What's Cooking?

Meet the newcomers creating a stir on Manchester’s thrilling restaurant scene

- Janet Reeder

Manchester is keeping things exciting with an ever-changing restaurant scene that includes maverick chefs, sky high bars and footballers turned foodies.

The city may not have yet gained a Michelin star but they hope to do it at Gary Neville’s Stock Exchange hotel when it opens its Man Who Fell to Earth restaurant in the autumn with Michael O’Hare at the helm.

An unconventional chef, O’Hare has created a menu of first rate cuisine at The Rabbit in the Moon at the Urbis (the Football Museum building) and has the critics raving about his unusual tasting menus.

Meanwhile, Pep Guardiola the Manchester City manager and colleagues Txiki Begiristain and Ferran Soriano have teamed up with Michelin-starred Catalan chef Paco Perez and the Fazenda restaurant group to open Tast this summer.

Dining out is the new clubbing and Manchester’s dining and drinking culture has made it one of the most exciting cities in the UK. So what are you waiting for? Climb into your smart casual gear and head for one of the latest dining hotspots in the city.

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