26th September 2024
Tony Singh with the 2018 Taste North Challenge overall winner, Annie Mills (centre), and Trudy Morris of Caithness Chamber of Commerce.
Tony Singh MBE, one of the UK’s best loved celebrity chefs is returning to Taste North, a festival celebrating quality food, drink and craft produce in the North Highlands.
The annual festival which has been shortlisted in this year’s Highlands and Islands Thistle Awards and attracted over 1700 visitors last year, returns to Wick High School on Sunday 3rd November 2024 with a large exhibitor marketplace, family friendly activities, the Taste North Challenge and chef cookery demonstrations.
Tony Singh MBE last attended Taste North in 2018 and said “I can’t wait to be back at Taste North again this year! Caithness, you lot really know how to put on a show – the food, the drink, the craic, it’s fantastic! I’m looking forward to getting stuck into all the amazing local produce, meeting some of the incredible people behind it, and of course, cooking up a storm at the cookery theatre. It’s going to be a brilliant day out, so make sure you come along, have a nibble, and say hello. See you there on Sunday 3rd of November!”
A second-generation Scottish Sikh, Tony was born and raised in Leith, Edinburgh, and learned at his mother’s knee the cookery skills which would see him create the unique fusion of Scottish and Asian flavours for which he is so well known. Known for his quick-fire wit and cheeky personality, Tony is a firm favourite on British television, starring in BBC2 programmes, A Cook Abroad: Tony Singh’s India, and The Incredible Spice Men, with Cyrus Todiwala. Alongside this, Tony makes regular appearances on cookery shows including The Great British Menu, Saturday Kitchen and Ready Steady Cook, as well as guest spots on Pointless, Celebrity Eggheads, Celebrity Mastermind and many others.
Ellie Lamont, Chairperson of Venture North and owner of Mackays Hotel in Wick said “We’re thrilled to welcome Tony Singh back to Taste North, looking forward to enjoying his infectious sense of humour and culinary passion. We can’t wait to show him the vast array of produce we have at Taste North 2024. It’s a great gathering for people to come along and shop to their heart’s content!”
Taste North is organised by Venture North, the Destination Management Organisation for Caithness and Sutherland, and provides a premium pre-Christmas opportunity for communities and visitors to gather and enjoy the wealth of Highland food and drink with a strong Support Local ethos.
Taste North is grateful to the following funds for their support: RWE Camster Wind Farm Community Fund, Stroupster Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund, and RWE Bad a Cheo Wind Farm Community Fund (Latheron, Lybster and Clyth), all administered by Foundation Scotland, and to sponsors Developing the Young Workforce North Highland, Dunrobin Castle, and Mackays Hotel Wick.
For more information on Taste North including confirmed exhibitors, see www.venture-north.co.uk/taste-north