Craig Dunn in his Abode Craig Dunn is the Executive Chef at Glasgow’s Abode Hotel. He joined the operation in 2008 and is in charge of the Michael Caines Fine Dining Restaurant as well as the hotel’s BarMC and Grill. A born and bred...
Mattia Camorani takes a break from the Christmas rush More Crimbo specials. This time from the newish Missoni Hotel in Edinburgh. Head chef Mattia Camorani has been going through his recipe cards and come out with a selection of menus that...
Chef contemplates a check-up Why wasn’t I suprised by this article in Caterer that finds chef topping a list of the most unhealthy jobs? According to research by a healthcare company, the average chef snacks on twelve bags of crisps,...
Bourbon and bacon: a match made in heaven? This blog has never fought shy of tackling the big issues of the news agenda and we are at our most fearless when it comes to bacon-related questions. Over numerous blogs, we have considered...
Pierre Levicky: firmly back in the saddle We had heard whispers that flamboyant French chef Pierre Levicky was planning a second restaurant to partner his existing Chez Pierre joint and this report in today’s Herald confirms it. His...
Michael Kilkie under the mistletoe at The Cricklewood Michael Kilkie, the former owner of Kilmarnock’s popular Jefferson restaurant, has become the executive chef at Bothwell’s Cricklewood restaurant and bar. Kilkie has...
Emma no longer needed to check down the sofa for change to pay the pizza delivery boy Congrats to Glasgow student Emma Johnston who has just scooped a handy £10k for winning the competition to find the next official Britain’s Got...
If you’ve not already nominated your favourite restaurants for the Scottish Restaurant Awards then you’d better get cracking because time is running out with the final categories closing this Friday, the 11th of December. The...
Simon Rimmer dishes up the recipes on EatTheChef If you have ever watched Jamie, Gordon or Nigella demo a recipe on the box and thought you could do better then a new website gives you the chance to prove it. The brain child of...
It has been a busy year on the Aberdonian restaurant scene with newcomers like the 210 Bistro joining slightly more established restasurants such as Fusion, The Bothy, Tiger Tiger and Prime Cuts as well as veterans such as La Bamba which...
Butter: better when deep-fried? Over the years, Scotland has taken a lot of stick for its love of the deep-fat frier. After John Smeaton set about the burning Glasgow airport bomber, I remember an American comedian asking if there was...
Downstairs at pickledgreen. Pics copyright 2009 SJWDesign.com Time for something a little more sensible after our rat pack post. As we gossiped here a little while back, pickledgreen is a new eco-friendly restaurant that has been in...
The recipe may also work with Siberian hamsters Following on from the news that two of the I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here contestants have been charged with animal cruelty for killing and eating a rat, The Times has very...
It’s an opening frenzy this week as restaurants, bars and cookery schools on both sides of the M8 fling open their doors and start heating the hotplates, pulling the pints and setting out the demo kitchens for their first...
Bad Santa: not a fan of Christmas lunch The Christmas party season is about to go into full meltdown mode. Before long, the chat at every office water cooler is going to be about what really happened between Shaz from accounts and Daz from...
Here is a heads-up about a new vegetarian Indian recipe book which is being launched at the McDonald Road Library in Edinburgh on Saturday 12 December at noon. Written by Edinburgh cook Mridu Shailaj Thanki, Feasts of India focuses on...
