Tom Purnell being presented with his prize

The happy winner at the City Chambers reception on Thursday 28th October.

We’ll be at the Foodies Festival on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of December.  We’ll have a range of our hampers available to buy on the day or to order and lots of our lovely jam, chutney and home-made goodies.  We hope to see you there!

Yes it been a year since we opened the Edinburgh Larder – we can hardly beleive it ourselves!  It’s been a fantastic year – we’re learned so much and we’ve built up a great customer base which we hope will grow and grow.  To help us celebrate, we hope you can join us between 6.30pm and 9.30pm on Thursday the 18th of November.  There will be a free glass of mulled wine and a home-made minced pie for all who come along.  We’ll also have a range of gifts to browse if you feel in the mood for a bit of Christmas shopping!

We’re really proud to have been featured in an article about why we think it’s important to support local producers.  The article – in the most recent issue of Scottish Licensed Trade News – sums up in a nutshel the reasons behind opening the Edinburgh Larder.  The amazing producers in Scotland are absolutely at the core of what we do and we couldn’t be happier to support them and tailor our menu towards the incredible products they work so hard to create.  We’re so happy that more and more people are finding out about the wonderful food we have on offer in Scotland.  Please feel free to read the article - Scottish Licensed Trade News Feature – October 2010 Issue – and let us know your thoughts via our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=133076277206 or email us at info@edinburghlarder.co.uk.

We’ve decided after careful consideration that we’re going to stop opening the deli on Friday and Saturday evenings.  We found that the bookings weren’t very consistent and we were spending money on paying staff to be there when it was often quiet.  So, for the moment there will be no more weekend evening openings – we might look to continue them next year if there’s enough demand.  In the mean time, we’re looking at hosting a monthly supper club which will be run on a ticketed basis and will feature a different theme each month of foods from around the world made using lovely Scottish ingredients.  Watch this space for further details!