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Eccles Makers Market back this Saturday (Oct 14)

Eccles Makers Market back this Saturday (Oct 14)

ECCLES, one of the jolliest of the Makers Market events, is back on Saturday, October 14, with a promised line-up of 53 artisan traders with food to the forefront. New stallholders include ADB Manchester and ...

9 October 2017

Mary-Ellen and Co celebrating the month of the goat

Mary-Ellen and Co celebrating the month of the goat

IN the week of the Manchester Food and Drink Awards ToM feels a pang of nostalgia for Aumbry, a serial winner of Chef and Restaurant of the Year in the days when it turned Prestwich ...

9 October 2017

Around The World in #8ishSteaks at The Koffee Pot – a feast for charity

Around The World in #8ishSteaks at The Koffee Pot – a feast for charity

SUPPER club whizz The Drunken Butcher (aka Iain Devine) has teamed up with Prevent Breast Cancer for a one-off dinner with a globetrotting meat-driven menu at The Koffee Pot in the Northern Quarter, with at ...

8 October 2017

Inspired by Vegan victories in the Manchester Food and Drink Awards? This book is for you

Inspired by Vegan victories in the Manchester Food and Drink Awards? This book is for you

‘COMFORT food inspired by adventure’ is the subtitle of Jackie Kearney’s second cookbook, My Vegan Travels, due out in November. It’s the sequel to her Vegan Street Food, which found plant-based inspiration in India and ...

8 October 2017 by Neil Sowerby

FIVE GREAT EVENTS TO TOAST MFDF’S FINAL WEEKEND

FIVE GREAT EVENTS TO TOAST MFDF’S FINAL WEEKEND

THE 20th Anniversary Manchester Food and Drink Festival reaches it climax at the glitzy Gala Dinner at the Principal Hotel on Monday, October 9, when the coveted 2017 Awards are handed out. It’s too late ...

6 October 2017 by Neil Sowerby

New Alchemist at Media CityUK throws a swanky launch party

New Alchemist at Media CityUK throws a swanky launch party

IT was good to see the BBC Breakfast team out on the town (well, the Salford Quays waterfront anyway) for the glitzy VIP bash at the new MediaCityUK Alchemist Bar & Restaurant. Charlie Stayt, Steph ...

6 October 2017

Gary Usher joins global star chefs at Nigel Haworth's Obsession festival

Gary Usher joins global star chefs at Nigel Haworth's Obsession festival

HISPI’S Gary Usher joins a stellar company of chefs from across the globe for the 18th Obsession annual gastro-extravaganza at Northcote (January 18-February 4, 2018). Chef patron Nigel Haworth (above) announced the line-up in London ...

4 October 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Get down – Fantastic streetwise eats at the MFDF Hub in Albert Square

Get down – Fantastic streetwise eats at the MFDF Hub in Albert Square

THE weather has not been the kindest, but the MFDF Festival Hub has provided the best party in town (the other party, of the Tory variety, has just been in the way with its ‘ring ...

4 October 2017

Bye bye Byron as burger chain announces it’s quitting Corn Exchange

Bye bye Byron as burger chain announces it’s quitting Corn Exchange

IT’S a landmark in a way – the first chain incomer to jump ship from the Corn Exchange. Byron Burger have announced plans to close their restaurant in the food complex, home to 12 other ...

4 October 2017

Tickets still available for the MFDF dinner where you really get your goat!

Tickets still available for the MFDF dinner where you really get your goat!

TICKETS are still available for one of the final – and most fascinating Manchester Food and Drink Festivalevents – Goatober at Koffee Pot, where three of the city’s finest head chefs will showcase how good ...

3 October 2017 by Neil Sowerby

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