It will soon be time to start the journey  once again to find out  who are the best spice restaurants across the UK,  with The British Curry Awards 2008. This will be the fourth time the awards have been held and judging on past experience these will be even bigger and better than those that have gone before.

The British Curry Awards 2007 was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel  last October before an audience of 1100 restauranteurs, diplomats, politicians,  and celebrity guests. Tory leader Rt Hon David Cameron MP sent a special message and the event was hosted with good humour by Chris Tarrant OBE.

More than 3000 restaurants started out as potential winners, having been put forward by an amazing 22, 000 nominations from members of the public. This was whittled down to 100 finalists from which were chosen the  ten winners from the various regions of the UK. There were also awards for Personality of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and a special prize for Outstanding Customer Service voted for by lead sponsor Lloyds TSB Cardnet staff across the UK

There is no doubt that the British Curry Awards are now established as the biggest single  event for the spice industry, giving guests a chance to network with customers and suppliers, while the winners have opportunity to celebrate their achievements in front of a global audience. Moreover the various sponsors of the awards can tap into the benefits of the huge world-wide media coverage,  on TV, radio and in the press,  that is generated.