Sponsors

Love Food Hate Waste

The Love Food Hate Waste campaign aims to raise awareness of the need to reduce food waste. The campaign shows that by doing some easy practical everyday things in the home we can all waste less food, which will ultimately benefit our purses and the environment too.

Manchester City Council

Manchester Food and Drink Festival 2009 is sponsored by Manchester City Council as part of the Council's annual 'events to listen out for...' festivals and events programme. Never miss a Manchester moment. Sign up to Eventext, the Council's fabulous free SMS 'what's on' events guide at eventext.com.

City Inn

The City Inn Hotel Manchester occupies a landmark site on the Piccadilly Place development. City Inn Manchester is a welcoming, custom-made alternative to traditional Manchester hotels. Relax in the sophisticated surroundings of the award winning restaurant, City Cafe, or the alluring Piccadilly lounge and vibrant Blue Bar, then rest in hotel rooms styled with absolute consideration for your comfort.

Food Futures

Food Futures is a partnership that embraces a wide range of individuals and organisations with an interest in improving food in the city.

Livebookings

Live Bookings provide restaurants with the tools to build a customer database, run offers, be listed on hundreds of websites, generate more bookings and improve the way they manage their reservations.

Visit Manchester

Greater Manchester's tourism board.

National Skills Academy for Hospitality

The National Skills Academy shines a light on excellence.

They also:

• Identify the best places to learn.
• Make this excellence more readily available.
• Provide industry and learner with an assurance that where the logo is used. 
• Create a benchmark from which industry can move forward to the highest standards.

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Smiles of Britain

A smile is free, fun and makes everyone happy! Get your Smiles up on the the Smiles of Britain site and win prizes throughout the summer and help us set a Guinness World Record of smiles. Pass on a smile to everyone you meet and eventually Britain will all be smiling.

Lufthansa

There's no better way to fly. Discover Europe at surprisingly low fares. Book now at lufthansa.com

Smooth FM

Love Life. Love Music. Smooth are a proud media sponsor of MFDF 2009.

My-Hospitality.com

The Online Partner to Northwest Hospitality Magazine.

Manchester Chimp

Chimp Magazine is what Manchester's readers, advertisers, activists and artists have all been waiting for. The magazine not only represents a platform for ANYONE involved in the arts, be they musicians, writers, photographers, fine artists or film makers, but is a window on the news, sport and politics that dominate our lives and have been left to the world of bloggers for too long.

Chimp, with its regular 14 page listings section is also a great guide to what's on in Manchester. Contributors include award winning journalist Miranda Sawyer, musicians Graham Massey and Paul Heaton, journalist William Stewart and the legendary ex England cricketer David "Bumble" Lloyd.

http://www.chimpmagazine.co.uk/

Hospitality Action

Hospitality Action supports people suffering from life changing illnesses such as Cancer, Huntingdon’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Lung Disease as well as helping people who are experiencing poverty, domestic violence and bereavement. Our support doesn’t stop there. We also support families with sick and disabled children.

In 2008 Hospitality Action pledged over £450,000 supporting almost 1,500 people. Over 80% of the help we give to our beneficiaries is due to severe financial hardship or life changing illness. 74% of our beneficiaries are under the age of 60

For more information, please visit www.hospitalityaction.org.uk or call 0870 351 1060