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6th April 2017   Bombay-style café, Dishoom, is to open in Kensington, its fourth London site – a 7,500 square foot restaurant at Barkers Arcade on Kensington High Street later this year.   Cousins Kavi and Shamil Thakrar opened their first Dishoom restaurant in Covent Garden in 2010, along with the business’ two other founders, Adarsh […]

4th March 2017                                                                                                         House of Commons launch Belfast and Birmingham road shows   Nominations are open for the UK Asian & Oriental Chef of the Year, which will be presented at a special ceremony in the Terrace  Pavilion at the House of Commons on Monday 15th May 2017.  The event will also

Brighton’s award-winning Indian restaurant The Chilli Pickle, has launched a crowd-funding campaign on the Growthdeck platform to raise £700,000 to open four more sites in the south east – offering 23% of the company’s equity. The first site opened in 2008, moving in 2011 to a much larger 115-cover site in Brighton’s Jubilee Street. The

,26th March 20017.   Nominations have opened for the Asian Catering Federation’s ‘Asian & Oriental Chef of the Year’ for 2017.   During the judging process shortlisted chefs will be assess for their creativity, innovation technical skills and cooking, with additional points being awarded for nutrition and provenance of the food, plus hygiene ratings.  

Yawar Khan, chair of the Asian Catering Federation who represent more than 35,000 ethnic restaurants and takeaways, says chef shortages, rising costs and lengthy menus are to blame.

21st March 2017     BrewDog is looking for a brewery site in Asia after increasing sales by 61% to £71.9mfor 2016. James Watt, who co-founded the Ellon-based business with Martin Dickie, said that Asia was next on the agenda for Brewdog, which is building a $30m brewery in Columbus, Ohio.   “China is on course

20th March 2017   Viiking Ventures UK, the exclusive importer of Goa Indian Craft Beer, is to sponsor Action Against Hunger’s invitation-only Love Food Give Food event at Cinnamon Kitchen on Monday 27th March.     The networking event, being hosted in the Anise Bar at the Devonshire Square restaurant in the City of London,

  18th March 2107   Indian restaurant concept Ronaq has opened a new venue in Edinburgh’s New Waverley development. Ronaq, which first launched in Edinburgh three years ago, is expanding its chain of restaurants into a corner site location linking Cranston Street with East Market Street, close to the Royal Mile.   The new venue includes

17th March 2017       Modha Ales have introduced True Maharaja, a  handcrafted beer inspired by classic eastern flavours and made using entirely natural ingredients, including real cardamom pods.   It is described as ” delicately balanced, with a warm amber colour and white foamy head . . . enhanced by cardamom’s spiced peppery notes which bring to the

16th March 2017   Michelin-starred Indian restaurant Gymkhana has reported a boost in turnover and pre-tax profit. The Mayfair restaurant, which is owned by the Sethi family, saw turnover increase to £4,090,00o December 2015, compared with £3,300,000 the previous year. Pre-tax profit was up to £726,000 from £534,000 in 2014.   The Sethi family also operates Michelin-starred