Kitchin serves up new awards

EDINBURGH’S Kitchin Group has announced its first two University Excellence Award winners as part of a new annual scholarship

Group turns up heat on training

MANORVIEW Hotels & Leisure Group is to introduce cookery qualifications at its training academy in a bid to encourage more young chefs to pursue it as a career.

Star move for Edinburgh hotel

THE Balmoral Hotel is set for a pair of Michelin starred additions when Michel and Alain Roux open the venue’s new 210-cover restaurant next month.

GM set to join prestige group

THE general manager of an Aberdeenshire hotel is to be inducted into one of the hospitality industry’s most prestigious national bodies.
Ceabhar co-owner Duncan Castling brews his own ales for customers

Island eatery is best for beer

Restaurant on Tiree takes top UK-wide award from SIBA
Acquisition trail: Nic Wood in Signature’s Edinburgh venue, Badger & Co.

Operator has a Signature style

Scottish group in fighting form after new acquisitions
Brander Lodge hotel in Bridge of Awe, near Oban.

An Awe-inspiring refit for Argyll hotel

Operator puts heart and soul into refurbishment of The Brander Lodge
Dreadnought Leith

CAMRA wins for east coast pubs

THE Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has named the Dreadnought in Leith as its Edinburgh Pub of the Year, while Stagg’s in Musselburgh took the Lothians Pub of the Year title
Wetherspoon’s Tim Martin

Relaunch for Kirky pub

A PUB in Kirkintilloch has reopened today (March 29) following a £1.7 million refit by owner JD Wetherspoon
Thompson and Macnicol

Homecoming for head chef

Dornoch Castle Hotel has welcomed back its former head chef, a decade after he left for pastures new

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