Shipley-based restaurant chain the Aagrah is the official caterer to this week's International Indian Film Awards (IIFA).

The chain will serve more than 4,200 dinners over the course of the four day event to visitors from across the globe.

A special menu has been drawn up by head chef and managing director Mohammed Aslam, who has devised dishes named after some of the Bollywood legends attending the awards.

As well as supplying the dishes for the red carpet ceremony at Sheffield's Hallam Arena on Saturday, the restaurant will be providing meals at Friday's charity cricket match at Headingley and the FICII-IIFA Global Business Forum at Leeds Town Hall today.

The Aagrah is also furnishing VIP guests with specially created breakfast and room service menus in their hotels.

The chain's chairman, Mohammed Sabir, said: "To be providing the food for all the functions makes me very proud for our company, particularly that they will be eaten by all the Asian film stars.

"The next few days are going to be very busy."

IIFA's director Sabbas Joseph said: "It has been an immense pleasure and honour to be able to build up such a warm relationship with Aagrah and to feel the kind hospitality of the people of Yorkshire, as so perfectly reflected by the Aagrah team."

The IIFAs themselves are a four day celebration of Indian entertainment, business and culture.

It is expected to bring more than £9.5 million into the region and attract 28,000 visitors from across the world.

As well as the influx in visitors, the awards will be seen by an expected 500 million viewers in the 110 countries they are being broadcast to.

Bradford will be further represented by two young people acting as ambassadors to the awards.

Part of the ceremony will see ten young people, including Mohammed Ayaz and Ramala Aziz from Bradford, representing the youth of Yorkshire's towns and cities.

Mr Ayaz, 21, said: "I feel honoured to be representing Bradford and want to show people that Bradford is a fantastic city."

Mr Ayaz will be wearing a suit made of Yorkshire cloth, developed by Bradford textiles firm Clissold. The cloth has the word Yorkshire woven into the pinstripe.

Clissold has been operating in Bradford for more than 100 years and produced the cloth worn by the Olympic team in Athens in 2004.