Dharamshala, 7^th July: A Tibetan restaurant, which has been family-owned and operated since opening its first permanent location in November, has been nominated for a top national award. Taste Tibet began in 2014 as a food truck in Gloucester Green, but owners Yeshi Jampa and Julie Kleeman decided to open their own restaurant on Magdalen Road last winter. Following a streak of victories, the street food restaurant and takeaway has been named one of three finalists in this year’s BBC Food and Farming Award in the Best Street Food or Takeaway Category.

This national competition receives hundreds of nominations each year. This year’s prizes sought places that went above and above to assist during the Covid-19 epidemic, rather than just those that serve good meals. Since the first shutdown, Taste Tibet’s founders and employees have gone out of their way to help others, distributing thousands of food gifts to NHS workers during each lockout.

At the start of the year, the famed Tibetan restaurant joined with Oxford Mutual Aid, a grassroots community support group and action network that helps deliver food packages to those in need, to provide between 50 and 100 free food parcels each week.

Griedy’s Wings & Strips in Manchester and Juma Kitchen in Borough Market, London, are also contenders for the East Oxford diner. Saturday Kitchen’s Matt Tebbutt will visit Taste Tibet to pick which of the three eateries will receive the honor. The winner will be announced on October 13th, in London, during a ceremony hosted by Radio 4’s The Food Programme. The tournament has piqued the interest of the couple and their two young children.

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