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FODDER EPISODE 2 WITH SPECIAL GUEST MARY-ELLEN MCTAGUE

FODDER EPISODE 2 WITH SPECIAL GUEST MARY-ELLEN MCTAGUE

Welcome to Fodder - the food and drink podcast for Manchester.Matt White explores Greater Manchester and all it has to offer - you’ll meet some of the regions finest chefs, producers and food lovers.The Fodder ...

27 May 2016

TARIFF AND DALE CELEBRATE 1ST BIRTHDAY WITH ‘GROWN UP KIDS PARTY’

TARIFF AND DALE CELEBRATE 1ST BIRTHDAY WITH ‘GROWN UP KIDS PARTY’

It’s been a year since Tariff and Dale burst onto the Northern Quarter bar and restaurant scene – and this Sunday they’re throwing the party to end all parties to celebrate…The team are throwing a ...

27 May 2016

Hidden Banquets, Nadiya Hussain and Adam Reid pop-up headline MFDF

Hidden Banquets, Nadiya Hussain and Adam Reid pop-up headline MFDF

MANCHESTER Food and Drink Festival (Sept 29-Oct 10) is whetting our appetite big time with the the announcement of key elements of its 2016 programme. There are some real treats in this first batch. None ...

27 May 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Abandon Chorlton! Gary Usher’s punter-funded bistro is Didsbury bound

Abandon Chorlton! Gary Usher’s punter-funded bistro is Didsbury bound

CHORLTON snubbed in favour of Didsbury Village. It has that “do you want to step outside?” provocation about it. Chef Gary Usher is fighting his corner by insisting his Kickstarter-funded third bistro venture, Hispi, is ...

25 May 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Alchemist brings its cocktail magic to its new Alderley Edge venture

Alchemist brings its cocktail magic to its new Alderley Edge venture

THE Alchemist Bar and Restaurant chain continues its quest for world domination by taking over the current Grill on the Edge site in Alderley Edge. Grill on the Edge will close its doors immediately after ...

25 May 2016

Church Inn Mobberley crowned National Pub of the Year

Church Inn Mobberley crowned National Pub of the Year

THE Church Inn, Mobberley has been named National Pub of the Year in the Pub and Bar Awards 2016. The popular village inn was presented with the prize by Observer food critic Jay Rayner at ...

25 May 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Groundbreaking ale launch gives us a thirst for Manchester Beer Week

Groundbreaking ale launch gives us a thirst for Manchester Beer Week

THE countdown to Manchester Beer Week is hotting up. The official festival beer was launched on Thursday, May 26, at the JW Lees-owned Rain Bar on Great Bridgewater Street. It’s a one-off collaboration between Lees, ...

24 May 2016 by Neil Sowerby

Salvi’s to launch Osteria – Italian neighbourhood restaurant for Norden

Salvi’s to launch Osteria – Italian neighbourhood restaurant for Norden

NORDEN goes all Neapolitan as Salvi’s turns the Norden Arms into an Osteria. A Rochdale suburb that has pinned its culinary hopes on Andrew Nutter’s up the hill now can look forward to some exceptional ...

24 May 2016

Northern food folk’s Ethiopia trek to raise funds for Action Against Hunger

Northern food folk’s Ethiopia trek to raise funds for Action Against Hunger

THIS October a team of chefs, restaurateurs and hospitality industry experts from across the north of England will embark on a tough trek through the Simien Mountains of Ethiopia (pictured above), in a bid to ...

24 May 2016 by Neil Sowerby

RESURGENT KING STREET TO HOST MAY BANK HOLIDAY FESTIVAL

RESURGENT KING STREET TO HOST MAY BANK HOLIDAY FESTIVAL

KING Street has been shaking off its torpor with a retail resurgence and, more high profile, the arrival of top-end restaurant/bars El Gato Negro (above) and Quill. Now it is putting is putting itself in ...

22 May 2016

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