POLITICO Europe · 10 February 2022

Ahead of the tenth British Kebab Awards in 2022, I joined POLITICO’s London Influence newsletter for a long lunch to talk about how the awards became a fixture of the Westminster calendar.

I explained that the event gives me a platform to champion the causes I care most about: the struggles of small businesses, and the contribution refugees and immigrants make to the UK. Those are the people behind the food.

We also talked about how the idea for the awards began, at a time when I was already campaigning in Westminster on behalf of Kurdish people. POLITICO’s London Playbook later flagged the opening of nominations for the following year’s awards.

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