The perfect launch for National Curry Week
The launch of National Curry Week 2011 was announced with the exciting news that the event's World Poppadom Tower Challenge Record had not only been broken but almost eclipsed.
The 14th running of the event aimed to raise the profile of the cuisine and raise much needed money for the malnourished and disaster stricken of the world, received the perfect launch when Nahim Aslam's Indian Ocean in Ashton Under Lyne achieved a massive 1075 poppadoms in a tower 1.57m high. The record was witnessed by official judges, Tameside Councilor Bill Harrison and local businessman Jon Howarth, Managing Director at City Accident Response, Ashton-under-Lyne. Both were on hand to observe the attempt from start to finish, making sure the guidelines provided by National Curry Week and Guinness World Records were properly followed when counting and then measuring and officially recording the height of the tower.
The record was first achieved in 2004 when Matt Robinson piled 152 poppadoms on top of each other but the Indian Ocean's achievement beating the present record of 450, takes things to a new height!
National Curry Week will take place from 9 - 15 October this year leading up to World Hunger Day and will be supported by a group of partners, the first to sign up being Cobra Beer and takeaway specialist CurriesOnline.
Centrepiece of the event will again be Curry Capital of Britain with nineteen cities invited to compete to try and rest the crown from current title holder Glasgow. The winner of the title will be Curry Capital of Britain during London Olympic year.
"What a way to start this year's event," commented organizer and founder Peter Grove. "I am sure this will be the best National Curry Week yet and hope every curry fan in Britain gets involved."
For the first time the 2011 event will be featuring Dine In as well as Dine out so whether you get your curry from restaurant, takeaway, supermarket or even cook your own, you will be able to join in. For details visit nationalcurryweek.co.uk.
