A GRADUATE OF TELFORD COLLEGE, EDINBURGH. COLIN HAS ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION AS ONE OF THE PREMIER CHEFS IN SCOTLAND. EXPERIENCE GAINED IN LEADING HOTELS RENOWNED FOR THEIR HIGHEST STANDARDS OF CUISINE HAS FUELLED HIS IRREPRESSIBLE PASSION FOR HIS CRAFT.

COLIN BEGAN HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER AT EDINBURGH’S PRESTIGIOUS CALEDONIAN HOTEL, WHERE HE SERVED A FULL APPRENTICESHIP. HE THEN SPENT 8 YEARS AT THE FAMOUS GLENEAGLES HOTEL, WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE RANKS AND BUILDING HIS PERSONAL REPUTATION, CREATING DISHES FOR DIGNITARIES AND A HOST OF STARS.

HAVING ACHIEVED HIS GOALS AT GLENEAGLES, COLIN TOOK ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PRESTIGIOUS CONTRACT FOR COMPASS AT STIRLING CASTLE, BRINGING A UNIQUE STYLE TO THIS GRAND HISTORICAL SETTING. COLIN HAS CREATED SUMPTUOUS MENUS FOR WEDDINGS, CORPORATE DINNERS, THEMED EVENTS AND CONFERENCES.

COLIN’S SUCCESS AT STIRLING CASTLE AWARDED HIM A GOLD MEDAL FOR HOTEL OLYMPIA AND THE PASSION FOR FOOD AWARD. WHEN NAIRNS ANYWHERE WAS ESTABLISHED COLIN WAS THE IDEAL CANDIDATE TO INJECT HIS FLARE AND PASSION FOR FOOD INTO THIS NEW APPROACH TO SPECIALIZED EVENT CATERING. WORKING CLOSELY WITH NICK NAIRN COLIN HAS FUSED HIS TALENTS WITH THE HIGHLY ESTEEMED CELEBRITY CHEF, BRINGING A UNIQUE CONCEPT TO OUR EVENTS. COLIN HAS TRAVELLED TO NEW YORK, LONDON, EDINBURGH AND EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN TO SHARE HIS TALENTS AND PASSION.

COLIN’S COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO PERFECTION REFLECTS THE SUCCESS AND DEVELOPMENT OF NAIRNS ANYWHERE.