SCOTLAND’S best Asian restaurants have been crowned at an annual national award ceremony.
Eateries from across the country gathered in Edinburgh last week to celebrate the eighth Asian Restaurant Awards.
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At the event, held at the Scottish Parliament, prestigious gongs were given out for the Asian Restaurant of The Year, Newcomer of the Year and Fine Dining Restaurant of The Year.
The Street Food Restaurant Of The Year was also awarded, along with the Family Restaurant of The Year and the Takeaway Of The Year.
Two people were also signed out and crowned as the best Asian Chef of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year.
A total of 13 awards were presented to Scotland’s most outstanding restaurateurs and chefs at the glamourous bash.
And organisers, Asian Catering Foundation, said the awards recognised each winner’s “culinary excellence, innovation, creativity and endeavour throughout the past year.”
Each award was presented by Minister for Equalities Kaukab Stewart and Foysol Choudhury MSP for Lothian region and Shadow Minister for Culture, Europe and International Development.
The Scottish Asian Restaurant Awards are a key event for our industry… they recognise the excellence of Asian and Oriental restaurants in Scotland
Yawar Khan
Each restaurant was shortlisted through a series of public votes, which were then narrowed down to just 13 winners by a panel of prestigious judges.
This way, the very best Asian restaurants and takeaways across the country were recognised.
On announcing the winners, Asian Catering Federation Chairman Yawar Khan said: “The Scottish Asian Restaurant Awards are a key event for our industry.
“Not only do they recognise the excellence of Asian and Oriental restaurants in Scotland, but they also give us the opportunity to come together and celebrate the wealth of cultures and cuisines that contribute so much to our economy.”
The full list of winners of Scotland’s Asian Restaurant Awards 2024 includes:
- Asian Restaurant of the Year for Aberdeenshire – Light of Bengal
- Asian Restaurant of the Year for Edinburgh – Ignite
- Asian Restaurant of the Year for Glasgow – Charcoals
- Newcomer of the Year – Maharaj in Aberdeen
- Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year – Carron to Mumbai in Stonehaven
- Street Food Restaurant of the Year – Mother India Café in Edinburgh
- Family Restaurant of the Year – Desi Dhaba Chaiwala in Glasgow
- Takeaway of the Year (shared regionally) – St Johns Curry Club in Edinburgh
- Takeaway of the Year (shared regionally) – Memories of India in Gorebridge
- Takeaway of the Year (shared regionally) – Handi Masala in Dunfermline
- Takeaway of the Year (shared regionally) – Gurkha Kitchen in Fraserburgh
- Asian Chef of the Year – Jabir Hussain from Panache in Elgin
- Entrepreneur of the Year – Muhammad Sultan, owner of Charcoals in Glasgow.
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