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Chaakoo has rewritten the rules of Indian food in Glasgow, offering tapas-style small plates fusing Mumbai and Iranian cuisine, in a smart, comfortable setting cheerfully evoking a sub-continental railway station.

Soft drinks are having a 'renaissance', not least because one in three adults say that they now rarely or never drink alcohol – so the licensed trade needs to rethink its drinks offering in order to stay ahead of the game. 

A FRESH cohort of bartenders have graduated from Diageo’s Learning for Life training programme, completing their six-week course with a graduation ceremony at The Whitehouse in Inverness.

The company believes that Old Speckled Hen – and the cartoon fox that stars in its advertising – can play a key part in breaking down misconceptions about the overall category.

This new 'maximalist' venue is the latest project from Lucky Number Seven Holdings, the brains behind two popular Edinburgh’s bars, The Cocktail Mafia and The Raging Bull.

Stirling’s Gin Blue Line gin was created when distillery owner Cameron – a former police officer in the Metropolitan Police – was asked to create a product that would help raise awareness and funds for those within the emergency services suffering from PTSD.

SOME of the UK’s best-known restaurant and pub chains are teaming up with prisons to teach inmates skills that could lead them into the hospitality workforce on release.

The specially curated 90-minute tasting was led by a whisky specialist, alongside a BSL interpreter, offering those using sign language a chance to enjoy a specially curated sensory exploration of Scotland’s liquid landscape.

Chef Tony Singh MBE will spend this coming weekend in Inverness, bringing people together for food and drink, whilst fundraising for the charity Maggies Highlands.

Devised by chef patron, Sean Kelly, the Young Chef Series is giving five professionals the opportunity to work in the three AA Rosette kitchen at Station Road, in Fort Augustus, and contribute to its tasting menu for one night.