel extremely passionate about using this huge platform to…
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Leicester welcomes a fresh annual event to its social calendar. There’s still a lively buzz in the air following the inaugural Leicester Curry Awards. Just five days ago, on April 23rd, Athena opened its doors to the vibrant event that championed Leicester’s finest Indian eateries. The dazzling evening welcomed around 500 guests and VIPs on the red carpet where they had the opportunity to be photographed before being greeted with…
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The Leicester Curry Awards team of six mystery judges has visited all 30 eateries that made it to the shortlist of finalists. The judges were each allocated a list of candidates to visit anonymously, using a set of strict judging criteria, including the restaurant surroundings, the welcome received, facilities, the value – and of course, evaluating the flavour, freshness and quality of the food itself. COUNCILLOR TED CASSIDY Councillor Ted…
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It has now come down to just twelve more sleeps until the curry awards takes place at Athena and the hype of the awards is spreading across the city as well as in the Pukaar News office. Kicking off the month with a royal visit from Her Majesty the Queen on the 13 th of April and finishing it off with Leicester curry awards on the 23rd has captured the interest of many and left people wanting…
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The Leicester Curry Awards are edging closer and closer and with less than three weeks until the event, all systems are go. The team are busy putting the final touches together and finalising the entertainment for the evening gala at Athena on April 23. Live performances on the night include singers, dancers and dhol players and event founder Romail Gulzar of Pukaar News couldn’t be more excited. “It’s taken a…
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The wait is over and the public have spoken. After thousands of nominations poured in for more than a hundred Indian food establishments, a shortlist of 30 finalists across the six awards categories has been announced. Some of the City’s & County’s most popular eateries attended a special event hosted by Pukaar News at BBC Leicester where the announcement was made. The event was also attended by Cllr Manjula Sood (Assistant City…
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As well as celebrating our county’s wonderfully vibrant Asian food scene, the Leicester Curry Awards have a commitment to supporting local causes. By donating a proportion of each ticket sale, this year we’ll be raising funds to help the work of our two nominated charities; The Rik Basra Leukaemia Campaign and Crimestoppers UK. This week, we’d like to introduce you to Rik Basra and his charity, founded to help save…
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Happy February and welcome back to the Leicester Curry Awards blog! In this week’s Meet the Sponsors post we introduce Anand International, who have chosen to support us by backing the category of Best Vegetarian Restaurant. Established in 1981, Anand International Ltd are leading wholesale trade distributors of brand named batteries, blank recordable media, consumer electronics, computer peripherals, smoking sundries and associated products Operating across the UK and Europe, they…
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In our third instalment of Meet the Sponsors, we’re taking a closer look at the work of #DMUlocal, a community initiative launched by De Montfort University, and sponsors of Best Fine Dining Restaurant at this year’s Leicester Curry Awards. Introduced in November 2015 as a new branch of the DMU Square Mile project, #DMUlocal works to make a significant contribution to the social and economic development of Leicester and to…
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