Restaurants, takeaways and top chefs will be in hot competiton this summer at the 2023 edition of the English Curry Awards which has now announced its finalists - which include 38 North East favourites.
The region will be proudly represented at August's awards where the winners will be announced in a celebration of the achievements of the best of the nation's curry industry. Restaurants spanning Northumberland to County Durham are included among the newly-revealed categories which are broken down into regions.
Among them is My Delhi in Newcastle, already a multi-award-winner, which also has been included in a nationwide category which will see it compete with nine other restaurants from across the country for the title of Street Food Restaurant of the Year. The English Curry Awards, now in their 12th year, will be hosted in Birmingham on August 14.