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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Welcome back to our Meet the Sponsors post! This week we’re pleased to welcome Bond Adams Solicitors, sponsors of the Leicester Curry Awards Best Takeaway category. Leicester based Bond Adams are one of the leading law firms in the Midlands. They provide tailor made legal services to individuals, corporate and not for profit organisations in a range of specialist areas, from commercial property to education. Experts in their field, their lawyers have spoken…
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With the Leicester Curry Awards racing towards us at phenomenal speed, we thought it was high time to introduce you to some of the people who have made it all possible – our category sponsors. In our first introduction, we’re getting to know Hayles Accountants, who have come on board as sponsors of the Best New Restaurant Category. Established in 1971 as Hayles and Partners, the Leicester based accountants have…
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Welcome to the Leicester Curry Awards blog. Our very own corner of cyberspace dedicated to all that brought us into existence; a love of Leicester, an appetite for Asian cuisine and an admiration of the cultural diversity that makes our city so unique. If you’ve read about us in the news, heard us on the radio or taken a tour of our website, you’ll know a little bit about our…
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