Comedian Ben Hustwayte

2012 has been a momentous year, with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the London Olympics, and of course Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival finally marrying curry and comedy.

The UK’s longest running comedy festival which attracts over 60,000 people worldwide, this year opened a spicey new venue, Dave’s Curry House, transforming Leicester’s Chutney Ivy restaurant for the 17 day festival into a curry house of hilarity.

Considering we’re in the midst of National Curry Week, Festival Director Geoff Rowe and Comedian Ben Hustwayte were eager to share the funny food memories.
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Public voting for the Curry Capital of Britain Awards closes on September 21st! If you’re still pondering over who should win, then here’s some food for thought.

Leicester attracts over 35,000 people a year to their Diwali celebrations – the Hindu Festival of Light, making it one of the biggest celebrations outside of India.

After finding this out, we were certain Leicester’s curry dedication would make them strong competition, so we spoke with City Mayor for Leicester, Sir Peter Soulsby, to find out more of the city’s curry credentials.
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Food lovers across the UK have voted in their favourite curry restaurants, now it’s time for them to prove their city is top of the poppadoms.

Restaurants need to have their wooden spoons ready, as this year’s Curry Capital of Britain Awards are proving to be closer than ever.

We’ve already spoken to city councils and organisers, now it’s time for restaurants to spill the beans on what they’re cooking up for a 2012 win.

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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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