"this is the largest Pakistani Indian restaurant on the planet"
An hour-long fly-on-the-wall documentary will spotlight Stockport’s mega restaurant, Royal Nawaab Pyramid, airing on Channel 4 on May 22, 2026.
Filmed over six months by northwest production company Salamanda Media, World’s Biggest Curry Restaurant will offer rare access inside one of the UK’s largest and most opulent restaurant and events venues.
It follows the high-pressure daily operations of the picturesque restaurant, which serves thousands of diners each week alongside a packed calendar of weddings, corporate events and community gatherings.
The synopsis reads: “Serving up to 10,000 diners a week, hosting as many as nine weddings and events every weekend, this is the largest Pakistani Indian restaurant on the planet, rewriting the rulebook on how South Asian food is cooked, served and scaled.”
The production captures the scale of the operation in real time, from kitchen teams racing against demand to front-of-house staff managing large volumes of customers.
It also follows the events team handling complex wedding expectations, alongside a social media team working to attract a younger audience.
At the centre of the business is owner Mahboob Hussain, whose standards shape every element of service across the venue’s extensive operations.
Open seven days a week and powered by 150 staff, the restaurant sits inside the landmark Stockport Pyramid, which underwent a £15 million transformation completed in April 2025.
The three-tiered venue includes a 400-person banquet hall on the ground floor, alongside private dining rooms and larger event spaces capable of hosting up to 800 guests.
In its first year, the restaurant attracted over 192,000 guests and included big names like Tyson Fury.
Salamanda Media said the idea to make a documentary emerged after reading about the restaurant’s opening in the local press, with its scale and location in Greater Manchester immediately standing out.
Creative Director Sally Evans said the project quickly developed after early contact with the team behind Royal Nawaab:
“We first became aware of the Royal Nawaab when we read about its opening in the local press.
“I’m from Stockport, so the idea that one of the world’s biggest restaurants was opening right on my doorstep immediately caught our attention.
“It felt extraordinary, not just because of the scale, but because it was happening here in Greater Manchester.”
“We called the Royal Nawaab team on the day the article came out and very quickly went to meet the owner, Mr Mahboob, and his team.
“From the start, we felt there was a really exciting documentary to be made there. It had the size and spectacle, but also warmth, family, ambition, food, weddings, staff, customers and a huge sense of community.
“They agreed to let us film a taster tape for Channel 4, and that taster quickly became a commission.
“Channel 4 loved the idea from the moment we pitched it and supported us through development. It was one of those rare ideas where everyone could immediately see the appeal.”
World’s Biggest Curry Restaurant airs at 8 pm on Channel 4.
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