Itihaas, winner of the Best Caterer of the Year award

The local eateries with go up against the best Asian restaurants and takeaways from around Scotland after more than 10,000 people voted online for their favourite venues, with 70 businesses making the shortlist.

Hosted by BBC News anchor Samantha Simmonds, the gala dinner and awards ceremony will take place at The Sheraton Grand Hotel in Edinburgh on September 18.

The awards, being held for the seventh time, are organised by the Asian Catering Federation (ACF).

ACF chairman Yawar Khan said: “We are seeing some remarkable creativity by pioneering restaurateurs and chefs, adapting to challenging trading conditions and more sophisticated customer preferences, showcasing Scotland’s world-leading produce, especially its seafood, game, neeps and tatties.”

We have won the Best Caterer of the Year Award for Scotland & Northern Ireland region in the BCA Awards 2010.

Bajloor Rashid, president of BCA, said: “We feel that this milestone 50th anniversary provides us with an excellent opportunity to celebrate the past, to highlight over five decades of hard work, personal sacrifice, and significant success in creating and protecting this national treasure of ours, now part of British heritage.

“We are excited to welcome entries for the best of Asian cuisine and restaurants and look forward to unveiling new unfound jewels of our catering industry. ”

The BCA represents 12,000 British-Bangladeshi restaurants across the UK and was established in 1960 to represent the catering industry run by the ethnic Bangladeshis. At present, the industry employs more than 100,000 people, mostly Bangladeshi in origin, with an estimated yearly turnover of £4 billion.

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