Never mind the Oscars, Britain hosted its own awards ceremony... for kebabs
The world watched the Oscars with bated breath on Sunday night, but another awards ceremony was also taking place with something of a more culinary focus.
Britain hosted its very own equivalent of the Oscars -- the British Kebab Awards. Nice.
With 1.3 million kebabs sold every day across Britain, it's safe to say the much-loved kebab is an institution in the UK.
Seventeen kebab shops from across the UK won awards in categories ranging from Best Kebab Van to Best Fine Dining Restaurant. The winner of the kebab van award went to Atalay Kebab Van in Thame, Oxfordshire, while Veyso's in Hertford won the award for best Fine Dining Restaurant. Pizza King Kebab House in Edmonton was named best takeaway in London. BBC Radio 1 DJs Chris Stark and Scott Mills hosted the event, which was attended by politicians including Andrew Percy MP, Barry Gardiner MP, and Simon Danczuk MP. True to British form, people flocked to Twitter to express their enthusiasm for the Kebab Awards, and their lack thereof for the Oscars. Some people didn't mince words.
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Many hailed the Kebab Awards the British equivalent to the Oscars.
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Many were amused by the timing of the awards ceremony, which was undoubtedly a baller move on the part of the Kebab Awards.
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In fact, the Kebab Awards were such a big deal in the UK they were reportedly trending above the Oscars on Twitter for a period.
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Who needs the Oscars when you can have kebabs?
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
