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24.09.2019
And The Best Rural Business Winner is...
A fabulous result for us at The Scottish Woman’s Enterprise Awards in Glasgow when the café picked up the award for The Best Rural Based Business. We were treated to a glittering awards evening packed full of representatives and owners from a diverse and broad cross section of industries, all owned and run by woman and an inspiring keynote speech from Wendy Hallett.
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03.09.2019
Calling all Coeliacs…A date for your diary!
Announcing our inaugural Gluten Free Fortnight 13 –27 October 2019
The Real Food Café launches Gluten Free Fortnight and builds on the back of its 5th successive A grade as a Coeliac UK Accredited Caterer...
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The Real Food Café launches Gluten Free Fortnight and builds on the back of its 5th successive A grade as a Coeliac UK Accredited Caterer...
09.07.2019
The most Scottish shortbread in Scotland?
We are delighted to launch our new recipe Shortbread made with flour from Scotland The Bread who are reintroducing traditional wheat varieties in Fife and also milling them in Scotland. The variety we are currently using is Rouge d’Ecosse which hasn’t been grown in Scotland since the 19th century. We are sourcing this flour through GreenCity Wholefoods, a workers coop based in Glasgow. We are also using all Scottish butter from Graham’s Dairy in Bridge of Allen.
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09.07.2019
Our Learning and Development journey continues with more Modern Apprenticeship’s, SVQ Level 3
We are delighted to have enrolled two more of our ambitious team members into the SVQ Level 3 (SCQF Level 7) in Hospitality Leadership and Supervision Modern Apprenticeship program. This is a tried and tested route we use at the café with great effect to develop our junior and would be managers. We have found the Modern Apprenticeship program has helped our team members dramatically improve skills, knowledge and possibly most importantly, their confidence levels.
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17.06.2019
Hip Hip Hooray, it was an amazing National Fish & Chip Day...2019!
This year the 7th June was National Fish & Chip Day, a celebration of the nations favourite dish and all things fish & chips.
We had lots going on at the café, much to delight of our customers, because we love to get involved as proud members of the Fish & Chip industry and the National Federation of Fish Fryers.
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We had lots going on at the café, much to delight of our customers, because we love to get involved as proud members of the Fish & Chip industry and the National Federation of Fish Fryers.
29.05.2019
Proud to be known as the...‘’Toilet twinning Capital of Scottish W Highlands!”
Since our last update in early April we have raised a further £720 which has paid for another 12 toilets in Malawi bringing our total up from 51 to 63 loos in our quest to get to 100 by the end of the year.
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21.05.2019
Ding, Ding, its the Fling!
What an amazing weekend takes place at the end of April every year when the Fling comes to town! Tyndrum is lucky enough to be the host destination as its the location of the finish line with its famous red carpet runway!
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18.04.2019
Front Cover Superstars!
At the café we are fortunate enough to have an excellent trade association, The National Federation of Fish Fryers backing us up and supporting us, which can be invaluable to a small independent business.
They publish a monthly magazine for members amongst lots of other activity which includes running training courses, work on sustainability, waste reduction and carrying out quality audits.
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They publish a monthly magazine for members amongst lots of other activity which includes running training courses, work on sustainability, waste reduction and carrying out quality audits.
26.03.2019
We’re making award-winning fish and chips accessible to everyone
Over the past few years we’ve been really focused on making alterations to our premises and services to ensure we’re providing the most inclusive and welcoming stop-off point for everyone. This year we’ve reach a new milestone with our first ever listing in Euan’s Guide, the travel guide for people with access requirements and we also submitted a blog post to the website, outlining our ambition to make award-winning fish and chips accessible to everyone.
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25.01.2019
The Real Food Café launches menu of Scotland’s most infamous dishes
We have launched a very special new Taste of Scotland menu celebrating Scotland’s most infamous food and drink items!
Officially launching on 25th January to celebrate Burns Night, the menu features haddock and chips with homemade tartare sauce and mushy peas, alongside bite-sized Macsween’s Haggis and Charles Macleod of Stornoway black pudding.
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Officially launching on 25th January to celebrate Burns Night, the menu features haddock and chips with homemade tartare sauce and mushy peas, alongside bite-sized Macsween’s Haggis and Charles Macleod of Stornoway black pudding.
14.01.2019
New year, new uniform and menu
The Real Food Café is kicking off 2019 with a brand new uniform and menu design. Our colourful new orange menus and staff polo shirts will brighten up even the gloomiest January day while our stag aprons give a nod to the incredible Scottish wildlife on our doorstep. We are also delighted to feature our craft Scottish beer supplier Innis & Gunn on the new uniforms, alongside National Federation of Fish Friers, Marine Stewardship Council, Coeliac UK, and VisitScotland Taste Our Best.
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13.12.2018
Real Food Café wins silver in The Great Outdoors Awards
The results are in and Real Food Café has been voted one of the best cafés in Britain for walkers in The Great Outdoors Awards 2018! We are over the moon to be acknowledged in this prestigious list with a Silver award in the Café or Restaurant category. A huge thank you to readers of The Great Outdoors magazine and the public who voted for us.
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