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Jabbar Khan

Aktar Islam & Jabbar Khan of Lasan

Aktar Islam & Jabbar Khan of Lasan

By Indi | February 9, 2010

The DESIblitz SpotLight zooms on Aktar Islam and Jabbar Khan of Lasan Restaurant from Birmingham in the UK, the winners of the Gordon Ramsay’s F Word final on Channel 4 television. Lasan is the first Indian restaurant in the UK to be selected as the ‘Best Local Restaurant’ by Ramsay. Head Chef Aktar Islam together [...]

Categories: SpotLight
Tagged: Aktar Islam, awards, Best Local Indian Restaurant, Best Local Restaurant, birmingham, F word, Food, Gordon Ramsay, indian, interview, Jabbar Khan, lasan, Lasan Restaurant, restaurant, UK, win, winners

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Lasan victory on The F Word

Lasan victory on The F Word

By Indi | January 7, 2010

Lasan restaurant from Birmingham won the final and Indian Restaurants category on Gordon Ramsay’s F Word television show on Channel 4. They won the show’s final against chef team from The Pheasant, who serve traditional British food. Prior to the final, they won the semi-final against Santa Maria (South American cuisine) and Sweet Mandarin (Chinese [...]

Categories: Food
Tagged: Aktar Islam, Bengali, category, cookery, cuisine, F word, Food, Gordon Ramsay, indian restaurant, Jabbar Khan, lasan, Lasan Restaurant, The Curry Corner, The F Word, UK, winners

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Chef shortage hits Curry Restaurants

Chef shortage hits Curry Restaurants

By Amit | April 2, 2009

Following Home Secretary Jacqui Smith’s announcement that rules on foreign workers entering the UK will be tightened and the ‘shortage occupation list’ to remove chefs from the list, the UK curry restaurant trade is beginning to feel the impact of these changes. Ministers have suggested that they plan to force restaurants and takeaways to recruit [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian, Food
Tagged: asian, bangladeshi, Brit-Asian, chef, clutural, cooking, cuisine, dining, ethnic restaurants, Food, government, home secretary, indian, Jabbar Khan, lasan, Lasan Restaurant, law, ministers, professional chef, restaurant kitchen, rules, shortage, South Asian, takeaways, UK, women

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Lasan Restaurant - a tasty rendezvous

Lasan Restaurant – a tasty rendezvous

By Pamela Jabbar | December 10, 2008

Jabbar Khan founded Lasan Restaurant in 2002, tucked away inside Birmingham’s prestigious Jewellery Quarter, Lasan has been voted one of the top ten Indian restaurants in the UK by The Independent and The Times. It boasts amongst its many accolades, The British Curry Awards, Institute of Directors (IOD)- Young Director of the Year Award – [...]

Categories: Brit-Asian, Food
Tagged: bangladeshi, best restaurant, birmingham, chicken, cobra beer, curry club, food experience, haute cuisine, indian, indian food, indian restaurants, Jabbar Khan, james martin, jewellery quarter, lasan, Lasan Restaurant, michelin guide, pamela jabbar, restaurant critic, UK

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