Two friends have been left appalled at the 'disgusting' state of a Greater Manchester cemetery after seeing rubbish dumped throughout it. Lisa Smith and Debbie Owen, from Astley, visited Leigh Cemetery on Thursday morning (April 21).
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"I ate £49.50 steak and chips" screams the headline. "What sort of price is that?" you might be inclined to scream back.
But hang on, these are no ordinary steak and chips, these are celebrity chef Tom Kerridge steak and chips. The genial TV chef and holder of three Michelin stars at his Marlow gastropubs, Tom also presides over Manchester's rather plush Bull & Bear restaurant.
Where, yes, steak and chips for £49.50 are on the new menu. And, yes, they've grabbed my attention.
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Tom this week proclaimed that "the reality is cheap food does not exist". He, like many in the hospitality industry, warns of big price rises ahead in the restaurant world, a knock on of price rises in the farming world, wholesale world, the whole world in general really.
Restaurateurs, just like the rest of us, are having to work out how the heck to cope with spiralling rises in prices across the board - from gas and electric to the cost of quality foodstuffs. And for the beleaguered hospitality industry, the return of VAT to 20 per cent adding to woes.
Tom says it's inevitable that in the restaurant world those escalating costs will mean the prices people pay at the table rising too. I mention all this, as I sit, staring at my near-£50 steak and chips from the newly-launched Spring menu at Tom's Bull & Bear pondering where prices will head to next.
The restaurant is to be found inside Manchester's supremely plush Stock Exchange Hotel, the venue created by former Manchester United star Gary Neville and his GG Hospitality firm.
If you're thinking restaurants like this are all about tiny tasting menus with incey-wincey portions and flavourless foam, then think again. For chef
Two friends have been left appalled at the 'disgusting' state of a Greater Manchester cemetery after seeing rubbish dumped throughout it. Lisa Smith and Debbie Owen, from Astley, visited Leigh Cemetery on Thursday morning (April 21).
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he died on Wednesday surrounded by his family and bandmates, a statement released by the boyband said. Tom disclosed in October 2020 that he had been diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma and had begun radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Tom achieved great success as a member of one of the UK’s chart-topping boy bands, later going on to triumph on stage and television.