Winners to be announced on Sunday, 16 November
Chair of the Asian Catering Federation Yawar Khan
The biggest event in the Asian culinary calendar, the Asian Curry Awards – dubbed the “Curry Oscars” has revealed this year’s finalists.
Wales’ finalists are:
| Black Peppers | Wrexham | North East Wales |
| Maahis | Wrexham | North East Wales |
| Bangla | Bangor | North Wales |
| Valley Spice | Corwen | North Wales |
| Red Mango | Newtown, Powys | Powys |
| The Grand Sultan | Port Talbot | South Wales |
| Sheesh Mahal | Llanelli | South Wales |
| Red Fort Caerleon | Caerleon, Newport | South Wales |
| Tiffin Rasoi | Barry | South Wales |
| Gateway of India | Cardiff | South Wales |
| Vegetarian Food Studio | Cardiff | South Wales |
| Shampan Indian Restaurant | Cowbridge | South Wales |
| Spice Plus | Pontyclun | South Wales |
| Bayleaf Bangladeshi Express Kitchen | Risca, Newport | South Wales |
| Istanbul | Swansea | South Wales |
| Spice UK | Welshpool | Powys |
| My Indian | Ammanford | South Wales |
The 2025 finalists include almost 200 restaurants and takeaways, voted for by the spice loving public. Over the next few weeks, judges from the Asian Catering Federation (ACF) including some of the World’s leading chefs and restaurateurs, will meet to discuss each of the entries on this year’s shortlist and determine this year’s overall winners.
The winners will be announced at a glittering gala dinner and presentation on Sunday 16 November at Grosvenor House in London hosted by BBC news anchor Samantha Simmonds, who will be joined by Anisa Khan, this year’s runner up in BBC flagship TV show The Apprentice, to present the awards.
Among the many, much coveted awards on the table are Asian Chef of the Year, Curry King, and Lifetime Achievement and Legacy Awards presented to those who deserve worthy recognition for their charity work and their commitment to improving the standards within the industry.
Other award categories include:
- Best Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year
- Best Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year
- Event Caterer of the Year
- Restaurant Group of the Year
- Best International Restaurant
- Nepalese Restaurant of the Year
- Thai Restaurant of the Year
- Japanese Restaurant of the Year
- Chinese Restaurant of the Year
- Street Food Restaurant of the Year
- Newcomer of the Year
- Takeaway of The Year
Plus, there are Regional Awards given to Best Restaurant or Best Takeaway in Wales, Scotland, London, London Suburbs, City of London, Northern Ireland, North East of England, North West of England, West Midlands South West of England, and South East England and more.
Notable inclusions in this year shortlist are previous winners Kahani which won Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year winner in 2024; and Mint Lounge, Colonel Saab, and iNaga which previously won Regional Awards for Best Restaurant in London, City of London, and the Suburbs. Also up for an award, are some of last year’s newcomers including My Indian in Ammanford in Wales, and the 2024 Street Food Restaurant of the Year My Delhi Indian Streetery in Newcastle.
The Asian Curry Awards cover the complete range of Asian and Oriental cuisines: Bangladeshi, Burmese, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Middle Eastern, Pakistani, Singaporean, Sri Lankan, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.
Chairman of the Asian Catering Federation Yawar Khan said:
“The Asian Curry Awards highlight the best of the best in our industry and set the UK standard for excellence in Asian and Oriental cuisine. We couldn’t be more delighted to be in year 15 of the awards and have had a huge list of entries this year, to choose from. These awards celebrate the significant contribution our industry makes to the UK economy, and the hard work from everyone involved to ensure our food industry continues to thrive in 2025. This is despite the many challenges currently faced by the hospitality sector, in particular the new immigration rules in the UK, and the fees charged by online platforms. I am very much looking forward to meeting all the finalists on Sunday 16 November at the presentation of these prestigious awards.
The 15th Asian Curry Awards and Asian Catering Federation Gala Dinner is sponsored by Cobra Beer, Kingfisher Beer and Work Permit Cloud Ltd. and organised by the Asian Catering Federation (ACF) which represents the nation’s 35,000 caterers in the UK and together generate over £60bn for the UK economy.
This year’s finalists are listed here https://www.asiancurryawards.com/the-finalists-2025/
Media Contact: Emma Henderson, Public Image PR, emma@publicimagepr.co.uk 07977134614
Asian Catering Federation, 145 Stafford Road, London, SM6 9BN, infos@acfederation.org, www.acfederation.org
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