{"id":180,"date":"2007-12-04T13:07:34","date_gmt":"2007-12-04T13:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/sanjay-anand-of-madhu%e2%80%99s-gets-mbe\/"},"modified":"2007-12-04T13:07:34","modified_gmt":"2007-12-04T13:07:34","slug":"sanjay-anand-of-madhu%e2%80%99s-gets-mbe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/sanjay-anand-of-madhu%e2%80%99s-gets-mbe\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanjay Anand of Madhu\u2019s Gets MBE"},"content":{"rendered":"

SANJAY ANAND OF MADHU\u2019S TO COLLECT MBE FROM HM THE QUEEN FOR HIS SERVICES TO THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sanjay Anand, pioneer of leading Indian restaurant Madhu\u2019s, will be collecting his MBE award from HM The Queen on Thursday 6th December 2007, for his services to the hospitality industry.
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\nMadhu\u2019s is renowned as the top Asian Outside Caterer in the UK and for exclusively serving its delectable Punjabi cuisine with a Kenyan Asian twist at the food halls of the world\u2019s most famous store Harrods, London. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sanjay Anand\u2019s contribution to the \u00a33.5billion Indian restaurant industry* has continuously been recognised by the array of industry accolades he has collected throughout his career. His previous accolades include being the winner of \u2018Best UK Restaurant\u2019 at The 2004 Cobra Good Curry Guide Awards, being nominated at the 2005 Tio Pepe ITV London Restaurant Awards in the \u2018Indian Restaurant of the Year\u2019 category, winning a Best In Britain Award for being \u2018best\u2019 in the restaurant category, winning \u2018Industry Personality of the Year\u2019 at the 2004 BIBA Awards, in association with The Real Curry Restaurant Guide and more recently Sanjay won the Best Outside Caterer Award at 2007 Cobra Good Curry Guide Awards. <\/p>\n


\nSanjay Anand, in speaking about collecting the MBE says: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI am thrilled to have received this coveted award. It is a great honour since it is a huge accolade for the hospitality industry. Considering our humble beginnings never did we anticipate this type of recognition for our work. It is truly rewarding to see the fruits of our labour recognised in such an honorary way.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sanjay started the business as a 17 year-old Punjabi who enlisted his mother as head chef in the 36-seat restaurant. Today, Madhu\u2019s in Middlesex is a two level restaurant that attracts gourmet diners and celebrities from across London. <\/p>\n

With forefathers originally from India, in the 1930s Sanjay\u2019s grandparents moved to Nairobi, North Kenya, to set up their family empire. \u2018The Brilliant Hotel\u2019 was where Sanjay\u2019s late father made his name with his exceptional and unmatchable cooking talent. With Kenyan political unrest in the 1970s, the Anand\u2019s moved to the UK and with this move, the empire followed. Madhu\u2019s Brilliant restaurant opened on 28th November 1980, with the aid of Sanjay, aged 17 and his brother Sanjeev, 16. The rest as they say is history.<\/p>\n

In the first four years of the restaurant opening, the clientele was mostly Asian, however after Madhu\u2019s received countless awards and positive reviews, including Timeout and The Good Food Guide, many non-Asians now dine at the fine restaurant. The Indian Hyatt trained chefs cook some of the Anand signature dishes, Punjabi cuisine with a unique Kenyan Asian twist. The high profile guests who have enjoyed Madhu\u2019s fine cuisine include former England cricket player Ian Botham and American pop star Tina Tuner.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following a disastrous fire in 2002, Sanjay refurbished the restaurant with a chic new style that now includes a calming water feature underneath the glass floor at the entrance, black granite features, modern high chairs and polished floorboards. <\/p>\n

Moving from strength to strength, Madhu\u2019s is established in the catering industry as the top UK Asian outside caterer. <\/strong> Madhu\u2019s is the only and first Asian caterer accredited by the top West End hotels including London\u2019s Hilton on Park Lane, Caf\u00e9 Royal, Carlton Tower and Grosvenor House Hotel. Madhu\u2019s regularly caters for some of the most prestigious events in the UK, including the Asian Business Awards attended by HRH Prince Charles, the Duke of York and HRH Prince Michael of Kent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SANJAY ANAND OF MADHU\u2019S TO COLLECT MBE FROM HM THE QUEEN FOR HIS SERVICES TO THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY Sanjay Anand, pioneer of leading Indian restaurant Madhu\u2019s, will be collecting his MBE award from HM The Queen on Thursday 6th December 2007, for his services to the hospitality industry. Madhu\u2019s is renowned as the top Asian read more …<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}