George Urquhart

GEORGE URQUHART (Blair Castle) - Saturday, noon

With an infectious passion and energy for food, local boy George Urquhart is sure to serve up a delight at Perthshire On A Plate.

The Gleneagles trained chef will take to the stage to bring you a piece of history on a plate.

His chosen roe deer dish is recreated from a recipe dated 1738 and discovered within the archived recipes in Blair Castle.

The dish that delighted the aristocracy will also feature as the first recipe in George’s new blog for Blair Castle.

With over 30 years experience in catering, George has worked at all levels of the industry throughout the UK and Europe and now heads up local business 3G Catering Services UK.

Locally, he has won gold at the Scone Palace Food Festival and, more recently, had great success at the‘Marine Salon’ event at Hampden where he joined over 100 chefs, presented 10 dishes and earned four medals and four merit awards.

Proud of the produce that Scotland provides, George uses every opportunity to incorporate it and promote it within his wide range of dishes.

George is always centre stage as a contract caterer with Sodexo, both at Blair Castle and many other VIP events. These include catering for royal occasions and bringing his dishes to a fine dining experience on board the historic ship Discovery in Dundee.

“The food has to taste good, but people also eat with their eyes,”he says.“Presentation has to be to the highest standard.”