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news Quality recognised th ve o d meda s and special award Cobra Beer’s status as one of the foremost World Beers is recognised today with a full house of five gold medals from Monde Selection. After three successive years of gold medals success, Cobra is also awarded an International High Quality Trophy. ll five obra roducts were awarded gold medals in a clean sweep which include Cobra, King Cobra and Cobra Zero. ince first entering the onde Selection awards in 2001, Cobra Beer has now won a total of 78 gold medals, making it one of the most awarded beers in the world. The awards come as Cobra Beer rapidly increases its share in the UK’s upmarket bars, having seen 77pc volume growth in the sector following the launch of a major advertising campaign in February. The brand is already stocked by 98.2pc of the UK’s Indian restaurants and extensively in multiple supermarkets and the independent retail sector. Cobra exports regularly to 30 countries, across the EU and as far as Chile, New Zealand and Japan. Judged by an independent panel of industry professionals, the onde election wards Lord Bilimoria installed as Chancellor of the University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham has announced that Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea, CBE, DL, has been installed as the University’s seventh Chancellor. The India-born founder of Cobra Beer was installed during an official ceremony held recently at the University. Lord Bilimoria follows a long line of distinguished University of Birmingham Chancellors. Professor Sir David Eastwood, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham, said: “I am delighted that Lord Bilimoria has agreed to become Chancellor of the University of Birmingham. “He embodies the character, spirit, and ethos of the University. We know that, 12 like those Chancellors before him, Lord Bilimoria will make a powerful and lasting contribution to this University.” The Chancellor acts as the ceremonial figurehead of the University and has an important ambassadorial role, working with the Vice-Chancellor and the Pro-Chancellor to raise the niversity s rofile. On accepting the role, Lord Bilimoria said: “The University of Birmingham is a wonderful institution with such an illustrious history dating back to its foundation by Joseph Chamberlain in 1900. It is also the University where my mother, my uncle and my maternal grandfather studied.” T A N D O O R I // September/October 2014 012_TM_Jun_Jul14_Cobra.indd 12 assess 2,830 products from over 80 countries each year, and are the leading kitemark of quality for consumer goods. The medals are being awarded by onde election today at its Annual Award Ceremony in Bordeaux. Lord Bilimoria CBE, founder and chairman of Cobra Beer, comments: “We a