It made perfect sense to combine the two and start writing for Tandoori Magazine.

Distributed in the UK and EU, Tandoori Magazine each month provides business analysis and advice for Indian restaurants and their suppliers. The 92-page colour magazine contains news, interviews, features, product profiles, recipes.

It's part of an extremely serious business. In the UK, the Indian restaurant sector makes over £2 billion a year.

After a month's freelancing, I was asked by the Managing Director if I wanted to become Tandoori's Editor. All the standard perks together with free poppadoms. How could I refuse?

It turned out to be an interesting year. As well as journalistic duties, I represented Tandoori at trade fairs and exhibitions.

I talked on the radio - the BBC's World Service, BBC Radio 4, various BBC local radio stations - about the cultural implications of having an Indian restaurant on every British street corner, what it says about Britain today.

Journalist cannot live on curry alone. I left Tandoori to write about other things.

However, I continue to keep an eye on the Indian restaurant scene (yeah, I stuff my face with curry at every opportunity). I'm sure I'll write about the sector again.