Leicester Curry Awards 2020: Second Charity Partner Announced

We are very excited to share with you that the second of our two charity partners for the 4th annual Leicester Curry Awards is the brilliant Age UK Leicester Shire and Rutland. For over 75 years, this wonderful cause has been working with the elderly, and today, the Age UK network comprises around 130 local Age UKs reaching most of England. Age UK Leicestershire and Rutland work in the local…

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Leicester Curry Awards 2020 Sponsors: Kings Real Estate

We can’t quite believe how quickly time is flying by and that 2019 will be over in less than two months! However, we are very much looking forward to bringing you the 4th annual Leicester Curry Awards on Monday 20th April 2020. So as we’re already talking about next year’s event, we would like to introduce you to one of our new sponsors, Kings Real Estate. Kings are a leading…

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Leicester Curry Awards 2020: First Charity Partner Revealed

The wheels are firmly in motion for the fourth annual Leicester Curry Awards, and the team are working hard behind the scenes to bring you another spectacular evening to celebrate the best curry houses the city and county have to offer. Here at the Leicester Curry Awards, we are extremely passionate about giving something back to the community, which is why every year since 2017, we have raised awareness of…

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Final Mystery Judge Announced

And last but not least, our fifth and final mystery judge is Leicester City Centre Director, Sarah Harrison. She came to Leicester from Dubai in 2009 to take on the role of the city centre director. She formed the 40-member LE-One City Centre Management Partnership with businesses in the city centre to work together to position Leicester as the first choice destination for visitors and residents to live, study, shop,…

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BBC Radio Leicester’s News Editor Revealed as Fourth Mystery Judge

New to the Leicester Curry Awards judging panel this year is BBC Radio Leicester’s News Editor, Jonathan Lampon. He’s been working for the BBC for 20-years and during that time has worked across all areas of the organisation from local radio to BBC Radio 4. As the News Editor, he manages Radio Leicester’s breakfast and drivetime shows and the news coverage across the station. Jonathan was thrilled to be asked…

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Leader of the Pack: Head Judge Announced

Third in line to be revealed and leading our food-loving panel of judges is Simon Porter. The classically trained chef certainly knows a thing or two about food having worked in some of Leicester’s major hotels as well as Leicester City Football Club. He currently works as a full-time lecturer teaching his craft at Northampton College. With his expertise and passion for food, we were delighted when Simon accepted the…

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Leicester Curry Awards 2019: First Mystery Judge Announced

The Leicester Curry Awards 2019 is almost upon us and we couldn’t be more thrilled! The team has been working incredibly hard to make this year’s event bigger and better than the last. We received thousands of public nominations from more Indian eateries than the previous two years, but only five lucky finalists in each of the six categories made the cut. The categories include, Best Vegetarian Restaurant, Best Takeaway,…

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Record number of nominations in the Leicester Curry Awards

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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