THOSE mighty meat purveyors at Bangers and Bacon have lined up a trio of special events at their Kitchens Leftbank base. Non-carnivores aren’t excluded but they might not get bang for their buck at the ...
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Mike Jennings on his new challenge as head chef at Neighbourhood
MIKE Jennings is hiring sous chefs in a hurry. Snapped up to front the kitchens at the refurbished Neighbourhood after his own venture, Grenache in Walkden, closed, this is a whole new beginning for one ...
Let’s get tanked with the one true Budweiser Budvar at The Oast House
THIS is Jo Miller, almost cuddling the shiny copper tanks holding the beer she’s so passionate about. Oast House regulars seem to share that passion. They are currently getting through 500 litres a day of ...
Arndale Market's Micro Bar offers some tempting food matches
MARK DADE is a man for firsts and thirsts. Back in the Eighties he was the first brewer at groundbreaking Marble before setting up Boggart Brewery in North Manchester around the start of the 21st ...
THE BITERS BIT – CASTLEFIELD FOOD FESTIVAL PUTS THE CRITICS ON TRIAL
SUNDAY’s celebrity chef demos are the culmination of four days of food-fuelled fun at the second Castlefield Food Festival (May 12-15) with a formula following last year’s inaugural event, which attracted more than 15,000 folk ...
Open invitation to Tim Bacon service – and why Red Door meant so much
AS Manchester prepares to commemorate the extraordinary life of Tim Bacon at a a special open-to-all memorial service at 1pm on Monday, May 16 it seems fitting to toast the hospitality legend’s final project – ...
MANCHESTER FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 19TH FESTIVAL DATES
MANCHESTER Food and Drink Festival have announced the dates for the city’s 19th annual celebration of all things gastronomically great up North. MFDF 2016 will take place from Thursday, September 29 to Monday, October 10. ...
Cocktails In The City – let the spirited hedonism begin
MEET the Bombay Minx, a wicked collaboration between The Alchemist bars and Star of Bombay gin both hope will wow this year’s Cocktails In The City, back after 2015’s sell-out success but in a new, ...
First look at Tapeo, another taste of authentic Spain
“MY drink is water bright” goes the old Band of Hope song, designed to counter the lure of the demon drink. And here I am in that temperance body’s old Deansgate HQ sitting at a ...
Five days of Michelin magic at The French from Simon Rogan and his elite team
SIMON Rogan’s Chef Week returns to The French from June 7-11. It made its debut last year in collaboration with the Manchester Food and Drink Festival and the standalone formula for 2016 is the same, ...