Highland graduates have learned for life
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.
Greene King aims to break down the barriers of traditional ale
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.
Patron Saint comes marching in to Bruntsfield
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 Distillery donates gin profits during Mental Health Awareness Month
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.
Chefs offer prisoners inside knowledge of hospitality careers
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.
Johnnie Walker Princes Street introduces British Sign Language tastings
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.
Celebrating Highland food and drink – and raising cash for the Maggies charity
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.
Highlands restaurant launches young chef mentorship series
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.
East Lothian’s Mercat Grill plans World Whisky Day celebration
Guests will get to taste the 15-Year-Old Balblair, the Arran Amarone Cask Finish and the Bunnahabhain, with encouragement from renowned whisky expert Neil Forbes and the Mercat Grill’s owner Graham Blaikie.
Ayrshire’s SimpsInns launches ‘Stay & Play’ golf packages
The Ayrshire coast has several world-class links golf courses, including Dundonald Links – which was the venue for the Scottish Open in 2017 – the Western Gailes and Gailes Links, as well as Ayrshire's only Top Tracer driving range.
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