{"id":34261,"date":"2016-11-28T19:18:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T19:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=34261"},"modified":"2016-11-29T12:49:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T12:49:29","slug":"takeaway-chef-nominated-for-top-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/food\/takeaway-chef-nominated-for-top-award","title":{"rendered":"Takeaway chef in line for top award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pan Asian restaurant Katiwok is shortlisted for the BTA&#8217;s Chef of the Year Award next month<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Award winning takeaway restaurant <a href=\"http:\/\/www.katiwok.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Katiwok<\/a>\u00a0celebrated this month\u00a0as head chef Yamuna Gurung, 28, was shortlisted to the top 5 Chefs of the Year at the British Takeaway Awards\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebtas.co.uk\/\">(BTA&#8217;s)<\/a>\u00a02016.<\/p>\n<p>Five shortlisted chefs competed for the single title at\u00a0the Michael Roux Jr Cookery School\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cactuskitchens.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cactus Kitchens<\/a>.\u00a0The chefs prepared\u00a0their signature\u00a0takeaway dishes under the watchful eye of Britain&#8217;s well-known judges, which included\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ainsley-harriott.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ainsley Harriott.<\/a>\u00a0and Dragon&#8217;s Den investor\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahwillingham.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah Willingham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The final Award ceremony will take place at London&#8217;s prestigious <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairmont.com\/savoy-london\/\">Savoy<\/a>\u00a0on the 4 December, where the long-awaited title will be announced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/&lt;iframe width=&quot;560&quot; height=&quot;315&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qDSCUFwoyhw&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qDSCUFwoyhw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the success of the BTA awards&#8217; launch last year, the award for\u00a0Takeaway Chef was created only this year to accredit the chefs who passionately cook\u00a0those takeaways.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34294\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/yamuna.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34294\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/yamuna.jpg\" alt=\"After three years of fantastic service, locals were left hungry when Yamuna left Katiwok for a day last month for the semi-final. We're glad she's back on Crwys Road again!\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">After three years of fantastic service, locals were left hungry when Yamuna left Katiwok for a day last month for the semi-final. We&#8217;re glad she&#8217;s back on Crwys Road again!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI took my Afghan chicken kati roll to the final as I love the spice in it,\u201d said Yamuna from Nepal. She added, \u201cI also made chicken dumplings and Asian salad because my kimchi and olive oil dressing is very popular.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owner Niaz Taj from Cardiff said, &#8220;Amir Khan commented on a picture of the chicken dumplings!\u201d He explained that the famous boxer\u00a0was confused by the dish&#8217;s impressive look as it\u2019s visual finesse is above general takeaway food expectations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/11694751_849778625058765_8243142296070993290_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34283\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/11694751_849778625058765_8243142296070993290_n.jpg\" alt=\"Yamuna's Kati roll is a more Nepalese version of the original Indian recipe using fresh south Wales sources, they said.\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yamuna&#8217;s kati roll is a more Nepalese version of the original Indian recipe using fresh south Wales sources.<\/p>\n<p>Yamuna and Niaz\u00a0said that the \u00a31,000 winning prize money would massively\u00a0benefit the restaurant. The restaurant of the winning chef\u00a0will also get a free sign up to food delivery service Just Eat which is in partnership with the\u00a0BTA&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>The takeaway&#8217;s popularity is evident by its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.co.uk\/Restaurant_Review-g186460-d3835548-Reviews-KatiWok-Cardiff_South_Wales_Wales.html\" target=\"_blank\">TripAdvisor<\/a>\u00a0reviews. This is highly important as most customers order their food online and said they frequently use TripAdvisor to help choose a good restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Yamuna promises to keep bringing new approaches to Asian street food to the multi-cultural city of Cardiff.\u00a0Let&#8217;s hope the award ceremony next month does Cardiff and Katiwok proud!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pan Asian restaurant Katiwok is shortlisted for the BTA&#8217;s Chef of the Year Award next month<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":34283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,21],"tags":[11391,11389,11394,11393,31,10788,11387,11386,11383,11392,11385,11390,11388,11384,1703,11395],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Takeaway chef in line for top award - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pan Asian restaurant Katiwok is shortlisted for the BTA&#039;s Chef of the Year Award next month\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/food\/takeaway-chef-nominated-for-top-award\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Takeaway chef in line for top award - 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