Taster event in Inverness whets appetite for Highland Food and Drink Festival
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A TASTER for businesses and foodie fans attending the Highland Food and Drink Festival at Eden Court this Saturday has been held at an Inverness business.
Cairngorm Group – which is the major sponsor for the festival organised by SPP Media Group, publisher of the Inverness Courier – staged the event in its showroom.
The business offers kitchen installation and design services in addition to a range of windows, doors and conservatories.
Representatives of local food retail outlets and restaurants were invited to the taster demonstration.
The festival at Eden Court will include some of the top chefs in the Highlands who will show their skills in a theatre kitchen using some of the finest produce sourced locally from farms and estates.
David Dowling, managing director of the Cairngorm Group, is a self-confessed foodie.
He said the cookery demonstrations gave onlookers great recipe ideas, plus first-hand experience of how the kitchens operate.
He said: “The kitchen extension is a growing area of the business and complements the other products we do. People seem to like that we can do everything – planning consent, building warrants, roofing – we can do the whole thing. The one-stop shop clearly has an appeal.
“The festival at Eden Court really tied in with the idea of food and kitchens and hopefully there will be a good turnout on the day.”
Up to 50 exhibitors will be at the event in Eden Court, including many drinks suppliers from world-renowned whisky distillers to suppliers in a growing market of Highland gins and vodkas.
As well as demonstrations by chefs from some of the area’s top hotels and restaurants, the festival will feature sections on mobile catering and vegan restaurants as well as a kids zone, where children can learn about preparing a variety of dishes from pasta to sushi.
