Restauranteurs Across Manchester Today Hit Out At Criticism Of The Local Restaurant Scene By The Wife Of Premier League Footballer Ilkay Gundogan After She Complained There Are No Good Places To Eat In The City

Restauranteurs across Manchester today hit out at criticism of the local restaurant scene by the wife of Premier League footballer Ilkay Gundogan after she complained there are no good places to eat in the city.
Sara Arfaoui, whose husband betmatik mobil earns £140,000 a week playing for Manchester City, said that she is fed up of 'horrible food' in the region, adding that its restaurants are 'focusing on making money with drinks and shots'.
The 27-year-old model and TV presenter, who was born in France but moved to Italy as a child, added in an Instagram post that she could not find 'a real Italian or good sushi or just fresh food… everything frozen'.
She wrote on Instagram, Ms Arfaoui wrote: 'Sorry, I'm sad to be honest but nothing.

I tired [sic] so bad to find a good restaurant but horrible food everywhere. Can't find a real Italian or good sushi or just fresh food… 
'Everything frozen. Restaurants here are focus [sic] on making money with drinks and shot [sic] like nightclubs, not quality food.
Maybe in London but in Manchester nothing. I'm sorry.'
Ms Arfaoui, whose German husband plays as a midfielder, had been asked to name her favourite restaurant in Manchester - but her negative response has not gone down well with local chefs and industry champions.
But one restaurant that didn't want to comment was Manchester's Catalan eatery, Tast, which is owned by Gundogan's boss Pep Guardiola.

When asked about it, a manager there said: 'We don't want to get involved!'
Manchester City footballer Ilkay Gundogan, 31, with his wife Sara Arfaoui, 27, who is a model and TV presenter
Sara Arfaoui was born in France but moved to Italy as a child and worked as a TV presenter for Rai I in the country
Molly Dixon, 25, a manager at Mana, betmatik mobil a Michelin-star restaurant in Manchester's Northern Quarter, called Ms Arfaoui's comments 'superficial'.

She is pictured with head chef Connor Slater outside the establishment today 
Bailey Sweeney, 22, a chef at one of Manchester's top sushi restaurants, Cottonopolis, also hit back at the comments.

He said today: 'She's talking a load of nonsense really, there are plenty of really decent places to eat and to get sushi'
Rosso, a high-end Italian restaurant co-owned by Rio Ferdinand, betmatik mobil has its fair share of celebrity diners, including Gundogan himself.

Ana Berariu, 28, its assistant manager, said: 'Ilkay Gundogan has been here a few times in the past, but by himself'
One restaurant that didn't want to comment was Manchester's Catalan eatery, Tast, which is owned by Gundogan's boss Pep Guardiola (pictured left, in a file image, at Tast).

When asked about it, a manager there said: 'We don't want to get involved!'
Molly Dixon, 25, a manager at Mana, a Michelin-star restaurant in Manchester's Northern Quarter, called Ms Arfaoui's comments 'superficial'.
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Ms Dixon told MailOnline: 'She didn't say which places she's visited so i think it's very superficial, blasé comment to make about the food scene in Manchester, which has improved drastically over the last couple of years.
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