Watch our 2024 Highlights Video!
Tony Singh Cookery Demo Recipes
Recreate these delicious dishes showcased by Tony Singh in our Cookery Theatre 2024 and enjoy your very own taste of Taste North at home!
Lamb Vhura with Dal & Spiced Onions
Haddock with Lime and Ginger Butter, Bombay Aloo and Tamarind Peas
Mr C's Cocktail Recipes
Don't forget to add a tasty tipple with one of Mr C's very own cocktail recipes featuring local spirits from the far north.
Congratulations to our Taste North Challenge Winners 2024!
- 15 and Under: Robyn’s BLP Cake, (a blackcurrant, lime and Pistachio cake) made from homegrown blackcurrants and local eggs
- Open Category: Rachel’s Mini Marmalade Battenburgs made with 3 Fruit Marmalade from Donna’s Crafts Latheronwheel
- Commercial Operator: Emma from Bonbon Bakery’s Spiced Rum Carrot Cake, made with Ice & Fire Distillery , Scotland Caithness Raiders Dark Spiced Rum
We are grateful to the ongoing support of Developing the Young Workforce North Highland and Mackays Hotel for their sponsorship of the Taste North Challenge.
Re-visit our 2024 exhibitors with our Taste North Map
Got the Taste North shopping blues? Don’t worry! You can still find all our fantastic Taste North exhibitors in one place from the comfort of your own home, using our Taste North Map! Linking you directly with exhibitor’s websites and social media.
Just click on the image or link above to be taken to our Google Map.
Map note: In the case of home businesses the location marker is not in the exact location.
Tony Singh Guest Chef 2024
Tony Singh MBE, one of the UK's best-loved celebrity chefs, was our special guest chef at Taste North 2024, giving two live cookery demos throughout the day and judging our Taste North Challenge competition.
A second-generation Scottish Sikh, Tony was born and raised in Leith, Edinburgh, and learned at his mother’s knee the cookery skills which would see him create the unique fusion of Scottish and Asian flavours for which he is so well known.
Known for his quick-fire wit and cheeky personality, Tony is a firm favourite on British television, starring in BBC2 programmes, A Cook Abroad: Tony Singh’s India, and The Incredible Spice Men, with Cyrus Todiwala.
Alongside this, Tony makes regular appearances on cookery shows including The Great British Menu, Saturday Kitchen and Ready Steady Cook, as well as guest spots on Pointless, Celebrity Eggheads, Celebrity Mastermind and many others.
Highlands and Islands Thistle Awards Finalist 2024
Taste North is a finalist in the Outstanding Cultural Event or Festival category for the Highland and Islands Thistle Awards 2024. A record 1700 people attended Taste North in November 2023 with over 40 food, drink and craft exhibitors alongside professional chef and cocktail demonstrations, family-friendly activities and the Taste North Challenge.
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 2024 Funders and Challenge Sponsors
We are grateful to the following funds for their support of Taste North: RWE Camster Wind Farm Community Fund, Stroupster Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund, and RWE Bad a Cheo Wind Farm Community Fund (Latheron, Lybster and Clyth), all administered by Foundation Scotland. Our thanks also to sponsors Developing the Young Workforce North Highland, Dunrobin Castle, Mackays Hotel Wick
