The Strathspey and Badenoch Herald

Celtic Fayre makes tasty entrance to Feast events

Aviemore was at the centre of a mouthwatering double bill of delicious Celtic cuisine combined with traditional music and glitzy entertainment at the weekend as Highland Feast arrived.

Macdonald Aviemore Highland Resorts Osprey Arena was the stage on Sunday for a brand new event in the Highland Feast programme as the village hosted the first ever Celtic Fayre, an international food showcase bringing together some of the finest cuisine from Wales, Northern Ireland and the Highlands.

The event featured six food and drink producers from Wales and six from Ireland together with a doxen of the Highlands top producers.

The event which tied in with the inaugural AViemore half marathon also served up slices of Celtic culture to accompany the food with traditional music played throughout the day by folk rock bands Blasta from Northern Ireland and Myneduad am Ddim form Wales.

Mr Tony Davies, managing director of Strangford Lough Brewing Company based in County Down in Northern Ireland, said that he had really enjoyed the day.  "Celtic Fayre is a great idea which highlights just how much there is to celebrate between the Celtic nations from the variety of products on show to the atmosphere and good craic".

"You never know where your next customer will come from, so it was great that the stall holders and visitors all got an tremendously well and we made plenty of excellent connections which is very important to businesses like ours.  We'd definitely come back again"