Press release -
Food For Film!
Top chefs from across Scotland are set to inspire wannabe culinary masters in a series of short films showcasing some wonderful homegrown produce, to celebrate the Year of Food & Drink.
VisitScotland’s Scottish Summer Food Challenge features three of the country’s finest chefs discovering the story behind a great Scottish ingredient before cooking it in their favourite way – in some cases outdoors!
Fred Berkmiller, of L’escargot Bleu restaurant in Edinburgh’s New Town, travels to Hugh Grierson Organic at Newmiln Farm, Tibbermore. There he prepares mouthwatering cuts of organic Angus beef, sourced from the lush countryside of rural Perthshire.
Mark Greenaway, owner of Edinburgh’s Restaurant Mark Greenaway, heads to Borders Berries at Rutherford Farm, Kelso, to find out more about one of summer’s finest bounties – the strawberry harvest.
Tom Lewis, owner of Monachyle Mhor hotel and restaurant in Balquhidder, forages for Chanterelle mushrooms in the woods by Loch Doine.
The Challenge aims to encourage viewers to serve up their own culinary creations using Scottish-sourced ingredients and share the images using the Year of Food & Drink hashtag #tastescotland.
Mike Cantlay, Chairman of VisitScotland said:
“It’s the year of Food and Drink so what better way to celebrate it than by getting some tasty tips from a selection of Scotland’s master chefs as they serve up delicious dishes using a fine array of Scottish-sourced produce.
“Scotland’s reputation for quality food and drink is growing across the world, with exports at a record high, and it’s no wonder with ingredients such as these. Those inspired by our master chefs can get further inspiration from our dedicated online recipe hub.”
Fred Berkmiller, of L’escargot Bleu said:
“I am absolutely delighted to have been asked to take part in the Scottish Summer Food Challenge. Scotland has such a rich and varied larder that representing and cooking the best of it is always an extreme pleasure.”
Mark Greenaway, of Restaurant Mark Greenaway said:
“It was a pleasure to take part in VisitScotland’s Scottish Summer Food Challenge. Scotland has a fantastic and varied natural larder and I hope the fruits of my filming will encourage people to explore what culinary delights can be found on their doorstep and then cook up a storm in the kitchen.”
Tom Lewis, of Monachyle Mhor said:
“Scotland’s greatest assets are its distinct four seasons with each season producing some of the best produce in the world. I was delighted to be asked to take part in the Scottish Summer Food Challenge. I wanted to showcase Scotland’s amazing foraged goods that are right here on our doorstep. We really are the luckiest nation in the world.”
The Year of Food & Drink celebrates the role that food and drink plays in shaping Scotland’s economic success. Scotland generates more than £2.5 million per day through food and drink tourism.
The films can be found at: http://www.visitscotland.com/blog/food-drink/scottish-summer-food-challenge/
VisitScotland’s dedicated recipe hub can be found at http://www.visitscotland.com/about/food-drink/recipes/
Fred Berkmiller’s YouTube film URL: https://youtu.be/w-_hCUueKrU
Mark Greenaway’s YouTube film URL: https://youtu.be/ivbdesxpZ58
Tom Lewis’ YouTube film URL: https://youtu.be/o6e7t6A9_R8
Topics
- Tourism
Categories
- corporate communications
- year of food and drink
- fred berkmiller
- mark greenaway
- tom lewis
Regions
- Scotland
Notes to Editors
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- VisitScotland is Scotland’s national tourism organisation. Its core purpose is to maximise the economic benefit of tourism to Scotland.
- The organisation’s core objective is to contribute to the Tourism 2020 Strategy ambition of growing tourism revenues by £1 billion by 2020.
- This will be supported by seven overarching strategies:
- Marketing: we will market Scotland and its outstanding assets to visitors from all parts of the world, including the promotion of Scotland to people living in Scotland to visit different parts of the country
- Events: we will support the national events strategy and its delivery, and sustain, develop and promote Scotland’s international profile as one of the world’s foremost events destinations
- Internationalisation and International Engagement: we will utilise all our platforms to enable Scottish-based tourism businesses to better understand international opportunities and market to a global audience and we will work within One Scotland Partnerships to optimise the potential of Scotland’s Diaspora and our strategic partners at regional, European and global levels
- Customer Experience: we will provide information and inspiration to visitors both locally and globally via their preferred medium of choice
- Quality and Sustainability: we will provide support and advice to businesses, with the goal of improving the quality and sustainability of the tourism sector in Scotland. We will provide quality assurance to visitors through our Quality Schemes
- Inclusive Tourism: we will strive to make tourism in Scotland inclusive and available to all
- Working in Partnership: we will listen to and work with the industry, partners and communities to shape our offering and support
- VisitScotland works together with tourism businesses to make tourism a success for everyone and ensure the industry continues to grow.
- The organisation employs 700 people and has offices and VisitScotland Information Centres across Scotland.
- According to a recent Deloitte study, the tourism economy supports 270,000 jobs in Scotland in 20,000 diverse businesses. The same study calculates that the tourism economy contributes £11 billion annually (direct and indirect impact, including day visits) and supports around 10 per cent of employment in Scotland. Almost 16 million tourists take overnight trips to Scotland.
- For VisitScotland’s press releases go to http://www.visitscotland.org/media_centre.aspx, tourism statistics and frequently asked questions go to http://www.visitscotland.org/
- Where possible, a Gaelic speaker will be made available for broadcast interviews on request (Far an tèid iarraidh, agus far am bheil sin nar comas, bruidhinnidh neach le Gàidhlig aig agallamh)
- For holiday information on Scotland go to www.visitscotland.com
- For information about business events in Scotland go to www.conventionscotland.com
Year of Food and Drink 2015- 2015 is the Year of Food and Drink, a celebration of Scotland’s natural larder and the role that food and drink plays in shaping our economic success.
- Scotland generates over £2.5m per day through food and drink tourism.
- A series of themed months will create an appetite for key areas of Scotland’s food and drink industries – from seafood and whisky to berries and high-quality meat
- For more information, visit www.visitscotland.com/tastescotland
