There is plenty to celebrate at My Delhi Indian Streetery in Newcastle this week as its head chef is awarded the title of Chef of the Year.
Gaurav Dayal, who cooks the kind of street food he enjoyed as a child in Delhi, won over judges at the Asian Restaurant & Takeaway Awards in London on Sunday when he took part in a live cook-off with his rival finalists. And in the national spotlight at the awards - which are dubbed the Oscars of the curry industry - he was awarded the regional and national Chef of the Year title.
The accolade adds to a growing clutch of awards which My Delhi, run by brothers Elahi and Shah Amin, has earned in recent years and - with this being National Curry Week - executive chef Gaurav gave Chroniclelive a demonstration of the dish which so impressed the ARTA judges.
