Michel and Albert Roux pictured at Le Gavroche. Good scoop from Cate Devine in today’s Herald in which she reveals that a branch of Chez Roux, the Roux family’s offshoot empire, will be providing the dining at Cromlix House,...
The judges, including Albert Roux, centre, get to grips with the dishes at the competition Part of the ScotHot trade show at the SECC, today sees the finals of the Scottish Chef of the Year Award, organised bi-annually by the Federation of...
Voting is now open for the fabulous Scottish Restaurant Awards. Sponsored by The Daily Record and 5pm Restaurants, this prestigious awards ceremony aims to celebrate the very best of Scotland’s culinary talent and we’re...
Yatai on ‘s Langstane Place: Aberdeen’s answer to Tokyo Aberdeen’s restaurant scene is never quiet but the last few months have been particularly hectic. The latest news is that, after many delays, Mr Oliver is opening...
Fiona Houston: no Magimix here The 5pm Restaurant blog may drool over the latest dude food joint or marvel at news of the UK’s first cat cafe but, much as we enjoy the shock of the new, we sometime like to kick it old school. Eighteenth...
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...
[][1]Neil Forbes: a dab hand with floury fingers and green fingers Always wanted to make bread but never known how? Or worse – had a go at making bread and produced something that the building trade could use in construction. Scottish...
[][1]High fashion will be on a plate at Hotel Missoni’s Cucina The 5pm blog knows little of fashion – matching socks represent a sartorial triumph around these parts. However, we recognise that others take their catwalk trends very...
[][1]Le Bistro Beaumartin According to his restaurant review on Saturday, The Daily Record’s Tam Cowan was well chuffed by his visit to Le Bistro Beaumartin, a French restaurant on Glasgow’s Hope Street. He was particularly...
[][1]Mattia Camorani, head chef at Cucina While your 5pm blogger can see blue skies from his window, the air has turned a little nippy and autumn can’t be far away. I’m not looking forward to switching the central heating back on but it...
[][1]Mattia Camorani of Cucina at Hotel Missoni: knows his truffles You don’t need to be Einstein to realise that there has been a distinct shortage of sunshine so far this summer. While there may be little chance of getting tanned in...
[][1]Kirsty Wark wrestles with a tiger prawn at Mithas. Pic@ Rob Mcdougall Last year, Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark made it all the way to the finals of Celebrity MasterChef and she has made no secret of the fact that the kitchen would...
[][1]We’ll be seeing lots of this soon, hopefully By this point of the year, asparagus lovers would normally expect to be knee-deep in the crunchy delicacy but a triple whammy of cold weather, drought and then, ironically, flooding...
A good name can boost a business so top marks to YummyTori, a soon to launch restaurant on Edinburgh’s Lothian Road, which specialises in yakitori or Japanese style grilled chicken. As well as grilled meats on skewers, the owners...
[][1]Casa San Lorenzo: one day, all this will be a land of veg and honey Edinburgh’s Centotre restaurant held a bash to celebrate its eighth birthday at the weekend. Amid the cake and bubbles, owners Victor and Carina Contini kept...
[][1]Freshly prepared food is the name of the game at Cucina Earlier this year, Cucina at Hotel Missoni won the Italian Restaurant of the Year Award at the Scottish Restaurant Awards. It was the second year in a row that they have managed...
