British Kebab Awards 2019 – Is your fave on the list?

The 7th British Kebab Awards crowned the country’s leading kebab outlets last night at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel.

Over 1,200 guests and 110 MPs and members of the House of Lords gathered to celebrate what has now become known as the ‘Kebab Oscars’.

And the guest of honour had to have been the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn who said that he, despite being a vegetarian, loved kebab shops for “what they do”.

• 1.3m kebabs sold contributing £2.8b to the British economy.
• 20,000 kebab outlets sell 2,500 tonnes of lamb & chicken doner each week.
• 200 doner kebab manufacturers see a combined turnover in excess of £750m.

While also revealing his love of falafels, Corbyn ended his speech to rousing applause with a message of unity: “There can only ever be one answer to the racists who are trying to divide us. Do not be divided. Always, always, always be totally united.”

Another fact to emerge from the awards was that 44 per cent of Labour remainer respondents had enjoyed a kebab the previous month prior as opposed to 25 per cent of Conservative respondents.

Notable Halal winners at this year’s prestigious award included Uni Kebab (rated 4/5 ROARS), who celebrated Tweeting: “Yes! We did it again! We brought the award back to Southampton! Crowned one of the best in the UK.”

Skewd Kitchen (rated 3.5/5 ROARS) in London’s Cockfosters also added to their collection of accolades with Maz Demir, Executive Chef, telling FtLion: “I am delighted to win the Fine Dining Restaurant award for Skewd at the British Kebab Awards. We had previously won the Chef of the Year twice; in 2017 and 2018.”

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

Just Eat Best Delivery

Winner: Batman Grill – 147 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-Sea

Highly Recommended: Wallington Express – 119 Stafford Road, Wallington

Customer Satisfaction

Winner: Uni Kebab – 190 Burgess Road, Southampton

Best Value Restaurant

Winner: Veyso’s Romford – 19 Clockhouse Lane, Romford

Highly Recommended: Ruyam – 230 Commercial Road, London

Fine Dining Restaurant

Winner: Skewd Kitchen – 12 Cockfosters Parade, Barnet

Best Kebab Restaurant in North and West London

Winner: Testi Restaurant – 38 Stoke Newington High Street, London

Best Kebab Restaurant in South and East London

Winner: Lara Grill – 20 Whalebone Lane South, London

Best Kebab Restaurant Regional

Winner: Alim-Et Restaurant – 753 London Road, East Malling

Highly Recommended: Turknaz Restaurant – North Parade, Whitley Bay

Best Takeaway in London

Winner: Archway Kebab – 26 Junction Road, London

Best Takeaway Regional

Winner: Master Kebabs – 88 Watling Street, Gillingham, Kent

Kebab Van of the Year

Winner: Ahmed’s Bar-B-Q – 90 High Street, Oxford

Best Newcomer Restaurant

Winner: Doner & Gyros Aylesbury – 75 Buckingham Street, Aylesbury

Highly Recommended: Usta – 249 Kilburn High Road, London

Highly Recommended: Antep Kitchen Oxford – 228 Cowley Road, Oxford

Best Kebab House in Scotland

Winner: Ada Restaurant – 9/3 Antigua Street, Edinburgh

Highly Recommended: Verdo BBQ Restaurant – 21 Newington Road, Edinburgh

Best Kebab House in Northern Ireland

Winner: Chaska Enniskillen – 14 Forthill Street, Enniskillen

Best Kebab House in Wales

Winner: Golden BBQ – 112 Caerphilly Rd, Cardiff

Winner: Wales Kebab – 7 Thomas St, Abertridwr

Chef of the Year

Winner: Ahmet Kabayel / Pircio – Drill Hall, Bishop’s Stortford

Young Chef of the Year

Winner: Bekzod Khamrakulov / Hazev – 2 South Quay Square, London

Sustainability Award

Winner: I Am Doner – 23 Otley Road, Leeds