Curry Top 10

The Festivals Company is pleased to announce that the Top 10 Indian Restaurants competing for the title of Welsh Curry House of the Year 2007 are:

CAFE NAZ, Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff. CF10 5BZ. Tel: 029 20496555

CARDAMON, 442 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff. CF5 1JN Tel: 029 20233506

CINNAMON TREE, 173 Kings Road, Pontcanna, Cardiff. CF11 9DE. Tel: 029 2037 4433

CINNAMON TREE, Tonteg Road, Treforest. CF37 5UA. Tel: 01443 843222

JINUK, 185 Cowbridge Road East, Canton, Cardiff. CF11 9AJ. Tel: 029 20387778

JUBORAJ, Lakeside, Roath, Cardiff. Tel: 029 20455123

PUNITHAS, 131 Albany Road, Cardiff. CF24 3NS. Tel: 029 20473029

SOPNA RESTARANT, Felin Wen, Pontrug, Caernarfon. LL55 2BB. Tel: 01286 675222

SPICE ROUTE, Red Dragon Centre, Hemingway Road, Cardiff Bay. CF10 4DJ. Tel: 029 20488820

STAR OF WALES, 438 Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff. CF5 1JN. Tel: 029 20383222

THE INDIA GATE, 17 Penilline Road, Whitchurch, Cardiff. CF14 2AA. Tel: 029 20615347

"I would like to congratulate the Top 10 for reaching this far in the competition. The public have been voting via the website (www.welshcurryhouse.co.uk) and have demonstrated their passion for curry. We have 300 Indian restaurants in Wales and to be included in the Top 10 is fantastic news for the hard working staff. I would like to wish all 10 every success," said Berwyn Rowlands from the Festivals Company.

The public vote closed on February 12, 2007 and the judging process has been handed over to the Independent judges who will visit the Top 10 restaurants. The judges will sample the food, experience the atmosphere and meet the people involved before deciding on the final three.

The three finalists will be announced on Saturday 3 March, 2007. Cooking for the public and the independent jury during Cardiff’s Indian Food Festival, the three finalists will be judged on their presentation skills, the taste of their dish and their ability to cope under pressure.

The overall winner will be announced during a ceremony in Y Senedd, (Welsh Assembly Building) Cardiff Bay during Cardiff’s Indian Food Festival on 21 March 2007.

You can follow the competition in Some Like It Hot with Hywel James, three half hour programmes every Tuesday at 7.30pm starting March 13 on ITV 1 Wales.