Restaurant nominated for the 12th ‘Oscars’ of the curry world

A LLANELLI restaurant is among the nominees for the 12th annual “Oscars” of the curry world, the Asian Curry Awards 2022.

The awards – which are organised by the Asian Catering Federation (ACF) which represents the UK’s 30,000 Asian restaurant and takeaways – celebrate the culinary industry’s best and covers all Asian and Oriental cuisines including Bangladeshi, Burmese, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Middle Eastern, Pakistani, Singaporean, Sri Lankan, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.

Nine Welsh restaurants, including the Sheesh Mahal, Llanelli, have made it on to the shortlist. This shortlist is then to be whittled down by an online public vote – foodies can vote for their favourite Asian restaurants and takeaways at www. asiancurryawards.com – before the judges determine the winners. These will then be announced at a ceremony being held on Sunday, November 20, that will be taking place at London’s Grosvenor House.

This year will see the addition of a new award, the Pat Chapman Memorial Award, which honours English food writer, broadcaster, Curry Club founder and the awards’ long-time chairman of judges Patrick Chapman, who passed away earlier this year.

Winners of these awards will be included in the ACF’s new “One Hundred Top Curry Restaurants” guide which is set to be published later this year, with a print version coming next year.