Monthly Archives: July 2012
Bolton to host a beer and cider festival alongside food event
The beer and cider festival, which will be located in a marquee on Corporation Street, joins the town’s Food and Drink Festival held in August. Starring at this year’s event are The Great British Bake Off judges Mary Berry and … Continue reading
Filed under Manchester, News
Mapping the Food Standards Agency reports
The latest updates to the map of food premises rated zero for hygiene standards are updated today at The Northerner blog. I’ve started this process with five northern cities in order to reveal what lies behind those ‘scores on the … Continue reading
Filed under Cumbria, Manchester, News, north-east
Competition: Win 2 nights in a Manchester apartment, picnic pass and Harvey Nics hamper
Sixteen food and drink stalls have signed up for The Manchester Picnic next month and you can enter a prize draw to go along with a free pass and win two nights’ accommodation at Stay Manchester Apartments. The winners will … Continue reading
Filed under Manchester, News, Offers
Chef’s table and Michelin ambition arrive with Manchester235′s new head chef
Chef’s tables are something of a rarity in these parts – the idea being that some diners getting to see the inner workings of kitchen gives a different dining experience. So it was interesting to hear from the people at … Continue reading
Filed under Manchester, News, People
Product trial: Gift hamper from Forman and Field
I’m a bit of a sucker for hampers, to be honest, not least because you end up with a lovely storage box for your trouble but also it’s exciting opening it up to find out what’s inside. So when FormanandField.com … Continue reading
Filed under Product trials, Reviews
Join the take-away inspection investigation
Over on The Northerner blog today I launched the start of an investigation to reveal the full findings of the food premises rated zero duirng inspections over the past year. You can read the findings from the first two councils … Continue reading
Filed under Cheshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, News, north-east, Yorkshire
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