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Orry Shand is Scotland's Team Captain for the 2022 Culinary World Cup in Luxembourg. Orry has represented his country internationally on many occasions and is also Executive Chef at Entier Food Services, one of Scoltand's premier food service companies. With Entier he has worked on the Fresh Olives programme bringing potential young chefs in to the industry, He talks to Jak all about what it takes to represent your country and also his role with Entier.

Stadium Catering is not only on matchdays but a 7 day operation. Graeme Pacitti of Heart of Midlothian explains the lead up to matchday. The Stadium Experience Awards were founded to recognize the excellence in this sector. Debbie Rigney and Rod Bowker discuss with Jak the categories and the criteria to win these highly sought after awards.

Jonnie Ferguson has just been named The Roux Scholarship Winner for 2022, Jonnie is one of Scotland's most outstanding young chefs , he discusses with Jak the journey from his first chefs uniform at 9 years to working with Andrew Failie and Glenturret Distillery one of the new Michelin Star Restaurants in Scotland .

Barry Bryson, Mark Heirs and Kevin MacGillivray are 3 Award Winning Scottish Chefs who after highly successful careers went out on their own as private chefs who are in high demand for events and at home dining. Jak presents 3 different case studies on what has made them successful.

Chef Jimmy Lee, who was voted Chef Personality of The Year in 2018, trained in his father's takeaway business. He opened his own restaurant Lychee Oriental bringing Hong Kong Cuisine to Glasgow and in 2021 he opened Hong Kong street food restaurant Salt & Chilli in both Glasgow & Edinburgh. He has made many appearances on television including BBC Great British Menu.

Guys was one of the most iconic restaurants in Glasgow, Guy Cowan recalls his experience of over 40 years cooking and for some of the worlds most famous people and provides an honest opinion of the industry today.

Julie Lin's love of cooking with her mother led her from a career in retail to owning her own restaurant in the South side of Glasgow Julie's Kopitiam specializing in Malaysian and Asian Cuisine, she has also been a contestant on BBC Masterchef and had her own cookery program on television , she speaks with Jak about her passion for food and the decision to open her own restaurant

Rehan Uddin is the Chef Patron of Bombay Express in the English Rivera resort of Torquay , he is also Managing Director of The Asian Restaurant Owners Network . from it's traditional beginnings he has spent the last 11 years refining his menu and using the most up to date technology to introduce innovative dishes while reducing his overheads. Rehan explains to Jak O.Donnell how the use of technology and new cooking systems can increase your profitability while not at the expense of quality.

Gary McLean is one of Scotland's most well known chefs, past winner of the BBC Masterchef The Professionals Gary was also named Scotland's National Chef , he has a wealth of experience and knowledge which he now emparts to his students at City of Glasgow College . Jak speaks with him about his life and passion as chef

Helen Vass has been called a Pastry Magician , in discussion with Jak she explain all about her passion for pastry and speaks of some of great Pastry Chefs who have main influenced her over her career

The Andrew Fairlie Scholarship was established in 2019 in tribute to the life of Andrew Fairlie Scotland's only 2 Michelin Star Chef. Andrew was the first recipient of the Roux Scholarship . The Andrew Fairlie Scholarship offers to a young male and female chef a once in a lifetime opportunity for an international stage and a placement at the Culinary Institute of America

Gary Townsend is Head Chef at one of Glasgow's iconic Boutique Hotels , One Devonshire Gardens recently a finalist in the National Chef of The Year Jak O Donnell speaks with Gary about his career and the challenges of managing the kitchen and maintaining the reputation of the restaurant of one of the city's favorite dining venues