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To help you get to know our food a little better and the importance to us of independent businesses, we’ll be doing a ‘Conversations with…’ series of our small, local suppliers. First up, the wonderful @beehivefood who we’re working with to bring you our new food menu.

Conversations with…@beehivefood

Led up by chef, Ross Parker, who we met before Proof even existed, Beehive Food is full of Northern Soul and Independent love. After many years of training and cheffing with the likes of Paul Heathcote, Paul Faulker and Anthony Demetre at Arbutus in London, it was Ross’ passion for all things Manchester and local, with a focus on locally-sourced ingredients, that brought him to Beehive. Spotting a gap in the market, Beehive was born as a way of offering small independent bars with no kitchen space an opportunity to serve food to their customers. They act as the Manchester bee working to help small independents through their food hive.

Starting out with their, now well-known, scotch eggs & pork pies, their food products are now sold in around 30 small independent bars & restaurants around Manchester – Port Street Beer House, Taste of Honey, Albert’s Chop House & Ancoats General Store are just a few.

Expanding their hive beyond their food products, Beehive is now working to act as the central Manchester hub that brings together and supports local independents in the hospitality industry throughout the whole supply chain.

And so we became a Friend of Beehive, a small independent that works with Ross, the Beehive team and their whole chain of local Manchester-based suppliers to bring you locally-sourced ingredients in food with true heart and soul of the North. That means the bread we use from @holy_grain_sourdough, the cheese we serve from @thecraftycheeseman, the meat we buy in from @w.h.frost.butchers and every other ingredient we use is from small Manchester suppliers doing their independent thing. It’s from this area for this area so when you’re eating with us you’re actively supporting your local community. 

Beehive don’t stop there either. Their Northern heart extends out to Manchester-based charities Eat Well MCR who they were strongly involved with during lockdown – not least,Owen of the Beehive team was out doing all their lockdown deliveries! – and they also support Wood Street Mission every year. True Manchester worker bees.

We hope you can come and support them as much as you are supporting us.