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Tom Kerridge to oversee food and drink at new Stock Exchange Hotel

Tom Kerridge to oversee food and drink at new Stock Exchange Hotel

IT’S official. Tom Kerridge, Mr High Profile Chef himself, has been announced as the overseer of food and drink at the eagerly awaited Stock Exchange Hotel – 35-room boutique venture from GG Hospitality. Conversion work ...

3 June 2019 by Neil Sowerby

Manchester Art Gallery team up with MFDF

Manchester Art Gallery team up with MFDF

Manchester Art Gallery and Manchester Food and Drink Festival have announced three new immersive supper clubs with chefs Mary Ellen McTague, Simon Shaw and Aiden Byrne.Manchester Art Gallery is hosting a unique series of art-meets-food ...

30 May 2019

Rivington Walk climax of Bolton Beer and Cider Week

Rivington Walk climax of Bolton Beer and Cider Week

THESE are heady days for beer and cider aficionados (or quaffers). Fairfield Social Club has just hosted a Cider Fête celebrating the remarkable range of the fermented apple and pear scene and tickets go on ...

26 May 2019

The Printworks home to the Garden of Eden? You’d better Adam and Eve it

The Printworks home to the Garden of Eden? You’d better Adam and Eve it

TIGER Tiger is facing extinction and in its place at the heart of The Printworks comes the place which spawned original sin – welcome to Eden, due with us July. According to the announcement for ...

26 May 2019

The hot tickets for MFDF’s Dining Dome – don’t miss out

The hot tickets for MFDF’s Dining Dome – don’t miss out

TICKETS are selling fast for Manchester Food and Drink Festival 2019’s headline events at its new hub in Cathedral Gardens – a series of one-off dinners and collabs that showcase the city’s terrific chefs. None ...

26 May 2019 by Neil Sowerby

Tom Kerridge’s Pub in the Park where grub meets pop

Tom Kerridge’s Pub in the Park where grub meets pop

PUB In The Park has become quite a rollercoaster event for Tom Kerridge. He first launched the food meets music festival back in 2017 in Marlow, Bucks, home to his two Michelin-starred gastropub, the Hand ...

26 May 2019 by Neil Sowerby

Tasting Notes from Beastro's Richard Brown and James Taylor

Tasting Notes from Beastro's Richard Brown and James Taylor

Richard and James sat down (with at least one bottle of red) to answer our questions in the form of a heated discussion on their favourite spots to wine, dine and experience exceptional hospitality in ...

26 May 2019 by Neil Sowerby

COLOURFUL KING STREET FESTIVAL TO REIGN AGAIN ON JUNE 1 and 2

COLOURFUL KING STREET FESTIVAL TO REIGN AGAIN ON JUNE 1 and 2

THE King Street Festival, one of the most popular fixtures in the city’s social calendar, returns on Saturday and Sunday June 1 and 2. Expect the usual heady weekend mix of food and drink, live ...

26 May 2019

Happy birthday to Runaway (no longer raising the roof!)

Happy birthday to Runaway (no longer raising the roof!)

RUNAWAY success is a cliche but you have to hand it to the brewery of that name, this weekend (May 25 and 26) celebrating their fifth birthday at their taproom in Dantzic Street. Mark Welsby ...

23 May 2019 by Neil Sowerby

PLANS CONFIRMED FOR SECOND EL GATO NEGRO RESTAURANT  

PLANS CONFIRMED FOR SECOND EL GATO NEGRO RESTAURANT  

EL Gato Negro, such a huge success in Manchester, is to open a second branch in Liverpool later this summer. The restaurant will be based in Exchange Flags at the heart of the city, occupying ...

23 May 2019

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