Eating Out
Michelin star chef heads for The Caledonian
A Michelin star chef will be co-hosting a dinner at The Pompadour in Edinburgh next week. Rupert Rowley, former head chef of Fischer’s at Baslow Hall, a country house hotel and restaurant in Derbyshire for 17 years, will travel north to work with head chef Daniel Ashmore on Thursday, 27 June. Rupert is the penultimate…
Read MoreScots chef Nico Simeone expands To England
Renowned Scottish-Italian chef Nico Simeone is set to introduce his Glasgow dining concept to Manchester this July when he opens Six by Nico in England’s north west. Six by Nico Manchester will be the fourth addition to his growing restaurant portfolio, with award winning venues including ‘111 by Nico’ and ‘Six by Nico’ already well…
Read MoreStack and Still to open second restaurant
Stack & Still, the UK’s largest urban pancake and licensed bar venue has today announced they will open their much anticipated second site in Glasgow’s Silverburn, in early July this year. Stack & Still opened their first city centre venture with phenomenal success in October last year, serving over 500,000 pancakes in their first six…
Read MoreBringing the Hebrides into the heart of Glasgow
A culinary celebration of The Hebrides set to open this summer by chef Nico Simeone. Glasgow’s West End has for decades been synonymous with Gaeldom – a reminder of the thousands of highlanders and islanders who flocked to the West End in search of new opportunities. The area has a thriving scene of Gaelic associations…
Read MoreOndine makes waves at National Restaurant Awards
Edinburgh’s Ondine has been named the Best Restaurant in Scotland and the 49th best restaurant in the UK at the 2019 Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards. Located in the heart of Edinburgh on George IV Bridge, Ondine is owned by acclaimed chef, Roy Brett. The award-winning seafood restaurant serves the freshest fish and shellfish from the shores of…
Read MoreA drink with a twist for National Iced Tea Day
Aside from water, tea is the second most drunk beverage in the world so National Iced Tea Day (today) is something we should all be celebrating in Scotland. The humble cuppa is a favourite here and Scots reportedly drink an average of four cups a day. That equates to a whopping 22m cuppas consumed. For…
Read MoreSeasonal local produce at the heart of restaurant
The Cow Shed in Aberdeenshire chef director Graham Buchan shares his favourite current dish, chats about his culinary heroes and lets us in on a kitchen disaster in Geneva. What’s your favourite current dish? It all comes down to good ingredients. You’ve got asparagus which came in in May so I’d put some grilled asparagus…
Read MoreFood wizards of Oz coming to Scottish restaurant
A renowned Scots restaurant has announced a one-off event with two of Australian’s top emerging chefs, Michael Clark and Jodie Odrowaz. Taking place on Wednesday 19 June, Fhior in Edinburgh, Australia-based chef, Michael Clark will be visiting. Fhior is owned by acclaimed head chef Scott Smith and his wife Laura, and opened in 2018 in…
Read MoreFlower power added to the menu at restaurant
A leading Scottish chef is championing a new campaign to revive a traditional summertime ingredient. Nick Rietz, chef and owner at Bilson Eleven in Glasgow, is putting nasturtiums back on the table this season, and has called for the reintroduction of this popular flower into menus across the country. Planted between the months of March…
Read MoreA Scottish afternoon tea to mark Mackintosh
Glasgow’s iconic Mackintosh at the Willow has announced it is offering a Scottish inspired afternoon tea in honour of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s birthday – along with the hotly anticipated opening of its newly revamped roof terrace. The original tearooms building, located on Sauchiehall Street, will see the afternoon tea offered over two days at the…
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