A passion for natural larder

Nick Nairn is a well-known Scottish chef, food consultant, TV presenter and spokesperson on diet, healthy eating and Scottish produce.

His driving force comes from spreading the word about Scotland’s wonderful natural larder and using it well.

Nick’s business is based at his acclaimed Nick Nairn Cook School on the shores of the Lake of Menteith.

His second city-centre cook school is thriving in central Aberdeen on the cobbled Back Wynd off Union Street.

Nick Nairn Consulting, Nick’s specialist food consultancy, operates a food range and various food outlets, including The Kailyard by Nick Nairn restaurant at the Doubletree Hilton.

Over the years, Nick has published 10 cookery books with sales in excess of 500,000 copies.

He appears regularly at food events around the country, demonstrating recipes and encouraging everyone to cook at home.

He also teaches private cooking sessions at his cook schools.

Nick appears on various current television programmes including a regular slot on Landward, as well as appearances on The One Show, Saturday Kitchen and This Morning.

Most recently he has filmed three series of Paul & Nick’s Big Food Trip with fellow chef Paul Rankin, where the pair travel around the coasts of Scotland, Ireland and the east coast of the US, tasting food and cooking up a meal for local residents. The third series aired in 2015.

In 2012, Nick set up The Menteith Group, a small campaigning group dedicated to improving school meals and food education for all pupils in Scotland.

This evolved into the Scottish Food Family, which has the same aims with a broader public reach.