We have a feast of entertainment lined up for you at this year’s Leicester Curry Awards and we are delighted to announce our second performer at the prestigious event, local magician John Constantine. Performing professionally for over 20-years, John specialises in high quality close-up magic, also known as strolling magic, mix and mingle magic and table magic. His extensive career has taken him across the city of Leicester as well…
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The best curry restaurants in Leicester and the county are up for consideration for six prestigious awards and we’re edging closer to finding out who the five finalists will be in each category. We can now reveal that this year’s shortlist will be announced on Friday 9 March from 10am – 12 midday. The event will once again take place at BBC Radio Leicester with the announcement being made live on radio adding to the overall excitement.…
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The team here are delighted to announce that the first performers for the city’s prestigious food awards will be Creative Edge. The local dance company has only been running a short while but has already garnered a strong following and received a tremendous amount of support. Co-founded by choreographer Danielle Limmage who has been performing across the globe for more than 10 years, the company prides itself in delivering expressive dance and entertainment…
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Unless you’ve been lying under a rock, you’ll know that the Leicester Curry Awards are really heating up for 2018. The red-carpet event is taking place April 22 at the city venue, Athena. As well as fabulous food, entertainment and finding out who the 2018 winners are, there will also be a charity auction on the night. The organisers are appealing to businesses to donate prizes, no matter how small…
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Happy New Year to all our readers. The Leicester Curry Awards 2018 are well under way and we’re delighted with the standard of restaurants around the city and county that have been nominated this year. We’ve also been impressed with the amount of new restaurants that have been nominated including some we’ve never heard of which means they’re doing a great job and have a strong, loyal following. The new…
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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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