For the love of good food
Laura is one of 25 ambassadors flying the flag for Scotland
DR LAURA WYNESS is one of the 25 recently appointed Regional Food
Tourism Ambassadors who will champion food and drink tourism for Scotland.
Laura will concentrate on Edinburgh and has just launched a new podcast called Food Connections. As a Registered Nutritionist she already runs her nutrition research and communications business in the capital.
Her work includes conducting nutrition research, providing nutrition content for companies, workplace wellness support and online nutrition consultations for individual clients.
Laura previously worked as a Senior Researcher at the Scottish Centre for Food Development and Innovation. There she led on a variety of food innovation projects for Scottish food companies including research on sea buckthorn, beremeal, venison and cold-pressed rapeseed oil.
She was part of the judging panel for the Scottish Retail Food and Drink Awards in 2022 and is a member of the Guild of Food Writers.
Having grown up on a farm in Aberdeenshire, Laura is keen to highlight the work involved in producing Scottish food and, of course, its nutrition and health benefits.
The Regional Food Tourism Ambassadors is a new programme which will places food tourism at the heart of the recovery of Scotland's tourism and food and drink sectors. The initiative has been launched by Scotland Food & Drink and the Scottish Tourism Alliance with the appointment of 24 Regional Food
Tourism Ambassadors, each of whom will raise Scotland's profile as a global food tourism destination.
The ambassadors themselves will provide a boost to their individual regions and bring producers, suppliers and hospitality businesses much closer together to grow local economies.