Taste of Inverness Returns for 2025!
Following the success of the inaugural Taste of Inverness event in November 2023, we’re thrilled to announce its return for 2025 as part of the Food and Drink Festival!
This is your chance to:
Meet local producers and discover the stories behind their incredible products and produce.
Sample delicious treats and explore a variety of items available for purchase.
See local businesses in action, showcasing festival-exclusive offerings available in their restaurants.
Whether you’re a food lover or a local business, this event is the perfect opportunity to explore and expand your knowledge of the culinary gems right here in the capital of the Highlands!
When and what to expect!
Saturday 1st March 2025
Kingsmills Hotel
10am - 2pm
What’s Included?
For just £5, you’ll receive:
A festival canvas bag for all your goodies.
Access to over 20 unique stalls featuring local food and drink.
Complimentary tea and coffee to enjoy as you explore.
Entry to two engaging pop-up talks and two live demonstrations by local industry experts.
Meet the exhibitors
In no particular order, we are delighted to welcome along a fantastic line up of businesses, restaurants, producers, makers and suppliers of some of the finest local produce and food and drink experiences.
Drinks - Whisky, Beer, Alcoholic and Non Alcoholic
Tomatin Distillery
Uile-Bhiest Distillery
Singleton Glen Ord Distillery
Dog Falls Brewery
Black Isle Brewery
Loch Ness Water
Coffee
Inverness Coffee Roastery
Highland Roastery
Local Produce
Restaurants and Local Food Producers, Businesses and Experiences
Speakers and Demos
We’re thrilled to welcome back MasterChef finalist Sarah Rankin, who will host the live demonstrations featuring the best of local food. Sarah will introduce our storytellers, who will share their inspiring journeys of starting and growing a local business in the Highlands.
- 10:30am Talk - Loch Ness Ice Cream
- 11:15am Talk - Xoko Bakehouse
- 12:15pm Cooking Demo - Angry Seagull
- 13:15pm Cooking Demo - Ness Walk Hotel Chefs
Don’t miss this incredible celebration of Highland food and drink. Book your ticket today and join us for a day of discovery, inspiration, and fantastic flavours!
Looking back to last years event!
The stall holders came with an incredible amount of delicious tasters and information about their food and drink businesses.
Suppliers and producers from across Inverness and Loch Ness were able to network with other local businesses, talk collaborative ideas and showcase their wonderful quality products and services to the members of the public.
These businesses included Dog Falls Brewery, Black Isle Brewery, MXYD drinks, Woodwinters, Ness Water Ltd, Bon Accord, Highland Coffee Academy, Inverness Coffee Roasting, Grain and Grind, Bad Girl Bakery, XOKO, Tomatin Distillery, Glen Ord Distillery, Swansons, Bogrow Farm, Loch Ness Ice Cream, Hampers and Champers, Hou Hou Mei, Highland Food and drink Trail , Downright Gabbler, Business Gateway and The Federation of Small Businesses.
The line up of inspirational speakers were extremely popular! They included : Masterchef finalist, Sarah Rankin, who spoke whilst demonstrating a delicious dish made with local produce provided by local suppliers Swansons.
Ghillie Basan gave an inspirational talk about her journey and experiences and she also launched her brand new book 'Seafood Journey' at the event.
Local food and drink creators, Kelly and Adam known as ‘haimandawa’ spoke about growing their online presence and local foodie community and how best to work with online creators as a foodie business.
Tracy Cameron from Scotland Food and Drink had some really important messages about why food tourism is so important to the Highlands.
Alongside Sarah Rankin, we were joined by local baking legend Jeni Iannetta, Bad Girl Bakery who chatted with Visit Inverness Loch Ness's Destination Development manager Emma whilst she decorated and incredible cake.
Grant from The Angry Seagull and Jamie from The Red Shank whipped up a delicious fishy storm whilst chatting to Douglas Hardie from the Highland Food and Drink Trail.
Euan the Executive chef from the The Drumossie hotel served up a mouth watering mackerel dish for the audience whilst he chatted cheffing and food with Adam from Haimandawa.
Huge thanks goes to our sponsors and partners Kingsmills Hotel and Highland Council Common Good Fund.
2025 Sponsors
