Seasoned journalist & writer. Strive 2 reflect life from modern Scots perspective. Ex-@heraldscotland & more (cf LinkedIn profile).@thetimes @BiteMagazine etc

Scotland + London - Europe
Joined June 2011
"Don’t be sad that it’s over; be glad that it happened": chef Michael Smith on closing his Michelin-star restaurant @lochbayskye on Skye. New blog post catedevinewriter.com/blog-1/…
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First dry night in the South of France for DAYS … les 2k-year-old Arrènes de Nimes in the moonlightî …
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Announcement comes as @inverrestaurant is awarded 4 AA Rosettes @AAHospitality
“We’re not selling @inverrestaurant because it's not working. We still have all the energy and all the love, love, love for what we do”: chef Pam Brunton on the story behind her shock announcement - coming soon @BiteMagazine ...!
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“We’re not selling @inverrestaurant because it's not working. We still have all the energy and all the love, love, love for what we do”: chef Pam Brunton on the story behind her shock announcement - coming soon @BiteMagazine ...!
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NEWS Seismic shift in Scotland's eating-out scene as chef-patron Pam Brunton's award-winning @inverrestaurant in Argyll goes up for sale, and #rosiehealey announces departure as chef-patron of #Gloriosa in Glasgow ...
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When you leave the greenhouse for a few days’ break and the peppers morph from green to perfect red while you’ve been gone #glasgowgrown #allotmentlove
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Extraordinary unexpected experience in the heart of Vienna last night: the @MuseumOfChange world-first immersive digital light show in the courtyard of the historic #imperialpostoffice @unescowhc . Breathtaking and surreal!
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Can the new food and drink menu #1820rooftopbar @JWPrincesStreet snatch attentionfrom its celebrated views of the capital? I tried Scott Smith @chefsrsmith 's new dishes and @mrlyan's globally-referenced cocktails to find out. New review @BiteMagazine + bit.ly/4imuw6d
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I hear about vine salt from Glasgow-grown Italian grapes. Taste watermelon with Pecorino. Tarbert-caught crab ravioli. Gorebridge-reared pork with mostarda. All inspired by #GiovannaEusebi's Italian-Scots DNA + interpreted by @KevinMcCaffer12. Excl: catedevinewriter.com/blog-1/…
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Came across these guys from the Governor Macquarie Memorial Pipe Band, Sydney (@GMMPB) practising for the @glasgowworlds World Pipe Band Championships taking place in Glasgow this weekend - in the middle of Sauchiehall Street. As you do 😍 #GlasgowCulture
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Grilled Mortadella Skewer : who knew?? A simple but truly delicious innovation from @eusebi_deli's new head chef @KevinMcCaffer12. Depth from the charring & light notes in its lemon oregano dressing hint at a Scots-Italian summer 👌 More in my deep-dive piece @BiteMagazine soon
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Quite the achievement to be awarded 3 #AARosettes for #Cradle fine-dining restaurant @CromlixHotel just weeks after opening. Congrats to #Cradle head chef #murraycooper and to Cromlix executive chef #JamesMearing 👏👌
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Good to hear @fionarichmond8 address a packed audience at #scotlanfoodanddrink’s #BreakfastofChampions event @CorinthianClub as she described the health, environmental and economic benefits of Scotland’s nationwide larder for athletes at the @glasgow_2026 Commonwealth Games.
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"@CafeGandolfi is not closing. After a restructuring of the business earlier this year, we are continuing as normal": Seumas Macinnes, patron of the long-established Glasgow institution, scotches speculation of its imminent closure.
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Glasgow-grown garlic - almost finished drying #allotmentlove
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Evening, Aberdeenshire
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Summer evening light at the plot renders the greens of the beans and beets amazingly citric #allotmentlove
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"I've seen the bold new direction Andy Murray's @CromlixHotel is taking in its bid to smash aMichelin Star": where exec head chef James Mearing cooks for me and I chat w/Gourmet Garden head Kathy Beckett. My excl catedevinewriter.com (news blog) bit.ly/4gieCsr
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