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Gala Dinner and MFDF Awards

Tickets are now on sale for the 11th MFDF Gala Dinner Awards ceremony, which takes place on the 13th October at the Palace Hotel Manchester. Sponsored by City Life, the Gala Dinner is an annual ...

4 September 2008

The Cocktail List

Russ Otterwell introduces the first of a new series showcasing Manchester’s top Bartenders from the City’s leading restaurants and bars.This month Marcelo de Ferrari, Sommelier at new Spanish restaurant & Bar Grado, has chosen a ...

19 August 2008

Beer With Dessert?

Yes please! The soon-to-be-imported Cusquena Dark fills your mouth with a multitude of flavours.It goes perfectly with this chocolate pudding from Valencia, which is not at all sweet. If you have already mastered the technique ...

19 August 2008

Love Saves the Day open Dale St store

The Manchester super-deli chain ‘Love Saves the Day’ has opened a new outlet on Dale Street, just next to Piccadilly Basin. The latest addition to the chain takes their total number of stores to three, ...

1 July 2008

Invisible Systems win MIDAS Award

Cumbria-based Invisible Systems wins MIDAS Award for Supply Chain Solutions Award-winning chef Andrew Nutter presents innovation award MIDAS, Manchester’s inward investment agency, sponsors Food NW Awards 2008 Celebrity chef Andrew Nutter presented the MIDAS Award, ...

20 June 2008

Healthy cooking in a nutshell

Organic certified virgin coconut oil from Coconoil™ is has been billed as the best and healthiest cooking oil for cooking, frying, spreading, baking and barbecuing. The main reason for this is that certified virgin coconut ...

17 June 2008

Eggs Factor hits Manchester

British Lion eggs are coming to Manchester to find someone with the ‘Eggs Factor’! A £5,000 prize is up for grabs for someone who can cooks eggs with panache. A cook-off will take place on ...

17 June 2008

Temperance Bars

It’s hard to imagine a bar with no alcohol, but just 50 or so years ago, Temperance Bars were all the rage. Often based in herbalist’s premises, they sold not alcohol but soft drinks. Their ...

5 June 2008

Ben and Jerry’s Goes Bananas

With the summer months making their comeback, returning in a blaze glorious sunshine, everyone can start thinking about slapping on the sun cream, jostling for prime bathing positions on city parks, kicking back and chilling ...

19 May 2008

Hospitality Action

Hospitality Action is a benevolent organisation for hospitality people, where the definition of hospitality is ‘the direct provision of food, drink or accommodation away from home.’ It provides a service for and from the people ...

27 March 2008

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