Lasan Restaurant
Aktar Islam & Jabbar Khan of Lasan
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 with [...]
Lasan victory on The F Word
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 [...]
Chef shortage hits Curry Restaurants
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 chefs [...]
Lasan Restaurant – a tasty rendezvous
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 – [...]