AS diners we pay so much attention to what’s on the plate before us, often capturing on camera the artful arrangement of foams, micro leaves and ‘lamb three ways’, that we ignore what’s hanging above ...
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Bourbon Brothers aim to raise the spirit levels
TASTE of Manchester is astonished at the city’s unquenchable thirst for drinks tasting events, the latest being the Town Hall takeover by The Bourbon Brothers. Billed as the UK’s biggest bourbon event, it offers the ...
THE ALCHEMIST EXPANDS WITH LAVISH NEW VENUE AT MEDIACITYUK
A MUCH needed boost for the food and drink scene in MediaCityUK is the promised arrival of The Alchemist bar on a prime waterfront site – The Bund at Dock 9 on the walkway next ...
Brassica's Paul Faulkner five-courser at Ancoats Supper Club
WHAT could be more the flavour of summer than the lemon posset and macerated summer berries pictured above? This course alone makes you want to book your ticket for the next Ancoats Supper Club event ...
Vive Raymond! Blanc team launch two Cheshire venues on June 27
RAYMOND Blanc’s Cheshire double whammy will take place on Monday June 27 when he simultaneously launches the Brasserie Blanc in Knutsford and The Oakwood in Alderley Edge. This reinvention of two former Loch Fyne sites ...
Gary Usher's Hispi captures Didsbury Jem & I site
HISPI has found a nest at last. As predicted, in deepest Didsbury. Which may further ruffle the feathers of all those Chorltonites who bolstered chef Gary Usher’s crowdfunding campaign, which raised £58,650 for his new ...
Fancy a game of ‘Blind man’s Boeuf’?
For one night only Celebrity Chef and New Moon Co Chef Patron, David Mooney, goes head to head with rising culinary star and guest chef James Allcock for a playful night of Northern meaty goodness;This ...
Manchester Beer Week – our lowdown on the ale-laden extravaganza
MANCHESTER Beer Week, kicking off (like the Euros but without the Stella) on Friday, June 10, will fill 10 days to the brim with some of the hoppiest moments even this beer-mad city can conjure ...
Subterranean bolthole Red Door is in full swing
THE Red Door is open. The basement bar beneath The Botanist on Deansgate is looking to redefine late night drinking in Manchester – as if the city needed any excuse. Certainly the 250-capacity joint looks ...
Forever Manchester Week – fun-filled fund-raising for community causes
THE culinary community in Manchester has a proud record of supporting charitable causes – so there are high fund-raising hopes for Forever Manchester Week (Friday 10 June to Friday 17 June 2016). Over the last ...