A Luxurious Inverness lodge has appointed an award-winning new head chef to its cafe.
David MacDonald, who was topped younger Highland chef of the 12 months in 2015, has not too long ago taken the situation at the Drumossie Lodge.
Having skilled at the Drumossie when he was 18 and doing the job there on and off more than the very last couple of many years, the now 32-12 months-aged is ready to cook up a storm and place his own stamp on the menu.
“I’ve got plenty of concepts and I just want to put my have stamp on it instantly,” Mr MacDonald explained, chatting about his designs.
Specialising in great-eating menus and restaurant star-eating, Mr MacDonald has working experience all around the earth.
“I labored at Achnagairn House for 4 many years, and then when the pandemic commenced I went to Inverlochy in Fort William,” he reported.
“I then worked in St Vincent in the Caribbean for 5 months as a head chef there.”
The Uist-born chef then returned to his homeland and worked with a pal at Mingary Castle.
On the other hand, the pushed chef experienced desires of working his very own restaurant so obtained in touch with the people today at Drumossie who experienced very first proven him the ropes.
“I required to operate a restaurant myself, so I bought in contact with Kenny [McMillan] in this article at Drumossie and I did a wee stint at Pittodrie Residence
resort in Aberdeenshire prior to coming back listed here simply because it’s nearer to Uist to see my mothers and fathers,” he stated.
He now hopes to build upon the stellar standing the Drumossie now has and match his cooking tactics with seasonality, though wanting to assure that all the food stuff he is serving is nearby.
“I like to match my methods with seasonality and I want to do the job with what is as area as feasible and I’m striving to get the job done out how to do that,” he described.
“I will glimpse at area suppliers and see if there are any farms a stone’s throw away who can give us with a clean offer on a regular basis.”
Mr MacDonald was impressed to cook dinner by his granny, who he utilised to go to day-to-day soon after college to get pleasure from her homebakes.
He now wishes to provide the most effective food stuff in Inverness.
Talking about his hopes for the Drumossie, he claimed: “I want us to be the most effective cafe in Inverness!
“There’s no rationale why we can not be as we have a terrific staff.
“There’s no stage performing it if you do not want to be the greatest!”
