Shilpa Shetty plans UK curry houses

Shilpa Shetty, winner of the reality television show Celebrity Big Brother and currently embroiled in a kissing episode with Richard Gere, will open a chain of Indian curry houses in Britain, a newspaper reported Friday.

Encouraged by her popularity in Britain, Shetty is also reported to be buying a house in an expensive north London neighbourhood as well as setting up the restaurants.

"The flagship restaurant will be at central London," the newspaper quoted Shetty's agent Farhath Hussain as saying. "The work is moving very swiftly and final details are being chalked out. The curry chain will be called Shilpa Shetty Dining Hall and will have branches across the country."