Interview
Mark Birchall, Moor Hall
After making his name at L’Enclume, Mark Birchall is now chef-owner of Lancashire restaurant-with-rooms Moor Hall
After making his name at L’Enclume, Mark Birchall is now chef-owner of Lancashire restaurant-with-rooms Moor Hall
The chef Mark Birchall will open an artisan dairy at Moor Hall next year, with plans to up his retail operation and sell a selection of fine cheeses.
In the latest phase of its dining-fuelled renaissance, Harrods unveils its lavishly renovated Dining Hall complete with glittery chef names, late openings and an army of mystery diners. Bill Knott tries it for size.
On a national stage, Newcastle is often gazed upon through a stereotypical haze of black and white stripes, sausage rolls and stag parties. The locals who know its streets intimately cherish the former port city’s rich architectural heritage and bounteous culinary scene.
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? A food hall or a market hall? Indoor street stalls, micro-restaurants or a posse of static food trucks lined up like a covered caravan park? Takeaways that are not-takeaways. Eating in or eating out, food vendors or food shops, boundaries and definitions are increasingly blurred. Whatever you call it, this hybrid way of grazing-cum-eating (and shopping) has become increasingly familiar in cities such as Manchester. Clarissa Hyman enjoys a tour of the best Manchester has to offer.