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A new element to the Budding Chefs exchange programme are Food Talks at the Hub (Sat 22 Mar), preceding the evening pop-up restaurant. The impressive line-up includes food writer Nicholas Lander, cheese affineur Hervé Mons, sea urchin diver Roderick Watson, commentator Michael Booth and chef Craig Sandle. See buddingchefs.net/events
The Dining Room, The Scotch Malt Whisky
■ A Perfect Match: Marrying Malts
Society, 28 Queen Street, and Molecules Sun
With whisky, cocktails, canapes, taste tests and more. Part of Edinburgh International Science Festival. ■ Introduction to Chinese Tea Thu 10 Apr, 7.30–9pm. £10. Pekoe
Tea, 20 Leven Street, 477 1838. Brush up on your Chinese tea history before tasting white, green, oolong and black teas. ■ GastroFest Sat 5–Thu 17 Apr, times vary. Prices
vary. Various venues, 0844 557 2686. Science and gastronomy converge at this foodie mini-fest organised by Edinburgh International Science Festival. exhibitions and discussions. See feature, page 24. ■ Learn Then Lunch Classes Wed 26 & Thu 27
A demo by the Cook School’s team, then off to Restaurant Martin Wishart for a three-course lunch, plus a tour of the restaurant’s kitchen. Booking essential. ■ Treat FREE Thu 27 Mar, 4–8pm. Edinburgh
College, Granton Campus, 350 West
Granton Road. A debut student-led food and drink festival featuring Whitmuir Farm, the Engine Shed, Thistly Cross Cider and the Leith Tea Company, with cooking demos by Neil Forbes and the college’s own hospitality students. ■ The Scotch Whisky Training School Wed
16 Apr, 9am–5pm. £175 (includes tea
break and two-course lunch). Scotch Whisky
Experience, 354
EVENTS
GLASGOW ■ Sherry Tasting Fri 21 Mar, 7–9pm. £20.
The Good Spirits Co, 23 Bath Street, 258 8427. Delve into the wide world of sherry. ■ Glasgow Farmers’ Market FREE Sat 22
Mar, 12 Apr, 10am–2pm.
Mansfield Park, 5 Hyndland Street, 287
2500. Bringing rural Scotland to Glasgow, featuring over 40 producers. ■ Glasgow Beer Club Meet FREE Fri 28 Mar,
6pm–midnight. Old Stag Inn, 12 Greenview Street,
glasgowbeerclub.org Meet up, grab a pint and discuss hops. ■ Bourbon Tasting Fri 4 Apr, 7–9pm. £20.
The Good Spirits Co, 23 Bath Street, 258 8427. Try six bourbons in the shop’s purpose-built tasting room.
■ Gin Tasting Sat 5 Apr, 7–9pm. £20.
The Good Spirits Co, as above. ■ Champagne Tasting Sat 12 Apr, 7–9pm. £30. The Good Spirits Co, as above.
EDINBURGH ■ Budding Chefs Pop-up Restaurant Sat 22 Mar, 7pm. £40 (£38). The Hub,
Castlehill, Royal Mile, 473
2000. A five-course meal from the Budding Chefs Brigade, with trainee chefs from Brittany and Scotland working under the watchful eyes of mentors Craig Sandle and Fred Berkmiller. Barley and winkle risotto, slow-cooked lamb and Gateau Opéra are all on the mouth-watering menu. Booking essential. ■ French Classics Wine Tasting Wed 26 Mar, 2 Apr, 7.30–9.30pm. £40.
6 Apr, 8–9.30pm. £25. Summerhall, 1
01334 870731. Visit the Bordeaux, Burgundy, Alsace, Loire, Savoie, Rhone, Languedoc and Provence regions with local wine expert Rose Murray Brown.
Summerhall, 0845 874
Mar, Wed 2, 9 & Thu 10 Castlehill, Royal Mile,
3001. Scotch Broth Events reveal why some food combinations are delightful while others are terrible.
Apr, 10am. £48. Martin Wishart Cook School, 14
Bonnington Road, 555
6655.
220 0441. A one-day course in the tasting, blending, serving and history of Scotch whisky.
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