If you are reading this blog then you almost certainly know that Scotland has some of the best food in the world. We produce and harvest some of the finest seafood, game and beef available anywhere. Over the last 20 or so years, we have...
The Hairy Bikers keep it simple with this recipe. While the 5pm Dining blog would like to wish all our readers a tasty New Year, we are aware that the early part of January is seldom a time of great culinary indulgence. After two weeks of...
Tom Kitchin is a clever cookie. In January 2007, he was awarded a Michelin star just six months after he launched The Kitchin restaurant in Leith. He was 29 at the time and the youngest Scottish proprietor to be given a star. While Tom...
Bands, whisky and West Coast produce keep the crowds smiling at BOWfest. The runaway success of last weekend’s Let’s Eat Glasgow! event helped prove that there is a huge appetite for festivals with local produce at their...
Jamie Scott, winner of MasterChef The Professionals will be demoing at the show. Pic Flare Photography. The harvest is getting underway which means that we’re coming up to peak time for flower and veg shows. As always, Dundee Flower...
The crustacea bar at Galvin Brasserie de Luxe Pic: Paul Johnston at Copper Mango Thanks to shows such as MasterChef, most of us now have a fair idea of what life can be like in a professional kitchen. And, again for most of us, getting a...
Gregg and Jamie shake on who gets first go at the lamb burgers. Pic: Alan Richardson Dundee, Pix-AR.co.uk Last week, the 5pm Dining blog spent an afternoon with Masterchef presenter Gregg Wallace and Jamie Scott, winner of BBC Masterchef:...
Jamie Scott and Gregg Wallace show their Scotch lamb PGI dishes. Pic Alan Richardson Dundee, Pix-AR.co.uk Earlier this week, the 5pm Dining blog had a fun lunch with Gregg Wallace, Masterchef presenter, Strictly disaster and general good...
Unless the weather changes dramatically, it’s fair to say summer 2015 has not been a classic. In fact, thanks to the the cloudy skies and drizzle, we would barely even know it was summer at all if it wasn’t for two things:...
There will be no shortage of cakes at Foodies Festival. August is nearly upon us and once more Edinburgh is beginning to get busy with enthusiastic young thesps and hopeful comedians desperate to avoid the shame of a one star review. But...
Calabrian pork fillet dish from the tasting menu. Pretty much any restaurant with serious ambitions will offer a tasting menu. It’s the chef’s chance to open up the culinary throttle and show his best dishes. At the G&V...
Graze on street food at Crail Food Festival. Many lucky whisky lovers will already be on Islay for this year’s Islay Festival of Malt and Music. Ceilidhs, concerts and distillery open days all mean that the weekend will go with a...
Great British Bake Off finalist The 5pm Dining blog chortled at the news that the Great British Bake Off finalist, Luis Troyano, has teamed up with oven makers Bosch to launch a ‘menu demystifier’. The idea is that...
Cafe Source Too might be one of Glasgow West End’s best kept secrets. Tucked down a hidden pathway in leafy Hyndland, the restaurant boasts a menu packed with produce from Glasgow’s finest suppliers, as well as an outdoor...
Macsween chef Colin Bussey will be demonstrating the versatility of haggis. Easter traditionally sees the starting gun being fired on the festival season and this year is no different. On Saturday, people can enjoy the inaugural Highland...
The periodic table of fruit. Science gets tasty at Gastrofest. Pic by Aly Wight Photography. Bug burgers; scientific cocktails and blues-powered brews are all on the menu as Gastrofest gets underway this weekend. An important strand of...
