Star chefs join the line-up for city’s World Curry Festival

The festival, in Leeds, which is taking place this year for the second time, will run from September 23 to 25 at Victoria Gardens on The Headrow.

The new names who are taking part in the eating extravaganza are Gurpareet Bains and Vineet Bhatia.

Gurpareet recently took the title of chef of the year at the English Curry Awards 2011 and Vineet, is the first Michelin-starred Indian chef in Britain.

The pair join other previously-confirmed guests such as Huddersfield-based Caribbean food expert Barrington Douglas and Hemant Oberoi.

Last year’s festival was organised to mark the 200th anniversary of curry’s arrival in Britain. Sake Dean Mahomed began selling Indian-style dishes from his Hindoostane Coffee House in London in 1810.

This year’s event will boast a restaurant and dozens of stalls and exhibitions as well as a 100-seater cooking theatre which will host demonstrations.

Event director, Zulfi Karim, said every chef who would be appearing in the cooking theatre throughout the event has something unique to offer.

For more details about the event, visit the website: www.worldcurryfestival.com