REMEMBER the days when Almost Famous had them queuing around the NQ block? Rival establishments flocked to benefit from the burger boom, pile the patties high their aim. Somewhere along the way as AF expanded ...
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Vegan Festival at the Audacious Church this Saturday (September 30)
THERE’S a certain missionary zeal to being a plant-based devotee, so it seems appropriate that Manchester’s latest Vegan Festival is being held in Salford’s Audacious Church (co-venue being the apostate Thirsty Scholar bar) on Saturday, ...
Just for starters – 12 Great Highlights of MFDF’s first half
MANCHESTER Food and Drink Festival is under way from Thursday, September 28, as the original big city party celebrates its 20th anniversary with customary pzazz. And to celebrate that Big 2-0 MFDF, are going to ...
Budding food and drink trader? The Central Library and MFDF are here to help
SQUID ink milk, the perfect pizza, Manchester gin-making and ‘shipping container cuisine’ are all on the agenda at Recipe for Success, an MFDF Fringe event at Manchester Central Library on October 3. Contributors to this ...
Taste the ale with this kegload of special events at Manchester Food and Drink Festival
MANCHESTER Food and Drink Festival www.foodanddrinkfestival.com , which kicks off on Thursday, September 28, has placed a greater emphasis on beer to toast its 20th anniversary, recognising Greater Manchester’s craft revolution – witness the new ...
Starry chef line-up for ‘Odyssey of Taste’ at Yu Alderley Edge
FOLLOWING the success of its inaugural run last year, the Odyssey of Taste is set to return to Yu Alderley Edge this October, with an incredible line-up joining Victor Yu in the kitchen. Indeed it ...
Michelin chefs cook for charity – Masterpiece Dinner back at the Whitworth
FOLLOWING the fantastic success of Action Against Hunger’s first Masterpiece Dinner in Manchester last year, which raised an incredible £28,000, the event returns again at The Whitworth on Wednesday, October 25 with a stellar line-up ...
Roc, Rye and Rapture – signature cocktail list takes you on a rollercoaster ride
FAVOURITE hang-outs in the city? Roc & Rye has to be up there. For craft coffee and cocktails immaculately done in a sympathetic conversion of a landmark Grade II listed building. Hence we are looking ...
Puzzling departure of Rabbit In The moon Chef Luke
BIZARRE and The Rabbit In The Moon are perfect bedfellows, but the oddity of the chef who jumped the ‘Space Age Asian cuisine’ mothership takes it into the outer galaxies. One minute head chef Luke ...
TOP NORTH WEST CHEFS TAKE ON THE SOUTH IN THE DIRTY DOZEN COOK OFF
WHO else but Andrew Nutter would celebrate his birthday week by leaf=ding a North West barbecue team in in a ‘Dirty Dozen’ pork-based barbecue cook-off in Cornwall. The ebullient Norden chef took Adam Reid of ...