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UNMISSABLE ‘SECRETS OF THE PALACE HOTEL’ HERITAGE TOUR – FREE PLACES FOR PEOPLE FROM ITS PAST

UNMISSABLE ‘SECRETS OF THE PALACE HOTEL’ HERITAGE TOUR – FREE PLACES FOR PEOPLE FROM ITS PAST

THE Palace Hotel has teamed up with well-known writer and guide Jonathan Schofield to host a series of specialist tours, uncovering some of the incredible history behind this iconic building. As official hotel partner of ...

1 September 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Sign up! MFDF Search Is On For The Region’s Best Baker with The Great Manchester Bake Off

Sign up! MFDF Search Is On For The Region’s Best Baker with The Great Manchester Bake Off

OVEN gloves at the ready, home bakers. Soggy bottoms at the back. The Great Manchester Bake Off is back after a hugely successful debut at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival last year. The 2016 ...

1 September 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Wow! Our chemical reaction to the cocktail wonders of Science + Industry

Wow! Our chemical reaction to the cocktail wonders of Science + Industry

I’D sworn off molecular mixologists cooking up cocktails in custom-built labs ever since Bump Caves bar in London’s Borough. Here in the shadow of Tower Bridge the barman unleashed his latest creation upon us – ...

31 August 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Ex-Grenache chef Mike Jennings take over at Bacchus, Prestbury

Ex-Grenache chef Mike Jennings take over at Bacchus, Prestbury

I NEVER quite believed in Mike Jennings as Chef of Neighbourhood in Spinningfields. After his appointment back in May he made all the right,enthusiastic noises in an exclusive interview for Taste of Manchester, but with ...

31 August 2016

Great British Menu dates announced for The French head chef Adam Reid

Great British Menu dates announced for The French head chef Adam Reid

MAKE a date in your telly diary for Monday, September 12. That’s the start of the weeklong North West heats of BBC 2’s Great British Menu when a trio of local chefs battle it out ...

26 August 2016

Tickets go on sale for second MFDF Hidden Banquet hosted by Dan Doherty

Tickets go on sale for second MFDF Hidden Banquet hosted by Dan Doherty

THE second event in Manchester Food and Drink Festival’s Hidden Banquet series goes on sale at 9am on Friday August 26. ‘INDUSTRY by Dan Doherty’ is taking place at The Bonded Warehouse on Saturday, October ...

26 August 2016

Book here for amazing Hawksmoor Action Against Hunger Dinner

Book here for amazing Hawksmoor Action Against Hunger Dinner

ACTION Against Hunger has assembled a team of chefs, writers and restaurant industry stalwarts for a fund-raising trek across Ethiopia’s challenging Simien mountain range in early October. Ahead of them lies 80km of rocky trails ...

25 August 2016 by Neil Sowerby

New Order launch their own beer on Deansgate this Bank Holiday Weekend

New Order launch their own beer on Deansgate this Bank Holiday Weekend

THE picture shows New Order in their full pomp playing Sydney Opera House recently. Thirsty work, we reckon. So what better than a refreshing beer for the iconic band and their fans. But we bet ...

25 August 2016 by Neil Sowerby

REFUGE BY VOLTA HOSTS FREE PRIDE WEEKEND PARTY IN PALACE HOTEL’S ‘SECRET STREET’

REFUGE BY VOLTA HOSTS FREE PRIDE WEEKEND PARTY IN PALACE HOTEL’S ‘SECRET STREET’

FROM Manchester Food and Drink Festival’s jaw-dropping series of venues for its upcoming Hidden Banquets series to any number of innovative pop-up opportunities the city loves its ‘secret spaces’. Now the autumn’s most eagerly anticipated ...

23 August 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Cloudwater on the pumps at Pilcrow Pub in joint venture by craft beer kings

Cloudwater on the pumps at Pilcrow Pub in joint venture by craft beer kings

TASTE of Manchester has watched handmade hostelry The Pilcrow Pub ever so slowly take shape in Sadler’s Yard and wondered: will the quality of the ale match the high-flown artisan sentiments behind the build. Well, ...

22 August 2016 by Neil Sowerby

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