Posts Tagged ‘hospitality’
A Week in Whisky: Hibs, Fèis Ìle, North Uist, and more
Peter Ranscombe takes a wonder through another week in whisky. THE fitba season may have only just ended but there’s already exciting news on the transfer market. Gleann Mòr Spirits has signed a two-year deal with Hibs. The company – whose head office is just a few streets from Hibernian’s Easter Road pitch – takes…
Read MoreA Week in Whisky: Taking ‘Precious Time’
Peter Ranscombe takes another light-hearted look at the world of whisky… FEW photographers or directors can compare with David Eustace. He’s long been a firm favourite with Scottish Field readers, whether it’s for his celebrity photos or his more arty work. Now, he’s turned his lens on Balblair distillery in Easter Ross. Eustace was commissioned…
Read MoreVirgin Hotels names executive chef for Edinburgh site
VIRGIN HOTELS has selected Steven Wilson as the executive chef for its Commons Club restaurant in Edinburgh. The hotel is due to open on Victoria Street in the capital’s Old Town on 1 June. It will be the first Virgin Hotels site in Europe. Originally from Edinburgh, Wilson has almost 30 years’ experience in the…
Read MoreForbes Travel Guide awards The Balmoral five stars
The Balmoral, a Rocco Forte hotel, has been awarded five-stars in the 2022 Forbes Travel Guide. It was announced that The Balmoral remains the only hotel in Scotland to receive the world-renowned accolade. Forbes Travel Guide is the authority in genuine Five-Star service, and The Balmoral, for the second year running, remains on its illustrious…
Read MoreJascots: Serving restaurant-quality wine at home
Jascots at Home is a wine club delivering bottles to the doorstep that are usually only found in restaurants, as Peter Ranscombe discovers. FLITTING from wine tasting to wine tasting, there are names that come up again and again. Names of the mainstream wine merchants, names that will be familiar to professionals and consumers alike,…
Read MoreTourism group launches ‘Breathing Space’ campaign
A new campaign to attract UK-wide visitors to Caithness and Sutherland in 2022 and beyond has been launched. The destination management organisation responsible for promoting tourism in the far north Highlands, Venture North, has launched the new Breathing Space campaign to help promote businesses and attractions in the region as the country begins to emerge…
Read MoreCelebrating Glasgow’s food superstars in new campaign
More than 60 of the city’s best bars, restaurants, unique venues and makers are inviting you to taste the best of spring superstars on their food and drink menus this month. Keeping it local and led by Glasgow’s new hospitality-led food and drink campaign #MadeinGlasgow the new April theme celebrates ‘Scottish Spring Superstars’ and you…
Read MoreNew seasonal dining menu at seafood restaurant
One of Edinburgh and the Lothian’s leading seafood restaurants has launched a new seasonal dining concept to offer diners a fresh choice of limited-edition specials, changing monthly from May 2022. Andrea Bertazzolo, head chef at East Coast Restaurant on North High Street in Musselburgh, has created the new-line up of dishes to complement the firm…
Read MoreStill time to enter Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards
Buyers from some of the UK’s biggest retailers have been revealed and are set to taste the very best of Scottish produce as judges for the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2022. The judges, who make purchasing decisions for wholesale, retail, foodservice and hospitality businesses, will taste every product entered in the annual awards.…
Read MoreMaster Chefs of Great Britain celebrate in Scotland
After an enforced gap of two years, the Master Chefs of Great Britain held their 37th annual lunch in Scotland. They headed to prestigious Edinburgh dining venue Prestonfield House, both a Five Star AA and Visit Scotland Venue. MCGB Chairman, George McIvor, was pleased to welcome the master chefs to Prestonfield House. He said: ‘As…
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