Posts Tagged ‘Gary Townsend’
Is this Glasgow’s best Sunday roast? Elements in Bearsden serves up a fantastic lunch
It’s been an impressive start for Gary Townsend’s first solo venture, Elements in Bearsden. Opening last year to a flurry of rave reviews, it was tipped to potentially be Scotland’s next Michelin star destination and just three months later gained a recommended status in the coveted guide, before being awarded the prestigious accolade of three…
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Fine dining is evolving. Gone are the days of starchy formality and rigid etiquette. Stuffy dining rooms and menus you can’t decipher are making way for a more relaxed atmosphere. Most of us want to go somewhere that centres around the food and a comfortable dining experience, rather than the prestige of listing arcane herbs…
Read MoreIn a nutshell, Chef Gary Townsend: ‘I’d be a Scientist if I wasn’t a chef. I am fascinated with how things work’
Gary Townsend has had an illustrious career spanning 20 years working in some of the UK’s top kitchens. Townsend recently announced that he will be opening his own fine dining restaurant, Elements in Bearsden, Glasgow. What’s the closest thing you have to a signature dish: I love Scottish seafood and langoustines always feature on…
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