20th June 2022 Fantuan Delivery, the largest Asian food delivery service platform in North America, has announced its entry into the UK market. The company will initially operate in London, with plans to extend its service to other major cities in the UK, including Birmingham and Liverpool, via their food ordering app. Founder and chief […]
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7th June 2022 Celebrity chef Ken Hom has been awarded a CBE for services to charity, the culinary arts and education. It recognises the impact he has made on the UK embracing Chinese cuisine, and by becoming the country’s most recognisable ambassador for Asian culture. Hom’s media career began in 1984 with his first television
25th May 2022 Two curry houses believed to have provided the takeaways for controversial political party meetings, have both been shortlisted for this year’s Asian Restaurant Awards, being held in Manchester on 27th June. The Spice Lounge in Durham, which is thought to have provided the food for Labour leader Keir Starmer and other party
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19th May 2022Top 10 South West Curry Restaurants Named in New Guide Manchester, Edinburgh and London Awards Dates The Asian Catering Federation [ACF] has revealed the top ten curry restaurants in the South West of England, ahead of the publication of its new ‘One Hundred Top Curry Restaurants’ guide www.Top100CurryRestaurants.co.uk..The ten featured restaurants in the
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14th May 2022 Vegan chef Rishim Sachdeva is to use equity crowdfunding for permanent London restaurant site plans for a “mostly vegan” concept, Tendril. The move comes after a residency for Tendril at Soho’s Sun & 13 Cantons – a starting ground for notable restaurant success stories, such as Sambal Shiok, Sarap and Asma Khan’s
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8th May 2022 Inginious Gin promising a “big taste in small measures” has been launched by former ad executive Simon Liddle offering “more flavour but less alcohol” it is claimed drinkers this “innovative spirit” requires only 5ml of spirit “for the same refreshing taste” of a G&T, but with only 0.2 units of alcohol! The
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3rd April 2022 Food-delivery drivers protesting against wage cuts and gruelling working conditions went on an extremely rare strike in Dubai over the weekend. The mass walkout paralysed one of the country’s main delivery apps and revived concerns about working conditions in the emirate. The strike started late on Saturday and ended early on Monday,
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28th April 2022 The Sukho Group is to open two or three new sites a year for its Thai casual brand, Zaap Thai, and plans to move south after further northern expansion. The company, which also operates the three-strong Thai fine dining brand Sukhothai, will open its sixth Zaap site in seven years in May,
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One Hundred Top Curry Restaurants Guide announced as voting goes live for 2022 awards – Manchester, Edinburgh and London award ceremonies set – Curry restaurants facing ‘existential crisis’ The Asian Catering Federation [ACF] has announced that it is to publish a guide to the One Hundred Top Curry Restaurants as voting goes live for its
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21st April 2022 Jyotin Sethi, co-founder of JKS Restaurants, has said it takes three to six months for the business, which backs the likes of Bao, Berenjak and Hoopers, to decide whether a new concept will work. Sethi was referring to the group’s relaunch of the Arcade Food Hall in London’s Centre Point, which features
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