Thursday 6 October 2011

Thousands of curry fans are expected this week in Leeds Festival

Thousands of curry fans are expected this week in Leeds Festival and other cities hosting the World Curry Festival has been going on for years.

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The three day event feature demonstrations from award-winning curry chefs, which starts on Friday in Victoria Gardens.

A restaurant stalls and exhibitions, live music stage and a class is making curry.

Festival director Zulfi Karim said: "The line up keeps getting more exciting by the day.

"Every chef who is appearing in our cooking theatre has something unique to offer. it's not just about Asian food either, Barrington Douglas has a fantastic take on Caribbean curries and we have some of the UK's very best vegetarian curry chefs on board too."

He added: "If you love curry then this is one event you simply can't afford to miss."