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• Scottish Culinary Team Recruitment Evening

  Monday 28 November 5pm -  Motherwell CollegeIn October 2012 a team of Scottish Chefs will travel to the Culinary Olympics to represent their country. Currently the team is ranked 12th in the world, not bad for a wee country. So could you be part of this ...

• 29 November - Sugar Course Braehead Cook school

  Willie Pike presents a full days training in the art of pulled and blown sugar. All equipment and materials will be provided you just have to bring yourself and the appropriate attire ie chefs whites and bib apron or white coat. All associated skills and...

• Research help needed

  For a number of years we have been working with Ray Lorimer who in his role at Unilever Food Services has supported and helped the Scottish Culinary Teams. As part of his ongoing studies he is researching attitudes and behaviours to convenience ingredien...

• Meldrum House Enjoys culinary success 2 AA Rosettes

  Luxury Aberdeenshire Country Hotel and Golf Course, Meldrum House, has secured two Red Rosettes from The AA in recognition of the excellent cuisine on offer in its Dining Room restaurant.Head Chef, Peter Conlin, who has put Meldrum House on the map for it...

• New Board Members Elected

  At our AGM held at Gleneagles on  Monday 26 September our current President  Kevin MacGillivray and Chief Executive Neil Thomson delivered an overview of our activities in the last year. The report highlighted our successes in developing new ventures s...

• Hotelympia Salon Schedule - Published

  We've just received our copy in the post today of the Hotelympia Salon Schedule. If you would like to receive a copy please contact Peter Griffiths or you can download you copy. The competitions are split into 3 areas -Live Competitions where you cook liv...

• Top Seafood Chef Celebrates Triumph.

  Roy Brett, the chef proprietor of Ondine restaurant on Edinburgh’s George IV Bridge, fought off competition from Wales, Ireland, the Isle of Man, Cornwall and Brittany to win the inaugural Celtic Cook Off competition. Roy won the top prize at the Taste...

• Young Chef Workplacements

  Eleven of Scotland's top chefs are pledging a fortnight of their time to young culinary enthusiasts who are hoping to make their mark in the Scottish catering and hospitality sector.Fergus Ewing, minister for energy, enterprise and tourism was joined by t...

• Braehead Launches Game Chef of the Year 2012

  Three hundred and fifty of Scotland’s chefs gathered on Monday September 12, to swap notes, watch cookery demonstrations, and sample suppliers’ produce at Braehead Foods, near Kilmarnock.The event also gave the chefs the chance to enter Braehead’s i...

• The Family Meal by Ferran Adrià

  EXCLUSIVE OFFER: Pre-Order The Family Meal and Save 30% Known for his innovative and ground breaking gastronomic creations, this highly anticipated new book reveals, for the first time,Ferrans secrets for creating delicious, seasonal, and simple home c...

• Cocoa Black wins Confectioner of the Year

  We have just heard that Federation member Ruth Hinks of Cocoa Black has just won the Confectioner of the Year as part of the British Bakery Awards. As a seasoned competition chef on the international circuit Ruth is no stranger when it comes to awards....

• Local Food Purchasing Survey

    Along with East Lothian Food and Drink we would like to hear all about your thoughts on buying local produce. Even if all of your purchasing is decided by head office we would like to know.The Survey ends on 29 August and all respondants will be ent...

• Braehead Foods Experience 12 September 2011

  Braehead Foods Experience Back for its second year and promising to be even better than the  last time its the Braehead Foods Experience. On the day there will be demos from suppliers and the cook school, with free transport available and lunch too its ...

• WACS Young Chefs Survey

  The Federation are pround to be part of the World Association of Chefs Societies ( WACS). They are a global representation of Chefs associations with 93 country members representing the interests of over 10 million chefs word wide. As part of their progra...

• Are you an Oyster Opening Champion?

  The Glasgow Riverside Festival takes place on the 6th and 7th August, as part of the festival Loch Fyne are running an Oyster opening championship.  Each competitor will be required to open 30 oysters. They will receive a sealed box of oysters on stage ...

• Aberdeenshire Chef wins top seafood competition

  An exciting cook off  saw Orry Shand (21), Eat on the Green, Ellon, beat five other finalists to claim the title.  Orry pictured left with his winning dishes said“There was very tough competition, so to win was amazing.  I am very happy with today...

• Young Scottish Seafood Chef of the Year - Finalists

  Six lucky finalists in Seafood Scotland’s ‘Young Scottish Seafood Chef of the Year’ competition, are heading to the northeast next week, to see how the seafood industry works.  Michael Clark, Seafood Restaurant, St Andrews, Barry Robertson, Turnbe...

• Grampian Chef of the Year 2011 - Results

  The final of this year’s Grampian Chef competition took place on the 23rd of May at Aberdeen College. Thirty two of Aberdeen’s top chefs took part in a cook off to identify the winners from the 4 competition categories, Grampian Chef of the Year - A...

• New Young Chefs Club

  Introducing our new initiative for our younger chef members. Using our new facebook page we are making sure that all of our activities for chefs aged 23 and under can be found in the same place, from competitions and training through to 5 aside leagues ...

• CIS Excellence Awards - Results

  Last Thursday 500 top industry professionals came together at the sellout 2011 CIS Excellence awards. There were 12 awards celebrating excellence in areas such as Training, Sustainability through to Restaurant Newcomer of the Year. This years award for E...