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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19th April 2022 Tibetan street food concept MoMoMo, which launched last year with a restaurant in Houndsditch in East London, is opening another London site. The concept, which sees steamed dumplings filled with vegetables, meat and traditional spices – popular in Tibet, Nepal, India and Bhutan – will open at 1 Charlotte Place, Fitzrovia with
27th March 2022 The Flavours takeaway in Bradford is on the brink of closure due to the energy crisis, according to its owner. Mohammed Awais, who has run the takeaway on Girlington Road for 12 years. He usually pays £260 for gas and £95 for electricity per month. With his current contract expiring at the
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25th March 2022 The acclaimed Ambrette restaurant in Margate is Kent, is set to close next week after more than a decade. The Ambrette combines Indian cuisine with British fine dining and has been run by owner chef Dev Biswal for 10 years. The former Asian Restaurant Awards’s ‘Asian Chef of the Year, also runs
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15th March 2022 Curry Leader warns VAT hike ‘Final Nail’ for Restaurants Yawar Khan, Chairman of the Asian Catering Federation (ACF) that represents 35,000 restaurants in the UK, has warned Chancellor Rishi Sunak that the proposed return to 20 percent VAT level in his Budget on 1st April will be the “final nail in the
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9th March 2022 Family-owned Thai restaurant in Manchester has re-launched its live cookery masterclasses for participants to learn how to cook their favourite Thai dishes. The cookery masterclasses¸ which will be located within the main area of the restaurant, will bring guests together to learn how to cook authentic Thai dishes. Running every Sunday, the
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7th March 2022 The 12th annual Asian Curry Awards were launched at one the most prestigious events in the hospitality calendar, at the House of Lords on 2nd March. Following a live cook-off in February, a select audience of 120 ambassadors, dignitaries, embassy officials, politicians, VIPs and leading restaurateurs, feted the winners of the Asian
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