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Were you there? All the Manchester Food and drink festival Award Winners for 2022

Were you there? All the Manchester Food and drink festival Award Winners for 2022

The great and the good from Manchester’s hospitality industry all got their glad rags on for Manchester Food and Drink Festival’s prestigious food and drink awards this week. The packed ceremony with over 350 hospitality ...

26 September 2022 by Deanna Thomas

Don’t miss this fantastic festival of flavours at RHS Garden Bridgewater

Don’t miss this fantastic festival of flavours at RHS Garden Bridgewater

Some of the UK’s most prominent chefs will be joining the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) for its first Festival of Flavours, a new ‘plot-to-plate’ extravaganza, happening at all five RHS gardens across the UK.A schedule ...

26 September 2022 by Deanna Thomas

Have two of Manchester’s most critically acclaimed restaurants closed for good?

Have two of Manchester’s most critically acclaimed restaurants closed for good?

We all knew the hospitality industry was being hit hard by rising costs across the board along with staff shortages, but it still comes as a shock when it results in closures. This week Manchester’s ...

23 September 2022 by Deanna Thomas

Hello Oriental is slashing all of its menu prices in half - for one day only

Hello Oriental is slashing all of its menu prices in half - for one day only

Hello Oriental, Manchester’s three-storey ‘northern powerhouse of Asian street food’ wants to celebrate its first successful six months in Manchester by giving customers 50% off the whole menu for an entire day.Head over to the ...

23 September 2022 by Deanna Thomas

Win festival tickets, hotel stays, dinners and more amazing prices in the Eat Well MCR x MFDF Raffle

Win festival tickets, hotel stays, dinners and more amazing prices in the Eat Well MCR x MFDF Raffle

Want the chance to win some incredible prizes while donating to a worthy local cause? Non-profit and social enterprise Eat Well MCR has launched their annual fundraising raffle in partnership with the Manchester Food and ...

23 September 2022 by Deanna Thomas

Indy Man Beer Con creates ‘green’ beer with JW Lees to spark talks about sustainability

Indy Man Beer Con creates ‘green’ beer with JW Lees to spark talks about sustainability

Independent Manchester Beer Convention (IndyManBeerCon or IMBC) and 200 year old Middleton based brewer, JW Lees, have joined forces to produce ‘Hops are Green’, a ‘beer to start conversations’ ahead of this year’s festival. This ...

22 September 2022 by Deanna Thomas

New Century is hosting a free family fun festival on Saturday 24th

New Century is hosting a free family fun festival on Saturday 24th

Manchester’s new live music and events venue, New Century, is staging a free family festival of events and activity on Saturday 24th September from 12-6pm. Now the £10m transformation is complete and the venue is ...

22 September 2022 by Deanna Thomas

New Exec Chef Shaun Moffat appointed by group behind Cottonopolis, Edinburgh Castle and Libertine

New Exec Chef Shaun Moffat appointed by group behind Cottonopolis, Edinburgh Castle and Libertine

South African born Shaun Moffat has been appointed to head up the kitchens of three of Manchester’s most popular dining destinations; Cottonopolis Northern Quarter, Edinburgh Castle Ancoats and the newly opened Libertine in Withington.Image: @lateefphotographyMoffat ...

21 September 2022 by Deanna Thomas

Take a look at STERLING, the new basement cocktail bar at the Stock Exchange Hotel

Take a look at STERLING, the new basement cocktail bar at the Stock Exchange Hotel

The team behind the award-winning Schofield’s bar and Atomica, Joe and Daniel Schofield, alongside leading wine expert James Brandwood, have taken over the lower ground at Manchester’s Stock Exchange Hotel to open a new cocktail ...

21 September 2022 by Deanna Thomas

All the traders at Society are offering special deals for MFDF - and that includes cocktails

All the traders at Society are offering special deals for MFDF - and that includes cocktails

Society, the street food, craft beer, wine, and cocktail hub at 100 Barbirolli Square boasts an impressive line-up of talented independent traders.And from next Thursday 22nd September until 2nd October, as part of this year’s ...

20 September 2022 by Deanna Thomas

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