Life behind the scenes at The Torridon in the Scottish Highlands

Ale and Hearty: The Torridon Real Ale Festival October 2011

If you think good beer is something to be celebrated then get along to the Torridon Inn Real Ale Festival, 7th to 9th October. This is the second time the Real Ale Festival has been held at The Torridon Inn and following last year’s success, you can expect more ales, more entertainment and more fun [...]

Living Food at Cawdor Castle: Bruno Shows Us How to Cook a Great British Menu

This year’s Living Food at Cawdor Castle event has everything you could hope for in a great day out. And by everything we mean both Bruno Birkbeck, chef at The Torridon, and a fibreglass Highland cow called Rosie. It may be hard to know who is the greater draw but true food lovers will be [...]

Slinging the Gin at the Torridon: A Perfect Tonic

As many of you will be well aware, we and by we I mean Colleen, are very proud of our splendid whisky collection in the bar at the Torridon hotel. It recently won a gold award from whisky magazine which makes it one of the best whisky bars in the world. Well, I got to [...]

Recipes from Our Great British Menu: Bruno’s Braised Beef

This is the first of an occasional series where we feature recipes from The Torridon’s Chef Bruno Birkbeck whose skills were featured on BBC2′s Great British Menu. Braised Daube of Beef, Roast Lobster Tail Serves 4 2x daube beef trimmed 1 carrot chopped 1 onion chopped 1 leek cut into 4 2 cloves garlic ½ [...]

On the Table: Recipes from the Great British Menu

Lucky guests at the Torridon are benefiting from Chef Bruno Birkbeck’s appearance on the Great British Menu, the popular BBC chef competition. Having perfected his dishes in the run-up to the Great British Menu, Bruno is now serving them to diners in the Torridon Restaurant. Last night, for example, they were treated to Bruno’s innovative [...]