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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
GRUB launching new street food and live music venue under an arch (naturally)
YOU can understand why GRUB is on the shortlist for ‘Best Pop Up, Event or Project of the Year’ in the 2017 Manchester Food and Drink Awards, results to be announced next Monday (October 9). ...
New Knutsford Evuna gives us a foretaste of Mallorca Month
TASTE of Manchester couldn’t resist a lunch trip over to the gorgeous new Evuna in Knutsford. We just wished the rail service was more than hourly; still, missing our planned train gave us the chance ...
Simon Shaw's Spanish pop-up triumph at the MFDF Albert Square Hub
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 ...
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 ...