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An award winning Indian restaurant in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter
is celebrating after winning Gordon Ramsay's The F Word competition
on Channel 4.
Lasan Head Chef Aktar Islam secured victory with his Masala
beef and curried pumpkin, in a narrow victory over the othe finalist
from The Pheasant. Aktar said that despite falling out with Ramsay on
several occasions for his 'cockiness' and crying on TV he had really
enjoyed the experience of working with him.
The restaurant serves modern Indian cuisine and beat 10,000 other
entrants to be Britain's best local restaurant after winning the
Indian category. Eighteen restaurants were shortlisted for the series
filmed in the summer.
Mr Islam and his colleague Jabbar Khan said when Gordon Ramsay
crowned Lasan the Best Restaurant in Britain, it was very difficult
keeping it a secret from friends, family and colleagues.
It went up against the Pheasant restaurant at Keyston in
Cambridgeshire, which was the series winner in the British cuisine
category.
In the final, the Pheasant served a main course featuring a trio of
beef cuts that included rib, braised blade and grilled heart,
followed by a tarte tatin of Braeburn apples for dessert.
Chef Aktar followed his main with a Punjab-style pastry puff, which
he said was "a bit of a disaster". "We had issues with
the pastry, but in the end it didn't matter. We won on points
although it was ultimately down to Chef Ramsay's choice." |
