| Consumer advice agency Which? have released the | | | | have had there day? We are now officially in a |
| Which? Good Food Guide 2009. The guide gives | | | | recession so people's budgets have decreased and |
| independent reviews and comprehensive details of | | | | competition is about to get much tougher. |
| over 1,000 restaurants around the UK. Manchester has | | | | Celebrity TV chef Simon Rimmer, star of BBC |
| a reputation as a hotbed of top eateries in the UK but | | | | Saturday morning TV show Something for the |
| this year Manchester restaurants have been snubbed | | | | Weekend and another show; Recipe for Success, has |
| by the Which? Good Food Guide. Only 3 restaurants | | | | slammed restaurants in south Manchester. Simon |
| from the South Manchester area have made it into the | | | | Rimmer's own restaurant Greens is one of the few |
| guide and this has caused a bit of a stir. | | | | Manchester restaurants that have made it into this |
| Two restaurants in the south Manchester area have | | | | years Good Food Guide. Rimmer is quoted as saying It |
| now lost their Michelin awards. Palmiro in Whalley | | | | has always been one of my biggest criticisms of the |
| Range and Didsbury restaurant Jem & I have | | | | restaurant scene in south Manchester, that it has |
| both dropped off of the Michelin Bib Gourmand award | | | | become so incredibly chain led. I think that the Which? |
| list for good food at moderate prices for 2009. Does | | | | Good Food Guide is a relatively accurate reflection of |
| this therefore mean that restaurants in Manchester | | | | what is on offer across south Manchester. |