Manchester Food and Drink Festival

About

The Manchester Food and Drink Festival is now a well established nationally acclaimed event, and 2021 will see its 23rd annual take-over of the City between 16th and 27th of September 2021.

Conceived and developed by Phil Jones in 1998, the event originated as a means of showing the rest of the nation that there was more to Manchester than meat pies and gravy! In the 21 festivals that have taken place over that time, Manchester’s dining scene has been completely transformed, with the Festival being regarded nationally as both exciting and influencial.

The Festival Hub will return in 2021, taking place in Cathedral Gardens and promising a magnificent celebration of the region’s food and drink and all the talented people that bring it to the table. 

As always The Hub will be free to enter with a limited number of bookable tables available. 

Full festival programme.

The  Festival team are also thrilled to announce that the Manchester Food and Drink Festival Awards are back ‘in the flesh’ for 2021, and taking place at a brand new venue. The MFDF Gala Dinner and Awards will take place on  Monday 27th September at Manchester Hall. The event promises to be the ‘hospitality homecoming’ event of the year as MFDF brings the industry together to celebrate and recognise the achievements and challenges of this extraordinary time.