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2017 Manchester Food and Drink Awards – the winners

2017 Manchester Food and Drink Awards – the winners

IT was the year Veganism and Stockport came of age at the Manchester Food and Drink Awards, climaxing the 20th annual Manchester Food and Drink Festival. Restaurant of the Year went to city centre Bundobust ...

10 October 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Viva the Asador! Tinto, authentic taste of Spain, arrives in Didsbury

Viva the Asador! Tinto, authentic taste of Spain, arrives in Didsbury

OF all the Spanish places that sprung up like champiñones on or just off Deansgate a year or two back the one that charmed me most was Tapeo – thanks to the warmth of co-owners ...

9 October 2017 by Neil Sowerby

Tarted up Dog and Partridge a valuable addition to the Didsbury drink scene

Tarted up Dog and Partridge a valuable addition to the Didsbury drink scene

BUSY times in Didsbury Village. Already blessed with the likes of Hispi, Solita, Casa Italia, Bisou BIsou and Spanish newcomer Tinto in the former Chalk site, it has suddenly found itself home to a spanking ...

9 October 2017 by Neil Sowerby

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

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