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The Taste North Challenge is back for 2025!
Enter the Taste North Challenge and create an innovative new baking product which could be enjoyed by visitors attending Taste North 2025! The recipe MUST contain at least one “hero” Caithness & Sutherland ingredient.
Category information:
- Up to age 15 Category - open to those up to and including the age of 15.
- 16 - 24 Category open to all applicants between 16 and 24 years old.
- Open Category open to all ages.
- Commercial Operator (for anyone who sells food or baking).
- UHI Student - open to all UHI students.
The Taste North Challenge is sponsored by Developing the Young Workforce North Highland and Mackays Hotel, Wick.
To enter, complete and submit your entry form. We look forward to tasting all of the delicious entries!
Where is Taste North?
Taste North is held in the East Caithness Community Facility, Wick High School, 7 Newton Road, Wick, KW1 5LT
Public transport to Taste North
The nearest train station is Wick Train Station 0.5 miles away, approximately 11 minutes walk.
The nearest bus stops are on Newton road 0.4 miles away, approximately 9 minutes walk.
For walkers and cyclists there is the HITRANS Quiet Route between Thurso and Wick.
Taste North 2025 Funders and Challenge Sponsors
We are grateful to the following funds for their support of Taste North: Halkirk & District Benefit Fund (HDBF), The ABH Funds (Halkirk & District), Stroupster Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund, and Tannach and District Wind Farm Trust Fund - all administered by Foundation Scotland, the Strategic Events Grant Fund and NRS Dounreay.
Our thanks also to sponsors Developing the Young Workforce North Highland, Dunrobin Castle, Highland Broadband, and Mackays Hotel Wick.
