A great start to the new year 2016 for Masterbaker and Novelist - Melanie Andrews . She has just one the Scottish Category for the
World Gourmand Cookbook Awards with her most recent Baking book - Baking with Melanie Andrews.
The next stage is now automatic and Melanie is now attending the World Cookbook Awards in Bejing this May 2016. As a special celebration we are now selling this great edition of her book at half price on all our websites. - at www.scottishbakingawards.co.uk www.craigard-tearoom.co.uk www.melanieandrews.co.uk .
Melanie Andrews meets His Royal Highness Prince of Wales at a dinner at Dumfries House September 2015.
Next weekend i will be travelling through the West coast and central Scotland and sampling some of our best Scottish Hideaways . I will be experiencing what our Tourists recieve for there money in this glorious part of the world. This year as we know is Scotland's Year of Food and Drink , and it is plentiful in some of the most remote corners of the West Coast . I am also honoured to be invited to Dumfries House this week for Dinner with none other than Prince Charles. Dumfries House has been carefully and lovingly restored back to its former glory by His Royal Highness Prince Charles. The dinner is to celebrate the opening of the newly restored House and to celebrate Scotland's Year of Food and Drink. So a full week ahead of fine dining - will my waist band hold up ? I will be posting my reviews here very soon .
Here in Scotland we have the most magnificent scenery,cuisine and people and it is not until you have travelled the world extensively that you realise how truly special a place Scotland really is . At http://www.visitscotland.com/about/food-drink/chefs/ you can now find out all you need to know about what makes this tiny little country of ours great . Visit Scotland website is a great place to research everything including Food and Drink and i am proud to say they are not just concentrating on our brilliant Chefs but also our bakers now too. Baking in Scotland is a huge passion and is taken very seriously indeed . I am really glad to see groundbreaking advertising by our countries Tourism Body to promote this increasingly popular Profession and hobby . I take my hat off to Visit Scotland in sitting up and taking notice of this ever increasing profession and promoting it to the world .