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Manchester House hosts exclusive Rémy Martin private member's club

Manchester House hosts exclusive Rémy Martin  private member's club

AND we thought Rémy Martin was just an iconic Cognac brand. Now ToM, which only resorts to brandy for the odd medical emergency, discovers it’s also a pop-up private member’s club that wows Soho once ...

5 September 2016

Spot the missing beard in the Hairy Bikers Bangers & Bacon Egg Battle

Spot the missing beard in the Hairy Bikers Bangers & Bacon Egg Battle

EGGSTRA-ORDINARY television or just the Hairy Bikers finding yet another vehicle for their brand of hirsute high jinks? Judge for yourself at 8pm on BBC2 2 tonight (Tuesday, September 6) as the pair drop in ...

5 September 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Swinton Chilli Fest – Some Like It Hot

Swinton Chilli Fest – Some Like It Hot

THE Makers Markets are pretty thick on the ground these days but only one has extra spice. Bring a bottle of chilled water – the Swinton Chilli Fest is on Saturday, September 17. Swinton Square ...

5 September 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Viet Shack help launch Simone’s healthy dessert bar in the Arndale Market

Viet Shack help launch Simone’s healthy dessert bar in the Arndale Market

IT’S a leap from spicy bánh mì and Vietnamese summer rolls to ‘guilt-free’ baking but that’s happening in the Arndale Market as award-winning streetfooders Viet Shack open a second site, Simone’s – The Healthy Baker. ...

5 September 2016

GET YOUR TICKETS FOR MFDF’S THIRD HIDDEN BANQUET – 'TV BY MILKJAM' AT OLD GRANADA STUDIOS

GET YOUR TICKETS  FOR MFDF’S THIRD HIDDEN BANQUET – 'TV BY MILKJAM' AT OLD GRANADA STUDIOS

THE third event to be announced in Manchester Food and Drink Festival’s Hidden Banquet series is on sale from 9am on Friday, September 2. Definitely one for the sweet-toothed, “TV” by MilkJam is taking place ...

2 September 2016 by Neil Sowerby

London Road To Host one off event 'Made Here'

London Road To Host one off event 'Made Here'

MADE HERE is one off event hosted by London Road, to introduce people to this iconic space before Allied London begins external and internal renovation works towards the end of 2016. London Road, which has ...

1 September 2016

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

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