Black Isle FEAST update

A great afternoon out at the Black Isle Brewery with lots of enthusiasm and excitement surrounding the potential of organising a ‘Black Isle Feast’ – a challenge to test whether the area could become self-sufficient in food and drink.

Jon Palmer from the Cromarty Cheese House got the ideas flowing with his presentation and there were lots of great suggestions from participants. The project is supported by HIE’s Food & Drink TechHUB, and Claire Munro presented details of this scheme. 

Here are some of the key points:

> The ‘Feast’ event could be integrated with the planned Black Isle Food and Drink Festival, to be held in September.

> Involving schools in a menu competition could be a nice way of engaging with a younger audience.

> There is an opportunity to connect the ‘Feast’ with the creation of a Black Isle Food and Drink Trail.