The Chanter, nestled near the heart of the university campus on Bread Street, will be offering users of its MORE loyalty card double points on their bubbly bottles this July – in honour of its student patrons. The promotion will run throughout the month, allowing everyone to take advantage, as they wave goodbye to exams and hello to the summer break. Continue reading The Chanter raises a glass to University students
Edinburgh takeaways, Mania of Lauriston Place and Turkish Carry Out on Easter Road, are heading for nationwide fame after landing lead roles in new UK wide advertising campaign for Just Eat. The eateries feature in new YouTube adverts, which celebrate humourous real life reviews from satisfied customers. Continue reading Starring role for Edinburgh takeaways
The Wee Farm Distillery in Climpy, South Lanarkshire has launched Drovers Gin – the perfect gin to accompany steak due to its clean refreshing taste and special ingredients of allspice and pink peppercorns. Continue reading Good moos: there’s a new gin in town!
A renowned malt festival is promising to bring ‘whisky heaven’ to Edinburgh this summer as part of a one-day celebration of all things liquid gold. More than 30 producers, makers, and bottlers from across the world, will set up stall for The Whisky Lounge’s ‘Edinburgh Whisky Festival’ at the Assembly Rooms on Saturday 16th June. Continue reading Capital festival-goers spirited to ‘whisky heaven’
John Crabbie & Co has announced that it plans to build a new single malt whisky distillery in Leith, reviving one of the most famous brand names in Scotch whisky. Continue reading £7 million distillery to open in Leith next year
ALDI has donated equipment worth £4,000 to Edinburgh College’s Professional Cookery department through a partnership that is also providing new opportunities for students to develop their skills.
The support from ALDI will benefit the kitchens at the college’s Milton Road Campus and has enabled the college to invest in equipment to aid students’ learning, including bowls, trays, table-top and hand mixers, small fridges and sauté pans. ALDI has also donated a TV to assist class learning.
Over the last two years, Edinburgh College’s Professional Cookery students have also been involved in the opening events at eight ALDI stores across Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife. At the launches, students prepared 15,000 samples for customers to try. Using Scottish ingredients the students treated ALDI customers to snacks including mini pulled pork buns and gin and beetroot cured salmon, and handed out recipe cards.
Professional Cookery lecturer George Baker said: “This has been a fantastic experience for a lot of our first and second-year cookery students. They’ve had the chance to develop recipes and make some great food, and interact with our local communities. The students and lecturers have produced some outstanding dishes, which have had some amazing feedback from ALDI’s customers.
“ALDI has been a great supporter of the college and we really value this partnership. We’ve used their donations to install some more industry-standard equipment in our kitchens, so it’s making a real difference to students’ learning.”
Richard Holloway, regional managing director for Scotland, said: “Supporting local initiatives is hugely important to the team at ALDI. Our partnership with Edinburgh College has helped students to develop new skills and we really value the students’ contribution to our store opening events in the local area.”
The Ship on the Shore, the renowned seafood restaurant in Leith, has completed the redevelopment of a new bar area after receiving £550,000 funding from Santander Business Banking. Continue reading The Ship on the Shore completes redevelopment
Takeaway cheeseburger leads to trip to America for Edinburgh mum after landing Just Eat’s 400 millionth order
Continue reading “Beyond thrilled”: Edinburgh mum lands 400 millionth order
Sixty-two food and drink businesses from across Scotland are celebrating after being announced as finalists for the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2018. Among the nominees are Edinburgh companies Drinks Bakery, East Coat Cured, Plant and Grow Ltd and Bon Accord Soft Drinks. Continue reading Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards 2018 shortlist announced
Scotch whisky is a global success story. An iconic product which is enjoyed from Perth to Paraguay and everywhere in between, and has been for centuries. Not only is it a valuable addition to a Burns supper, it is also one of the UK’s most successful export products, worth more than £4 billion in 2017, with 39 bottles shipped overseas per second. Continue reading UK Government raises a dram to Scotch whisky industry
