5 results for tag: Tasting Scotland


World Cancer Day – Beat 6 “Do good and Feel good”

  As awareness is raised around the globe today as World Cancer Day aims to 'Close the Care Gap' of this body cell disease, it brought back to mind the dining experience from my birthday lunch last week. In Dennistoun, in the east-end of Glasgow the Beat 6 restaurant is just 3 months old. It's been on my personal and Tasting Scotland 'must try' restaurant list since it opened in November 2021. "Do good - Feel good" is the motto in the latest venture from chef and restauranteur Nico Simeone, but this time it's a little different. All the profits go to a local Cancer Charity. As is the case in many families Cancer was to throw a curveball ...

Come and celebrate the who, what, where and when with 5 Scottish Gin Ambassadors this International Gin and Tonic Day!

Today it’s #InternationalGinandTonicDay. What better way to celebrate than by catching up with a few of the local producers of our fave gin brands. Read on to find out their who, what, when and where when it comes to this timeless and really rather delicious refreshment. Remember, he or she who dares gins…..! The Glasgow Gin Fave way to garnish a gin & tonic? Glasgow Gin really shines with a simple lime wedge and most tonic waters! But for something a bit more special a good chunk of fresh pear can really enhance the sherbet flavour and feels a little more posh. Fave place to drink it? Helping/hindering my chances at the pub quiz at ...

Yes Chef! Golden opportunities all around at Edenmill

NEWS:   I'm delighted to announce just a couple of weeks since the launch of the Food Tourism Action Plan for Scotland that the Tasting Scotland Consultancy arm is at full stretch as our founder Brenda Anderson has been contracted to work with the team at Edenmill Cafe, Butchery and Soft Play to provide strategic and operational support on an on-going basis in an exciting re-opening planned towards the end of the year. Situated just 10 miles north of Glasgow, the location on the Balloch to Strathblane section of the famous John Muir Way, the long distance path which stretches coast to coast across Scotland's central belt, couldn't be more perfect ...

Travel and Lifestyle Writer Rona Macmillan on our ‘Seafood & More in a Day’ Tour

On the 30th May we set off up the stunning West Coast of Scotland with an array of fabulous press contacts and influencers.  This was to showcase to them, the wonders of our #WEDNESDAYWEEKLY 'Seafood & More in a Day' Tour, which is a one-day tour leaving from Glasgow, yes you guessed it, every Wednesday. We want to share a brilliant feature from Travel and Lifestyle blogger Rona McMillan, who joined us on this gorgeous day.  Have a read... What an incredible day, we are going home happy, sun-kissed and full up on seafood! We left Glasgow at 9am this morning for a one day gastro and cultural tour of the west coast, and we are blown away by ...

We are officially the ‘Best Luxury Food & Drink Tours Provider in Scotland’

I thought it was about time to shout it from the rooftops… Tasting Scotland was awarded the title of ‘Best Luxury Food & Drink Tours Provider in Scotland’ at the Scottish Enterprise Awards 2017 and I couldn’t be more proud. Awarded by SME News, these coveted awards aim to recognise outstanding service amidst the SMEs throughout the country (which are said to account for a staggering 99% of private sector businesses). So to say the competition was tough would be an understatement! Gaining this accolade for Tasting Scotland means the world. Customers who have taken a guided tour with me or enjoyed a self-drive bespoke culinary advent...