Asian Restaurant & Takeaway Awards (ARTA)

Taking place at the Park Plaza Westminster on the 13th October, the glitzy red-carpet Asian Restaurant & Takeaway Awards ( ARTA ) will reward excellence, craft, creativity and great taste by bringing the UK’s most prestigious Asian restaurants and chefs together under one roof.  With over 2400 applications, ARTA will commend the very best of Asian cuisine and the masters behind the magic, with a series of regional and national awards to separate the best from the rest. The UK curry industry is currently valued at £5 billion.  The awardees will be finalised based on survey data of over 350,000 customers of ARTA partners ChefOnline , to crown each region’s South Asian excellency   London will play host to this year’s Asian Restaurant & Takeaway Awards (ARTA) taking place at Park Plaza Hotel on Westminster Bridge on the 13th October 2019. A plethora of the UK’s very best restaurants, chefs and takeaway houses will flock to the capital city to celebrate the best of

Nine of the finest regional chefs went head to head in the contest which was filmed for a cookery show on Channel S, a popular UK-based TV channel targeting the British Bangladeshi community. Among the judging panel was Head of Department for Catering and Hospitality, Graham Taylor, who helped pick winners for the Asian Restaurant and Takeaway Awards 2019, known as ARTA. Graham said: “It is a great honour to host these prestigious awards for the second year with some of the finest curry chefs in the country. We all learn from each other on the day too which is brilliant.” Mohammed Munim is founder of the ARTA contest, where around 2,400 businesses are nominated by customers. Judges choose the best contestants to compete in regional finals, such as the eastern one at Cambridge Regional College. Judges then pick the national winners from the regional heats by looking for fine cuisine, creativity, quality food, quality customer service and great value for money. Contestant

ARTA 2018 Gala at a Glance A preview of the Inaugural Grand Finale of ARTA 2018. A spectacular evening with wonderful people who celebrated togetherness and promised to work hand-in-hand for further development of the South Asian Curry Industry in the UK. A Sneak Peak of Media Coverage by ARTA including: 1. Mainstream Newspaper Coverage 2. Mainstream TV Coverage 3. Regional Newspaper Coverage ARTA's Charity Handover to Chance to Shine ARTA's beneficiary Charity Partner, Chance to Shine , received a Cheque from ARTA in a ceremony, held in London. ARTA 2018 Grand Prize Handover The winner of ARTA 2018 Grand Prize was declared on the Grand Finale and Gala Evening of ARTA on the 30th September 2018. The lucky winner, Alexander Norris, was randomly drawn from a box containing names of nominators.

ARTA’s Charity Partner “Chance to Shine” has been handed over a cheque worth £7903 on 13 th February 2019 in a restaurant in London. The Charity Handover Event was organised by ARTA . The Collection commenced as soon as ARTA inaugural Grand Finale , held on 30 th September 2018 at the InterContinental Hotel – The O2 London, successfully ended. ARTA, in its Grand Finale and in collaboration with its Strategic Partner ChefOnline, collected the charity for Chance to Shine. The Asian Restaurant & Takeaway Awards , ARTA, is a nationwide celebration of recognising the unsung heroes and top-notch establishment of South Asian Cuisine in the UK. The event was organised miniature and important personnel associated to ARTA, ChefOnline and Chance to Shine were present. Chance to Shine’s Charity Ambassador and ARTA Ambassador, Former English Cricketer, Devon Malcolm, collected the charity along with Chance to Shine CEO Laura Cordingley. Among others in the event were present ARTA F

The Asian Restaurant & Takeaway Awards, ARTA 2018 handed over its Grand Prize – A Brand New car to the Winner, Alexander Norris this 20 th of December, 2018. The Winner was declared at the ARTA Inaugural Grand Finale and Gala Evening, held on 30 th of September 2018 at the InterContinental Hotel – The O2 London. The miniature Handover Ceremony took place at Khan’s Restaurant Battersea whose customer Alexander is. Abdul Hafiz, Founder at Khan’s Restaurant organised the prize handover ceremony. Attendees at the event were ARTA Founder-Chairman and ChefOnline CEO: Muhammed Munim Salik, Former President BCA: Pasha Khandker MBE, Westway Nissan General Manager: Rob Mia, BCA General Secretary: Oli Khan, Chamber Director: Sanawar Choudhury, Nissan Executives Tony Hemmings, Suzan Naylor and Patricia Golanski. ARTA Ambassadors Mitu Chowdhury, Shahanoor Khan along with ChefOnline Marketing Director Mohammed Aktaruzzaman also attend

The inaugural Asian Restaurant and Takeaway Awards ( ARTA ), the most prestigious celebration of South Asian cuisine in the UK, paid homage to the UK’s finest curry houses at the InterContinental London – The O2 on the evening of 30 th September 2018. ARTA 2018 welcomed a guest list of the nation’s most respected curry restaurateurs alongside MPs, dignitaries and celebrities as they collectively honoured the achievements of the industry. In attendance were Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir John Vincent Cable, television personality Lizzie Cundy, reality star Ben Jardine, Britain’s Next Top Model contestant Victoria Clay, cricketer Monty Panesar, TOWIE star Pascal Craymer among others, The ceremony was hosted by television chef Ainsley Harriott and BBC news presenter Samantha Simmonds . Interspersing the awards presentation was a curated world-class entertainment, including a performance by the evergreen Queen of Bollywood music, Alka Yagnik . The award Charity