IT’S a tough job but somebody has to do it. Judges from drinks trade bible Imbibe spent a long Soho afternoon trawling through 150 entries to find the finalists for 2019’s Drinks List of the ...
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Northcote names its Obsession line-up – and it's starrier than ever
expansive as the years go by? The latest Obsession (Friday 24 January to Sunday 9 February 2020) is the 20th and sees 24 chefs with 22 Michelin stars between them host dinners at the Michelin-starred ...
Feeling Bullish? What to expect at Tom Kerridge’s upcoming Bull & Bear
NOT every pub grub menu pays homage to one of our greatest chefs, steeped in his own French heritage, but accompanying Tom Kerridge to Manchester as he opens the Bull & Bear inside The Stock ...
Let's toast Seb, Jen and Wonder Wend at the gin gem Three Little Words
SOMETIMES a new bar takes you by surprise. You’re blasé about yet another railway arch conversion and yawning at the prospect of a temple to gin and then… And then you step into Three Little ...
High profile Cloudwater and Hispi combine for beer matching dinner
WE wish more restaurants took food and beer matching seriously. That’s not the case at Hispi in Didsbury. Proof is an upcoming collab dinner with Manchester’ most acclaimed brewery, Cloudwater. The menu features six courses ...
Chefs Steve Smith and Victor Yu team up for exclusive collab dinner
IT’S all about Yu for one night only for award-winning chef Steven Smith. The chef patron of The Freemasons at Wiswell is joining exec chef Victor Yu in the kitchens of Yu Alderley Edge on ...
Massive three day gin festival at the Mayfield
GIN Fever. Is there no cure? Seems not as a three day festival with that name takes over Unit 8 of the Mayfield Depot. It will stock 100 varieties, offer G&Ts with every variety of ...
Book now for Bistrotheque Classique – fun-tastic MFDF banquet
THEY do dinners differently at Bistrotheque. So this newcomer’s contribution to the upcoming Manchester Food and Drink Festival comes complete with lashings of pizzazz. The MFDF Dining Dome in Cathedral Gardens is hosting the Bistrotheque ...
Wing Fest – it's time to unleash your inner chicken
IT claims to be the biggest celebration of chicken wings in Europe. Who are we to argue? Wing Fest is certainly attracting a committed crowd of street food traders, restaurants, barbecue teams and pop-ups from ...
New look River Restaurant and menu key part of Lowry Hotel’s luxurious overhaul
WELCOME back, the River Restaurant, we’ve missed you as a serious culinary contender in the city. We certainly hope that’s going to be the case as the dining room of the Lowry Hotel and the ...