Food and Drink
Nico Simeone to open new charitable restaurant
The team behind the famed Six by Nico family of restaurants have confirmed a November opening for their new charitable restaurant in Glasgow. Beat 6, which will make its home on Whitehill Street, Dennistoun will see a delicious combination of unique food and social good. Profits from the restaurant will go directly towards the Beatson…
Read MoreScottish food and drink recognised at Great Taste
Scotland’s finest food and drink has been honoured at this year’s Great Taste Awards. Established in 1994, Great Taste is organised by the Guild of Fine Food and is the world’s largest, longest standing and most respected food accreditation scheme for artisan and speciality food producers. Out of the 5,383 products worldwide to receive a…
Read MoreChef Nico turns to Guilty Pleasures for new menu
Chief Sub-Editor Rosie Morton heads to Six By Nico to suss out the ‘Guilty Pleasures’ menu… We arrive at Six By Nico, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, and take our pews. It’s 6.45pm on a Tuesday and our fellow diners’ jovial voices and clinking wine glasses, toasting long-overdue get-togethers, suggest the weekend is upon us already. The…
Read MoreMay the Forth Valley Food Festival be with you
Forth Valley Food Festival will return for the fourth year in a row this October. The annual event will run during the school October break, from Saturday 9 to Sunday 17 October. This year’s full line-up is still being finalised, but foodies and families can look forward to some food science inspired events for the…
Read MoreShortlist for the 5th Asian Restaurant Awards
The fifth Asian Restaurant Awards in association with Just Eat will return to Scotland later this month 2021. The awards recognise outstanding culinary excellence, and sumptuous creativity from all those who are continuing to respond to the pandemic and run successful businesses in the hospitality industry. The winners will be announced at a glittering award…
Read MoreWould you try an Iron Brew-flavoured pakora?
There’s few things Scots love more than a good scran of pakora, washed down with a refreshing can of ‘ginger.’ So in celebration of Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight, Aldi Scotland is releasing some pure, dead, brilliant news – Iron Brew Pakora is set to hit shelves across all 96 stores. This could be potentially…
Read MoreA fusion of Italian passion and Scottish attitude
A mixture Italian style with a strong dose of modern Glasgow attitude is coming with the opening of a new restaurant in the city. Roberta’s Glasgow will open on Thursday, September 9 and confidently take unfussy, authentic Italian cooking and bring it to life in new uber stylish city centre surroundings. Glasgow’s newest pizza spinning,…
Read MoreSupport Scottish food and drink during special event
The 12th Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight is now underway. Industry body Scotland Food and Drink, has launched the annual celebration of the sector, which takes place from Saturday 4 to Sunday 19 September and will celebrate the regional diversity Scottish food and drink has to offer. This year, Scotland Food & Drink wants to…
Read MoreA Vintage taste for a beer six years in the making
Innis & Gunn has unveiled Vintage, a limited-edition beer which has been six years in the making. This is the longest the award-winning brewer has matured any beer to date. Pioneers of beer maturation, Innis & Gunn originally laid Vintage down to mature back in 2015. The beer spent its first 100 days in first…
Read MoreJoin chef Paul Wedgwood on a wild foraging experience
Food foragers can experience Scotland’s natural larder with Wedgwood the Restaurant this week. Chef patron Paul Wedgwood is hosting a foraging tour followed by lunch with the wild ingredients at the restaurant. Taking place this Friday, August 27, passionate forager and a lover of the outdoors, Paul will lead a group forage searching out the…
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