Birmingham - curry dedication to be reckoned with

Birmingham is betting on their signature Balti dishes, which they are working on getting protected EU status for, to bump them ahead of the rest in this year’s Curry Capital of Britain Awards.

As the second most populated city in the UK, there’s a lot of dedicated curry enthusiasts to vote them into top position, so current title holders Bradford better beware. We spoke with Advisor to the Birmingham Balti Association, Andy Munroe to find out about Birmingham’s bid and why their Baltis are something to boast about.

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The Curry Capital of Britain Award teams have finally been announced! Each city has voted for four restaurants to represent them over the coming month in their bid for the coveted curry title.

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again – cities, it’s time to fight for your right to chapati!

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Their population may be smaller but their curry passion is just as big! And with WV One, an organisation which describes themselves as being at the heart of Wolverhampton, working tirelessly to show Britain that their city is worthy of the Curry Capital title, Bradford and Glasgow better prepare themselves for some new hot competition.

We spoke with WV One Operations Director Kim Gilmour about staying up all night literally singing the praises of her city, and how their creativity will put them ahead.

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Will Bradford keep the Curry Capital title?

It’s getting hot in the kitchen! In 2011 Bradford decided to think big, cooking up a massive 102.2kg, world record breaking onion bhaji which helped them finally beat Glasgow to be named Curry Capital of Britain.

Now with a taste of success and a desperate Glasgow hot on their heels, what will Bradford be doing to defend their title?

We spoke with Lord Mayor of Bradford, Councillor Dale Smith for all the saucy details.
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 There are a couple of curry crusaders, or ‘currynauts’ as they like to call themselves who came  onto the hungryhouse radar for a number of reasons.

1) They’re on a curry mission which is second to ‘naan’ visiting nearly every curry house in  Glasgow and beyond, documenting their culinary curry tales on their popular blog TATTGOC (Trampy and the Tramp’s Glasgow of Curry)

2)Even though Glasgow City Council stole their Curry Lover(s) of The Year crown at this year’s hungryhouse Scottish Curry Awards, they’re still helping Glasgow win 2012′s Curry Capital of Britain

3) They’re hilarious!

Those three things were more than enough reason for us to have a chat with the boys from TATTGOC, and find out more about a life dedicated to curry.
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