Food blogger Fay Nyberg unearths the secret and not-so-secret foodie meets happening under your nose in the north of England and tells how you can get involved

If there’s something Northerners enjoy more than the sharing of bread, banter and beer I am yet to come across it. It’s this sociable disposition and desire to fill more than just our bellies that’s at the centre of an explosion of food-focused clubs across the North.

Whether you’ve got a penchant for pie, you’re cuckoo for cake or you’re a total turophile, there’s a club waiting to welcome you. But the first and sometimes only rule of every club – for there are very few rules – is that those who come along are prepared to take a seat, share some food or skills and mingle with folk who are equally food-obsessed.

Take a tasty trip through the North’s finest food clubs with our guide, and you may find just the club for you:

MeatClub

Where: Manchester

When: MeatClub was recently set up by husband and wife team Patrick (architect) and