{"id":221,"date":"2008-01-28T18:07:14","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T18:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/sanjay-anand-mbe-embiz-award-for-entrepreneur-of-the-year\/"},"modified":"2008-01-28T18:07:14","modified_gmt":"2008-01-28T18:07:14","slug":"sanjay-anand-mbe-embiz-award-for-entrepreneur-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/sanjay-anand-mbe-embiz-award-for-entrepreneur-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanjay Anand MBE – EMBIZ Award for Entrepreneur of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nRt. Hon Keith Vaz MP hosts Special Reception in honour of Sanjay Anand MBE<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nAngela Eagle, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, and Murli Deora, Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, among guests in attendance<\/strong><\/p>\n

A special celebration was held at the House of Commons by Rt. Hon Keith Vaz MP on Thursday 24th January 2008, in recognition of the MBE that was awarded by Her Majesty the Queen to restaurant aficionado, Sanjay Anand, for his services to the hospitality industry. <\/p>\n

The special reception to celebrate Sanjay\u2019s honorary achievement took place at the Members Dining Room, House of Commons, attended by MP\u2019s from both the UK and India, including Angela Eagle, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, and Murli Deora, India\u2019s Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, who had flown in especially from India, to attend the celebratory event. Other guests included key dignitaries and respected industry contemporaries. <\/p>\n

On hosting the celebratory reception, which recognised the deserved achievement of one of the most established names in the Indian restaurant industry, Rt. Hon Keith Vaz MP said, \u201cThe way in which Sanjay conducts both his professional and his personal life is as someone right at the very top of his game. He is excellence, not just in the Asian community, but also in the restaurant industry. He built up his empire, serving food that is always of the very best standard. It was no surprise to me, when the Queen decided that Sanjay was the best representative to receive the MBE, and these awards are few and far between. Everyone who meets Sanjay goes away with the impression that they have to have Madhu\u2019s food.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nShowing appreciation for his coveted achievement, Sanjay told \u201cWhen I first read the letter that arrived from Buckingham Palace, I nearly fell off my chair! I made Julie read the letter out twice \u2013 it came totally out of the blue. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI will never forget going to Buckingham Palace, driving through the massive gates which, for 35 years, I had only ever seen from the outside. I do not feel that this MBE is just for me. It is a collective honour, for my family and the entire Asian restaurant industry. I just happen to be the lucky one that has received it. \u201cThe fact is that I love my business. I am very passionate about food and service. I am extremely grateful to God, who gave me such a wonderful family and such tremendous friends. It is they who give me my strength, my courage and my determination.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Keith Vaz then proceeded to re-present to Sanjay the EMBIZ Award for Entrepreneur of the Year<\/strong>, which was awarded to the lucrative restaurateur by Tony Blair at the former Prime Minister\u2019s farewell dinner in 2007. Following the reception, guests were invited to a sumptuous sit-down dinner at the Riverbank Park Plaza Hotel, London, where a heartfelt visual presentation was screened, conveying messages of congratulations to Sanjay, from family, friends and associates. <\/p>\n

Sanjay Anand, pioneer of leading Indian restaurant Madhu\u2019s, was awarded the MBE on Thursday 6th December 2007, for his services to the hospitality industry. Madhu\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. <\/p>\n

Sanjay Anand\u2019s contribution to the \u00a33.2billion 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

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. 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, 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":"

Rt. Hon Keith Vaz MP hosts Special Reception in honour of Sanjay Anand MBE Angela Eagle, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, and Murli Deora, Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, among guests in attendance A special celebration was held at the House of Commons by Rt. Hon Keith Vaz MP on Thursday 24th January 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\/221"}],"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=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dine-online.co.uk\/foodie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}