Richard said:
“The Great Northern Market will be Manchester Airport’s own market hall – six kitchens in one, more than 1,000 square metres and 500 seats.
“It’s going to be a real hit with the Manchester crowd. Whatever you want, there’s something for everyone – and there will be a takeaway option as well, so you can eat in this huge 500-seat market hall area with plenty of seating, or you can just grab something to take on your flight.
“As you can imagine, it’s a very complicated build because we’re not just doing the one kitchen, we’re doing six, but it’s coming along well and we’re really excited to share it with our passengers.”
Jake Ansbro, co-founder of Gooey, added:
“Gooey was born in Manchester, and the city has supported us from day one. Opening at Manchester Airport feels like a dream next step — a chance to share a little bit of what we do with people travelling across the world. We’re so excited to be part of The Great Northern Market celebrating Manchester next to some other amazing operators.”
Due to open in the coming months, the Great Northern Market is one of more than 20 new shops and restaurants opening in T2 as part of the second phase of Manchester Airport’s 10-year, £1.3bn transformation programme, now nearing completion. Earlier this year, a new section of the departure lounge opened that will adjoin the Great Northern Market, housing the likes of LEGO®, Rituals and Joe & The Juice.
Once complete, the project will more than double the size of Terminal 2 and turn it into Manchester Airport’s main centre of gravity, with Terminal 1 set to close.
Taking podcast host Hywel Evans on a behind-the-scenes tour of areas yet to open, Richard shows off some of the other big additions to the terminal’s departure lounge that are yet to come– including a ‘boutique mall’ shopping strip with the likes of Pandora, Jo Malone and Tom Ford.
You can listen to Manchester: Your Airport, MAN on Spotify, Amazon Music and Apple Podcasts among other platforms.
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