Restaurants, Cafes & Bars
Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight highlights the wealth of
produce on offer to consumers. It also encourages the food industry
- from restaurants to retailers and caterers - to source and
champion quality Scottish produce, supporting the people who
produce our food and drink.
The aim of the Fortnight is to encourage people to discover,
buy, eat and enjoy the food and drink produced on their doorstep,
building Scotland's reputation for excellent quality produce. Sales
of Scottish brands have risen 22% since 2007 and we aim to support
continual growth. In addition, recent research shows that named
ingredients of local provenance command a premium.
Downloadable promotional material is available from the Materials section of this
website. It includes posters of various designs in A3 and A4
format, shelf barkers and stickers. The Fortnight logo is also
available for use. For more information or to discuss your
involvement, contact fortnight@scotlandfoodanddrink.org.
There are countless ways to celebrate the Fortnight. Here are some
of our suggestions:
- Highlight locally sourced produce on your menu, naming the
producers
- Offer a themed menu for the fortnight using only Scottish
produce, or serve a Scottish dish of the day indicating where
people can buy the ingredients
- Create an exclusive cook school evening using a local chef.
Charge for admission but teach guests how to make delicious meals
using Scottish ingredients, that they can then take home
- Take part in a local food festival - in 2012 there were more
than ten festivals held during the fortnight - or consider starting
your own if there isn't one
- Run a recipe competition for customers to create a dish using
Scottish ingredients. Produce the dish in the restaurant for one
night only
- Showcase a different Scottish producer each day on your menus,
with dishes focussed on that ingredient, e.g. tomatoes, beef,
venison, pheasant, beer or chocolate
- Offer a discounted Scottish set menu for lunch and/or
dinner
- Create a tasting menu paired with different Scottish beers
- Use the Eat Scottish pledge at facebook.com/eatscottish as a sales tool, the
#eatScottish hashtag in your Fortnight tweeting, and follow @ScotFoodFort
to keep up with all the Fortnight news
- Make sure you tell us about any events you run, so we can list
them on the website for free, and help you promote them
However you get involved this Fortnight, we'd love to hear about
it! Message us on facebook.com/eatscottish, keep us up to date
on Twitter or email us at fortnight@scotlandfoodanddrink.org.
