カレーアワード

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Curry Awards/ja

カレーアワードは、ザ・カリー・クラブがその出版物である『グッド・カリー・ガイド』と提携して、イギリスのカレーレストランに対し、全部門で「完全なる卓越性」を達成した店に贈られる賞である。 グッド・カリー・ガイド・アワードの授賞式は1991年5月にパット・チャップマンによって設立され、レストラン業界における初の授賞式であった。この賞と関連するガイドブックは2013年まで続いた。

歴史

パット・チャップマン初の『グッド・カリー・ガイド』は1984年に出版された。約600軒のインド料理レストランが掲載店として選ばれ(当時の4,000軒中)、批評的な情報はほとんどなかった。次版(1987年)では、通信員からの批評的な記事を掲載することでこの問題に対処した。どのレストランも他の店より高く評価されることはなかった。つまり、これらの版のどちらも「最高級」の店を挙げなかったのである。チャップマンは、掲載されたのは上位数パーセントの店だけであり、掲載店はすべて「優良カレーガイドレストラン」であると考えていた。この出版物はかなりのメディアの注目を集めた。しかし、『The Evening Standard』、『The Daily Telegraph』、『The Times』、BBCグッドフードマガジンなどのジャーナリストやフードライターは、チャップマンに最高の店を挙げるよう圧力をかけた。

Chapman asked his correspondents which restaurants could qualify into a TOP 30 category (which became TOP 100 in 1995), and which could be best regionally and best in UK. The results were duly published in the 1991 Guide and to launch it Chapman decided to hold an Awards Ceremony for the winners. Unlike today, it was a time when there were few such ceremonies. Chapman modelled it on the Academy Award, by commencing with a formal presentation of a certificate to each winner in turn before a group of their peers and media, and following with a luncheon to emphasise the event's social side. On that first ceremony, there were eight winners, including Chutney Mary Indian restaurant London, SW10 as Best in UK, where the event was held. Media and public response to this was enormous. So by the time the next GCG was due for publication, the TOP 30 was increased to the new TOP 100 category, and from that no less than 18 ‘Best in Category were to be awarded.

A bigger venue was needed, away from the winning restaurants. Chapman had been to an Asian wedding at a Heathrow Hotel where the catering was by Madhu's. Chapman suggested they did his catering and the Park Lane Hotel was chosen with a seating capacity of 330 seats. It was the first time Madhu's had catered for any event other than Asian weddings. Chapman organised the entire event. Of the 300 seats, 80 were taken by media.

Present

Between 18 and 20 Awards are given before an audience of restaurant personnel and their guests, sponsors, media, press and others, totalling some 800. The luncheon is a major feature of the event. Catering for any event attended by others in the catering trade is a challenge; Chapman's Awards the more so. Being an Indian Restaurant event, the restaurateurs are from all countries of the subcontinent so it is no mean task for the caterer to satisfy 800 of his international peers, and one few caterers would attempt.

The event is widely reported in the UK and in the subcontinent, and it is televised by Sony Entertainment Television Asia> and is screened and repeated in Australia, Canada, Europe, Pakistan, India, Mauritius, the Middle East, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States to millions of viewers.

Timescale

The Good Curry Guide Awards ceremony has been held each time a Good Curry Guide is published as follows:

Year Venue Caterer Notes
1991 Chutney Mary Chutney Mary
1995 Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly Madhu's Southall televised by BBC Network East
1998 Nehru Centre, W1 Clay Oven, Wembley
1999 Café Royal, Regent St, W1 Madhu's Southall
2001 Hilton Park Lane, W1 Madhu's Southall
2004 Hilton Park Lane, W1 Madhu's Southall televised by Sony TV Asia
2007 Hilton Park Lane, W1 Madhu's Southall televised by Sony TV Asia
2010 Ithihaas Ithihaas Birmingham B1
2013 Painted Heron London, SW10

Past and present winners of "Best in the UK" award

The chief Award is the Best in the UK.

  • 1991/4 ~ Chutney Mary, SW10
  • 1995/7 ~ Bombay Brasserie, SW7
  • 1998/9 ~ La Porte des Indes, W1
  • 1999/2001 ~ Chutney Mary, SW10
  • 2002/3 ~ Quilon Restaurant, SW1
  • 2004/6 ~ Madhu's, Southall
  • 2007/8 ~ Ithiaas, Birmingham
  • 2009/10 ~ Masala World Group, London: Amaya, Chutney Mary, Veerswamys, Masala Zone (8)
  • 2013 ~ Painted Heron, SW1

Good Curry Guide Awards Categories, 2013

Regional Awards

These 25 restaurants (and one group of 11) are located all over the UK, and are considered to be the Best in their region. Each of these winners, has been visited by Pat Chapman during 2012/3 and presented with their Award Certificate.

* Best in the North of England 2013

  • Best UK GROUP ~ Akbars (11 restaurants): Bradford (2), Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds (2), Manchester, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Rotherham & York.
  • Best in YORKSHIRE ~ Ashoka Sheffield
  • Best in MERSEYSIDE ~ Gulshan Liverpool
  • Best in NORTH EAST ~ Valley 397 Newcastle

* Best in the Midlands, England 2013

  • Best in MIDLANDS ~ Anoki Burton, Derby, Nottingham
  • Best in EAST MIDLANDS ~ Curry Fever Leicester Leics
  • Best in WEST MIDLANDS ~ Maharaja Birmingham West Midlands
  • Best in CENTRAL ENGLAND ~ Calcutta Brasserie Milton Keynes Bucks

* Best in South East England 2013 (alphabetical)

  • Best in the SOUTH EAST ~ The Ambrette Margate Kent & Rye Sussex
  • Best ON SOUTH COAST ~ Bombay Bay, Southsea Hants
  • Best in OUTER LONDON, WEST ~ Brilliant Southall, Middlesex
  • Best in HOME COUNTIES, NORTH ~ Chez Mumtaj St Albans, Herts
  • Best in SURREY ~ India Dining, Warlingham, Surrey
  • Best in SOUTH ENGLAND ~ Massala, Cobham, Surrey
  • Best in HOME COUNTIES, WEST ~ Mango Lounge Windsor Berks
  • Best in OUTER LONDON, SOUTH ~ Sesame New Malden

* Best in South West England 2013

  • Best in THE WEST COUNTRY ~ Viceroy, Yeovil, Somerset
  • Best in THE SOUTH WEST ~ Mysterica, Bristol
  • Best in CORNWALL ~ Rajdoot, St Ives, Cornwall

* Best in Scotland 2013

  • Best overall in SCOTLAND ~ Verandah Edinburgh
  • Best in NORTH SCOTLAND ~ Balaka St Andrews Fife
  • Best in EAST SCOTLAND ~ Mya, Edinburgh, Lothian

* Best in Wales 2013'

  • Best in WALES ~ Moksh Cardiff Glamorgan
  • Best in NORTH WALES ~ Bengal Dynasty Shotton & Llandudno

Cuisine Awards (Not Awarded in 2012/3)

Speciality Awards (Not Awarded in 2012/3)

Lifetime Achievement Award (Not Awarded in 2012/3)

Awarded 2007 to Satish Arora, Chef Culinaire, Taj Group

関連項目

書誌

• 1984 Good Curry Guide, Curry Club — ISBN 0-9509170-0-1

• 1987 Good Curry Guide, Piatkus, London — ISBN 0-86188-523-6

• 1991 Cobra Good Curry Guide, Piatkus, London — ISBN 0-86188-989-4

• 1995 Cobra Good Curry Guide, Piatkus, London — ISBN 0-7499-1407-6

• 1998 Cobra Good Curry Guide, Hodder & Stoughton, London — ISBN 0-340-68032-6

• 1999 Cobra Good Curry Guide, Hodder & Stoughton, London — ISBN 0-340-68033-4

• 2000 Cobra Curryholics’ Directory, John Blake Publishing, London — ISBN 0-9537735-0-7

• 2001 Cobra Good Curry Guide, Simon & Schuster, London — ISBN 0-7432-0840-4

• 2004 Cobra Good Curry Guide, Curry Club, Haslemere — ISBN 978-0-9537735-1-0

• 2007 Cobra Good Curry Guide, John Blake Publishing, London — ISBN 978-1-84454-311-3

• 2009 Cobra Good Curry Guide, John Blake Publishing, London — ISBN 1-84454-311-0

• 2010 Cobra Good Curry Guide, John Blake Publishing, London — ISBN 1-84454-311-0 New cover same text as 2009.

• 2013 Cobra Good Curry Guide, Curry Club Publisher, Haslemere — ISBN 978-0-9537735-3-4 Complete rewrite.

DVD

• Good Curry Guide Award Ceremony 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20090105192355/http://www.patchapman.co.uk/catalogue/product/914/2461

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