Manchester Food and Drink Awards to take place in January after festival cancellation
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe much-anticipated Manchester Food and Drink Festival Awards, which honours the regional hospitality industry's most talented, will be back at a new venue and a new time of year.
The awards, which intend to highlight as many excellent food and drink businesses and hospitality professionals as possible, usually take place in September, but this year's edition will be held on Monday, January 29 2024 at New Century.
Back in May, organisers confirmed the actual festival, which takes place ahead of the awards ceremony, would be 'having a breather' for the first time in the events' 25-year history, bar missing a year to the pandemic. Join our food, drink, lifestyle and nightlife WhatsApp group 'Manc Life' here Speaking at the time, festival director Alexa Stratton-Powell said: “After 25 years of staging the Manchester Food and Drink Festival we will be taking a break in 2023.
Creating the festival is a labour of love and as a small team we wanted to take a breather and regroup ahead of bringing the festival back in 2024. “The awards will continue to celebrate our wonderful hospitality industry." Over the years, the festival has brought a host of world-famous names to the city, with the likes of Gordon Ramsay, Jamie Oliver, Tom Kerridge and Michel Roux all having previously appeared.
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