Ian Jones

Relaxed restaurant in the centre of Manchester, serving impressively high-quality steaks at an affordable price point.

Exhibition hosts three of the city’s most celebrated independent kitchens: Osma, Baratxuri, and Jaan by Another Hand.

The small plates at Stow are more impressive than most fine dining dishes, minus the fussiness. Powerful, fire-based cooking on Bridge Street.

Gilpin Spice is the two AA Rosettes Asian restaurant at the stunning Gilpin Hotel in the Lake District.

MAYA is a high-end new restaurant on the corner of Canal Street and Chorlton Street in central Manchester.

Serving exceptional meats, cheeses and wines from all over the world, we can’t recommend this bar-slash-delicatessen more highly.

Set the amusement wonderland that is Blackpool’s Coral Island, The Buccaneer bar and restaurant is above-and-beyond family-friendly, thanks to the very generous kids eat free offer.

When you think of Blackpool, Coral Island is the type of place that takes front and centre: big, bold and flat-out fun.

We learn how to cook Lancashire’s finest dishes, courtesy of Northcote’s Michelin-star chefs.

A Rat Pack-style restaurant with of live music and upscale Italian-American dining, and strictly no phones.

Charcoal grill yakitori supper club held in a beautiful Tokyo-style backstreet cafe in the North Quarter.