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Table Talk: Mary-Ellen McTague

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4.4785 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Mary-Ellen McTague is a chef based in Manchester. She is the culinary driving force behind Aunbury, 4244, the Creameries and her newest venture, Pip at the Treehouse Hotel. Mary-Ellen is also the co-founder of Eat Well MCR, which has delivered almost 100,000 meals across Greater Manchester since 2020 to those sidelined by poverty.

On the podcast, she tells Liv and Lara why, as a child, she would only eat orange cheese, why Lancashire hotpot is so nostalgic, her Eureka moment when she decided to become a chef – and where you should eat in Manchester.

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Post-Morton has begun on a historic set of local elections, but where does each party go from here?

0:06.4

Is reform unstoppable? Is Kemi the one to lead the Conservative rebuild? And do Labor really get it?

0:12.5

On Wednesday the 7th of May, join the spectators panel and special guests, Zia Yusuf and Jacob Rees-Mogg to unpack these questions as well as the broader implications

0:21.4

of the local elections on British politics. For tickets, go to www.spictator.com.combe

0:28.3

U.K. forward'm Olivia Potts.

0:42.7

And I'm Noropendigast. And today we are delighted to be joined by Mariella McTague.

0:48.0

Mary Ellen is a chef based in Manchester. Born and bred in the northwest, she is the culinary powerhouse behind restaurants, Ormbury, 4244 and the creameries, and her laces venture is the recently opened restaurant

0:58.8

PIP at the Treehouse Hotel in Manchester.

1:01.7

She has twice been the Northwest finalist in Great British menu, twice chef of the year

1:05.9

and three times a restaurant of the year at the Manchester Food and Drink Festival Award,

1:09.9

and is the winner of the Manchester Food and Drink Festival Award and is the winner of

1:10.8

the Manchester Food and Drink Outstanding Person of the Year Award in honour of her contribution

1:15.0

to the Greater Manchester Food and Drink industry. She's regularly recognised for our work in the

1:20.4

restaurant scene but is also the co-founder of Eat Well MCR, a collector of Manchester chefs and restaurants

1:25.5

which has delivered almost 100,000 meals across Greater Manchester

1:29.1

since March 2020 to people sidelined by poverty.

1:33.4

Mary Ellen, welcome to table talk.

1:35.3

Thank you.

1:36.0

Lovely to be here.

1:36.8

Thanks.

1:37.8

Mary Ellen, as listeners know, we start this podcast right at the beginning.

1:41.5

What are your earliest memories of food?

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