SIMON Shaw is the kind of chef you’d want on your side in the trenches. Nothing seems to fluster his steely resolve to squeeze the the very best out of his ingredients. Watching him muster ...
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We gave marvellous Moor Hall five stars, now Michelin gives it one!
ANOTHER year of MMM – Manchester missing out on Michelin – but congratulations to Moor Hall at Aughton, near Ormskirk, given a five star review after a Taste of Manchester Away Day. Everything about this ...
It’s showtime at The Refuge – new pre-theatre menu and an extravagant birthday party
ONE year old this weekend and The Refuge by Volta is still a hive of activity inside The Principal Hotel. In the heart of theatre land with The Palace next door and HOME just down ...
Makers Markets at Stockport and Great Northern Warehouse this weekend
YET another new location for the popular Makers Market, smack in the heart of the city at the Great Northern Warehouse on Sunday, October 1. The formula, successful at regular monthly venues, the Northern Quarter, ...
New bar/restaurant Store Street offers you a spanking good time!
A SPANKING Roger? There’s always a first time. And before you get the wrong idea about the Doubletree by Hilton, it’s a signature cocktail at the hotel’s new ground floor restaurant and bar, Store Street ...
Chef Luke’s spicy MFDF special launched at Bundobust
GOOD to see Luke Cockerill back at the stove in Manchester – even if it is in a pop-up capacity curating special dishes for Bundobust as a one-off for Manchester Food and Drink Festival, which ...
Alex Shaw teams up with Robert Owen Brown at the Hinchliffe
DREAM teams in the kitchen don’t come much better than this. ToM was proud to be the first media outlet to track chef Robert Owen Brown to his new dining pub venture, the Hinchliffe Arms, ...
The queue is back! How to get free Almost Famous burgers for a year
REMEMBER the days when Almost Famous had them queuing around the NQ block? Rival establishments flocked to benefit from the burger boom, pile the patties high their aim. Somewhere along the way as AF expanded ...
Vegan Festival at the Audacious Church this Saturday (September 30)
THERE’S a certain missionary zeal to being a plant-based devotee, so it seems appropriate that Manchester’s latest Vegan Festival is being held in Salford’s Audacious Church (co-venue being the apostate Thirsty Scholar bar) on Saturday, ...
Just for starters – 12 Great Highlights of MFDF’s first half
MANCHESTER Food and Drink Festival is under way from Thursday, September 28, as the original big city party celebrates its 20th anniversary with customary pzazz. And to celebrate that Big 2-0 MFDF, are going to ...