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    Aiden Byrne crowdfunds new restaurant in Knutsford
    August 23, 2024August 23, 2024 HardensBytes

    Well-known Cheshire-based chef Aiden Byrne and his wife Sarah have launched a crowdfunding campaign to open an “intimate” fine-dining restaurant near their home in Knutsford. Due to launch in October, the restaurant will be called Li-Ly and will open for three lunches and four dinner services a week – “creating a work-life balance for us, our […]

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    Aiden Byrne set to relaunch northern favourite Manchester House
    November 22, 2018November 23, 2018 HardensBytes

    Manchester House, which suffered a shock closure in October, is to reopen, with chef Aiden Byrne back in the kitchen. OMG. Talk about musical chairs. Byrne is returning to Manchester House after joining rival D&D restaurant 20 Stores earlier this year. This month, it was announced the chef would be stepping down from the position […]

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    Manchester House and Artisan have closed with immediate effect
    October 11, 2018 HardensBytes

    Artisan and Manchester House have closed down. Both have gone into administration, leaving more than 13o jobs at risk. Owners of the two Manchester restaurants, Living Ventures Group, said both sites have fallen foul of “difficult trading affecting the sector”. Former Living Ventures boss Tim Bacon, who died in 2016, put £3 million of his […]

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    Aiden Byrne and D&D to launch 20 Stories in Manchester on 1 March
    February 20, 2018 HardensBytes

    20 Stories, the first Manchester foray for D&D London, will open on 1 March atop the new No.1 Spinningfields skyscraper. Sitting at 100 metres it is the city’s highest restaurant. Aiden Byrne (previously of Manchester House) will oversee the food offering. 20 Stories will feature a restaurant, relaxed grill, lively bar, and a rooftop garden terrace, […]

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    Aiden Byrne on Manchester’s food scene, ‘Restaurant Wars’ and a new Liverpool venture
    April 28, 2016April 29, 2016 HardensBytes

    Manchester continues to vie for the position of the UK’s second city when it comes to dining out – and at the rate it is going, the birthplace of the industrial revolution may edge out Birmingham and Edinburgh to take that title. In the last year the Northern capital has seen the launch of the […]

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