Curry Chefs of Brick Lane Photo Competition

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Situated at the top of Brick Lane, Rich Mix arts centre will play host to an exciting new exhibition that celebrates the unseen and unsung heroes of Brick Lane’s Curry Mile.

Today we launch an online photo competition, asking people to tweet pictures that best represent their own Brick Lane curry experience.

The photos will be displayed on the Rich Mix Facebook as well as on the opening night with the winner receiving a curry-tastic prize of a meal for 4 people at a participating restaurant of their choice.

Tweet your pictures to @richmixlondon using hash tag #bricklanecurry or email info@richmix.org.uk.

About the exhibition

A Spitalfields Life exhibition
The CURRY CHEFS OF BRICK LANE
Photographic portraits by Jeremy Freedman

Thursday 23 February – Thursday 29 March / 10am – Till Close

In 2010 and 2011, East End culture blog www.spitalfieldslife.com published a series of portraits of the curry chefs of Brick Lane, telling the stories of these award-winning chefs accompanied with vibrant images by the prolific street photographer Jeremy Freedman. And the result is a distinguished body of portraiture, recording some of leading culinary personalities of the Bengali community in Brick Lane.

This exhibition is a celebration of these proud chefs - "working away like those engineers below deck on the great steam ships of old, they are the unseen and unsung heroes of Brick Lane’s Curry Mile." These are the previously unseen faces and untold stories that reveal the personal narratives of Spitalfields’ Bengali residents.

The Brick Lane chefs and restaurants featured in the exhibition will put their usual friendly rivalry aside for the exhibition’s opening night on Thursday 23 February where they will present guests with their signature dishes.

Brick Lane Chefs and Restaurants featured in the exhibition

Abdul Tahid, Chef, Papadoms
Daras Miya, Head Chef, Cinnamon
Dayem Ahmed, Kitchen porter of six months standing and aspiring chef, The Shampan
Mr Muhammed Hussiad, Chef, The Shampan
Shaiz Uddin, Head Chef and Monul Uddin, Tandoori Chef, Masala
Jamal Uddin, Chef, Bengal Cuisine
Mohammed Salik, Head Chef, Eastern Eye Balti House
Abdul Forhad, Chef, Monsoon
Zulen Achmed, Chef, Saffron
Nurul Alam, Chef, Preem
Rana Miah, Brick Lane’s longest serving Curry Chef, Kholilur Rahman, Chef, Mizanur Khan, Chef, Aladin
Syed Jahan Mir, Chef, Chillies

The above participating restaurants will be offering people who pick up a leaflet at the exhibition 15% of their food bill for the duration of the exhibition.

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