06/10/2026
🍛 A restaurant in New Ash Green has been crowned the best in Britain’s curry industry after winning Best Restaurant of the Year at the Curry Life Awards 2026.
Spice Village picked up the national award at a ceremony at the InterContinental London Park Lane on Sunday, October 4, with thousands of customers voting before judges made their final selections.
👨🍳 Owner Babul Miah has spent a lifetime in hospitality, starting out in his uncle’s restaurant before working in kitchens and moving to front of house. He has also worked at several high-profile restaurants, including one ranked among the country’s top 10 by undercover food tasters.
The restaurant also sponsors a football team and has donated to a hospital, with Babul thanking customers across Kent for “putting New Ash Green firmly on the culinary map”. 🏆
More than 500 guests attended this year’s awards, where 41 prizes were handed out celebrating the best restaurants, chefs and takeaways from across the country.
📷 From left, BBC host Jon Kay, Gideon Amos MP, Babul Miah and his chef from the Spice Village and the BBC's Luxmy Gopal.