Katie Kirwan

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Head of Brand & B2C at DesignMyNight since 2013, Katie leads DesignMyNight's brand, business strategy and team. With over 11 years in digital restaurant, bar and experience marketing, Katie remains food and drink obsessed, always on the hunt for a great Japanese restaurant serving up agadeshi tofu. Katie provides regular insights into the industry, with bylines in The Times, Bar Magazine and Time Out.

Katie was a UK Content Awards judge in 2022, and her team took home the trophy as 'Best In-House Content Team of the Year' at the UK Content Awards Winner in 2023, nominated again in 2024. Her team have also won 'Best Use Of Creativity' in the UK Digital PR Awards in 2024. 

  • Favourite cocktail bar
    Black Dove, Brighton
  • Favourite restaurant
    Bonsai Plant Kitchen
  • Special skill
    Finding the best taco restaurant nearby.

Recent articles...

Northern Quarter After Dark

Something of a night owl nuzzler? Barely see the back of the city unless it's under the haze of streetlights and post-bar shenanigans? Then how about gathering a new perspective...
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Didsbury dining gets a new Chalk charmer

Chalk Bar and Grill
Didsbury

Brought to you by dapper business denizens Chris Longmate and Dominic Gottelier, of Alderley Edge's The Wizard no less, Didsbury looks set to wield a brand new dining wonder in the shape of Chalk Bar...
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Cocktails in the City 2014

What do you get when you gather up a gang of Manchester's master mixologists, plot them under one historical roof and let them run ravage with a collection of sassy...
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