The Formidable team of Scottish Baking Awards judges - Official launch photoshoot at.

Judges from the left - 

• Lady Claire Macdonald OBE
• Anna Taylor Dillon 
• Shona Sutherland
• Melanie Andrews MBE 
• Theodore  Chana 
• Michelle Orme 
• Gary Maclean
• Phil Jensen

Delighted to be asked to teach at City of Glasgow College today. This is a well run College in the centre of Glasgow and has produced some great talented Chefs/Patisserie Chefs and the like. The college has some very talented lecturers indeed and was proud to be a part of that today and in the future. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04rnktc

The Emerald Isle is my brief this week. 

So many Celebrity Restaurants and Hotels etc all over the world and most have never set foot in them. 

Are they worth the hype or are they seriously overpriced and overrated just because of a signature over the door.? 

I have a feeling I know the answer but we shall see. 

I personally feel that Ireland itself is a seriously underrated little Island as regards to the quality of food and the standards of Hospitality. I am a seasoned traveller and never have I returned to a country so often to be repeatedly overwhelmed by it's people,food and Hospitality. 

My question would be - Does Ireland really need the big names to impress when absolutely everywhere from small tearooms to inns to Hotels and B&Bs are already impressing? 

See my answers here or on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn or the Newspspers/Magazines in real time.