THE VOICE OF THE BRITISH KEBAB INDUSTRY

 In 1983, Abouzaki opened a Lebanese fast-food café on Edgware Road which he called Ranoush after his first daughter, Rana. Then followed his third business 

 The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC), a coalition of UK health professionals, has called for a climate tax to be imposed on food with a heavy environmental impact by 2025. 

 Cobra Beer launched the website to support restaurants to extend discounts in September too. Restaurants registered through https://cobraeatoutpromotion.com/ website and offer discounts to their customers. 

 For many years, restaurants in the UK have faced a major crisis around the recruitments and retention of experienced chefs due to the Tier 2 Sponsor Licence rules and requirements. This issue has threatened the expansion or lose of their business. 

 Called doner kebab not only in England but almost all over Europe, the dish is called Shawarma in Arabic culture and restaurants. Doner kebabs shops calls Shawarma places in Manchester, Birmingham and Edgware Road 

 Restaurant owners were already frustrated about the exorbitant commission rates charged by these firms, in some cases up to 35% per menu item, and the challenge of lockdown made circumstances even worse. 

 The hospitality sector is one of the sectors most affected by the Covid epidemic. Thousands of restaurants, cafes and takeaways have also been confused at times. 

 With a ‘no deal’ Brexit on 31 January 2020 still a possibility, BritShish asks, “how could leaving the European Union without a deal affect the British Kebab Industry? 

 I have completed 53 years in the area. Until the late 1980s, there was only one steak house, two or three food businesses with grilled kebabs on its menu, and they were run by Cypriot immigrants. 

...It smells of kebab every evening on weekdays. At weekends, it begins at noon...

That was the objection to the council from one Harringay Green Lanes resident, after the restaurant they lived next to applied to extend its opening hours.

 The Niyazi Steak & Kebab house was opened in 1970 on Mare Street, Hackney in East London. The doner kebab shop was also probably the second or third of its kind to be opened in England. 

 British newspapers have drawn attention to the rise of halloumi cheese and hummus. Famous TV chefs also regularly feature these Mediterranean dishes on their cooking programmes.