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Ernst van Zyl's maverick magic for one night only – at The Lowry Hotel

Ernst van Zyl's maverick magic for one night only – at The Lowry Hotel

ERNST van Zyl kicks off a summer series of guest chef evenings at The Lowry Hotel’s River Bar and Restaurant on Monday, June 11 with a five course dinner that is guaranteed to push back ...

7 July 2016

Volta storm The Palace – a food revolution in the making

Volta storm The Palace – a food revolution in the making

A PALACE is the perfect setting for a fairy tale and the sleeping beauty that is the vintage Manchester hotel of that name has found two fairy godfathers in the Unabombers DJ duo.TOM is going ...

5 July 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Eccles Makers Market returns on Saturday, July 9

Eccles Makers Market returns on Saturday, July 9

THE Makers Market roadshow is making a second appearance in Eccles town centre, bringing over 60 traders and an array of artisan food and drink plus crafts and music. Expect stalls from a, Western Biltong, ...

3 July 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Raymond Blanc brings a taste of French home cooking to Knutsford

Raymond Blanc brings a taste of French home cooking to Knutsford

THE 18th Brasserie Blanc was opened in Knutsford by the ebullient French chef who has embodied the French culinary arts in Britain for three decades. No one dining in the former Loch Fyne premises in ...

3 July 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Review: The new look Neighbourhood

Review: The new look Neighbourhood

I’M not a diner given to doggie bags but ‘when in New York’ as they say...and the bulk of the £16-to-share bilberry-topped baked cheesecake just had to leave with us in its cute Neighbourhood branded ...

30 June 2016 by Neil Sowerby

October and bust! Marko and Mayur tell us their big plans for Bundobust

October and bust! Marko and Mayur tell us their big plans for Bundobust

WELCOME to the cavernous basement that will host Bundobust’s Manchester adventure. At the moment it hasn’t shrugged off two years of neglect since the Metro Chinese Buffet shut, but the designers and builders have moved ...

30 June 2016 by Neil Sowerby

THE ALCHEMIST ON NEW YORK STREET CELEBRATES FOUR YEARS ON THE FOURTH OF JULY  

THE ALCHEMIST ON NEW YORK STREET CELEBRATES FOUR YEARS ON THE FOURTH OF JULY  

NEW York Street sounds just the spot to celebrate American Independence Day – and a star-spangled bar birthday, too. The Alchemist on that thoroughfare turns four on July 4 with an American themed bash from ...

30 June 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Bangers & Bacon's meaty triumph in Kitchens trader competition

Bangers & Bacon's meaty triumph in Kitchens trader competition

WHAT a summer it has been for the team behind Bangers & Bacon. May ended with their Spinningfields Left Bank diner invaded by the Hairy Bikers on location. Now June departs with the trio crowned ...

29 June 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Manchester House and El Gato Negro star at National Restaurant Awards

Manchester House and El Gato Negro star at National Restaurant Awards

THE Northern culinary powerhouse made a major mark on this year’s prestigious National Restaurant Awards, announced at a London dinner last night (June 27). Aiden Byrne’s Manchester House leapt into the Top 50 from 98th ...

28 June 2016 by Neil Sowerby

VIVE LE GRUB’S PEDAL POWERED PICNIC AT SADLER’S YARD THIS SATURDAY

VIVE LE GRUB’S PEDAL POWERED PICNIC AT SADLER’S YARD THIS SATURDAY

WHEN Taste of Manchester goes off on one of its country jaunts it keeps running into (not literally) rusting yellow bikes, legacy of the Tour de France’s Grand Depart annexation of our moorlands in 2014. ...

27 June 2016 by Neil Sowerby

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