Fed-up of football? Fancy first-class food at half price?

Ramsons restaurant. Winner of more plaudits than you can shake a baguette at, including the Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year last year. A top five favourite of Gordo. A kitchen brigade who would get Prince Charles’ approval. Some fabulously good-looking front of house peeps. Oooh, and a chicken parfait brulée which still has Gordo waking up in the middle of the night, tears streaming down his plump cheeks and soaking into his Egyptian cotton pillow cases.

The only drawback is putting up with Chris Johnson, the eccentric owner. The only advice Gordo will give you is not to ask about his tomatoes.

The one thing that frightens Chris is a game of football. Also, he is as tight as a Goosenagh duck's arse. Marry those two together and you get a Chris Johnson who is now terrified that his takings are going to be down for the month of the World Cup. So Gordo, playing on his fears, has suggested a deal for our Heroes and Friends that will capture the 50 per cent of the English race who couldn’t give a damn about the footie.

What a deal. It combines generosity (which doesn’t come naturally to Mr Johnson...) with simplicity. Book your award-winning dinner any time between now and the end of the World Cup, declare your Confidential Hero or Friend status, and hey presto – you get your food bill knocked in half. Couldn't be easier than that.

If you’re a bit thick and you still don’t get it, let’s try again. Book in any time, lunch or dinner, between now and 11 July, tell the mental dwarf when you book that you are a Manchester Confidential member and he will cut your food bill in half.

Very simples.

Call now on 01706 825070 to book.