| Patak's | |
| Type: | Indian food |
| Foundation: | 1957 |
| Founder: | Shanta Pathak and Lakshmishankar Pathak |
| Location: | Leigh, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom |
| Key People: | Chairman, Kirit Pathak OBE (1952-2021) |
| Industry: | Food manufacture |
| Products: | Ready meals, Indian sauces |
| Parent: | Associated British Foods |
Patak's is a UK brand of Indian-style curry pastes, sauces and spices. It was founded in 1957 by wife-and-husband team Gujarati-British entrepreneurs Shanta Pathak and Lakshmishankar Pathak, who came to Britain, penniless, with their family as refugees from Kenya, and acquired by Associated British Foods in May 2007 for £200 million.[1] thumb|left|A Patak's bread companyThe company supplies 75%[2] of British curry houses with sauces and mixed spices, and supplies major retailers throughout Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand.