To discover more about the eating habits of the British public, one of the leading online takeaway ordering websites, hungryhouse.co.uk, asked a sample of people across the UK how often they eat ethnic food such as curries compared to traditional British meals such as roast dinners.

When asked ‘which of the following meals do you prefer; a homemade or takeaway Indian curry or a traditional British roast dinner?’ the majority, 64%, said they would rather eat an Indian curry.

According to the research 1 in 3, 34%, of those asked eat a curry at meal times at least once a week, compared to just 14% that admitted to eating a roast dinner on a weekly basis.

The poll, commissioned by hungryhouse.co.uk was of 1,218 people across the UK aged 18-35. The results have shown that more than 1 in 5, 21%, have a sociable ‘curry night’ at least once a month with their friends, but in contrast only 16% have a family gathering for a Sunday roast.

The study found that only 12% of the respondents regularly purchase the traditional British takeaway of fish and chips, however 49% claimed to frequently order Indian takeaways and 36% said they often order food from the local Chinese restaurant.  

Almost half, 42%, of the respondents polled claimed they had never cooked a Sunday roast themselves.

Graeme Horne, Marketing Manager at hungryhouse.co.uk, said the following about the findings;

“In the past, you’d be hard pushed to find a family who didn’t sit down together every Sunday for a roast dinner, but things have changed drastically. We’re now in a time when most people, especially the younger generation, prefer a takeaway to home-cooked food.”

He continued,

“It could be put down to how effortless ordering a takeaway is, especially with sites like ours, but more than that I think people find takeaway a more sociable meal than roast dinner. Takeaway certainly means less washing up - and who wouldn’t want that!”