FESTA Italiana returned to Manchester for the second time over the weekend of July 13-15) and topped its own impressive record from last year to welcome over 28,000 people to the Cathedral Gardens festival. Over ...
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Countdown to Tast Cuina – our video interview with Michelin master Paco Pérez
PACO Perez’s English is not the strongest; nor is Matty White’s Catalan (or Spanish), so Fazenda boss Tomas Maunier acted as interpreter when the two met for this video interview about his Manchester project, Tast ...
Video: Matty White takes to the terrace to sample Simon Wood’s more casual menu
AL Fresco might be Matty White’s middle name. The sunshine took our videomeister down to WOOD on First Street to check out its new Summer Bar and Terrace men – a more chilled out version ...
Vote for your favourites for 2018 Manchester Food and Drink Awards
YOU’VE got till 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 ...
Shacking up in Ancoats – Vietnamese food heroes take on Squid Ink site
SINCE the temperatures are reaching Mekong Delta levels it somehow seems appropriate that the ToM is craving sriracha-infused Saigon Summer Salad (pictured). Viet Shack is a source of many delights from arguably South East Asia’s ...
THE RABBIT IN THE MOON AND HOME FROM LEEDS TEAM UP FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY
HERE at ToM we like an occasional away day to Leeds. It’s where we first got into the amazing Budobust and some amazing breweries whose beers are now regularly on tap this side of the ...
Squeeze the lemon! Countdown to fantastic Festa Italiana
YOU too can be Italian for a whole weekend (July 13-15) when Festa Italiana Manchester returns to Cathedral Gardens bigger and better than last year’s triumphant debut event, whcih attracted more than 26,000 visitors. Don’t ...
Masterchef men and music stars at the Tatton Park Foodies Festival
RARELY a summer weekend goes by without an opportunity to eat and drink in a parkland setting and they don’t come much bigger than the Foodies Festival at Tatton Park (July 13, 14 and 15). ...
Sizzling fun from Big Grill’s Lord of the Flames in Bury park
PICTURED is Robert Owen Brown who makes a speciality out of roasting whole pigs and cows. Here he has added some poultry to the spits at his Hinchliffe Arms pub. This summer, though, you won’t ...
MFDF and THE GIN LOUNGE ANNOUNCE HUGE GIN FESTIVAL AT UPPER CAMPFIELD MARKET
WHAT a festival tonic! A three-day Gin Festival is coming to the city, courtesy of the Manchester Food and Drink Festival and the Gin Lounge. The Upper Campfield Market, a Grade II listed, former Victorian ...