SPRING is always an inspiration for chefs and few celebrate it better than Andrew Green at The Lowry Hotel’s River Restaurant. It helps when you’ve built up such an impressive range of regional suppliers (above) ...
News
Solita Didsbury to host Great Eccles Cake off in aid of homeless
THE Eccles Cakes above were shot by Joby Catto (jobycatto.com) for Robert Owen Brown’s cookbook, Crispy Squirrel and Vimto Trifle. It was published only a couple of years after the country’s biggest high street baker ...
Real Junk Food Project pop-up at Gray's Larder
AS the Real Junk Food Project Manchester’s secret new base slowly takes shape in Ancoats, they are spreading their message in Chorlton by teaming up Gray's Larder for a pop-up dinner there.As with all their ...
TASTE Test: Chorlton Kulfi Sour at Bundobust
IT always puzzles folk that Chorlton Brewing Company is not located in that trendy suburb. Owner/brewer Mike Marcus lives there, but an arch along the Piccadilly beer mile is a more affordable base for brewing ...
£21,000 raised to fight famine by Iberica Too Many Critics Dinner
BIG congratulations to Action Against Hunger for raising over £21,000 from their Too Many Critics charity dinner at Iberica – and to cook-off winner on the night Emily Heward of the Manchester Evening News. She ...
We'll be Two Michelin standard even if we don't get a star, vows Rabbit man Michael O'Hare
THE Northern Restaurant and Bar hospitality trade show’s central NRB Debate generated the oxygen of publicity this year when it put Gary Neville and Michael O’Hare centre stage at Manchester Central. Together the pair are ...
Special achievement award for Hispi chef Usher at NRB Top 50 ceremony
GARY USHER, force of nature behind bistro trio Hispi (Didsbury), Sticky Walnut (Chester) and Burnt Truffle (Heswall), was honoured by his peers at the Northern Restaurant and Bar show in Manchester. At the prestigious hospitality ...
Grand Pacific opens – lavish colonial destination in old reform Club
LET’S celebrate St Patrick’s Day with a plate of sushi. OK, it’s a bit out of the ordinary but then so is the venue – Grand Pacific, latest restaurant/bar to occupy the first floor of ...
Vegan groundbreaker Allotment guests at Ancoats Supper Club
ALLOTMENT Stockport is fine dining vegan heaven. ToM gave it five stars and ever since has had the urge to return to Matthew Nutter’s groundbreaking restaurant. Now the Ancoats Supper Club is saving us a ...
Sip sip hooray! Manchester Beer Week dates announced
THE usual length of a week is seven days, but in the case of Manchester Beer Week, 10 days of citywide hop-filled hedonism, ToM is happy to make an exception! Last year’s inaugural festival really ...