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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

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

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

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

13th May 2016 Watch the video: Nissan Leaf A pioneering Indian restaurant owner is making deliveries in a 100% electric Nissan LEAF as he aims to create Britain’s greenest takeaway.   Minesh Agnihotri of Indian Summer in Brighton is using the car as he trials a new environmentally friendly waste-free service in the city.   The

Taj Cuisine Chatham has achieved one of the Cobra Good Curry Guide’s most prestigious awards, for ‘Culinary Excellence’.   12th May 2016   The Award was presented to the restaurant’s owner-chef Abul Monsur at a special VIP lunch with the Mayor of Chatham, Cllr Barry Kemp.   Funds raised were donated to the Mayor’s selected charities: