4 results for tag: World Food Travel Association

Celebrating World Food Travel Day in Scotland – What to eat on the Isle of Skye

It’s World Food Travel Day! Step on-board this virtual food and drink memory trip around Scotland. In Location No. 2, we journey up to the Isle of Skye, and uncover local Chef Calum Montgomery's 'what you must eat' when on his home island. The Isle of Skye is a special place and like most travel planners and tour operators in Scotland it's an altogether strange feeling not to be preparing for the ferry ride from Mallaig, home of Kippers (a butterflied-cut smoked whole herring) or the bridge from the mainland over to the island for a little while. Some of my favourite food memories were created there.   I can understand what brought ...

Celebrating World Food Travel Day in Scotland – What to eat in Whisky Lovers’ Speyside

It’s World Food Travel Day! Step on-board this virtual food and drink memory trip around Scotland. In Location No. 1, what food must you try when in Speyside, a region undoubtedly most famous for its whisky? It’s Week 5 of Covid-19 lock-down. My usual Tasting Scotland food tours around Scotland are postponed. Like me you may already be planning your next day trip, short break or holiday/vacation away. Perhaps you were due to be in Scotland right now, perhaps gearing up for what would have been the 21st year of the big one, the annual Speyside Whisky Festival  . Fear not with the help of my food and beverage loving Scottish friends we’re ...

The Year of Food and Drink…it’s not over yet!

It's two weeks until Scotland’s ‘Year of Food & Drink' ends, but fear not as we provide our 366 day leap year solution on how to continue the celebrations in 2016.   So yes, okay, it will involve a short flight or ferry ride over to Northern Ireland, but I think you’ll find it’ll be well worth the journey and here’s why. Just a few weeks ago I had the pleasure of travelling to Northern Ireland and sharing the stage to give an insight on Scotland’s hugely successful ‘Year of Food and Drink 2015’. Sharing that stage was renowned restauranteur and BBC ‘Great British Menu’ judge Oliver Peyton; Dr Morgaine Gaye, a Food ...

Food for business as well as pleasure

It’s less than a month until the World Food Travel Association (WFTA) starts orchestrating the largest food and drink based research project ever conducted. What’s more everyone from DMO’s to individuals with a passion to develop Scotland in the business or tourism sector can get involved. Although Scotland excels at promoting Whisky Tourism, I’m sure you will agree in relation to Food Tourism there is still work to do (for yes, we are indeed more – much more - than simply haggis and shortbread). There is absolutely no doubt we have the potential to be a great food destination. With the forthcoming project we have the chance to include ...