The Curry Club was founded by Pat Chapman in 1982, to further the understanding and appreciation of the cuisines of the Indian subcontinent.
Pat Chapman founded the Curry Club as a hobby business in January 1982[1] at a time in which little information had been published on the subject of curry and many of the published recipes were complicated and contained hard-to-get ingredients.
In addition the Curry Club carried out cookery courses, demonstrations, trips to Indian restaurants and tours to India.
Regular content included recipes, cooking features and tips, restaurant reviews, biographies on relevant people chefs and restaurateurs, wine pairings, travel and tourism information, and historical pieces.
[6][7] Between 1983 and 2009, the Club organised sixteen gourmet trips to India and other countries, where a small group of enthusiasts engaged in sightseeing as well as sampling the food of each region.