And the winners of the London Curry Awards 2019 are…

A number of prominent Halal-friendly restaurants were recognised for their achievements at the second London Curry Awards last night.

Notables of the curry industry gathered at the Holiday Inn Brentford to celebrate the winners from across 24 categories.

The Grand Trunk Road was again in amongst the awards having last year picked up the Best Fine Dining Indian Restaurant.

On this occassion the South Woodford eatery and FtLion’s 2017 Restaurant of the Year was awarded the ‘Best of London’ accolade.

Grand Trunk Road owner Rajesh Suri said: “Being named ‘Best of London’ is testament to the vision we have for our restaurant and is recognition of all the hard work we put in to ensure our diners have the best experience possible.”

The innovative menu of Patri in Hammersmith was adjudged London’s ‘Street Food Restaurant of the Year’ along with its owner and chef Puneet Wadhwani receiving the ‘Curry Entrepreneur of the Year’.

Irfan Younis, CEO of Oceanic Consulting, said: “We are honoured and delighted to have such great finalists and winners representing the London curry industry and enhancing its reputation nationally and internationally.

“We were very happy to welcome the guests and celebrate with them. Congratulations to all finalists and winners.”

The rest of the winners for the London Curry Awards 2019 are (N.B. – not all of these are Halal-friendly):

• Outstanding Restaurant of the Year: Indian Accent (London)
• Team of the Year: Bonoo Indian Tapas (Barnet)
• Pakistani Curry Restaurant of the Year: Gifto’s Lahore Karahi (Southhall)
• Manager of the Year: Sarabjit Singh at Brilliant Restaurant (Ealing)
• Outstanding Curry Restaurant of the Year: Dastaan (Kingston Road)
• South Indian Curry Restaurant of the Year: Vijay India Restaurant (Kilburn)
• Curry King or Queen: Govinda’s Pure Vegetarian Restaurant (Westminister)
• Chef of the Year (Voter’s Choice): Mukesh Kumar at Delhi Live
• Chef of the Year (Industry Choice): Dulal Ahmed at The Voujon Indian Cuisine
• Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year: Thali Restaurant (South Kensington)
• Nepalese Curry Restaurant of the Year: Panas Gurkha Restaurant (Lewisham)
• Vegetarian Curry Restaurant of the Year: Thakers (Hounslow)
• Afghani Curry Restaurant of the Year: Namak Mandi (Tooting)
• Curry Entrepreneur of the Year: Puneet Wadhwani at Patri (Hammersmith & Northfields)
• Recognition Award: Baluchi (London)
• Best of London: Grand Trunk Road
• Street Food Restaurant of the Year: Patri (Hammersmith)
• Bangladeshi Curry Restaurant of the Year: Taste of Nawab (London)
• Sri Lankan Curry Restaurant of the Year: Meeting Palace (Middlesex)
• Caterer of the Year: Preeti Catering (Middlesex)
• Best Restaurant Experience: Moksha (New Malden)
• New Restaurant of the Year: Kanishka (Mayfair)
• Editors Choice Restaurant of the Year: Madhus (Southall)

• Dining Experience of the Year North: Anjanaas South Indian Restaurant (Kilburn)
• Dining Experience of the Year East: Curry Leaves (Wandsworth)
• Dining Experience of the Year South East: Everest Inn (Lewisham)
• Dining Experience of the Year South West: Palace Spice (Battersea)
• Dining Experience of the Year West: Madhu’s (Ealing)
• Dining Experience of the Year Central: Shilpa Restaurant (Hammersmith)
• Dining Experience of the Year Overall Winner: Everest Inn (Lewisham)

• Takeaway and Home Delivery of the Year North: Chilli Tuk Tuk (Woodhouse Road)
• Takeaway and Home Delivery of the Year East: SpiceBox (Waltham)
• Takeaway and Home Delivery of the Year South East: In2 Papadam (Bromley)
• Takeaway and Home Delivery of the Year South West: Bombay Bicycle Chef (Lambeth)
• Takeaway and Home Delivery of the Year West: KK Kitchen (Hounslow)
• Takeaway and Home Delivery of the Year Central: Dhaba Indian Street Food (London)
• Takeaway and Home Delivery of the Year Overall Winner: Bombay Bicycle Chef (Lambeth)