Katie Kirwan

Articles written: 828

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...

Dan Filippi gives us the inside Ginger's scoop

Feb 26, 2014

Ginger's
City Centre

At the forefront of his field and bathing Birmingham punters in sweet cocktail wares, we uncovered the predictions, fancies and the mixology mastery of Dan Filippi, Bar Manager at dapper...

The regeneration of London Road

Feb 21, 2014

Who'd have thought that we'd see such a sprightly spark in the toosh of London Road? Now, we eat our words. While many once once hunched at the thought of...

The Cube's sixth floor soon to boast cocktails and Eastern chow

Feb 20, 2014

The Master & Margarita
The Mailbox and Brindleyplace

A brand new dining concept set to swarm the sixth floor of Birmingham's heralded Cube, The Master & Margarita will soon arrive with Eastern chow and cocktails in tow. From...

The Fiddler's famed St Patrick's Day street party returns

Feb 19, 2014

Fiddler's Elbow
The Lanes

19 years on the job? Slap my thigh and call me Paddy, it's certainly not enough to make these kids quit one of the biggest St Patrick's Day party's in...

The Cow - Restaurant Bar Review

Feb 19, 2014

The Cow
Seven Dials

A humble, rustic renegade in Seven Dials suburbia, The Cow has bustling nights, beer and a battering of Sunday roasts on its side. The Venue I'm such a sucker for...

The Rainbow Venues reach 10 years young

Feb 18, 2014

The Rainbow Venues
Digbeth

Who'd have thought that with so sprightly a crowd, so forward thinking a DJ roster and so deluxe a party complex, that The Rainbow Venues had reached one whole decade...

Simon Drake's House of Magic - Event Review

Feb 17, 2014

Simon Drake's House of Magic Presents... Springtime Surprises!
Central London

Call me a sucker for secrecy, but when Simon Drake's elusive Valentine's Special at the House of Magic came up, there was no way I could miss such an opportunity...

Fairytales And Tart Tipples At The Fable Opening Night

Feb 17, 2014

The Fable
Holborn

There was me, in my 20s, thinking that I'd left a childhood of fairytales and abandon behind. The newest venue of Drake and Morgan's enchanting enterprise, The Fable in Holborn...

Cupid Vs. Kraken Valentine's Party

Feb 13, 2014

The Mesmerist
The Lanes

Valentine's is on the horizon, and it's giving you the grumbles. Better suited to darker undertones and broody kegs of rum? Yup, Kraken thought so too. Inviting those with a...

Blind Tiger Club is the first in Brighton to accept Bitcoin payment

Feb 11, 2014

The Blind Tiger Club
North Laine

Money can't buy you love, but Bitcoins can now buy you beer. Blind Tiger Club have become the first bar in Brighton to introduce the technologically savvy payment style into...

Holi Festival of Colour sets its sights on Rainbow Venues

Feb 11, 2014

The Rainbow Venues
Digbeth

Those with an aversion to pretty colours and happy party people should avert your eyes now. While many may recognise the Holi Festival of Colour as a markedly Hindu tradition;...

Suburban Loungers company nabs Brighton plot with a little Parisian kitsch

Feb 10, 2014

Verano Lounge
Town Centre

Finally introducing their successful, suburban restaurant bar brand to the shores of Brighton, Loungers have taken to Western Road for the first of two new seaside ventures. Boasting the same...

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