Top accolades went to Benares, which was named London’s Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year, with Cambridge’s Navadhanya winning a similar award for the regions. Heritage Dulwich scooped the Asian Restaurant of the Year for London.

There were also awards for Romulo, West London (Best Filipino); Yum-Yum, Stoke Newington, Panas Gurkha, Lewisham (Best Nepalese) and Ottoman Kitchen, Southampton (Best Middle Eastern).

Cardiff’s Vegetarian Food Studio was named as the Best Vegetarian with Newcastle’s My Delhi named Street Food Restaurant of the Year. Newcomer of the Year went to Anokha in Bromley and Young Chef of the Year went to Sahil Ahmad of Worthing’s Spice I am.

The Asian Restaurant of the Year for Scotland was Panache in Elgin, with Grand Sultan (Port Talbot) and Jashaan (Cardiff) sharing the award for Wales.

Ambrette Kitchen, in Ashford, Kent won the Just Eat national trophy for Takeaway of the Year. Also in Kent, Rajdani in Sevenoaks was awarded with Best Asian Restaurant - Home Counites.

There was also a Special Recognition Award for Shah Athar, chief operating officer of UK Curry Connect, for his ‘outstanding contribution to the catering inspiration through leadership and inspiration'. 

Yawar Khan, chairman of the Asian Catering Federation, which organises the Awards, said: “The days of the cheap Friday night curry are coming to end. There is no shortage of customers willing to pay for a superior product.”

The full list of local, regional and individual winners can be viewed here.