][1]Having first taken place in 1822, the Royal Highland Show is gearing up for its 173rd staging this week. It will be held in Ingliston, Edinburgh, from Thursday 20th June and it runs through until Sunday 23rd of June.
The premier showcase for Scotland’s farming industry, it’s also a brilliant shop front for the country’s many food and drink producers. Over 170,000 people visit the show each year and a majority of them take a spin around the Food Hall at least once.
Scotland’s larder
Over a hundred Scottish food and drink producers will be showing their wares in the Food Hall while the ever popular Cookery Theatre features a rolling programme of more than 30 all-action demonstrations over the four-day event.
Top chefs from the Highlands and Islands will be much in evidence, along with some familiar names from the Central Belt such as Carina Contini and Suzanne O’Connor from The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant; Neil Forbes from Café St Honoré; Henderson’s of Edinburgh, who are celebrating 50 years in the business and Paul Wedgwood from his eponymous restaurant.
Highland street food
Over in the Countryside Area, chefs from northern Scotland will be using their local produce to create exciting street food dishes.
The names include Bruno Birkbeck, Head Chef of the 3 AA Rosette Restaurant at the Torridon Hotel; Muji Rahman from the Michelin recognised Cafe India in Dingwall; David Coubrough, Head Chef at Cafe 1 in Inverness and Steven Devlin of the highly acclaimed Rocpool Restaurant in Inverness. Each chef has been tasked with creating a menu for the day only using produce sourced from the Highlands and Islands.
More details and ticket buying info can be found here.