Welcome to the news section of the website where we list the culinary goings on in Scotland and beyond.

Scottish Culinary Championships 2025

The Scottish Culinary Championships at ScotHot 2025 were an outstanding success! We had a huge number of entrants competing across a wide variety of classes in the Live Theatre, the Skills Arena and in the Culinary Arts Display.

The Scottish Culinary Championships offer a dynamic range of competitions designed to inspire and challenge chefs at every stage of their career.

ScotHot 2025

EventsScotland’s leading showcase for food, drink, hospitality & tourism will return to the SEC this February.Click here to find out more:

ScotHot 2025

Infusion Edition 6 Out Now!

Enjoy the latest edition of Infusion - now recognised as an award-winning magazine having won the Worldchefs 2024 Communication Award. In this edition we’ve got reviews of recent events including our very special 30th Anniversary Lunch.

Infusion edition 6

Scottish Chefs 30th Anniversary

30 years ago, a group of Scottish chefs met in a Glasgow hotel to discuss the formation of Scotland’s first National Chefs Association – the outcome was the founding of The Federation of Chefs Scotland in August 1994.

Infusion Edition 5 Out Now!

This edition is packed with articles - find out how Team Scotland did at the IKA Culinary Olympics, learn about a once-retired chef who’s now running a successful community cafe in Alloa and all about artisan salt from Ayr.

Infusion Edition 5

Scottish Chefs AGM 2024

Our Annual General Meeting was held at Tynecastle Park on Monday 25th March. The agenda included the Annual & Financial Reports for 2023.

AGM 2024

IKA Culinary Olympics 2024

The Scottish Culinary Team were delighted with their efforts at the 2024 IKA Culinary Olympics where they came away with 2 silver medals for Restaurant of Nations and Chef’s Table.