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These Decent Drop cheese, wine and gin boxes are unreal – and perfect for a night in

Decent Drop use trusted, high street suppliers and host Zoom tasting sessions that people can enjoy from their homes.

The Manc The Manc - 6th August 2020
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Decent Drop – the company behind some of the most incredible cheese and wine kits available in Manchester – is treating customers to a discount code to enjoy 20% off their next purchase.

Sourcing quality ingredients from the best spots in the region, Decent Drop has been delivering their kits directly to doors across Manchester from lockdown right through into the ‘new normal’.

With this cracking deal up for grabs, residents can now enjoy a little luxury at home without having to pay sky-high prices.

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Along with their themed wine and cheese packs – which contain six wines and cheeses, chutney, crackers and tasting notes – Decent Drop also deliver Gin & Tonic kits.

These come with five local gins, tonics and garnishes, as well as a deli selection and cheeses on the side.

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Founder Carl Peters said: “Our whole ethos is affordable, great products, all put together in a beautiful way for folks to enjoy.

“It’s a great way to get people together, either hosting their own tastings (via Zoom, or now in real life) using our tasting notes”

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Carl added: “We also host a weekly group tasting on Zoom, all part of the service. This is led by myself and a local sommelier. It’s a lot of fun and a great way to interact with people virtually.

“Quality is guaranteed as we used trusted, high street suppliers – so that customers can go and buy everything they’ve tried and enjoyed!”

The company is planning to launch Decent Drop Live – an informal tasting session hosted at a local bar in town.

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To get your hands on these tasting kit discounts, head over to the Decent Drop website and enter THEMANC20 to get 20% off.

Minimum value for the code is £50 and limited to one per customer. Expires 31 August.

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Free Glastonbury-themed festivals with pizza, tequila, and big screens to take place in Greater Manchester

Emily Sergeant Emily Sergeant

Glastonbury weekend is upon us, and to celebrate the UK’s biggest music festival in all its glory, Nell’s is hosting its own festivals instead.

Hundreds of thousands of people will be making the trek to the fields of Worthy Farm next weekend, as Glastonbury 2025 headliners Olivia Rodrigo, Neil Young, and The 1975 bring the tunes, alongside a list of other talented names too big to even begin starting to reel off – as is always the case with Glastonbury, there’s something for everyone.

But for those of us not lucky enough to have bagged tickets to what is undeniably the biggest event in the British music calendar, not to worry, as Nell’s is where it’s at here in Greater Manchester.

The beloved New York-style pizza specialists – which now has four sites across the region – is turning two of its most popular restaurants into festival hubs next weekend, bringing all the spirit of Glastonbury to Kampus and Altrincham.

Manchester‘s thriving canalside neighbourhood Kampus will become home to the aptly-named Kampus Fest, while over in the Trafford town of Altrincham, Alty Fest will be in full force.

Nell’s is hosting its own FREE Glastonbury-themed festivals at Kampus and in Altrincham / Credit: Supplied

At Kampus, the gardens will be transformed into a city centre festival site for a free three-day party featuring big screens live streaming the full Glastonbury festival throughout, plus a pop-up market, face painting and hair tinsel stations, an outdoor tequila and margarita bar, happy hours, and of course, lots and lots of Nell’s pizza.

Altrincham is bringing you much of the same – the same big screens, the same tasty pizza slices, and the same happy hours, only over two days instead of three.

Family fun is also at the heart of both Kampus Fest and Alty Fest, so you can expect lots of crafting workshops and bunting making, accessory customisation stations, as well as all-day colouring sessions by Born to be Wild Child and Søstrene Grene.

Kampus Fest will take over the gardens at Kampus from Friday 27 – Sunday 29 June, while Alty Fest will take place at Nell’s Altrincham on both Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 June.

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Both are FREE to attend, so get yourselves down there quick.

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Viral Manchester bakery The Flat Baker to open its very first cafe

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson Viral Manchester bakery The Flat Baker to open its very first cafe

Hugely popular Manchester bakery The Flat Baker has announced plans to open its very first cafe.

The Brazilian-French bakery has become legendary in the city for its flaky croissants and pistachio-based treats.

For the last few years, it’s been operating out of a hatch in Ancoats, with queues often snaking down Radium Street from early in the morning on weekends.

They were also the stall responsible for queues at the Manchester Christmas Markets that got so long, new queue systems had to be installed.

And now The Flat Baker has announced an exciting next chapter in their journey in Manchester – their very first bakery and cafe.

The team will be taking over a unit on the same street, which will have space to house their baking operations as well as a sitting area to serve brunch and hot food.

They’ve announced that they’ll be retaining their much-loved hatch but expanding to a second site in the heart of Ancoats.

They hope this will drastically reduce any waiting and queue times and allow even more people to sample these incredible bakes.

In a statement shared on Instagram, they wrote: “We have been keeping a secret from you. This corner of Ancoats will never be the same, because it will be our new bakery, cafe and brunch!

“We have been dreaming of it for years – we almost closed a deal with another two locations in the past few years, but it didn’t work out.

“We were about to leave the plan of the new shop aside, we were very frustrated of how things were not working the way we planned it to…

“But everything happens for a reason! Who knew the building next door was just waiting for us…

“The two-storey building has just the right space for our baking operations, plus a sitting area and a space to serve brunch and hot food.

“Don’t worry, we won’t let our tiny hatch go, we will keep both locations. This will allow us a faster service, avoid the waiting times and long queues.

“For now we just want to share this great achievement. Growing a small business when you see many other places shutting is such a challenge. But if you never stop dreaming and work hard for it, the sky is the limit! We can’t wait for the next chapter to come. Matt and Deb x”

The Flat Baker Cafe is expected to open in Ancoats this summer.

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Featured image: The Manc Group

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