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Chef Rahman Shah, Spice Kitchen, Eastleigh has been handed unsung chef award at this year’s British Curry Awards, which were hosted online for the first time. The 16th annual ‘British Curry Oscars’ were held in association with Just Eat yesterday (17 December). This year’s event was hosted by Rory Bremner, with awards presented by high profile celebrities, such as model Caprice, Jess Wright from The Only Way is Essex, Love Island star Amy Hart, Rageh Omar TV broadcaster, TV chef Brian Turner and former tv news reader presenter Alistair Stewart. A host of politicians, including Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, former culture secretary Baroness Nicky Morgan, former business secretary Sir Vince Cable, and shadow international trade secretary Emily Thornberry, Chris Grayling MP also handed out prizes. This year’s awards celebrated the industry’s unsung heroes of the pandemic (please see full awards list, below), as well as the early ‘curry pioneers’ who created the industry we know and love today in
the 1960s and 1970s. The ceremony also acknowledged the many hundreds of thousands of meals the curry industry has given to essential workers, including those on the NHS frontline, since coronavirus reached the UK. In an introduction for the awards, prime minister Boris Johnson said: “We are all experiencing very challenging times in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly for the UK restaurant industry. It
is therefore heartening and fitting that the theme for this year’s event is to reward and celebrate all the unsung heroes in the restaurant industry during the pandemic. “They have selflessly, tirelessly, and, without prompting, gone out of their way to help their local community, the vulnerable, elderly, isolated, and the NHS by supplying much wanted curries,
kindness, and support.” British Curry Awards founder Enam Ali MBE said: “I am delighted that we have been able to keep the Curry Oscars going even through this traumatic time. The winners this year are among the most
exceptional we have known, feeding our friends, loved ones, and those who have defended us throughout this awful pandemic. “I look forward to welcoming everyone back in person next year, for what will be the most spectacular celebration ever seen of this £5bn British industry.”
Andrew Kenny, the UK managing director of British Curry Awards sponsor Just Eat Takeaway.com, said: “It’s been a very challenging year for the hospitality sector and we are so proud to help celebrate
the exceptional people within our industry who have been working tirelessly throughout, not just by feeding the nation but providing so much vital support to their local communities.”