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2007 will be
the 7th year this event has been held and involves major cities all
over the country to determine who will hold the title for the coming
year and be entitled to call themselves Britain's official Curry
Capital. The idea is to advertise the good news contributions of the
ethnic communities in British cities via a selected team of
restaurants to represent each city supported by a submission from
each council.
New for 2007
is the inclusion in restaurant choice of all restaurants offering
curry on the menu so Thai, Caribbean and some Chinese were also open
for selection. Each city will be represented by a team of five
restaurants rather than the previous four and these have been voted
for by the public.
"The
efforts of the restaurants has been simply amazing this year,"
said organiser Peter Grove. "Several restaurants received nearly
1000 votes each, and with 90 restaurants to be decided upon, the
counting exercise became quite an operation."
Glasgow won
the title last year and are already making a bold showing in the
early stages of this year's event but other past winners such as
Birmingham and Bradford are determined that Glasgow should not win
for a fourth time and Manchester, Leicester and London East, always
close contenders, are tipped, by some, as dark horses.
"We have
been particularly impressed by the standard of restaurant voted for
this year," continued Grove. "Many of the cities have had
some exciting new establishments in the past year and the judges have
certainly got their work cut out for them as never before."
Councils will
be making their submissions by 20th April and the judges will
announce the results on 21st May in what promises to be the closest
event ever. The judges will visit the chosen city teams throughout
April and May during which period each restaurant is asked to have a
special evening to raise money for Oxfam.
For further
information :
Peter or
Colleen Grove 020 8722 8774 	email : groveint@aol.com
The
teams for 2007 are :
Glasgow
: Team leader India Quay ; Others - Ashoka Flame, Panjea,
Ashoka Ashton Lane, Mother India
Manchester
: Team leader Pearl ; Other - Akbars, Shimla Pinks,
EastzEast, Chaophraya
Newcastle
: Team Leader Vujon ; Others - The Spicery, Arami, Spice
Cube, Valley Junction 397
Leicester
: Team leader EK Maya ; Others - Little India, Curry
House, Kabalous, Curry Fever + via Leicester Mercury - Spice House
Barwell, T&K Balti
Edinburgh
: Team leader Britannia Spice ; Others - Far Pavilions,
Mya, Pataka, Saffrani (please note changed team)
Bradford
: Team leader Kiplings ; Others Markez, Aagrah, Anams,
Mumtaz Paan
Birmingham
: Team leader Peppesr ; Thai Edge, Al Frash, Rajdoot, Itihaas
Leeds
: Team leader Sheesh Mahal ; Others - Georgetown, Darbar,
Aagrah, Akbars Eastgate
Nottingham
: Team leader Memsaab ; Others - Five Rivers, Laguna,
City Spice, 4550 Mile From Delhi
Sheffield
: Team leader Zeenat ; Others - Everest, Nirmals, Vijays, Ashoka
Cardiff
: Team leader Naz : Others - Mukibs, Spice Merchant,
Spice Quarter, Cardamom
Liverpool
: Team leader Millon ; Others - Sultan Palace, Gulshan,
Maharaja, Coriander
London
East : Team leader Mehek ; Others - Café Spice
Namaste, Kasturi, Coconut Lagoon, River Spice
London
North : Team leader Eriki ; Others - Rajmoni, Elephant
Walk, Maizbaan, Rooburoo
London
South : Team leader Bombay Brasserie ; Others - Babur
Brasserie, Haandi, Memsaab, Tower Tandoori
London
West : Team leader Monty's Ealing ; Others - Crazy Bear,
Gaylord, La Porte des Indes, Agni
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