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Kelly Bishop

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Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester
As seen in: Time Out, VICE, Vice Nederlands, AlloCiné, Manchester's Finest, NewsPub, Confidentials
Covers:  Food, drink (especially wine), travel, music, film, arts, society, culture, philosophy, language, feminism, cats, people.
Doesn't Cover: Celebrities, diet culture, money, tech, business.
Writer | Manchester | @vice @timeout etc Music @thmptypg Owner: Manchester Wine Tours Tutor: @manchesterwine Member: @assocwineed + @guildfoodwriter

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Hello, I'm Kel, a freelance writer from Manchester, UK.

Mainly, I write about food. I think food stories are human stories. They tell us so much about identity, culture, history, and life in general. I also write about wine, another subject that incorporates so much of human life within it: science, art, passion, history, geography, struggle. I write about travel for all of the above reasons too. Lately, I have added cats, AI, music, and feminism to my published topics list. I aim to be sh…

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Skof Manchester is open - and I tried it

Skof Manchester is open - and I tried it

I went to the press launch of Manchester's most anticipated restaurant, Skof by Tom Barnes.

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The very best restaurants in Manchester

The very best restaurants in Manchester

From Indian to Italian and Chinese to Thai, here are the absolute best restaurants in Manchester to book righ…

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First look: Higher Ground, a new restaurant from the team behind Ancoats success story Flawd

First look: Higher Ground, a new restaurant from the team behind Ancoats success story Flawd

The first time I encountered Joe Otway's cooking, he presented me with a pig's blood taco filled with crab an…

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Can Science Help You Talk to Your Cat? I Tried It

Can Science Help You Talk to Your Cat? I Tried It

My neighbour sometimes DMs me on a Saturday morning to check if I'm ok. My cats know that, in true Gerard Way…

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Nine places to eat 'Asian' food in Manchester that aren't Gordon Ramsay's Lucky Cat

Nine places to eat 'Asian' food in Manchester that aren't Gordon Ramsay's Lucky Cat

The press release for Manchester's newest restaurant, Lucky Cat, heralded owner Gordon Ramsay's "genius" sayi…

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The Forgotten Women Who Built a 90s Rave Scene

The Forgotten Women Who Built a 90s Rave Scene

Audrey Golden's "I Thought I Heard You Speak" is a new telling of Factory Records and the Haçienda's history …

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The 5 biggest 'Gilmore Girls' revelations from Kelly Bishop's memoir

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By Kelly Bishop 
| NewsPub
On the Shelf The Third Gilmore Girl By Kelly Bishop Gallery Books: 256 pages, $29 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Long before she ever took on the now-iconic role of Emily Gilmore in Amy Sherman-Palladino’s beloved comedy-drama “Gilmore Girls,” Kelly Bishop had a stunning résumé.
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Levenshulme neighbourhood guide

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By Kelly Bishop 
| Manchester's Finest
The city centre is great and all that but if you overlook Greater Manchester’s boroughs you’ll be missing out on an awful lot of incredible food and drink. It’s in the burbs that creative seeds of businesses germinate, flourish, and often go on to pollinate elsewhere. Levenshulme has plenty of examples of this but there are also loads of unique places that you could only ever find in Lev.
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Three Michelin starred L’Enclume’s chef Tom Barnes is opening a restaurant in Manchester

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By Kelly Bishop 
| Manchester's Finest
Since the age of 18, chef Tom Barnes (yes, him off the Great British Menu) has only ever worked in restaurants with multiple Michelin stars. He was in charge of the kitchen at Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume when it won its third star in 2022. Next year, he’ll be opening his own restaurant, called Skof, right here in Manchester. So he’ll be aiming for a star, right? “I’ve worked since I was 18 in restaurants that are either two or three Michelin star level,” he tells Finest, without flinching.
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