Adam Reid, the award-winning chef at The French at the Midland Hotel, is devising a new dish in tribute to his hometown of Stalybridge. The dish is to celebrate the Tameside town being named Greater Manchester Town of Culture.
It’s intended to capture the community, culture and history of Stalybridge, so the chef is asking for help from residents to pull it all together, dubbing the challenge ‘Born and Bread’. He’ll work with Tameside Local Studies, Portland Basin Museum, church groups, food and drink businesses, local food banks and various community groups in the area to come up with ideas too.
Steven Dexter from LOCAL, which is leading the project, said: “To help with Adam’s research into what the dish might be, we are reaching out to communities in and around the town to ask for their help and to co-design this dish together. Maybe it’s your favourite childhood meal, something that can only be made locally at a certain time of year, or a taste that triggers your memory of Stalybridge. Whatever it might be, we want to hear your thoughts!
