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• McWilliam Butchers were delighted once again to be involved as Headline sponsor for the annual Chef | Restaurant awards hosted by Hospitality training
• By far the biggest date on the local chefs calendar saw over 225 industry guests arrive for the 1^st time at the historical & stunning Elphinstone hall on the old Aberdeen campus of the University of Aberdeen.
• Kev Shand of McWilliams was busy working away before the guests arrived preparing the canapes which were served from the BBQ Shack on the outside garden for the Marquee drinks reception
• Canapes included Local Scotch Hay smoked Lamb Loin, West field Spelt flour tortilla, Udny Wagyu Beef kofta & Rora Natural Yoghurt
• Head chef Dougie & his kitchen team served up a delicious 3 course meal using Local produce where possible using our Dry Aged sirloin of beef for Main course which was then followed by guest speaker & Local Aberdeen chef Michael Bremner, renowned for being the 2017 winner of the ‘Great British Menu’

Well done to everyone who worked at the event & a BIG well done to the entire team at Aberdeen University.

None of this would happen if it wasn’t for the work of Karen Black & her amazing team at Hospitality training.

Click here to view all the winners.

Scotland’s biggest one-day food and drink festival was a huge success.

With over 200 exhibitors and a huge array of cookery demonstrations, beer, wine and gin tastings AND live music all day, there was over 15,000 visitors on the day.

We were delighted to be involved with this year’s Taste of Grampian which is held at the Thainstone Mart, Inverurie

Kev Shand our resident chef was asked to come back again & do some cookery demonstrations using Local produce. He opened the event inside the Exchange building on the Braehead demo kitchen before rushing to the outside arena to cook a Scotch Lamb dish in front of lots of Foodies.

Kevin used Local Scotch Lamb, Devenick dairy Cheese, OLA Rapeseed Oil & Udny Provender Honey to create a Warm Scotch Lamb salad with Roast summer vegetables, FIT LIKE Cheese drizzled with Honey

https://www.tasteofgrampian.co.uk/programme/categories/chef-demonstrations

On stage that day along with Kevin was Master Chef winner & ‘Scotland’s National Chef’ Gary Maclean plus other local chefs such as Fraser Rodman, Head chef of Banchory Lodge & Ross Cochrane, Head chef of Rothesay Rooms in Ballater.

All cooking with a Young student from a Local academy which was delightful to see giving it is the Year of the Young people.