Taste of Nairn food and drink festival set to return in May
The countdown has started for foodies in Nairn as a popular event will make its 2025 comeback in May.
Food and drink festival Taste of Nairn will run over three days from May 9, incorporating two markets, demonstrations, tastings, and a number of individual events.
With the festival marking its fifth year, organisers at Nairn Connects BID have also announced a new partnership with the Golf View Hotel & Spa, now the main sponsor of the event.
Lucy Harding, Nairn BID manager, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to be working with Golf View Hotel & Spa and are very appreciative of their support.
“They are a very active member of Nairn BID, which stages this event, and the hotel team has been involved in Taste of Nairn in past years by doing wonderful cookery demonstrations and hosting their own fantastic events over the course of the weekend.
“We are very much looking forward to working with the team over the next few weeks in the run-up to the event.”
Carolyn Carrington from the Golf View Hotel & Spa added: “We are delighted to be involved with Taste of Nairn, celebrating the incredible local produce and rich culinary history of the town.
“The event is a fantastic opportunity to highlight the craftsmanship that makes Nairn’s food scene so great and a chance to sample delicious cuisine.”
Each year, Taste of Nairn hosts several events over the three days, among which the World Tattie Scone Championships (supported by Oakwood Cookery) and a Showstopper Cake Competition (sponsored by Nairn-based bakery, Makes by Megs).
For the second year, Taste of Nairn will host two markets, one held in the town’s Community and Arts Centre and the other in the town centre, run by Moray Markets.
“Each year we make tweaks to the event programme to make sure it is fresh and offers something new”, Ms Harding continued.
“We are currently working on the programme and are encouraging as many businesses as possible to get involved.
“Nairn has a fantastic food and drink offering; wonderful bistros and restaurants, takeaways, ice cream shops and of course the bespoke food and drink shops we have on our High Street. We are so proud of our food and drink outlets.
“Taste of Nairn is a brilliant platform to be able to shout about that.”
