Food and Drink at Old Course Hotel

Hi and welcome back to this month’s blog, I am glad to share with you a bit about my butcher, John Henderson.  I buy a large portion of my supply from Henderson’s as I believe that they are one of the best around! John Henderson Butchers were established in Kirkcaldy in 1934, by David Henderson. [...]

Hello and welcome back to this month’s blog, I would love to introduce you to one of my local suppliers that I rely on a lot to help with the quality of the produce from the local area from my foraged herbs and flowers to the wild game that I like to use when they are in season. [...]

Hello and welcome to the blog for early March! We have started to see the morning and nights becoming brighter and after a very mild winter the birds and starting to sing and the feeling of spring is just around the corner! At the end of last week I took the team on a visit [...]

Hi there and welcome back to the Food & Wine blog.  While many of the ingredients we use change with the seasons one that we will always have on our menu is beef. The versatility of beef makes it a tremendous ingredient to work with.  We offer a range of different dishes around the Hotel [...]

Hi and welcome back to the Food & Wine blog.  I am really looking forward to the Dundee Food & Flower Festival this weekend. I would usually go along as a visitor, I love watching the cookery demonstrations and visiting all the food produce stalls for samples and a chance to chat with the producers. [...]

Hi, welcome back to the Food & Wine blog. Last week was a very busy and exciting week for us! On Friday Simon and I were at the Foodies Festival in Edinburgh, despite the mud and rain we made it on to the stage for our cooking demonstration. We had a great time meeting the [...]

Chocolate Heaven! Hi folks, it’s good to speak to you all again. I am delighted to announce our wonderful new chocolate selection at the Road Hole Restaurant supplied by Iain Burnett- The Highland Chocolatier. I will warn you now…this post may leave you running for the nearest chocolate bar! Based in the small village of [...]

Hi everyone! Ross here. It’s great getting a chance to speak to you all. Simon has handed over the blog reins to me so that I can tell you all about our foraging trip last week. One of our suppliers, Fresh Direct, invited a team of us from the Road Hole Restaurant to join them [...]

Welcome back to the blog… So much has happened since we last spoke! I am very proud of Ross Marshall, our Head Chef at the Road Hole Restaurant who was this month awarded Young Chef of the Year at the Scotland Food & Drink Awards; it was very well deserved!  At the same award ceremony [...]

Hi folks and welcome back! The strawberry season is now upon us, we were excited to welcome in the first batch of Scottish berries last week. Our Strawberries come from Allanhill Farm just on the outskirts of St Andrews; you really can’t get much more local than that! Allanhill Farm is a small, family run [...]