Chariots of friers get St Andrews Food and Drink Festival up and running
ByMichael Alexander
Pans people: executive chefs Martin Hollis, Old Course Hotel, Alan Matthew, Fairmont St Andrews, and Ian MacDonald, St Andrews Links, get up to speed on the beach.
The famous “Chariots of Fire” West Sands in St Andrews saw another epic run as three of Scotland’s top chefs limbered up in style for the St Andrews Food and Drink Festival, which starts today and runs until December 1.
The festival will be launched at the specially extended Fife Farmers’ Market in St Andrews complete with pop-up restaurant and five-star cookery demonstration and will come to a head on the weekend featuring St Andrew’s Day.
The food festival events on St Andrew’s Day including the unveiling of a spectacular ice sculpture will be followed by the switch-on of the town’s festive lights, a parade led by a pipe band, and a mass participation ceilidh.
During the month there will be tastings in the VisitScotland Information Centre, cookery demonstrations in the town hall, special menus, food-related exhibitions, a festival dinner at Fairmont St Andrews, and sampling wines, spirits and Fife-brewed beers with local businesses.
