Earlier this week, the fifth annual Scottish Curry Awards took place at the Thistle Hotel in Glasgow, before an audience comprised of the creme de la creme of the nation's curry scene. After attending in all their finery for the last three years, the Tramps were unable to make an appearance in 2012 (one was working hard, the other quietly putting themselves back together after a hectic RockNess). But thanks to the reporting efforts of STV's Laura Piper and Hector at the Curry-Heute blog, they were able to get a flavour of how things went down. (To hear what the Tramps thought of the shortlist before the actual awards, just listen to the news section of our most recent Keep Calm And Curry On podcast.)

Some guy from the Coonsil

Curry Lover of the Year 2012: Glasgow City Council 

Best Supermarket Curry Award: Asda 

Another good year for Taj Mahal

Team of the Year: Taj Mahal, Biggar

Chef of the Year: Jagtar Singh, Taj Tandoori, Prestwick

Curry King or Queen 2012: Mohamed Ali

Rabinder Singh Uppal founded the Taj Tandoori

Lifetime Achievement Award: Rabinder Singh Uppal

To think, we were just at Charcoals the other day

The Best of Glasgow: Charcoals

TAKEAWAY OF THE YEAR
North East winner: Qismat, Aberdeen
North West winner: Kebabish Curry House, Oban
South East winner: Eastern Spices, Edinburgh
South West winner: Halal Kebab House, Glasgow

Overall Takeaway of the Year winner: Eastern Spices, Edinburgh

RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR
North East winner: Cinnamon, Aberdeen
North West winner: Spice Tandoori, Fort William
South East winner: Suruchi, Edinburgh
South West winner: Rasoi, Lenzie


Overall Restaurant of the Year winner: Rasoi, Lenzie

Well done to the winners and all the nominees ... and while TATTGOC will always remain a Glasgow-centric curry resource, it looks like we might be tempted to catch a train to Lenzie to see what it is that Rasoi is doing so very well. Until next year!