A Perthshire restaurant will be featured across the nation on prime time TV on Wednesday night.
Scotland’s only two Michelin-starred eaterie, Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles, was used to film an episode of MasterChef: The Professionals.
Throughout the series, double Michelin-starred chef Michel Roux Jr and MasterChef dining expert Gregg Wallace have been hunting for Britain’s next culinary superstar.
As part of the process, two contestants were sent to Andrew Fairlie’s exclusive restaurant at the five-Star Gleneagles Hotel to cook alongside the critically-acclaimed chef.
The contestants were put through their paces in the kitchen during a busy restaurant service, cooking for paying customers.
Andrew said: ”As a fan and supporter of MasterChef it was great to be involved and hold the semi-final heat in my restaurant. I was hugely impressed by the calibre of the two contestants, who both clearly enjoyed cooking with the exceptional produce that we have unrivalled access to here in the middle of Scotland.”
The broadcast comes just weeks after the Perthshire-born chef joined the ranks of Relais and Chateux Grands Chefs, one of only seven in the UK.
The Andrew Fairlie episode of MasterChef: The Professionals will be broadcast at 8pm on BBC Two.
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