TWO brothers who opened up their own burger venue less than two years ago are thanking their customers and community after winning title of North West Takeaway of the Year.

Darren and Steven Leigh, from Thatto Heath, threw open the doors of Brothers Burgers in April 2018 after coming up with the idea while holidaying with their families in Cyprus six years ago and spotting a restaurant by the same name.

They decided to make a “dirty burger” venue where visitors can get a quality burger.

Less than two years later the pair were shocked to be nominated for the North West Takeaway Award at the British Takeaway Awards.

The brothers made their way to the glitzy ceremony in the Savoy London, last night, on Monday, January 27, and where "in shock" to learn they had won.

Darren, 40 and Steven 38, said: "We honestly are so happy with this award, we opened less than two years ago and beat more than 65 shortlisted venues out of the more than 30,000 Just Eat entries to get this award.

"It still hasn't sunk in, but this award is definitely down to us launching in our community, our staff and our customers who support us along the way.

"We try to give back to our community when we can. We just donated £250 to Teardrops, but it's really nice to get this recognition, because yes we are a takeaway, but we work hard and are proud that someone out there, we still don't know who, put us up for this."