Andrew Anderson

Jackson Berg and Conor Sheehan launched Xiringuito in Margate this June. Then they closed, packed up the restaurant’s specially designed tent structure, and opened all over again in Liverpool last month.

Daniel Heffy is head chef at Liverpool’s Buyers Club restaurant, as well as co-founder of a successful supper club and new Cuban-inspired street food business. “I think my Sea Cadet experience played a big part,” he says. “You had to be disciplined and...

For anyone who doesn't know the Greater Manchester area, this is rather like opening a branch of Armani inside a Lidl on the outskirts of Luton. But, as meat-free chef Matthew Nutter has proved, it is possible.

“Some people think we are a brewery for beer geeks and hipsters,” says Mike Marcus, founder of Chorlton Brewing Company. “But I want our beer to end up in the hands of a housewife from Basingstoke.”

The Curry Mile has been Manchester’s South Asian dining destination since the 1960s. Now, more than 30 shisha cafes occupy this stretch of Wilmslow Road, almost outnumbering the curry houses, Indian sweet shops, and restaurants.

London has 80 Michelin-starred restaurants, Birmingham five, but Manchester? Zero. Chef Simon Rogan aims to change all that by winning hotel restaurant The French back the star it was stripped of in 2007 with a new kind of fine dining.

To survive the maelstrom of modern media, pundits retreat into a world of meaningless metaphors, careworn clichés, and lifeless platitudes. Here are some of the worst offenders, Jeff.

You can order a roast dinner sandwich at Hunt & Darton Cafe, but you can also experience “The Delia Dance” or ask for a side of poetry. This probably isn’t happening in Greggs right now.

Bakewell Tart isn’t from Bakewell but the Bakewell Pudding is—an egg custard dessert that has sparked ownership claims in the small Derbyshire town over the “original” 1859 recipe.

When Dan Hasler said he wanted to start making cider in the once "dodgy" area of Moss Side, people laughed. Now “Moss Cider” is made with apples donated from the local community and sold in bars across the city.

Britain’s Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) organisation is often criticised for its sexist marketing campaigns and lack of diversity, but the Lesbian and Gay Real Ale Drinkers group is pushing for this to change.

As I wait for the food to arrive and imagine what I might say to the stranger I’m soon to share lunch with, a voice breaks into my daydream: "You must be Andrew! I'm so sorry to keep you waiting."