CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

Blackmount Foods & Simple Simon’s Perfect Pies

Join two excellent Lanarkshire producers to learn about organic meat and the wonderful world of hand-crafted pies!
Blackmount Foods is an organic butcher selling beef, lamb and mutton from its own farm on the end of the Pentland Hills. The beef is Aberdeen Angus sired and the lamb from the surrounding heather hills results in a tasty, naturally finished product.
www.blackmountfoods.com
Simple Simon Perfect Pies produce a wide range of multi award-winning sensational hand-crafted pies not only using beef lamb and mutton from Blackmount but game, fish, pork, cheese and fabulous ingredients from the region and around Scotland. 
www.simplesimonspies.co.uk

Ramsay of Carluke

Family butchers for over 150 years, taking great pride in the exceptional quality, flavour and texture of its traditional meat products including Ayrshire bacon, black pudding, sausages, haggis and much more. Fifth generation Andrew Ramsay will talk about his family history and you will learn about and sample a selection of award-winning products. All participants will be offered a discount voucher for the website. www.ramsayofcarluke.com

Seafood Scotland

Scottish Seafood is recognised across the world for its superior quality, production methods and taste. Discover your very own seas and shore in a fascinating masterclass led by Seafood Scotland.

Nicki Holmyard, a journalist with more than 20 years experience in the Seafood industry will take you through choosing, preparing and cooking fish and shellfish, from filleting fish to opening oysters. On the menu Cullen skink, Mussels and mackerel pate to sample.  Participants will also be invited to peel and eat a freshly cooked langoustine, proving seafood can be tasty as well as quick and easy. 

Seafood Scotland is a trade organisation for the Scottish seafood industry and works throughout the supply chain to promote, market and develop responsibly and sustainably caught Scottish seafood. Visit www.seafoodscotland.org for more information on catching methods, Scottish suppliers, sustainability and delicious recipes.

Taste of Arran: Big Tastes from a Small Island

The beautiful Isle of Arran is packed with more artisan food and drink producers than anywhere else in Scotland. Take a tantalizing taste ‘tour’ with us and discover some of the products which are all lovingly handmade on this small island with big tastes!
www.taste-of-arran.co.uk

Gorgeous, More-ish Brandish Bute
Bute is packed with abundant mouth-watering delightfulness and in this taste-filled session Brandish Bute introduces the signal gourmet delights of  its range of locally-produced, island foods. We’ll sample Taste of Bute’s award-winning Sleeping Warrior, one or two of Henshelwood’s extraordinary taste juxtapositions and to finish, fresh seaweeds harvested from the island’s West coast by Just Seaweed. The tastes, textures and stories we’ll be presenting are not to be missed!

Miss Coco
Dip into Miss Coco’s world of chocolate, offering you glamorous and sparkling chocolates that are a feast for the eyes, second only to the meltingly smooth flavours that burst in your mouth in the first nibble.  Miss Coco will take you through a flavour experience and teach you how to enjoy chocolate to its full potential as well as introducing you to the company’s chocolate parties through a hands on demo.
www.misscoco.co.uk

Truly Scrumptious Designer Cakes Ltd
From Cupcakes to Vintage Wedding Cakes – we can ‘rise’ to any occasion.   Take a journey with us and we shall create a breathtaking, delicious treat just for you.  Discover how we go that ‘extra mile’ to ensure whatever we are asked to create, when you come to’ Truly Scrumptious’ we live up to our name.  We look forward to telling you about the Company and to let you try some of our award winning cake for yourselves.  Shortlisted again this year for the VOWS awards in November we are sure you will enjoy the experience.
www.trulydesignercakes.co.uk