Welcome to Colonsay’s
Annual Food & Drink Festival
With gin and whisky tastings, foraging walks and lunch, cooking classes and demos, chocolate making and baking sessions, Colonsay's annual Food and Drink Festival programme has something for adults and children – including guided walks and other activities to help visitors discover Colonsay's wildlife and natural beauty.As we build our programme through the year, please keep checking What’s on for a taste of what the festival will bring!
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What’s on
The 2025 programme of events includes many of the same experts we have each year – plus some new ones!
Please click on any event listing for more information.
Bookings
Bookings are recommended although not essential. To book any of the events please email us.Please make sure you check the website regularly as events details may change. Remember to bring cash to pay for all events.
Meet our experts
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Alison Henderson
Comes from a cooking and teaching background, having trained and worked at Ballymaloe Cookery School in Ireland and most recently, managing Colstoun Cookery School here in Scotland.Now freelance, she works as an Events chef on weddings and bespoke dinner parties and as a forager, delivering foraging and cookery workshops and Wild Pop Up dinners with The Woodland Collective.SPECIALIST SUBJECTS
Game, kitchen suppers, bread baking, Indian cooking & foraging.
Richard Irvine
One-time slater, chef on a private yacht and (mainly) brand consultant, Richard has had a passion for food all his life. Having quit his lifetime 30-a-day habit during lockdown, he has now turned to smoking of a different kind.SPECIALIST SUBJECTS
Fish smoker extraordinaire.
Christopher Trotter
Christopher is a renowned chef with over 30 years experience, including Michelin-starred restaurants. He is a food writer, campaigner, broadcaster and holds the title (among others) of Fife Food Ambassador.SPECIALIST SUBJECTS
Cookery classes, team-building, after-dinner speaking…
Amy Rankine
With an MSc in Gastronomy and a lifelong passion for nature, Amy is an expert Member of the Foraging Society and delivers foraging courses and events all across Scotland and beyond. She also consults extensively on the creation of craft beers and spirits with wild edible elements...SPECIALIST SUBJECTS
Foraging, craft beer and gin production.
Charlotte Flower
Charlotte is a forester by training, working overseas in anti-poverty work for many years. Returning to Scotland, she established Charlotte Flower Chocolates, making unique hand-made chocolates imbued with the flavour of locally foraged flowers, herbs and more.SPECIALIST SUBJECTS
Chocolate making.
