Edinburgh College is just the treat!

Edinburgh College opened their doors at the Granton Campus to the public and asked them to support the college’s charity St Columba’s Hospice by attending its free student-led food and drink festival, treat, the newest major event in the Scottish culinary calendar.

Taking place at its Granton Campus, the Edinburgh College treat festival attracted acclaimed Scottish culinary experts, with celebrity chef Neil Forbes headlining. Neil Forbes was named Scottish Chef of the Year 2011 and is the Head Chef and Director at the acclaimed Cafe St Honoré restaurant in Edinburgh.

A wide range of local food and drink businesses handed out samples and were also selling their products – including Whitmuir Farm, the Engine Shed, the Leith Tea Company and The Liberty Baker – and the college’s own Hospitality students will be in the limelight with cooking demonstrations live on stage.

The festival celebrated the drinks industry in Scotland with the festival’s drinks zone offering samples of local beers from the Great Grog brewery, specialty wines from Inverarity Wines and cider specialists Thistly Cross Cider, which is based on South Belton Farm near Dunbar.

All of the proceeds from treat will go towards raising money for the college’s charity of the year, St Columba’s Hospice.