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Through the archives: Nick Nairn at Braeval Old Mill

Nick Nairn was one of the first chefs to turn himself into a ‘celebrity’, and did so via the BBC’s then wildly popular show Ready Steady Cook. But Nairn was a star in the kitchen as well as on the screen. He opened his first restaurant, Braeval Old Mill, near Aberfoyle in 1986, and went on to open the acclaimed Nairn’s in Glasgow in ‘98. Not bad for a chef who lacked formal training... and once described himself as ‘a self-taught cook who couldn’t boil an egg ten years ago’.

Local Guide

Where to eat in Jersey: Seafood, Black Butter and old-school gentility

The largest of the Channel Islands is a self-governing bailiwick off the northwest coast of France. On a clear day, from one of its many fortified eminences, where the old cannon have fallen silent and the defensive towers turned into bijou residences, you can see Normandy. Hydrangeas festoon large in private gardens, while summer sees outbreaks of startling, purple-headed agapanthus line the verges. There is a local language – a reconstructed Norman tongue called Jèrriais – which around three per cent of the inhabitants still use. 

Local Guide

A modern version of an old idea: The best food halls in Manchester

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? A food hall or a market hall? Indoor street stalls, micro-restaurants or a posse of static food trucks lined up like a covered caravan park? Takeaways that are not-takeaways. Eating in or eating out, food vendors or food shops, boundaries and definitions are increasingly blurred. Whatever you call it, this hybrid way of grazing-cum-eating (and shopping) has become increasingly familiar in cities such as Manchester. Clarissa Hyman enjoys a tour of the best Manchester has to offer.  

Where to eat

Britain’s top Italian restaurants

From an old-school caffè bar in Edinburgh to a Best Local Restaurant in Birmingham and Florentine magic in Farringdon, these are our picks of the top Italian restaurants across Britain in 2024. If you love something you can’t see in the list, let us know about it here: https://www.thegoodfoodguide.co.uk/feedback

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