We launched The Long Table to see what happens when you bring the right people together without the typical barriers of a ticketed event. For our first series, we took over a studio space at Five Four in Salford and invited a mix of our close friends and some of Manchester’s key creatives to meet the team and see the vision first-hand.

The night was built around a three-course menu by guest chef Joe Manson-Evans, designed to be shared while everyone actually got to know each other. It was a simple setup that focused on good food and real conversation, and the success of that evening was the starting point for everything we are building now.