ONE of the joys of Manchester Food and Drink Festival is treating the Albert Square hub as one great picnic opportunity. From September 27 to October 7, noon to 11pm every day there’s a terrific ...
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Meet Fiona Beckett, set to share her amazing wine moments with MFDF
A CHANCE offer can change the course of anyone’s life, It’s just a case of seizing the opportunity. ‘Carpe diem’ as they say – or in the case of Fiona Beckett ‘Carpe vinum’. Now one ...
Place your Manchester Food and Drink Awards votes
YOU’VE got until midnight on Thursday, September 27 to vote for your favourites in the Manchester Food and Drink Awards 2018. It’s not an easy choice. When the shortlists were announced we suggested it might ...
It's crunch time – Apple Day at Platt Fields Park
APPLE Day, it’s hard to believe it’s a first for the city. So best get down to Platt Fields Park this Saturday to enjoy the most apple-rated bunch of activities in the UK. It’s a ...
Masterchef star Simon Wood to launch casual eaterie Woodkraft
YOU’VE got to admire the chutzpah of Simon Wood, a borne winner (and not just of Masterchef 2015). Still staggering from a £4,000 bill for damage caused by raiders trying to batter their way into ...
Oktoberfest at the Albert Hall – dust off the designer lederhosen
OKTOBER always comes early at the Albert Hall. So once again that specific month-centric beer bacchanalia takes place in September (Fri 14 and Sat 15). Last year Oktoberfest sold out with some 2,000 beer lovers ...
Epernay, that bubbliest of bars, shuts its doors
FURTHER sparkle has gone out of out lives with the closure of Epernay Champagne Bar in the Great Northern Tower. Just four years ago the place had been revitalised under young new owners Chris Payne ...
Chef of the Year Matt to plant top vegan eaterie Allotment in City Centre
TWELVE busy months on from being crowned Manchester’s Chef of the Year vegan champion Matthew Nutter is making the giant leap from Vernon Street, Stockport into the heart of the city centre. The Allotment Vegan ...
16 courses in 100 minutes – how visionary Mana will get up to speed
IT’S the autumn when Ancoats really clinches the real deal as a foodie destination. First up is ‘Modern Portuguese’ Canto, which opens to the public on September 20. Flash forward a month (October 17) and ...
Join the Hungry Gecko’s Vegan Mock Meat Revolution
THIS may look an amazing chunk of meaty protein, but think again. It’s actually Vietnamese vegan ‘ham’ using bean curd skin, a Viet-style five spice marinade and coconut fat. We haven’t tried it but we ...