Manchester’s first ever city-wide banquet will aim to raise half a million pounds in just one night in memory of restaurant entrepreneur Tim Bacon. Co-founder of the Living Ventures Restaurant empire, he is credited with transforming Manchester’s dining scene but passed away in 2016. Today, his business partner Jeremy Roberts announced a groundbreaking event dubbed “Dream the Impossible”, which will take…
The Bridge Hotel, Prestbury held a celebratory evening featuring a live broadcast from Cheshire’s SilkFM on the 23rd April and The Manchester Magician, Danny Jewell, working his up-close magic. VIP guests were treated to an array of culinary delights throughout the evening accompanied by entertainment from Jonathon Kent on the piano, with a fabulous ice sculpture being showcased in the dining…
Leading experts, writers, nutritionists and cooks will gather together for a series of public talks, demonstrations and debate about the future of food in Britain at the ‘Food for Thought’ event taking place over the weekend of 13/14 May 2017. Organised and hosted by the School of Artisan Food on the Welbeck estate in Nottinghamshire, ‘Food for Thought’ is a…
Nominations are open for the UK Asian & Oriental Chef of the Year, which will be presented at a special ceremony in the Terrace Pavilion at the House of Commons on Monday 15 May 2017. The event will also be used to launch the Asian Curry Awards 2017, organised by the Asian Curry Federation [ACF] being presented at a glittering…
What are you doing this weekend? I know the weather is positively glacial, but here’s an event to put a spring in your step, even if the actual season of spring has eluded us thus far (grabs scarf, hoodie and hat to layer up). Head on over to Artisan, Manchester this Sunday (30 April, 12pm – 5pm) for some craft and delicious…
Henry Ward Beecher: Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. A home without books is like a room without windows. During our monthly meeting at Derby BookCake Club earlier this week, the talk invariably strayed from our book discussion (The Big Over Easy, Jasper Fforde, more on that later), to cookery books. A few favourite cooks and…
The countdown has begun for the opening of the much-anticipated Farm Shop & Deli Show 2017. Excitement is mounting, stands are being prepared, food and displays perfected – it is all very exciting (can I really wait a week?). Designed especially with the specialist food retailer in mind, the seventh Farm Shop & Deli Show is free to attend for…
Belgo Nottingham, the brand’s first restaurant outside London, is one year old this month. Belgo launched in Chalk Farm, London in 1992 and is today an iconic bar and restaurant brand specialising in fresh moules, double cooked frites and 52 craft bottled Belgium bieres as well as rotisserie chicken, grills and cocktails. I attended the launch of this restaurant last…
Gelato joy in Nottingham takes on a new dimension when Dolcino, an Anglo-Italian family-run gelateria café concept, officially opens in the city centre on 7 April, bringing 15 new jobs. As I reign in my enthusiasm at this new opening, just to clarify what gelato is. Gelato is the original Italian version of ice-cream dating back to the 15th century.…
It is exactly two weeks till (can I say the ‘E’ word yet?)… Easter! What is Easter without a little (or in most cases) a lot of chocolate?! This Easter, Las Iguanas have combined two of my favourite things… chocolate AND cocktails for an indulgent match made in heaven. Behold the Chocolate Batida, Las Iguanas’ answer to all of the nation’s…