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Great British Curry Crisis
« on: July 03, 2024, 06:21 AM »
https://www.ft.com/content/2165379e-b4b2-11e5-8358-9a82b43f6b2f#slide0

A 2016 article from the FT on the problems facing the Indian restaurant industry. Overheads up and profit down.
Couple of interesting facts in the article, including the largest seller of curries was (in 2016) Wetherspoons, and one restauranteur claiming the curries from M&S are superior to most curry houses.
We very rarely buy an Indian take away now, I tend to make the more traditional curries and what we don’t eat immediately goes into the freezer. We will then pull out two or three curries and have them for dinner later on.
For dinner tonight we have a lamb kofta curry and a green chicken curry defrosting in the fridge. A dahl and some stir fried spinach should make for a good meal.
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Re: Great British Curry Crisis
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2024, 04:16 PM »
I while back it was stated that immigration restrictions was making it increasingly difficult for good chefs to get in, does anyone remember that? Perhaps this is the / a consequence.

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Re: Great British Curry Crisis
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2024, 08:15 PM »
I while back it was stated that immigration restrictions was making it increasingly difficult for good chefs to get in, does anyone remember that? Perhaps this is the / a consequence.

I remember that issue but think it may have been a tad more recent that the article above.

I’m sure that Cyrus Todiwalla opened some sort of curry academy because of the immigration restrictions. Not sure if that ever paid off.

 

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