Kelly Bishop

I went to the press launch of Manchester's most anticipated restaurant, Skof by Tom Barnes.

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The first time I encountered Joe Otway's cooking, he presented me with a pig's blood taco filled with crab an…

My neighbour sometimes DMs me on a Saturday morning to check if I'm ok. My cats know that, in true Gerard Way…

The press release for Manchester's newest restaurant, Lucky Cat, heralded owner Gordon Ramsay's "genius" sayi…

Audrey Golden's "I Thought I Heard You Speak" is a new telling of Factory Records and the Haçienda's history …

I've spent a lot of time on what is affectionately known as the arse end of Oldham Street. It's a well-trodde…

Skof will have Michelin-level food but absolutely no tablecloths.

Kelly Bishop finds shelter and sustenance at this Red Bank bolthole The best restaurants feel like a haven. A…

Merlot and Chardonnay, who? Lately, I've been browsing the shelves of Manchester wine shops for Sicilian wine…

Collage: Cathryn Virginia | Photos: via Getty Images Yes, no, it's already here, it's complicated. The way we…

"It's not a restaurant," says Davide Puglielli, owner of Italian deli and wine shop Vino Buono, "Though peopl…

It's not a Michelin Star restaurant unless someone brings you a plate of pebbles. Well, this is not a Micheli…

Independent wine shops have had something of a renaissance over the past few years and Greater Manchester has…

Michael O'Hare divides opinion. His Leeds restaurant, The Man Behind The Curtain, has collected some of the m…

I've eaten a lot of things in my time but this is the first time I've tried eggs named after "a little bag of…

When I phone John Cooper Clarke at his home in Colchester, he's been listening to Radio 4's obituary show, Th…

Nostalgia is so hot right now. The sixties were not only a utopia of love, music and drugs but also a refresh…

The Jetty Spa Trail at Gilpin Lake House and is a rainy day dream. I'm sitting in the cold autumn rain fe…

There are pretentious wine t**ts everywhere, from Burgundy bores to those printing neon leaflets and going on…

Ox in coal oil, potatoes in onion ash, birch sap, hen of the woods, lovage, ramsons - if you're a frequenter …

I'm talking to TV-famous, Michelin-stared chef about fields full of farting coeliacs. Just another day in the…

I am addicted to cookbooks. A few years ago, it got a bit out of hand and I was forced to admit that I had a …

The joys of halloumi are well known, it’s squeaked its way onto almost every menu in the land. I’ve eaten it …