National Curry Week 21st - 28th October
| Published: 4th October 2007 11:07 |
National Curry week 21st October 2007 - 28th October 2007.
The 2007 National Curry Week will again invite Indian restaurants, caterers, pubs, canteens etc, all over Britain to celebrate the cuisine and culture with special dinners, record-breaking attempts, raffles, auctions and more, all in aid of contributing to the alleviation of poverty and suffering in South Asia.
National curry week starts on Sunday 21st October which sees the 3rd Annual British Curry Awards Ceremony held in East London's Brick Lane, famed for its diverse Indian cuisine.
There are to be charity events nationwide to raise money for Oxfam's work in South Asia including the River Basin Project in India, Bangladesh and Nepal and the 'We Can' campaign to end violence against women in South Asia.
Last years event included breaking the world poppadom tower record, which is now set at160 that's 1m 37cm of poppadoms! The Sun's fun challenge for Café Spice Namaste to create the World's Longest Kebab.
You can support National curry week by throwing your own curry night, ask for a minimum £1 donation and donate online to Oxfam online.
See http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_you_can_do/events/curryweek/index.htm for more details.
