Food and Drink
The Chocolatarium celebrates our favourite sweet
In Scotland, we love our chocolate. Whether it’s a Mars bar, a Dairy Milk, a Kit Kat, or even a locally made bar by a smaller artisan producer, we adore it. I can only think of one chocolate product that I haven’t liked – chocolate crisps, released by Tudor back in 1992 (it was a…
Read MoreNew owners delighted by an early dining award
Cringletie House was awarded Hotel Dining Experience of the Year at the Hotel Awards Scotland this week. The event, organised by Creative Oceanic, is voted for by travellers and residents to show their appreciation to their favourite hotels across the country. Located in an area of outstanding natural beauty near Peebles in the Scottish Borders,…
Read MoreSupermarket launches 19th beer festival
A supermarket has partnered with seven of Scotland’s top craft breweries to each showcase five of their best beers in its 19th annual in-store beer festival. Launching in all 88 stores in Scotland from today (Thursday 3 October), Aldi shoppers can try the range of 35 hand-picked craft beers with prices starting at only £1.49…
Read MoreEusebi’s Sebastian Wereski wins chefs challenge
The head chef at the award-winning Eusebi Deli is celebrating after winning Glasgow Community Food Network’s Chef’s Challenge 2019. Sebastian Wereski, who joined the Eusebi Deli team when the restaurant first opened in 2015, secured first place following a MasterChef-style cook off at City of Glasgow College on Tuesday 1 October. Glasgow Community Food Network’s…
Read MoreThe eagle has landed – and it’s made of chocolate
A team of expert pastry chefs at Perthshire’s Gleneagles Hotel have unveiled a jaw-dropping 4 foot high chocolate sculpture of the hotel’s iconic eagle logo. Led by Gleneagles’ executive pastry chef, Phil Skinazi, the team of four pastry chefs spent over 80 hours creating the giant chocolate show-stopper, which was hand-crafted from 36kg of 55%…
Read MoreHawksmoor reveals events space – the Tellers’ Room
Multi award-winning steak restaurant Hawksmoor has launched its new events and dining space – The Tellers’ Room – to coincide with the first anniversary of opening its doors in Edinburgh. Now available for bookings, The Tellers’ Room can accommodate parties of up to 48 guests, making it one of the largest private dining rooms in…
Read MoreUp and coming chefs take the Number One helm
Two of the UK’s most up and coming chefs will jointly take the helm of Michelin-starred Number One at Edinburgh’s iconic landmark hotel, The Balmoral. On 11 November, Ian Scaramuzza (Roux Scholar 2015) and Mark Donald (ex Hibiscus will be combining the elevated skill and flair honed over the course of their respective, distinguished careers.…
Read MoreEat Game Awards opening for nominations
The start of pheasant season on 1 October coincides with the opportunity for individuals to nominate the heroes of our rural Scottish communities and all things delicious and exciting in wild game in the Eat Game Awards 2019. 72% of Brits don’t eat game – the Eat Game Awards, now in their second year, hope…
Read MoreA delicious pair of bagels are on the way
National Seafood Week and National Chocolate Week fall in October this year – and both are being celebrated in bagel form. Bross Bagels in Edinburgh have created two limited edition bagels – Cray-Cray and Chocolate Cheesecake – to mark the occasion in style for their bagel lovers in the form of two limited edition bagels.…
Read MoreHelp Sonja Jump Ship with alcohol-free beer
Scotland’s first alcohol-free brewing company, Jump Ship Brewing today announced its crowdfunding bid to help accelerate production of its first beer. Sonja Mitchell, a keen sailor, beer-lover and mother of three, decided to ‘jump ship’ from her marketing job to launch Jump Ship Brewing. Jump Ship was born in 2019 out of a love of…
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