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- Editor's welcome
- D-Day veteran from Rochdale celebrates his 100th birthday
- 25 years of Rochdale Connections Trust
- Striking stained glass window restored and reinstalled in Rochdale Town Hall
- Carl Abraham
- Dell Road reopens after major works to save route from collapse
- £100k donated by RKT Trust
- Civic honours bestowed on 12 for outstanding contributions
- MysonPages conquers Yorkshire Three Peaks
- Chocolate chip stollen
- Wardle Scarecrow Festival
- Rochdale sweeps up at In Bloom awards
- Milnrow Balti crowned North West Restaurant of the Year at Britain’s top Asian Restaurant & Takeaway Awards »
- Self-taught autistic artist shortlisted for award
- Chef David Hayden and wife Rachael run The Gallows in Milnrow, winners this summer of Come Dine With Me The Professionals.
- GEM Appeal Strawberry Sparkle Lunch
- Keeping financial control during the cost-of-living crisis
- Tickled pink! Best window displays for Cancer Research UK
- Hairdressing trend - Champagne pop
- No fault, no blame
- Gardening tips for winter
- Together we can tame the ill wind
- Memory lane
Winter 2022Milnrow Balti crowned North West Restaurant of the Year at Britain’s top Asian Restaurant & Takeaway Awards
The Milnrow Balti has been crowned the North West Restaurant of the Year at Britain’s largest celebration of Asian restaurants and takeaways.
The Dale Street restaurant and takeaway fought off tough competition to be crowned the best in the region at the Asian Restaurant & Takeaway Awards ceremony in London, which celebrate the UK’s best South Asian cuisine across a series of prestigious regional and national categories.
The winners were selected from over 2,370 nominations by an esteemed panel of ambassadors and judges comprising of Chand Rahman, executive chef and multi award winning celebrity chef; Mohammed Mujibur Rahman, ex-Mayor of Corby; and Graham Taylor, senior chef lecturer, Cambridge Regional College.
Restaurants were awarded based on three key factors: quality of food, quality of service, and value for money, followed by the ARTA score, which includes food hygiene rating and reviews from websites like TripAdvisor and Google.
Restaurants that made it through the gruelling first phase were judged and invited to participate in a cook-off competition. The score included various factors including flavour, appearance, texture, hygiene, and aroma.
Owner of The Milnrow Balti, Mohammed Rahman said: “It’s an honour and absolute joy to have won the regional restaurant of the year at the InterContinental O2 Arena Hotel. “We would like to thank all those who nominated us and made this possible. Thank you to all our customers for the continued support through thick and thin and for always putting Milnrow Balti first when ordering an Indian.”
The Milnrow Balti has previously been awarded Best Indian Restaurant (Euro Asia Curry Awards 2021), Best Restaurant (Curry Life Awards 2019) and Best Chef (Euro Asia Curry Awards 2021).