Cleckheaton's Aakash restaurant up for national curry gong

The restaurant will be among the finest from across the UK to descend on London in the hope of being recognised as the best restaurant in the region.

This year’s awards marks its 15th anniversary on Monday November 25 at Battersea Evolution.

British Curry Awards Founder, Enam Ali MBE, said: “I am so very grateful to local curry restaurant diners who, every year, take the effort to nominate their favourite restaurants for the British Curry Awards, and who provide us with their vital feedback, letting us know about the best service, the best curry cuisine and other factors for consideration.

"Only with their feedback can their local restaurants also continue to optimise quality of the service they provide.

"It is the opinions and feedback of local diners that is paramount, and of far more significance that a critic’s review or a Michelin star rating."

Recognised globally as the originator in the UK curry business award sector and the ‘Oscars’ of the industry, as recognised by former Prime Minister David Cameron, British Curry

As the foremost and pioneering celebration of the UK curry industry’s achievements and the best restaurants across all regions, British Curry Awards has established itself as a national institution, recognised internationally.

A nationwide nominations process to honour the nation’s top curry houses is led by the loyal, local patrons of curry houses on the streets of Britain, annually invited to nominate their favourite Asian restaurants and takeaways.