Until a couple of years ago, supper clubs were a rarity in Manchester. Now they’re everywhere.

So much so, in fact, that many are popping up in the suburbs, including some right on my doorstep in Chorlton. So I thought I’d take a closer look at the area’s supper clubs.

Hang on, what’s a supper club?

A supper club (also known as a dinner club, or a fine dining club if you’re posh) can take many forms:

1. House-turned-restaurant – where a budding chef offers to cook dinner in their own home for a group of guests, often including people they’ve never met before
2. Foodie group – where a gang of like-minded food lovers get together to visit different restaurants/pubs/cafes/bars and taste what they have to offer
3. Foodie event – where a restaurant/pub/café/bar puts on a special set menu for foodies, which is usually much more ambitious than the standard menu