Food & Drink

Come Dine With Me – the show that dishes out bitingly awkward dinner conversation over a meaty array of undercooked meals is coming to Bury.

Whether you’re tucking into a traditional turkey dinner this Christmas or something a little bit different, there’s no denying that great food is a highlight of the festive period.

Notable mentions: Dusk ’til Pawn (speakeasy-style cocktail heaven), Cloud 23 (best views in the city), Epernay (classiest cocktails this side of Manhattan) and Whim Wham Cafe (vintage-inspired, gin-addled drinking den).

If you fancy some alternative advent activities to see you through to Christmas day, then here are a few in Manchester to get you excited

World-renowned chef Jean-Christophe Novelli teams up with Aldi to present a Festive Feast at Manchester’s Great John Hotel

Greater Manchester’s ‘lost generation of cookers’ are being given a nudge back into the kitchen as part of the Love Food Hate Waste campaign

There are many Indian restaurants throughout Manchester so standing out as a new opening is difficult.

Oxford Road’s Kitchenette does not quite keep its promise of ‘high class junk food’ but is superb value for money and one of the better cheap eats in Manchester

Manchester-based eatery Tea 42 takes the cake at the inaugural FreeFrom Eating Out (FFEO) Awards, being crowned one of the best places for diners with special dietary needs to eat out

Olly Smith is one of the UK’s leading wine experts, working as The Mail On Sunday’s Event Magazine wine editor, and he could not have more praise for Manchester’s drink scene

Manchester Charity Forever Manchester and Denton brewery Hornbean have teamed up to make two tasty tipples to raise money for the charity.