Perth’s Tabla Indian Restaurant came top of the Scotland Asian Restaurant awards 2019 and owner Praveen Kumar was named chef of the year as well.
The awards in Edinburgh, held on Sunday, September 8, showcased the finest Asian dining experiences available in Scotland.
Of the 70 establishments and individuals shortlisted by a public votes, this list was cut down to the eventual category winners by a team of experts made up of food critics, food editors and top chefs.
Perth’s own celebrity chef Praveen Kumar was pronounced one of three chefs of the year across Scotland and his Tabla Indian Restaurant on South Street was voted restaurant of the year, one of nine to get the title.
The Raj Mahal in Kinross was the only other from the Perth and Kinross area to get the title which was mainly Edinburgh-centric.
Praveeen Kumar, a restauranteur and cooking teacher too, adds these key wins to last year’s accolades of being named world cuisine chef of the year, picked for Scotland’s curry of the year (for his South Indian chicken curry Kodi Koora) and Scotland’s cook school of the year.
Praveen was thrilled to be called up on stage at the Scotland Asian Restaurant awards: “I’m absolutely delighted and I would like to thank all my customers for their recommendations. My awards shelf is beginning to groan under the weight of trophies.
“It’s been an incredibly busy year, Tabla has just had its most successful quarter ever, the cook school is going from strength to strength and my meals range has successfully launched online.”
He was pleased to recently get the keys to his new food production and distribution units and plans to employ up to 50 people with the Indian ready meals range.
