2016 sees Bella Italia's 15th year of trading in Manchester. They'll start the year with a fully refreshed portfolio of sites (as 2015 saw the completion of a refurbishment programme) and a menu re-launch across all three city centre restaurants. The group currently employs close to 100 members of staff across Manchester.
Bella Italia arrived in Manchester in 2001 with their restaurant on Deansgate, and has since expanded their city centre portfolio to three restaurants with popular sites on Piccadilly and in the Arndale centre.
All three of the venues have undergone refurbishment and development over the last two years with a total of £500K spent in Manchester by the company. Each of the restaurants now boast Bella's new trademark bright, colourful interior style and are individually designed to reflect the vibrant and vivacious sights and sounds of Italy. Features include fun wall murals, vintage Italian artwork, big bold light fittings and even a gelato cart in The Arndale.
Then there's the food... Bella Italia has been hard at work over the last few years, cultivating a whole new set of authentic Italian producers, many of which are family run, and all of them passionate about their craft. The result is a fabulous new menu that is brimming with flavour.
Executive Chef Vittorio Lettieri and the Bella team have gathered some of the most famous and fabulous Italian ingredients, sourced from across Italy to ensure every dish oozes real Italian authenticity from first mouthful to last morsel.
One such ingredient is pasta and that comes from The Agnesi family… the oldest pasta maker in Italy. They have been making pasta since 1824 in Oneglia in Northern Italy.
Another is their Southern Italian cured meat. These come from the San Vincenzo family in Calabria, who produce some of the world's finest cured meats. The N'duja sausage on Bella's menu is one of the signature products produced by San Vincenzo; it's a local delicacy that uses both local meat and local Calabrian chillies to give the fiery flavour and colour.
Other 'Bella Family' suppliers include:
Some highlights from Bella's latest menu collection include…
Nick White, Managing Director, commented:
“Manchester is an incredibly important city for us. We've been trading here now 15 years and in that time have become an established part of the dining out scene in Manchester. Now that our refurbishment investment is complete, we're looking forward to welcoming more locals and visitors to the city than ever – here's to the next 15 years!”
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