Enam Ali MBE & Prime Minister Rt Hon David Cameron at the British Curry Awards

Enam Ali MBE is a British Bangladeshi who established Le Raj restaurant in Epsom Downs in 1989. Today, he is one of the leading figures in the UK curry industry and the British Bangladeshi community generally and is frequently to be seen and heard in the national and international print, TV and radio media. He has recently been made MBE in Queen's New Year's Honours. In 1998 he launched Spice Business Magazine which combines news about the spice restaurant industry with developments in the British Bangladeshi community. Today it boasts a readership of over 100,000 and is one of the most respected journals in the UK curry sector. Enam Ali recognised that it was not widely known that the vast majority of the UK's 'Indian' restaurants, turning over £3.5 billion pounds yearly and directly employing 100,000 people, were actually owned and run by people of Bangladeshi origin As a result, in November 1994, the Dine Bangladeshi campaign was officially launched and later formed into the trade association the Guild of Bangladeshi Restaurateurs at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The aim was to ensure that British Bangladeshis were correctly credited for their contribution to the UK economy and also that they warranted a voice at the decision-making level. Taking this initiative a step further Mr Ali founded the British Curry Awards in 2005, to raise the profile of this business and highlight some of the key issues facing the industry.

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