Fabulous Feeding

The Food Fayre, sponsored by Downies of Whitehills will feature regular recipe demonstrations and a wide range of exhibitors (see below)

Caterers around the Festival this year will include:

And new this year, the famous 1629 Restaurant, Lossiemouth, will be serving both light meals and fine dining at the Festival Bistro overlooking the Links close by the Salmon Bothy. For advance booking contact through 07785 911943 or 1629restaurant@btconnect.com. More ...

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whose Seafood Bar will be supplying wares such as their Cullen Skink Soup, Scottish Scampi, and Haddock etc.

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Allathan Dairy: home made cheese and butter

We breed our own stock and our milk is 90% Jersey. Come and taste our delicious range of cheeses including plain, caraway, oatmeal and chilli. We were delighted to be previous winners of the Best Small Food Stand at the taste of Grampian Show at Thainstone.

Contact us at allathandairy@yahoo.co.uk

Anderson's Honey and Preserves

www.scottishhoney.com

Scottish heather and blossom honey produced by ourselves and also procured from other beekeepers from Perthshire to the North of Scotland, packed in Turriff. We also sell high quality jams, marmalades, lemon curd and condiments.
Tel: 01888 562705

Berry Good Fruit: fruit flavoured drinks

Berry Good: Straight Strawberry & Really Raspberry vodkas. Made with only real Scottish fruit, traditionally infused with Scottish vodka. Contains no artificial colours or flavours. Serve over ice, mix with lemonade, soda, champagne or drizzle over ice-cream!
Contact Jill Brown on 01955 621623. E-mail: enquiries@berry-good.co.uk

Black Isle Brewery: fine beers

http://www.blackislebrewery.com/

Our mission is to produce a range of top quality organic beers packaged in recycled materials. The barley and hops used are grown on organic farms, without artificial fertilisers or herbicides. We at Black Isle Brewery believe that our beer is the best for both you and the environment.
Tel: 01463 811875

Cairn O Mohr Fruit Wines

http://cairnomohr.homestead.com/

The Cairn O Mohr Winery produces luscious wines from fresh berries, leaves and flowers picked around us in the Carse of Gowrie, an area famous for the quality of its soft fruit. We have won many prestigious awards over the years for our fruit wines.

The Cairn O Mohr range includes Elderberry, Bramble, Strawberry, Raspberry, Gooseberry and Oak Leaf

Tel: 01821 642781

Caithness Cheese

Operating as a family business, we will be offering a selection of delicious Caithness cheeses in eight different flavours including Plain, Smoked, Chive, Garlic, Mustard, Black Pepper, Chilli and Horseradish. All our cheeses are produced on our farm made with milk from our own herd of Friesian cows.

Tel: 01593 721309

Catherine's Country Kitchen: Chutneys and preserves

An independent purveyor of a unique selection of unusual chutneys, popular jams and alcoholic mustards. Please ask about my range of dietary chutneys with no added sugar or artificial sweeteners, gluten, additive and E number free.

Catherine Neil, Catherine's Country Kitchen - Preserves to Relish, 27 Hillcrest,Bo'ness EH51 9HT
Tel: 01506 828535  Email: cckchutney@aol.com

The Charterstone Group: Whisky, truffles hampers etc

www.charterstone.com

Corporate Gift specialists. Corporate and personalised labelling of Scotch Whisky, Wine, Champagne, Cognac and other drink products. Wedding Favours. Sumptuous individually made Truffles. Speciality bespoke hampers for all occasions. Inspirational Glassware. Unique gifts. Black Gold Tartan designed for Scotland’s Oil Industry.

Tel: 01466 794555 Mobile: 07879 446149 E-mail: sales@charterstone.com

Donald's Bakery

Established in 1935, we are a family run business producing  unique hand-made oatcakes, traditional hard biscuits and a range of freshly baked products in our Portsoy premises. We specialise in a variety of breads, sweet loaves, Polish loaves and pastries, filled rolls, fancies and hot pies.

2-4 Seafield Street, Portsoy, AB45 2QL
Tel: 01261 842394

Downies of Whitehills: fine fish

http://www.downiefish.co.uk/

As well as top quality fresh Scottish fish, Downies supply frozen fish, naturally smoked fish such as Finnan haddock, hot-smoked mackerel hot-smoked salmon as well as naturally smoked cod, haddock and mackerel fillets.

At the Festival Downie's Seafood Bar will be supplying wares such as their Cullen Skink Soup, Scottish Scampi, and Haddock etc.

There is now an internet shop. Note that Downies is a major sponsor of the Food Fair.

Tel: 01261 861204

Food for Thought: preserves, eggs, vegetables etc

We sell fresh fruit and vegetables as well as a selection of fine Scottish and International cheeses, free range eggs, olives, oils and vinegars, preserves, dried fruit and nuts, fresh bread, smoked fish and charcuterie, freshly ground coffee, confectionery and much more.
The Brae, New Deer, Turriff. Tel 01771 644366

Wm Fraser and Son Butcher

A choice selection of meat products from a local butcher
Tel: 01261 851208 (Gamrie)

Glenglassaugh Distillery

http://www.glenglassaugh.com/

After remaining silent for 22 years, Glenglassaugh Distillery has reopened and is once again producing its renowned spirit.

We are giving you the opportunity to savour our 21yo, 30yo and 40yo Highland Single Malt Scotch Whiskies, our Spirit Drink and a New Product to celebrate the Scottish Traditional Boat Festival 2009.

Tours of Glenglassaugh Distillery will be held at 10am on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of July, lasting approximately 2 hours. The visit will include an in-depth, behind the scenes tour with the Distillery Manager, finishing off with a nosing and tasting of our New Spirit, and 21yo and 30yo Highland Single Malt Scotch Whiskies.

The cost is £25 per person and tours are limited to groups of 10. Transport to and from the distillery to Portsoy is included.

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Grampian Oat Products

http://www.foodfirst.co.uk/pro07580.htm

Oat millers & packers, Scottish produce in both retail and industrial park sizes of oatflakes, jumbo oatflakes, oatmeals, oatbran and oatflour.
Tel: 01261 843330

Hebridean Whisky Liqueur Company

http://www.hebridean-liqueurs.co.uk/

Lord Nelson's Spiced Rum Liqueur, our flagship brand, is a delicious combination of finest Demerara rum, caramel and spices. You will have the chance to taste this superb tipple, along with our wonderful range of whisky based liqueurs and Italian fruit liqueurs. Our liqueurs look great and they all come in beautiful bottles which means that, as well as treating yourself, you can stock up on lovely gifts for your friends and family too! Hebridean Liqueurs also offers a superb mail-order service.
Tel: 01436 679935 (Helensburgh)

Letty's Preserves

Our products owe their popularity to the traditional recipes of Letty Williamson. The jams, jellies and raspberry vinegar contain our own fruit with only sugar added .The raspberry vinegar can be enjoyed as refreshing cordial or used straight as a salad dressing, in stirfries or even with icecream and strawberries! A great asset to any cook.

Tel: 01224 743033

Loaf Face Cookery Cooperative Ltd

Artisan breads including our new Homecoming range of loafies:

We will also have other flavours from our award winning bread range.
Tel: 01358 751700

Moray Ostriches

We produce a wide range of vacuum packed ostrich meat fillets, burgers, sausages and mince. We will also be cooking ostrich burgers and steaks to eat on the day.
Contact Mr Alasdair Boyne, Brandston Farm, Lochhills, Elgin IV30 3LX
Tel: 01343 842819

The Olive Tree

www.olivetreeofelgin.co.uk

We are a family run business specialising in making Belgian chocolates, chocolate products and chocolate wedding cakes. We make everything from scratch ourselves using only the finest ingredients.

Tel: 01343 821188

The Pampered Chef: kitchen utensils

Selling top quality kitchenware whilst demonstrating simple and healthy recipes.

Come along to sample some of our latest recipes using local produce and view our extensive range of kitchen products.

Speak to us about hosting a party or becoming a consultant!

Portsoy Ice Cream

This is the place to buy homemade ice-cream. We stock a wide range of flavours and sorbets, which are all made in our Portsoy premises. Our friendly staff are always available to help and advise customers. Portsoy Ice Cream continues to extend its range of hampers, Belgian chocolates, wines and spirits and a visit is highly recommended.

Contact Alex Murray on 01261 842279.

Ritchies of Altbea

Home made black and white puddings and haggis with samples cooked before your very eyes - irresistable!

55 Mellon Charles, Aultbea, Ross Shire, IV22 2JL
Tel: 01445 731040

Rose Cottage Country Kitchen: preserves and honey

http://www.radisol.com/rose-cottage/index.htm

Rose Cottage Country Kitchen produces an award winning range of home made preserves and puddings. Hand made in small batches, the kitchen uses traditional recipes with no artificial preservatives or cheap fillers. Rose Cottage sources all its ingredients locally; indeed some come from its own garden. Organic fruit is used wherever possible. In the autumn, wild  hedgerow produce such as crab apples, elderberries and rowans are gathered for the company's range of jellies for meat.

K Ashford, Rose Cottage Country Kitchen, Moss-side, Nairn IV12 5NZ

Sarah's Heavenly Fudge

www.sarahsheavenlyfudge.co.uk

Our range is hand made in Huntly using only the freshest ingredients and with a vast array of flavours including Glen Morangie whisky, mouthwatering mint chocolate swirl, strawberry cream, lemon meringue, strawberry/champagne, double chocolate chip, rum and raisin, creamy caramel and the unique Iron Brew. Whatever your taste, there's something for you!

The Steading Cafe

www.thesteadingcafe.co.uk

The Steading Café is dedicated to producing real food using traditional cooking methods. We use locally sourced ingredients, many of them organic, and local free-range eggs in our cooking. Our love of real cooking is evident in the high quality food we produce in our Café and in the range of artisan hand made breads, bakes and puddings for sale under our own Bothy Bakes label.

Come along and sample some and don’t forget to ask us about our cookery courses and supper evenings.
The Steading Café and Store, Greenfields, Lhanbryde, Elgin.
Tel: 01343 842633. E-mail: info@thesteadingcafe.co.uk

Strawberry Grange Fruit Farm

Home grown strawberries, (and raspberries and blueberries) are the base for a wide range of tasty strawberry desserts including strawberry kebab, strawberry and chocolate, and strawberry tarts, all freshly made in front of our customers.
Wood End, Peterculter, Aberdeen
Tel: 01224 735769