One-time righthand man of Simon Rogan, Mark Birchall, sets out to open his own restaurant-with-rooms after nine years at L’Enclume in Cartmel. The former exec chef of Rogan’s celebrated former smithy plans to reopen Moor Hall – a Grade II-listed gentry house in Aughton, Lancashire – in early autumn 2016, after complete redevelopment. The mid-16th Century building will […]

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Northcote – or Northcote Manor as it was once called – has long been celebrated as probably the best restaurant in the North West. Indeed, it’s the only North Western restaurant-with-rooms (excluding the Lakes, obviously) with a real reputation outside the region. After a year or renovations, the dining room has just been given an […]

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