2012 on the plate
The 5pm blog will be taking the next couple of days off but, before we do, here’s our final look back at the culinary events which shaped the blog in the last few months of 2012. Have a fantastic Hogmanay and we’ll be back the...
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2012 in food news
What rocked your taste buds in 2012? As we get ready to see in the New Year, the 5pm blog looks back at the foodie stories which made the news over the last twelve months. August 2012 The Hilton Glasgow celebrated 20 years in business by...
What we ate in 2012
Continuing our culinary round-up of 2012, we look at what happened on our plates in the months of May to July. May 2012 Man v Food style challenges seemed plentiful last year. Glasgow’s Grill Room, part of 29 Royal Exchange Square,...
2012: a culinary recap
The 5pm blog will be taking a break for the next couple of days but we’ll be back on the 27th of December. Until then, here’s the first installment of our culinary look back at 2012. Have a great Christmas. January...
Hogmanay Ceilidh dinner
[][1]The magnificent Trades Hall of Glasgow. Pic by by Steven Cadman and published on Flickr. We realise that Christmas is still to come but you don’t need to be a woggle-joggling scout to benefit from the old advice to ‘be prepared’. In...
It's the end of the world… what's for dinner?
[][1]In the event of a nuclear winter, foraging will become more fashionable According to the ancient Mayans and numerous assorted fruit loops, the world is going to end on Friday. It’s unfortunate timing – the 5pm Christmas...
It's all new
[][1]The bar at the recently launched Buff Low Cafe: you will never see it this quiet again The 5pm Restaurant site has welcomed a number of new venues over the last couple of weeks. The two Ad Lib restaurants on Hope Street and Ingram...
Sexy and they know it
[][1]Winner of the Aspiring Front of House Manager award, Claire McCulloch, of Restaurant at Blythswood Square, flanked by Willie McCurrach (City of Glasgow College, left) and Willie Jones (Manager Gleneagles, right) Last...
Dodge the Beast from the East – visit the 5pm Christmas gift page
[][1]A meal at Ingram Wynd would make a welcome stocking filler The papers have been full of stories about the the imminent arrival of the Beast from the East – the Siberian weather front which is supposed to savage the UK in its...
Glasgow Restaurant Awards
[][1]Top Glaswegian chefs Brian Maule, Guy Cowan & John Quigley will be at the awards The nibbles are being prepared; the fizz is on ice and the finalists’ nerves are all a-flutter. It can only mean one thing: the Glasgow Restaurant...
Bidding battle for Glasgow Restaurant Awards heats up
Earlier this week, we blogged about a ticket for the Glasgow Restaurant Awards which had been put on eBay. We said it was going to be a hot ticket and the bids are currently going crazy for the much sought after invite. Having...
Kitchen Porter of the Year
With less than a week to go until the Glasgow Restaurant Awards the finalists in all the categories will be crossing their fingers and hoping victory will be theirs on Monday night. Having been a kitchen porter for a few years, your...
Hottest ticket in town…
[][1]Tickets to the Glasgow Restaurant Awards: rarer than hen’s teeth, more valuable than gold Earlier this week, we told you that the Glasgow Restaurant Awards were going to be bigger than Strictly and more popular than I’m a...
What makes a restaurant green?
One of the most interesting categories at the Glasgow Restaurant Awards is the Greenest Restaurant prize. The shortlist for the award comprises the recently opened Cup Tea Lounge, Urban Bar and Brasserie plus the newly refurbished Bonne...
Glasgow Restaurant Awards salute the unsung heroes of the trade
I’m a Celebrity… Whatever… Strictly…Meh… the most gripping competition in town is the 2012 Glasgow Restaurant Awards. Organised by the Glasgow Restaurant Association (GRA) in partnership with Glasgow City Marketing...
Christmas dinner is served
This is the 5pm blog’s first December posting – a respectable point at which to look ahead to the festive season and guess which foods are likely to be testing our belts over the next few weeks. If this article in The Mail is...