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Aagrah
Group of Restaurants, in association with The UK South Asian Chef
Competition, recently announced the winner of the 2006 Competition
following a glittering Awards Dinner in Bradford on Friday 03 November.
On Tuesday
13th June six simultaneous regional finals took place around the UK
to determine the winner for each region. These finalists came
together at Leeds Thomas Danby, West Yorkshire, where they did battle
to determine the ultimate Winner of The UK South Asian Chef
Competition 2006.
Later in the
day the winner was announced at a glittering "Bollywood
Theme" Charity Dinner; the competition contributed £20,000
towards the total of over £70,000 gross, raised for charity at
the Aagrah Group of Restaurants 24th Annual Charity Dinner. After
expenses it is expected this will generate in excess of £60,000
for good causes.
Standards were
exceptionally high and the panel of distinguished judges, under the
direction of Michael Quinn MBE and Cyrus Todiwala MBE, were most
impressed with all those who participated:
Winner
Murray
Mariappan, Head Chef, The Mango Tree Indian Restaurant & Bar,
Stonnall, West Midlands
Second place
Mrs Kaushey
Patel, Head Chef/Proprietor, Prashad Restaurant, Bradford
Third place
Stephen Duffy,
Executive Chef, The Quay Hotel & Spa, Deganwy, Conwy, North Wales
Runners Up
Joe Pathak
from The Fullarton Hotel Glasgow, Man Lung Lai from The Red Panda
Restaurant in Belfast and Sharu Vinuchakravarthy from The Heathrow
Sheraton Hotel; all demonstrated very high standards in cooking and presentation.
Everyone
received a crystal trophy and a framed certificate. The winner took
home a winner's trophy, a cheque for £1,000 and will receive
full media exposure in the UK and Europe. The second and third places
took home cheques for £500 and £250 respectively.
The
competition has a charitable basis; all excess income over
expenditure will be donated to nominated charities, including
Hospitality Action Industry Benevolent Organisation, Bolling Special
School, Bradford and the Al-Shifa Eye Hospital.
The SACC
Management Team would like us to pass on their thanks to their
generous sponsors, supporters and the colleges for their continued support.
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