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Celebrity chefs Andrew Nutter, Gino D\'Acampo and Brian Turner have all teamed up to help create the UK\'s biggest dinner party and raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

The Smooth Radio Starlight Supper will take place on Saturday 27th February. Listeners up and down the country are already signing up to join in and download the celebrity chefs\' recipes, pod cast and top tips to create their own sumptuous dinner party.

For more information on how you can join in the Starlight Supper, check out the Smooth Radio website.

At a glittering launch night at Nutters Restaurant, Andrew Nutter\'s new book "Nuts About Food" was officially unveiled before the World\'s media to a packed house full of the North West\'s celebrities, restaurateurs and friends.

Guests including Manchester United footballer Gary Neville and Coronation Street actress Tupele Dorgu indulged on miniature versions of the books food specialities and enjoyed fabulous cocktails, supported by Diago and Venoge Champagne.

The showcase catwalk was a three minute hit choreographed by one of Nutter\'s staff Hannah Powell, it wowed the guests with a stunning set of Tim Bradley\'s enlarged prints from the book.

The first book off the presses raised a staggering £1000 for Springhill Hospice.

Signed copies with personal dedications can be ordered from the restaurant, priced at £20.00 each.

 

COMING SOON... NUTS ABOUT FOOD...

ANDREW NUTTER\'S BRAND NEW BOOK PROMISES TO BE THE COOKBOOK SENSATION FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON. FEATURING 192 PAGES OF MOUTH-WATERING RECIPES AND STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHY FROM OUR VERY OWN CELEBRITY CHEF IDEAL FOR COOKS EVERYWHERE AND PERFECT AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT

Andrew\'s nieces and nephew, Holly aged 7, Ella aged 5, and Oliver aged 3, are hogging the prime time advert slots with their starring roles on the new Kellogg\'s Rice Krispies advert.

They beat hundreds of other children to clinch their spot after knocking up some fantastic Rice Krispies cakes.

I taught them all they know sniggers Andrew!!

It was "All Aboard" for Nutters chefs recently when they took to the North Sea near Bridlington for a fishing trip day out. Their lunch couldn\'t have been fresher; as soon as it was landed it was cooked on board. Nutters diners also enjoyed the catch, as the crabs and lobsters when on the menu upon their return to great appreciation.

Rick Stein eat your heart out!!

Nutters nominated for Market Kitchen\'s Food Hero 2009. Help us take home the trophy by voting for us at: www.goodfoodchannel.co.uk, then click on Local Food Hero 2009; Type in Nutters Restaurant in the \'search local food directory\' bar then click on vote.

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Andrew took to the airwaves this month on BBC\'s Radio 4 to highlight a republication of Len Deighton\'s "Action Cook Book", first published in the 60\'s - it was a great occasion to showcase the restaurants diverse menu ranging from lighter female orientated dishes to man\'s food of gutsy, hearty plates of food

To celebrate National Jam Week, Harvey Nichols staged a competition to battle it out to see who could make the tallest jam sandwich in just 2 minutes.

Competing head to head against his archrival David Gale from The Hilton, Manchester, Andrew\'s tower stood a whopping 18 inches high - whilst David\'s was a measly 12 inches - but sadly for Andrew the tower had to be unassisted and Andrew\'s tower collapsed with a mighty roar from the watching punters - meaning on this occasion David took the title.

Nutters has beaten off strong competition from rival North West establishments to become the regional winner of The Good Food Guide readers\' favourite restaurant.

More than 23,000 people voted in The Good Food Guide\'s annual readers Restaurant of the Year award, which recognises excellence and good service at independently-owned restaurants, pubs and cafés across the UK.

The ten regional winners will go head-to-head to compete for the overall Restaurant of the Year title, which will be awarded on 9 June at a ceremony at the British Museum.

When Andrew got a call from The Dorchester\'s Head Chef Henry Brosi to take part in a fundraising dinner to raise money for the Children\'s Liver Disease Foundation it was a request he couldn\'t refuse. Andrew\'s role with a cauldron of the UK\'s finest chefs including James Martin, John Campbell and Paul Gayler was to table hop between courses, entertaining each table of foodies and enticing them into donating funds. An auction and raffle also took place raising a total of £100,000.00.

With over £10 billion worth of food being thrown out from UK homes each year it was Andrew\'s role to bring to peoples attention that you can in fact "Cook Once and Eat Twice" instead of throwing food away, re-use it in another recipe saving money and the environment.

The event was covered by Channel M and Radio Manchester and featured in editions of The Manchester Evening News.

Celebrity Chef Andrew Nutter Cooking on The Ultimate Courtyard Kitchen Garden at Chelsea Flower Show 2009

Celebrated Chef, Andrew Nutter will make his first visit to the Chelsea Flower Show on press day Monday 18th May 2009. \'Nutter\' \'will be preparing an array of fresh dishes made from ingredients just picked from Pat Fox\'s Aralia modern kitchen garden which has been designed to embrace the concept of growing, preparing and eating food outside. His guidance, he hopes, will help Pat pick up gold.

Pat\'s Chelsea Flower Show garden will be planted up with only edible plants, absolutely every plant can be eaten. The concept involves seeing the garden as an extension of the kitchen - somewhere to whip up a cocktail, a salad, a sandwich or a smoothie using the freshest ingredients picked directly from the garden and this is precisely what \'Nutter\' will be doing!

The garden will boast an impressive Chelsea Flower Show first and possibly even a first at any major world flower show - a living wall planted with edible crops and a totally new red watercress.

CELEBRITY Chef Andrew Nutter served notice that he\'s the man to beat as the year\'s most intriguing culinary competition was launched in Manchester.

He emerged victorious at the press launch of the third annual Great Northern Cook Off (GNCO), seeing off competition from some of the North West\'s best chefs.

When Andrew got the call from photographer Tim Bradley regarding this years Christmas photo shoot for the Rochdale Observer and the fact he wanted to shoot the photos in the snow, Andrew was looking forward to a trip to Lapland, Switzerland or maybe even the North Pole but as luck would have it all the flights were full, so instead we ended up doing the photos at the Chill Factor at Trafford Park!.

Watch out for Andrews\'s countdown to Christmas in the Observer each Wednesday and his Credit Crunch recipes featured on BBC Radio 4 in the New Year.

 

 

At a glittering awards dinner at The Palace Hotel Manchester, Andrew Nutter scooped the top award for the evening when he received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival 2008.

His passion for food, his charity work, work promoting Manchester overseas and above all his commitment to the industry in working with local schools and colleges were all key factors to achieving the award, winning him the highest accolade of the evening.

The packed audience of 300 guests, including other celebrity chefs Paul Heathcote, Simon Rimmer and food critic Jay Rayner cheered out loud as Andrew picked up his award presented by Becky Want. The show was broadcast live on Radio Manchester and screened on Channel M the following day.

It was a night of sheer extravagance on when we celebrated the restaurants 15th Birthday. Fellow celebrity chefs Brian Turner, Giancarlo and Katie Caldesi from BBC 2\'s "Return to Tuscany", David Myers and Simon King joined Andrew Nutter in celebrating this great milestone.

Guests indulged in some of Andrews\'s specialities all taken from the restaurants 15-year journey. Seared diver caught scallops, Goosnargh duck and St Asaph lamb being some of the highlights.

Guests were also treated to a fashion show by top designer Vicky Martin and hosted by Channel M\'s Jemma Gofton, she even designed a chef\'s jacket for Andrew studded with Swarovski crystals which later auctioned for £1,000.

A quirky celebrity chef spoon auction raised £2,000 where Andrew had rung his chef friends including Heston Blumenthal and Simon Rimmer to send in an autographed spoon, which were then framed.

In total, the event raised £7,500 for Rochdale\'s Springhill Hospice.

Andrew Nutter certainly got a taste for it when he took part in the Durban Food Festival in South Africa. After his plane arrived in Africa, he was whisked off to the morning breakfast show on East Coast Radio at 7:00am to be blindfolded and then taste tested on African foods.

How would you fancy pickled sheep stomach, jellied pigs feet, bunny chow and bobotie for breakfast!!

Things did get better when he was joined by fellow celebrity chefs; Indian Chef Reza Mohammed, Australian Ben Donogue, Patrick Williams and Brian Turner for a photo shoot on the beach before the 4 day event which attracted 20,000 visitors.

Andrew and the kitchen team joined forces with Key 103\'s Darren Proctor and Sharleen Spiteri and sponsors Vimto to present an exclusive party for a street in Manchester. The two-hour show was broadcast live with Nutter cooking up a BBQ feast for the partygoers.

For the second year running we reached the final round of the AA Notable Wine List Awards 2008 - 2009 and received the title "Notable Wine List of the Year 2008-2009" chosen from over 1000 wine lists across the UK, based on overall quality, price and presentation.

Nutters Restaurant scooped Manchester Restaurant of the Year 2008 title at the Marketing Manchester Awards dinner last week. The awards were presented at a glittering ceremony at Manchester Central by ex Coronation Street star Sally Lindsey in front of an audience of 400 of the regions most influential tourism representatives.

The restaurant scored the highest rating ever by their mystery shopper saying that Nutters offered great customer service and the food was described as absolutely perfect in all respects.

TV chefs Andrew Nutter, Brian Turner and the BBC\'s Two Hairy Bikers brought Johannesburg to a stand still last week when they took part in the Johannesburg Food and Drink Festival. They fronted a convoy of 600 Harley Davidson bikers from all over South Africa to open the food festival at Gauteng Estate.

The convoy which closed roads and highways was part of a charity present run where each biker brought a gift to give to an underprivileged child.

Carl Tait and Jenny Harrisson have been selected from many leading restaurants in the UK to win a place in one of four heats in this years Young Chef/Young Waiter competition run by The Restaurant Association.

Both Carl and Jenny work at Nutters and will now compete in the heat of this prestigious competition, which takes place at Darlington.

Seen amongst the trade as the industries premier award, Young Chef/Young Waiter is aimed at under 24\'s who are passionate about food and its service and, whether winners or not, entrants will enjoy the experience that the award offers in competitive cooking with their peers.

Nutters Restaurant scores highest rating in Taste of Lancashire Awards Scheme with a staggering 91.76%

 

 

This year\'s festival showcased the restaurants skills.

Not only was Andrew Nutter up for the prestigious Manchester Chef of the Year award, but Andrew\'s chef de partie Michael Pilkington, 22, was just beaten in the Young Chef of the year category.

Helen Whittaker did really well finishing runner up in the Young Waiter competition winning a meal for 2 at Hipping Hall.

 

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For the second year running Nutters Restaurant has been nominated for this prestigious award, which is for those who never compromise on flavour, manufacture or quality and show a remarkable commitment to serving up fabulous local food.

 

 

 

Andrew Nutter and other top UK celebrity chefs including Brian Turner, Reza Mohammed, Steve Warpole, Martin Blunos and James Tanner stole the show at Africa's largest food, wine and lifestyle exhibition.

The annual event this year broke all records with over 90,000 visitors of the four day event.
The highlight of the event was the gourmet signature banquet. A gastronomic fusion of fashion and food created by the worlds leading chefs.

 

 

Nutter\'s Restaurant was piped to the post at the recent Manchester Tourism awards held at the Hilton Hotel Manchester.

Short listed for two awards, "The Taste of Manchester" and also "The tourism Restaurant of the year". Judging was done by a whole panel of experts and a "mystery diner" report. We have taken there comments on board and are aiming to win in 2008...

 

Watch out for Nutter on ITV'S DAILY COOKS throughout June, July and August!

 

 

 

 

You can take iloaded cooking videos anywhere you like, even to the supermarket to buy the ingredients... pause the program when you need, then replay complex cooking techniques over and over again. "No more shopping lists; never before have cooking videos been so usable".

 

 

Michael Winner - The Sunday Times notorious food critic gives nutters the thumbs up. In fact Mr Winner was so impressed by his mixed crostini starter and his Bury black pudding and scallop main course that he later admitted he had changed his opinion on restaurants in the north.

Andrew Nutter is tasting the high life after his restaurant was voted one of the ten best celebrity chef establishments in Great Britain by the Times, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Jamie Oliver, Rick Stein and Heston Blumenthal.

The list compiled by a team of inspectors and thousands of readers highlighted that Nutter may be famous for his wacky TV persona, but his cooking is not at all off the wall, with loyal fans following him to his vast mansion since the move.

Andrew also does a cooking demonstration the first Thursday of every month, priced at £45.00

Watch Andrew transform the best of local produce in front of you into a mouth watering meal, then sit down and enjoy with a glass of wine.

Bookings being taken well in advance.

Nutters Restaurant Rochdale stole the show at the spectacular Booker Awards Dinner by picking up the Restaurant of the Year 2005 and then the overall title of UK Best Caterer 2005.

In front of a packed audience of 500 at the Concept Centre, Milton Keynes, including top chef Gordon Ramsey and comedian Al Murray, Andrew, Jean and Rodney Nutter were given a standing ovation as they picked up the two biggest awards of the evening.

The judging process had been very intense and the restaurant had been visited by a panel of mystery diners over the past six months. Nutters was highlighted for it's excellence in innovation, professionalism and outstanding service. The family run restaurant now in its twelfth year was praised for it's commitment to the industry and entrepreneurial spirit.

Alongside the titles they also received £1000 and a trip to South Africa. When asked about what he would do with the prizes Celebrity Chef Andrew Nutter quipped he would spend most of the money on a fantastic party for his staff and send his parents on a well deserved break to South Africa.