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The Food and Drink Festival Needs YOU

Kate Manchester Food and Drink Festival are on the hunt for committed, fun and enthusiastic volunteers to help make its ‘Big Fifteen’ birthday celebrations the best yet!Manchester Food and Drink Festival’s Experience Programme is an ...

12 July 2012

Castlefield welcomes new gastropub The Wharf

The Wharf is a new addition to Manchester’s Castlefield area. Fitting into the gastro-pub mould, the 250 cover, multi-storey venue overlooks the canal basin. The site was previously home to Jackson’s Wharf pub but it ...

6 July 2012

Cracking Good Cooking Classes

We really like Cracking Good Food. Calling themselves a “cooking network”, they aim to offer classes to get you all hot under the collar about cooking again and they’ve just announced their late summer season ...

6 July 2012

Almost perfect Aubaine

Although it says ‘French’ on the label, Aubaine restaurant in Selfridges serves what I’d call ‘larder cooking’. The kind of cooking that uses what’s in the garden and the freshest pieces the fishmonger has in ...

4 July 2012

Lunch with Champagne Lallier at Damson

Acclaimed producers, Champagne Lallier, are coming to Damson for a lunchtime showcase on Wednesday 4 July. The family-owned house is based in Grand Cru village of Ay, close to the Bollinger vineyards. Lallier’s production, however, ...

28 June 2012

Win steak for two with wine at Le Relais De Venise L’Entrecote

New to the city centre, this Parisian bistro is one of our favourite spots for a chic lunch or supper. Serving just two courses - dressed salad, followed by the world’s most popular dish, steak ...

21 June 2012

Goal! New restaurant to open at National Football Museum

Celebrity chef Frank Bordoni is bringing a new contemporary British restaurant and cocktail bar to Manchester, set to open within the new National Football Museum. Located in the crystalline Urbis building, in the space that ...

19 June 2012

Book and beer banquets at Aumbry

Neil Sowerby Sometimes life does imitate art. The award-winning restaurant that inspired an award-winning novel is now going to feature a dish invented by the author. Green Tea Shrimp with Nano Lime featured as a ...

19 June 2012

Vintage-inspired cafe bar for Whitworth Street

Described by the owners as ‘an epicurean eatery and gin saloon’, new bar, the Whim Wham Café takes its name from the long-running, 40s-inspired club night of the same name. The venue is located in ...

18 June 2012

Manchester stalwart Bryn Evans secures head chef slot at MC Cafe Bar and Grill at ABode

No stranger to Manchester, Bryn has previously worked at Obsidian and Harvey Nichols before moving to the (3 AA Rosettes) Bodysgallen Hall in Llandudno. The chef started his career at the Chester Grosvenor under Simon ...

12 June 2012

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