‘Dish’ chef Tom Gore turns to Manchester cuisine for inspiration

And he's promising a new 'take' on some of the area's classic traditional dishes, from Rochdale's rag pie to Manchester tart, wants to do something totally different with Bury's black pudding, and even fancies poaching in Vimto. "Regional dishes fascinate me and I can't wait to incorporate the best of Manchester's traditional food into the new menus that 'Dish' is introducing for corporate events, weddings and parties," says Gore. Tom is executive chef at Manchester's newest catering operation 'Dish' – which launches its first regional branch, outside London, today. It will be the first time that Tom has cooked in Manchester – although the 27 year-old Essex-born chef has worked from Florida to Australia since qualifying at catering college, working at The Lanesborough in Hyde Park and for the famed Roux Brothers. In Florida he worked at the California Grill, one of the top 50 restaurants in the US, at a five-star Disney resort next to the Magic Kingdom in Orlando. In London he polished his experience of Japanese food at Knightsbridge's 'Restaurant of the Year' award-winning Zuma.