Chef Sriram made “Beer Drinker of the Year” by the All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group. Announcing the award at the Beer Awards dinner in London the Group’s Chairman, Burton-upon-Trent MP Andrew Griffiths said: “Our 2011 Beer Drinker of the Year is passionate about our national drink, and a beer champion. His restaurant is now a magnet for brewers from all over the world, for gastronomes and those who want a lunch or dinner with a real difference.

“Not content with this exotic offering, Sriram has recently created a special 5 course all British beer menu – to add to his 5 and 8 course global beer menus, each course served with a different beer; and to cap all that he has recently introduced Britain’s first Vintage Beer Menu boasting nine British beers from Fuller’s of Chiswick, ranging from their ethereal 1999 vintage right up to their succulent, youthfully exuberant 2010.”    

Sriram Aylur is the eighteenth in a distinguished list of previous winners, including HRH The Prince of Wales, Michael Parkinson, and fellow restaurateur Michel Roux.