Popular Horsham restaurant celebrates double award win – just weeks after chef’s success
A Horsham restaurant has scooped two more awards – just weeks after its chef was crowned the best in the region.
Darchini, in London Road, was named Best Indian Restaurant in Sussex at the Euro Asia Curry Awards 2026.
Meanwhile, Naeem Hossain, of Darchini, picked up the Best of the Year in Sussex category.
The winners were announced at the awards’ tenth anniversary ceremony on November 9 at City Pavilion in Romford.
The Euro Asia Curry Awards recognise restaurants, takeaways, chefs, entrepreneurs and hospitality professionals across the British hospitality sector.
The double award win follows Darchini’s success at the Asian Restaurant and Takeaway Awards (ARTA) 2026, where it won Sussex Regional Chef of the Year.
That ceremony took place on October 12 at the London Hilton on Park Lane, with television news anchor Samantha Simmonds and comedian Paul Sinha hosting proceedings.
It was the second consecutive year Darchini had received the regional chef accolade, following its win in 2025. The restaurant was also named Sussex Restaurant of the Year at ARTA in 2024.
Darchini previously described its latest ARTA victory as an ‘incredible moment’, saying the family was ‘bursting with pride’.
Darchini is based at 24 London Road in a distinctive Tudor-style building with dark oak beams and a brick fireplace.
It offers dining-in and takeaway services, serving a mixture of North and South Indian dishes.