26th May 2016 High street curry houses face renewed competition from Wetherspoon pub, following changes its Curry Club menu. The Curry Club at JD Wetherspoon sites , serves around of 80,000 curries across the UK each Thursday, between noon and 11pm. The revamped menu sees the introduction of vindaloo, improved side dishes and […]
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23rd May 2016 The Chairman of the Asian Catering Federation (ACF), Yawar Khan, is among the first community leaders to condemn the “reckless” Indian restaurant owner jailed for 4 years following the conviction for manslaughter of a customer. “This callous individual has done enormous damage to the hardworking restaurateurs and their staff, who
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20th May 2016 Holdi Founded by Bangladesh-born restaurateur Rukon Kamaly, Holdi has opened its third Indian restaurant in the north west of England. The new venue, on the site of the former Vamaski Indian restaurant, is in Manchester Road, Lostock Gralam, near Northwich. Kamaly started cooking in his early teens while training in
19th May 2016 Wholesaler Booker Group has reported sales increased 5% to £5bn for the year ending arch 2016, with non-tobacco sales up 6.3%. Operating profit before exceptional items increased 11% to £155.1m. The company said, “The group’s trading in the first seven weeks of the current financial year is ahead of last
19th May 2016 Viiking Ventures is now importing gluten free Goa Premium Beer in to the UK Goa Premium Beer, with a 4.8ABV available in 340ml and 650ml bottles and 500ml cans, is distributed by Viking Ventures UK. Using a unique malt and maize based recipe, the beer is gluten free and endorsed by
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16th May 2016 Alan Yau’s Busaba Eathai, now delivers almost £3m worth of takeaways, having grown from almost nothing inside 18 months. The Thai chain believes it can hit reach £5m and £6m of delivery turnover at existing sites. Trial delivery points have been fitted at its latest openings in Manchester and Liverpool. Delivery points
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15th May 2016 Hoppers Karam, Jyotin and Sunaina Sethi have opened Hoppers 36 cover restaurant inspired by the family home cooking and roadside boutiques of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka, with the hopper and dosa at the heart of the menu. The interiors, feature warm terracotta tiles, a woven rattan ceiling
15th May 2016 The explosion in the number of Pan-Asian restaurants is driving the growth of Oriental food in the UK, according to a new report. Wing Yip, the UK’s leading Oriental grocer, commissioned the Oriental Food Report, a comprehensive study of the growing influence of Chinese food and other South East Asian
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14th May 2016 New Openings The Koh Group has opened on a former night club site on Endless Street in Salisbury, creating an “opulent and seductive dining space.” Koh Thai Tapas, the group’s 9th venture, is the first of 3 planned openings for the group in 2016. Although eat in customers
14th May 2106 Upmarket Indian restaurant Trishna has just announced it is to run a series of “Not Your Average Curry Nights” priced at £120 per head that will introduce modern innovative dishes from different regions of the subcontinent to diners, writes Glynn Davis. This struck me as interesting. Not only from the point
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