Join In

Why get involved?

Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight is a chance for everyone to get involved to promote and enjoy some of the tastiest, high quality food available, right onour doorsteps.

Whether you are a chef, a producer, a retailer, caterer, hotelier, school, organisation or someone who just loves food, we need your support to make Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight bigger and better than ever before.

What you can do!

Organise an event, anywhere in Scotland, during the fortnight. Have a look at the sections on the following pages for some inspiration.

Tell us about it by downloading the event registration form here and we will advertise it on the website and through our media channels. You can also request promotional material on the form.

Download our PR toolkit containing tips for organising photocalls, sending press releases and event idea, to help you secure lots of local publicity.

Remember, anything that you can do to promote the aims of the fortnight would be great.

Consumers

Gather your friends together and organise a picnic, BBQ or a shared meal around the table using local produce on a Scottish theme. Take inspiration from top chefs in the recipe section.

Find out more about your regional food and drink products and try them.
Find out who grows and produces food in your area and ask if you can visit.
Challenge yourself to eat only Scottish food for a day or a week.
Find out about cookery courses and learn some new skills in the kitchen.

Retailers

Forge links with local suppliers and increase the amount of Scottish products you sell.
If you do not know any local suppliers, have a look under Links for advice about where to find them.
Run special promotional tastings of local food and drink products in your shop throughout the fortnight.
Invite the producers to come and talk to your customers about what they do.
Invite a chef to give a cookery demonstration in your store with locally sourced produce.
Launch a new local product in your store and run a special promotion.

Caterers and foodservice

Create a special menu during the fortnight highlighting Scottish produce.
Contact Scotland Food & Drink to find out how you can source more produce Scottish suppliers.
Run a promotion with special offers on Scottish produce during the fortnight.

Restaurants, cafés and bars

Highlight locally sourced produce on your menu naming the producers.
Organise a cookery demonstration using Scottish produce and tell your customers where to find the produce.
Take your head chef out to a local school to talk about Scottish food and demonstrate a dish.
Run special offers on locally sourced produce on your menu.

Hotels and bed & breakfasts

Highlight locally sourced produce on your menu throughout the fortnight, or run special Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight day.
Serve a special regional menu to your guests, highlighting the wealth of delicious produce in your area.

Producers

Create your own market stall/temporary farm shop to promote your produce.
Provide produce for local chefs and restaurants for cookery demonstrations
Contact local retailers offering your produce for their use during the fortnight social.
Liaise with local community councils and committees to provide food for a BBQ or social event, therefore creating local awareness about high quality regional produce.

Farmers’ Markets

Offer some different samplers or tasters during the fortnight.
Invite a local chef to give a demonstration at the market using produce sourced from the stallholders.
Run competitions or raffles, offering prizes such as a hamper containing produce from the market.
Link up with your local paper and offer special promotions for customers during the fortnight.

Schools and young people

Invite a local chef to give a cookery demonstration, or ask them to host one in their restaurant.
Ask your school to organise a special event to celebrate Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight.
Organise a day trip to a local farm to see what is grown and produced locally.

Have a look at the seasonal calendar to help you: www.whatsonyourplate.co.uk