Chef’s Special: Cristian Samone, Rosso Bothwell, South Lanarkshire

Rosso offers guests authentic modern Italian cuisine in a cafe dining atmosphere. Dishes range from classic Italian pizzas and pasta to grilled meat and...

Restaurant goes back to its roots

Family brings Piccolo Mondo back to life in its original location WHEN Piccolo Mondo reopened its doors in January of this year, it marked a...
Eddie Atkinson, Head chef, RiverView Restaurant, Atholl Arms Hotel, Dunkeld

Chef’s special: Eddie Atkinson

Eddie Atkinson, Head chef, RiverView Restaurant, Atholl Arms Hotel, Dunkeld How long have you been in the catering business? I started work in Claridges at age...

Chef and brewer launch pub menu

Michelin star chef Martin Wishart has joined forces with brewer Molson Coors to create a menu exclusively for Scottish pubs. The seasonal dishes – three starters, three mains and three desserts – have been designed to complement beers in Coors’ portfolio, which include Blue Moon, Singha, Grolsch, Animee, Cobra and Doom Bar. The partnership comes after research by Coors last year showed although half of pubs offer food, just one in ten Scots regularly eats in the pub.

Fife hotel sold after US interest

A COUNTRY house hotel in Fife has been sold to an operator from Yorkshire – after attracting interest from the United States. Set in two...

Staff instructed in foraging

STAFF at a Scottish stately home have become proficient at foraging their own ingredients – thanks to a lesson from a professional chef. Trevor...

British food is booming

Surge in popularity of ‘local’ cuisine, according to new report from online booking platform Bookatable British cuisine is booming, online restaurant booking platform Bookatable has...

Success in service

EDINBURGH-based EPOS specialist Zonal has had its work for pub giant EI Group recognised through the company’s in-house awards programme.
Beer cellar pic

Ensure the cellar is kept in good health

The more things change, the more they stay the same, so the expression goes

New Butterfly emerges in Shawlands

Glasgow operator takes quirky bar and restaurant concept to city’s south side, as Gillian McKenzie reports IT’S mid-afternoon on a freezing cold Wednesday in the...

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