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Alfresco Chester – The WLGT Guide to The Best Outside Tables in Town!

It’s very nearly time to dine outside with friends and family – from Monday April 12th. Thank the lord! And the fact that Spring has well and truly arrived is an added bonus. And the really good news is that…

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Opera Duo Belle Voci are back ready to perform with a brand-new show in Chester

This summer Opera Duo Belle Voci are returning to Storyhouse Chester on the 18th June. Chester’s duo reached the Finals of ITV’s The Voice, have released two albums and a single that reached Classical No. 1. They have performed the…

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The Bowden Rooms prepares to launch it’s inaugural season of shows with some epic names!

Countdown to opening as new Cheshire venue sees massive audience response to its stellar line-up of live events. Cheshire’s newest live event venue is set to open in four weeks – and the demand for tickets has already seen some…

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The cast for Storyhouse’s Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre has been unveiled

Rehearsing via zoom and then on the Storyhouse thrust stage and then outdoors in the park, productions of Merry Wives of Windsor, Pride and Prejudice and The Jungle Book open on Saturday 29 May and run until Sunday 30 August….

Things to do Experiences News Open Air Cheshire Chester Summer of Love The Great Cheshire Staycation 16th April, 2021

Dino Kingdom to transform Manchester Park this Summer with a Jurassic Adventure

An Immersive Edutainment Family Experience with a Pre-historic Twist July 23rd – August 8th 2021 at Wythenshawe Park. Sign up today for 25% off pre-sale ticket release! This summer, from Friday 23rd July – Sunday 8th August 2021, the…

Places to stay Food & Drink The Great Cheshire Staycation 16th April, 2021

Our Perfect Cheshire Staycation – at The Hollies Luxury Forest Lodges 🌳

I absolutely love The Hollies Farm Shop – but it is so much more than just an award-winning farm shop. Whenever you arrive – no matter what time of day – it looks fabulous. Fully stocked shelves with beautiful produce…

Things to do WLGT Essential Lifestyle Guides Experiences Open Air Cheshire Chester Summer of Love 13th April, 2021

Open Air Chester – the WLGT Guide to the Best Open Air Experiences in Town

Chester is at last back open for business! What a stunning city we have to reopen, and with some of the best open air experiences you’ll find for miles around! Our city makes the perfect base for an epic staycation…

Things to do Experiences News Storyhouse Open Air Cheshire Chester Summer of Love 13th April, 2021

Moonlight Flicks Open Air Cinema returns with a Blockbuster Summer of Films

Storyhouse’s Moonlight Flicks returns this summer with the largest and longest open-air season of cinema to date. The extended 2021 programme of big screen entertainment opens on the late May Bank Holiday weekend and will take place at three venues…

Bars Restaurants News Food & Drink 8th April, 2021

Barlounge Smash Charity Target In Time For Re-Opening

The team at Chester’s original cocktail bar and restaurant, Barlounge have been a very busy bunch. Throughout the latest lockdown they have cooked, baked, served and ran their hearts out to raise an impressive £15K to help local children. Raising…

News Storyhouse 30th March, 2021

Storyhouse comes alive with new season of dance, drama and comedy

Storyhouse is celebrating a return to live performance with the announcement of an exciting season of new shows which go on sale this week. Great music, dance, drama and comedy are all promised as part of the line-up which…

Things to do Experiences Open Air Cheshire 30th March, 2021

City wide Easter trail launches to offer children a twist on a traditional Egg Hunt

With traditional Easter Egg hunts off the agenda due to Covid restrictions, Chester BID has set up a lockdown friendly Easter trail for children across the city. It will launch on April 1st and run throughout the month. As schools…

Things to do Experiences News Art and Culture Storyhouse Open Air Cheshire 30th March, 2021

Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre 2021 on sale

Storyhouse have announced that its multi award-winning Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre is to go on immediate sale. Following the news of the government’s road map, Storyhouse have wasted no time in announcing plans for an extended season – meaning…

Business News Food & Drink 15th March, 2021

Food and Drink – ‘My Eureka Moment’ by Stephen Wundke of Taste Cheshire

I have been involved in the food and drink industry since 1992, coming up for 30 years. I started Taste Cheshire just over 10 years ago with an aim to support local businesses, producers, wholesalers and retailers. Our goal was…

Storyhouse 12th March, 2021

Storyhouse and New Earth Theatre announce live stream run of acclaimed adaptation of Miss Julie

Storyhouse today announce a NEW LIVE streamed run of the acclaimed production of Strindberg’s Miss Julie will take place 9 – 17 April. Lockdown restrictions halted Storyhouse’s and New Earth Theatre’s plans to welcome a live audience to the show…

News Chester Zoo 12th March, 2021

Cameras capture incredible moment rare giraffe is born at Chester Zoo

Rare Rothschild’s giraffe delivers her precious youngster from a height of 2m (6.5ft) onto soft straw Special moment male calf enters the world comes at the end of 15-month pregnancy for mum, Orla Leggy youngster already stands at 6ft tall…

Things to do News Art and Culture 5th March, 2021

Storyhouse reveal biggest ever Summer season as lockdown eases …

Storyhouse reveal biggest ever Summer season as lockdown eases and urge customers to continue vital support. Storyhouse has today announced that they will present their biggest ever summer event programme with over 200 events taking place from May. The…

Business News 2nd March, 2021

Tudor House welcomes a specialist, life-changing business to Chester city centre

Recently, I met a fabulous lady. There are a number of amazing ladies in Chester doing amazing things – and I am so pleased that Rebecca Morgan-Brennan has taken on one of the most historic buildings in Chester city centre…

Things to do News Food & Drink 26th February, 2021

Food and Drink Festival Postponed to August Bank Holiday

Following the latest Government announcement, it is with regret that we must make the difficult decision to further postpone the Taste Cheshire Food and Drink Festival 2021 to August Bank Holiday. This is not a decision made lightly and we…

WLGT Essential Lifestyle Guides News Food & Drink 19th February, 2021

Best Bites and Sips this weekend – your local, curated Food and Drink Edit

There is a touch of Spring in the air and while we still can’t get out and enjoy our city as we’d desperately like to – we can of course still support our local restaurants, makers and bakers by ordering…

Experiences Beauty & Experience Reviews 19th February, 2021

A Fabulous Chester Open Air Experience the whole family will love!

(written February 2020) What an absolute treat! A massive thank you to the Rack & Ruin Alpaca team for giving us the most incredible Alpaca Experience over the weekend at The Chester Fields Country Pub & Restaurant. We’ve always fancied…

Restaurants Food & Drink 3rd February, 2021

Hickory’s Smokehouse ‘Touchdown’ With Epic Super Bowl Feast

With the Super Bowl just a matter of days away on Sunday 7th February, the guys at Hickory’s Smokehouse would normally be putting the finishing touches to their legendary Super Bowl parties. But now, for the first time in ten years, the…

WLGT Essential Lifestyle Guides Food & Drink 27th January, 2021

Which Chester restaurants have retained their Michelin status? The results are in …

You would think all is fairly quiet on the restaurant front right now, but that is not the case. Its Michelin time in the culinary world – and that doesn’t stop for anything, a global pandemic or otherwise. So despite…

News Art and Culture 25th January, 2021

The Westminster Foundation has awarded more than £400k to Storyhouse’s Young Leaders Programme in a commitment that will span 5 years.

The funding has been awarded to Storyhouse’s award-winning programme that provides young people, including those who conventionally face barriers to employment, with work experience and a range of employability skills in the creative industries. Former participants of the course…

Shopping News Food & Drink 20th January, 2021

Chester’s New Market Launches Trader Recruitment Drive

Chester’s New Market Launches Trader Recruitment Drive Applications from businesses looking to trade at Chester’s new indoor market are now being taken, currently under construction and due to open in summer 2022. Chester Market is beginning an exciting new chapter…

Business News 19th January, 2021

Despite Coronavirus crisis, Chester city centre had more openings than closures in 2020

Despite Coronavirus crisis, Chester city centre had more openings than closures in 2020 – as the city identity shifts to ‘an independent’s landscape’. Chester BID launch an ‘’Independent Business Guide’ in response to dramatic change in city’s retail and hospitality…

WLGT Essential Lifestyle Guides Shopping 5th January, 2021

The WLGT Shop-Local Guide to Click and Collect in Chester and beyond …

OK. So here’s the thing. We’re in another National Lockdown. Whereas it’s no surprise, it’s still heartbreaking for all of our wonderful hospitality and independent businesses who have now been in turmoil for nearly a year. But as is always…

News 14th December, 2020

It’s time to feel MINI Electric in Chester and Cheshire!

A huge thank you to Halliwell Jones for lending me a brand new fully electric MINI 3 door Hatch. It looks pretty smart with my WLGT branding – and it’s pretty damn quick too! There’s no denying that I’m a…

Restaurants Dining Reviews 13th December, 2020

New Dining Review – The Black Dog Chester

The Black Dog has sat quietly out on the A41 for many years. A regular dining pub with plenty of space and even more potential, which had never really been realised. Until now. Mat and Bec took the The Black…

Restaurants WLGT Essential Lifestyle Guides 6th December, 2020

The WLGT Guide to the Best Sunday Roasts in Chester

Yes! Sunday Roast Day is our favourite foodie day of the whole week and we love to celebrate it with friends and family. In true WLGT style, we have created the WLGT Essential Guide on which venues are serving the…

WLGT Essential Lifestyle Guides Hoole 2nd December, 2020

The WLGT Guide to Health, Pampering and Grooming in Hoole

If you’re anything like me, you need a complete post-lockdown overhaul! One minute we could, and the next minute we couldn’t, and now I’m in need of everything doing at the same time. But luckily we have the complete range…

Restaurants Dining Reviews 28th November, 2020

New Food Review – Tales of the Unexpected from The Pied Bull Chester

I absolutely love The Pied Bull, because its full of the unexpected. This is one of our best independent venues because it has so much to offer, and it has some rather wonderful stories to tell – like John the…

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The WLGT Guide to the Best Food and Drink Gift Vouchers in Town

Thank you to Ian Southerin of The Cheshire School of Photography for use of this stunning photo. OK, so we know that no matter what happens – Christmas is not cancelled. Whether we’re in some sort of lockdown or not,…

Places to stay Christmas 2020 Shopping 12th November, 2020

Chester BID launches Chester Gift Card in a move to pay it forward and save the high street this Christmas

Chester BID has announced the launch of the Chester Gift Card – as part of the city’s battleplan to save the high street shops from suffering from the lockdown at one of the year’s busiest shopping periods. The Chester Gift…

Bars Restaurants 11th November, 2020

Chester Northgate unveils The Florist as its latest restaurant letting

The Florist is the latest restaurant to take space in the forthcoming Chester Northgate development, building on the success of its existing sites in Liverpool, Bristol and Watford. The Florist is part of ‘The New World Trading Company’, an award-winning…

Restaurants 10th November, 2020

Little Tap goes on Tour in Tarporley and beyond ….

I am so pleased to be able to give my mate Myles from Little Tap in Tarporley a bit of support. I met Myles on a wine tasting trip a few years ago with Rodney Densem Wines when we…

Weekly Wine Tastings 9th November, 2020

WLGT Weekly Wine Tasting – a delicious Pinot Grigio from White Fox Wines

As you know by now, we really love working with our friends at White Fox Wines to bring you a light hearted weekly feature matching one of their favourite wines with a delicious dish using the best local produce. With…

4th November, 2020

The WLGT ‘Support Local Chester’ campaign launches this week ….

Here we go again! I have really mixed feelings about this lockdown if I’m being honest after speaking to a good friend recently who has had the virus through no fault of their own (and who had a really awful…

Weekly Wine Tastings 27th October, 2020

WLGT Weekly Wine Tasting with White Fox Wines and The Yard Chester

This week’s Wine Tasting with White Fox Wines has quite a lovely story attached to it. You now know a little bit about our favourite wine couple Bianca and Juliusz. They run their family wine business here in Chester with…

Business 23rd October, 2020

£1 MILLION extra in COVID support grants FOR CHESHIRE and WARRINGTON SMALL BUSINESSES

Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is launching a second £1 million grant programme to help small businesses meet some of the extra costs created by the COVID restrictions. The new funding package follows the £1.1 million announced in…

Restaurants Experiences 21st October, 2020

Innovation, Determination and Preparation – that’s the Kōji way.

I find it incredibly humbling when our independent operators show us how resilient and dedicated they are by innovating and stepping up their offering with exciting new products and experiences, especially at a time like this. And that’s exactly what…

Weekly Wine Tastings 20th October, 2020

WLGT Weekly Wine Tasting – a stunning Vegan wine from Puglia with Oysters and Sea bream

In these difficult and uncertain times, there is one thing that I still enjoy more than most others – and thats a bloody good wine and food pairing! This is our third week working with our lovely friends Bianca and…

Weekly Wine Tastings 14th October, 2020

WLGT Weekly Wine Tasting – a gorgeous red from Sicily perfectly paired with Lamb Ragu

Exclusive weekly Food and Wine pairing our great friend at White Fox Wines. Here we are again, and its one of my favourite tasks of the whole week! Let’s face it – there’s not that much to make us…

Beauty & Experience Reviews 12th October, 2020

A Five Star Review for The Scented Garden Retreat Chester

Since the pandemic started, I have got to know the city much better – and some of the incredible, hard working and hugely resourceful business people who make it work. One such person is Laura Heywood, and having learnt more…

News 12th October, 2020

Cheshire Catering Company ‘Fighting Back’ Against Coronavirus With Pop-Up’s, Pre-Orders and Private Dining Offering…

Award winning event caterers Cheeky Chilli have transformed their business model in an attempt to ride out the devastation caused to the events industry by the Coronavirus pandemic. The Neston based catering specialists have devised a whole new range of…

News 9th October, 2020