Midori Didsbury Japanese Supperclub @ablock Altrincham

à bloc is one of those cool neighbourhood cafés whose donuts have become the stuff of legend, but it’s also where the brilliant Midori Didsbury will be rocking up and churning out her signature grassroots Japanese cooking on 7 Nov, from sweet potato gyoza to curry udon. Profits from the evening night go towards Wild Salt Cooking School which provides free food education to vulnerable people, children, refugees and those in social housing.

Feast Western, Congleton

Over in Congleton, Feast is a refill store/ supperclub space whose co-founders conjure a new menu every month. On 14 Oct, they’re channelling the wild west, kicking off with a charred corn avocado salad, followed by cowboy bean and sausages with smoky ribs and cornbread, and rounding off with a gooey plate of s’mores – and all for just £35. Don’t forget to bring your own bottle of plonk too. Yee-haw!

The White Horse Elite Bistros Guest Chef Series, Churton

Gary Usher’s country pub is the setting for this series of supper clubs, helmed by some of the north’s best chefs. Richard Sharples, Tom Kitchin, Adam Reid and Chris and James Tanner have already steered the kitchen for one night only but coming this October are Adam Smith (15 Oct) and Tom Barnes (27 Oct). Spaces are filling up fast (Michel Roux Jr and Emily Roux’s event in January has already sold out), so quick smart on this one.

Next Door Hello Tastings, Frodsham

The pioneering restaurant in Frodsham held a no-power-dining event in 2022 as a protest to rising energy costs and is no stranger to pushing boundaries. Not ones to rest on its laurels, the team hosts ‘hello tastings’ on the first Wednesday of every month to introduce the new monthly six-course tasting menu with matched wines for £95 – it’s usually £78 for food and £42 for wine. Not a supper club as such, but expect cracking food in one of Cheshire’s most forward-thinking restaurants.

Growing @ Field 28 Supper Clubs, Daresbury

This sprawling farm in Daresbury is where chefs across the north west source their heritage veg, edible flowers and micro leafs. It also happens to host supper clubs on the last Saturday of each month, where guests tour the gardens and tunnels before pulling up a pew in the farm’s new tasting rooms. Menus are yet to be released but on 26 Oct the team will be hosting an autumnal, Halloween-inspired supper club, plucking the very best bounty from its crop and a festive-focused dinner in November. £65pp.

The Plucky Pickle’s Kimchi Masterclass and Supper Club

For something a little more hands-on, you can join fermentation expert Jules Goddard in one of her happy-gut-promoting masterclasses on 14 Nov and make your very own jar of kimchi. Then sit yourself down for a kimchi-inspired supper with a proper bracing tang, prepared by the kitchen crew at Didsbury’s Yes Lah. Expect whipped yoghurt and tofu dip, topped with hot buttered kimchi and all scooped up with a flatbread, and a Korean rice bowl with plenty of ferments and pickles. Tickets are £68 and include a welcome drink though it’s BYOB too.

The Village Kitchen HC, Holmes Chapel

Christmas party, anyone? One for larger groups, this neighbourhood caff in Holme Chapel has unveiled the menu for its Winter Supper Club, running from 29 Nov all the way into December. There’s a starter of gravadlax on homemade crumpet with sea herbs and caviar, followed by lamb kofta with baba ganoush and pomegranate, and a main of Cheshire dry-aged sirloin and king oyster mushrooms. Pud is a homemade lemon tart for pud, and hell, because it’s (almost) Christmas you can throw in a cheese course too with three wedges from The Cheese Yard in Knutsford. Wine flight is optional too and there are veggie alternatives. £50 per person.

The Little Sri Lankan, the Bungalow, Manchester

Malanie Tillekeratne is the cook behind The Little Sri Lankan, bringing authentic dishes from this Far Eastern island to tables across Cheshire and Manchester. What started as a lockdown project, delivering curries to people’s doorsteps, has now grown into a wildly popular supper club, hopping to different venues where diners pitch up with their own booze and hungry tummies. This autumn they’re bringing their bona fide Sri Lankan cooking to the Bungalow in Kampus on 11/12 Oct. Trust me, the food is cracking. Four courses for £50 per person.

Supper clubs, part of Eat Well, Do Good Festival

From 21 – 27 Oct is the week-long Eat Well, Do Good festival, led by renowned chef Mary-Ellen McTague who founded social enterprise, Eat Well MCR, during the pandemic. Her mission? To  provide meals to thousands of vulnerable people across Manchester – and so far, she’s nailed it. But in order to continue the stellar work of the enterpirse, the festival has been set up to raise vital funds, with a series of events, supperclubs and workshops. Head over to Kampus and you can delve into its one-off supper clubs. Burmese cooking from @rice_over_everything on 18 Oct; firecracking Asian plates from @hello_oriental_mcr on 24 October; vegan West African food from  @gwafuvegan on 25 Oct; a seasonal and locally sourced menu by chef Holly Sumner, served on plates by ceramicist Frida Cooper; and on 27 Oct, you can book in for a four-course lunch (in collaboration with Suppher) prepared by some of leading ladies in the city’s cooking world, from Sian Wilson of NORD, to Beccy Corcoran of Where the Light Gets In. Book here.