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Mana restaurant gets Manchester's first Michelin star in 42 years | |
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Manchester has its first Michelin star restaurant in more than 40 years. | |
Mana in Ancoats, which can be booked out months in advance, has only been open for less than a year but got the city's first star since 1977. | Mana in Ancoats, which can be booked out months in advance, has only been open for less than a year but got the city's first star since 1977. |
Chef Simon Martin got his big break in Denmark's capital Copenhagen where he was homeless for a few weeks when working at world-renowned Noma. | |
Mr Martin, 29, said: "It's absolutely incredible - this is the highlight of my life. It's quiet overwhelming." | Mr Martin, 29, said: "It's absolutely incredible - this is the highlight of my life. It's quiet overwhelming." |
Mana boasts a 16-course tasting menu such as grilled onions, kelp and fermented rice as well as salt-aged duck hung over burning charcoal and yakitori-style eel with roasted yeast and blueberry. | Mana boasts a 16-course tasting menu such as grilled onions, kelp and fermented rice as well as salt-aged duck hung over burning charcoal and yakitori-style eel with roasted yeast and blueberry. |
Mr Martin said: "We cook food that we want to eat. We've had great reviews. | Mr Martin said: "We cook food that we want to eat. We've had great reviews. |
"You sacrifice a lot, you work away from home and very long hours but now I don't regret a single thing." | "You sacrifice a lot, you work away from home and very long hours but now I don't regret a single thing." |
Mr Martin trained at Noma restaurant in Copenhagen which has been acclaimed in the past as the "world's best restaurant". | Mr Martin trained at Noma restaurant in Copenhagen which has been acclaimed in the past as the "world's best restaurant". |
But he ended up sleeping rough for two weeks while waiting for his first pay packet when he got a permanent job. | But he ended up sleeping rough for two weeks while waiting for his first pay packet when he got a permanent job. |
Mr Martin told the BBC: "There was a point where I was homeless. It is quite difficult to find accommodation in Copenhagen. | Mr Martin told the BBC: "There was a point where I was homeless. It is quite difficult to find accommodation in Copenhagen. |
"I found a job and needed to start immediately when I hadn't sorted any accommodation." | "I found a job and needed to start immediately when I hadn't sorted any accommodation." |
"It wasn't too bad. It was the end of the summer and there were showers at work." | "It wasn't too bad. It was the end of the summer and there were showers at work." |
The French in The Midland hotel was previously the only Manchester restaurant to be awarded a Michelin star, which it held from 1974 until 1977. | The French in The Midland hotel was previously the only Manchester restaurant to be awarded a Michelin star, which it held from 1974 until 1977. |
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