Halal among the winners of the Curry Life Awards 2019
Credit: Curry Life Awards
Halal was well represented among the winners of this year’s prestigious Curry Life Awards which took place at the London Hilton last weekend.
Organised by the Curry Life Magazine, the national award ceremony recognises the individuals and curry houses that represent the very best of the British curry industry.
A challenging judging process also meant the exciting creation of new and innovative dishes by some of the country’s unsung curry chefs.
Among the winners was Ashraf Uddin who was recognised for his services to the British Bangladeshi Caterers and awarded the Curry Life M A Rahim Memorial Award.
The Curry Life Magazine, a well established voice of Curry houses across the UK as well as some reach across Europe, says it reaches to “some 10,000 Indian, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan and Pakistani restaurants, with an estimated readership of over 100,000”.
Here’s a list of this year’s winners with 14 restaurant awards Best Customer’s Choice, Best Takeaways, Best Chefs and the Editor’s Choice among other award categories (NB. – we have not been able to determine the Halal status of all the restaurants and takeaways below).
Curry Life Best Restaurant
- Zyka Restaurant (Reading, Berkshire)
6 Park Lane, Tilehurst, Reading RG31 5DL.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food & drinks menu • BYO Alcohol - Viraj Indian Cuisine (Cornwall)
5 Higher Bore Street, Bodmin, Cornwall PL31 1JW.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food menu • Alcohol served - Noor Jahan Restaurant (Surrey)
Regent Parade, 8 Brighton Road, Sutton SM2 5BQ.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food menu • Alcohol served - Paprika Restaurant (Hertforeshire)
27 Nightingale Road, Hitchin, Herts SG5 1QU.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food menu • Alcohol served - Oasis Restaurant (West Yorkshire)
268A Bradford Road, Batley, West Yorkshire WF17 6JD.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal - New Delhi Restaurant (Essex, South)
53-55 Orsett Road, Grays, Thurrock RM17 5HJ.
HALAL STATUS NOT HALAL
- The Indian Ocean (Cambridgeshire)
Unit 4, High Street, Histon, Cambridge CB24 9JE.
HALAL STATUS Halal options (prepped & cooked separately) • Alcohol served
- Jolsha Restaurant (Teeside)
7 Harland Place, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees TS20 1AL.
HALAL STATUS NOT HALAL - Le Raaj Restaurant (County Durham)
Front Street, Chester Moor, Chester le Street DH2 3RJ.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food menu • Alcohol served - Indian Brasserie (South Tyneside)
146 Ocean Road, South Shields, Tyne & Wear NE33 2JF.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food menu (sourced from Euro Foods) • Alcohol served - Forts of India (Cheshire)
Chester Road, Hampton, Malpas, Cheshire SY14 8JH.
HALAL STATUS Halal food menu apart from the steaks (prepped & cooked separately) • Alcohol served - Milnrow Balti (Greater Manchester)
22 Dale Street, Milnrow, Rochdale OL16 4HS.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food menu • Alcohol served
- Chandini Restaurant (Hertfordshire East)
High Wych Road, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 0HY.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food menu • Alcohol served - Deshi Spice Restaurant (Bedfordshire)
60 Tavistock Street, Bedford MK40 2RD.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food menu • Alcohol served
Curry Life Best Takeaway
- Mahim Indian
9 Lansdowne Road, Brayston Hill, Shrewsbury SY3 0HT.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal - Little India
582 Blackburn Road, Bolton BL1 7AL.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal - Tiffin
9 Sheffield Road, Chesterfield S41 7LL.
HALAL STATUS Apart from the duck, Halal food menu (prepped and cooked separately) - Surma Indian Takeaway
44 High Street, Stevenage SG1 3EF.
- Fusion Food Takeaway
121 High Street, Markyate, Herts AL3 8JG.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal
Curry Life Best Customer’s Choice Award
- Taste of Nawab
97 Colney Hatch Lane, London N10 1LR.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food & drinks menu • BYO Alcohol - Bengal Lounge
6 St. Elizabeth Close, Woodham Village, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham DL5 4UE.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food menu • Alcohol served
Curry Life Best Chef
- Chef Abdul Aziz (Tikka Tikka)
61-65 Castle Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO11 1BH. - Chef Maidur Ruhel (iNaga Restaurant)
84 Croydon Road, West Wickham BR4 9HY. - Chef Nazrul Islam (Biggles Lounge)
4-6 Shortmead Street, Biggleswade, Beds SG18 0AP. - Chef Babul Hussain (Black Pepper’s)
18 York Street, Wrexham LL13 8LW. - Chef Harun Miah (Lea Cross Tandoori)
Lea Cross, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5 8HR.
Curry Life Editor’s Choice Award
- Taj Cuisine
1 Sherwood House, Walderslade Centre, Walderslade, Chatham ME5 9UD.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food menu • Alcohol served - Blue Tiffin Restaurant
1003 Uttoxeter Road, Stoke-on-Trent ST3 6HE.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food menu • Alcohol served - Himalaya Restaurant Limited
12 Whitburn Street, Bridgnorth, Shropshire WV16 4QN.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food menu • Alcohol served - Shampan Cocktail Lounge
185 Whitley Road, Whitley Bay NE26 2DN.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food menu • Alcohol served - Riverside Spice
44 Lower Holts Street, Earls Colne, Colchester, Essex CO6 2PH.
HALAL STATUS Fully Halal food menu • Alcohol served - The Whitecroft Indian Restaurant & Bar
Moss Hall Farm, Haslingden Old Road, Oswaldtwistle, Accrington BB5 3RJ.
HALAL STATUS Halal food menu apart from the steaks (prepped & cooked separately) • Alcohol served
Miscellaneous
- Curry Life International Hospitality Award
Platinum Lounge
Sylhet, Bangladesh. - Curry Life M A Rahim Memorial Award
Ashraf Uddin – In appreciation of his services to the British Bangladeshi Caterers. - Best Curry Restaurant in Sweden
Muskot kök & bar
Vanadisplan 2, 113 31 Stockholm, Sweden.
