Chef’s Special: David Proctor, Head Chef, The Aberdeen Altens Hotel, Aberdeen
Located on the south side of the city, the four-star Aberdeen Altens Hotel has been the focus of a £6 million investment over the past five years. The hotel’s restaurant offers both modern dishes and home-cooked favourites.
Chef’s Special: Adam Newth, Chef proprietor, The Tayberry, Broughty Ferry
With a passion for quality cuisine, coupled with a desire to raise Tayside’s profile on the culinary map, chef proprietor Adam Newth opened The Tayberry restaurant in 2015.
Chef’s Special: Gary Townsend, Head chef, Hotel du Vin at One Devonshire Gardens
Set in a tree-lined Victorian terrace in Glasgow’s west end, Hotel du Vin at One Devonshire Gardens offers innovative, sophisticated dining from a team which is passionate about using fresh, local, seasonal produce.
Chef’s Special: Jim Cowie Head chef and co-owner, The Captain’s Galley, Scrabster, Caithness
Jim Cowie puts seasonality and sustainability at the heart of his restaurants, which proudly offer a wide range of Scottish seafood dishes.
Chef’s Special: Scott Davies, Head chef, The Three Chimneys, Isle of Skye
Scott Davies, head chef at The Three Chimneys on the Isle of Skye, creates dishes which reflect and celebrate the ingredients native to Skye and beyond.
Chef’s Special: Fred Berkmiller, Chef proprietor, L’escargot bleu & L’escargot blanc, Edinburgh
Fred Berkmiller is chef proprietor of two Edinburgh restaurants: L’escargot bleu on Broughton Street and L’escargot blanc on Queensferry Street.
Chef’s Special: Stewart Macaulay, Head chef, The Adamson, St Andrews
Inspired by classic brasserie cuisine, the restaurant’s menus major in local seasonal produce.
Chef’s Special: Francesco Ascrizzi, head chef of Divino Enoteca, Edinburgh
The restaurant brings Italian regional traditions to the Scottish capital, offering diners a menu of seasonal, fresh Italian cuisine.
Chef’s Special: Claire Allan, head chef of The Mercat Grill, East Lothian
Utilising the best of Scotland’s natural larder, as well as ingredients from further afield, the Mercat Grill offers simple, gastropub fayre.
Chef’s Special: Carina Contini Director of Contini restaurants
Majoring in fresh Italian and Scottish ingredients, the company’s food philosophy is ‘happy food’
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