JAIPUR WINS BRITISH CURRY AWARD

Jaipur in Grafton Gate East was one of 11 spice restaurants throughout the UK honoured, 3 November, at the 2009 British Curry Awards held at London's Battersea Evolution. Jaipur won the award for the South East region. This year's British Curry Awards winners were chosen from a record 40,000 public nominations covering more than 2,700 restaurants.

Conservative party leader David Cameron was among the 1,500 guests who saw Jaipur pick up the award as the top curry restaurant in the South East for the first time. Eleven other South East restaurants were highly commended by the judges.

The British Curry Awards are recognised as the 'Oscars' of Britain's £3.5bn spice restaurant industry. Last night's glamorous awards ceremony, hosted by Sir Trevor McDonald, was the first to be attended by a political party leader.

David Cameron told the audience of restaurateurs, diplomats and celebrity guests: "It's a real pleasure to be here at the Oscars of the spice industry. The British curry industry is a great success story. It's shown how people from all backgrounds, with different creeds and cultures, can come together as one. And it's shown exactly what an open-minded, dynamic and enterprising country can achieve. Enam Ali, founder and organiser - and everyone here this evening - should be incredibly proud of what they've achieved."

Mr Ahad, Owner of the Jaipur said," This award is a great recognition of the value we place on the delivery of exceptional Indian cuisine and the high levels of service we strive to maintain for our customers. This award is also further recognition for our executive chef Amardeep Singh Anand who has recently won the National Healthy Heart Award for Asian Cuisine in the UK "