Arran's Food Journey

09/09/2026

We’re looking forward to celebrating all these wonderful tastes and taste makers at the Arran Festival of Food and Drink 23rd-2nd November

07/09/2026

Food Festival Farm Lunch coming...
Saturday 24th October 11 am - 2 pm
Our first Arran Festival of Food and Drink event is ready to book....
Get a fun insight into farming life and sample a delicious farm lunch showcasing produce from Bellevue Farm, Isle of Arran at this fantastic field-to fork family day out.

🍽 Home-reared steak mince and tatties grown on the farm - £8
🍏 Homemade apple crumble with apples from Shiskine Valley Community Garden
served with Arran Ice Cream or custard made with Arran Dairies milk - £5
🍽 Two courses - £12

🚜Get up close to tractors and farm machinery
🥔Take part in the Tattie Toss
🥾Short farm walks at 11.30 am & 1 pm - meet the animals and the farmers
🎶 Live music
🌾Take the Farm-to-Fork challenge

Book Lunch Now - Visit Bellevue Farm website and select Farm Tours section.
See you there

07/09/2026

Wow … what a fantastic collaboration and fantastic showcase for Arran’s farming and distilling heritage during Scottish Food and Drink month 👏

First award win for our Arran Barley Edition 10 Year Old - in the bag! 🌾🏆

We’re delighted to announce that our Arran Barley Single Malt has been awarded ‘Highly Commended’ at the International Wine & Spirits Competition 2026.

Not even a year since its release to the world, this special bottling is distilled from malted barley grown right here on the Isle of Arran by the Currie family at Bellevue Farm - Holiday Cottages & Farm Tours.

A true reflection of collaboration, craftsmanship and our shared connection to the island.

And the celebrations don’t end there…

Keep your eyes peeled for more great news tomorrow!

📷 Frombarreltobottle

06/09/2026

Open to Arran food and drink businesses …

Finding the time to step back from the day-to-day and focus on business development can be challenging.

That’s where Grow Ayrshire comes in.

We’ve designed a programme of workshops specifically for businesses across the food, drink and hospitality sector, giving you the tools, connections and expert guidance to help you take your business to the next level.

From getting your products onto local shelves, exploring wholesale and retail opportunities, or understanding public procurement, Grow Ayrshire is designed to help you turn your ambitions into action.

Ready to invest in the future of your business? Grow Ayrshire could be for you.

For more details and to apply visit https://ayrshire.food/grow

Invest East Ayrshire North Ayrshire Council South Ayrshire Council Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce

05/09/2026

Great day out at Bellevue Farm and local produce too ..

🐷🏁 THE PIGS ARE BACK!

One of the most loved—and wonderfully chaotic—highlights of the Bellevue Farmers’ Market is making its return…

🐷 PIG RACING! 🐷

Expect excited spectators, unpredictable competitors, sudden changes of direction and plenty of laughter as our pigs race for glory!

📅 Sunday 27 September
⏰ 11am–2pm
📍 Bellevue Farm, Blackwaterfoot

Alongside the racing, enjoy:

🛍️ Local shopping and crafts
🍴 Delicious food
☕ Coffee and treats
🎟️ Raffle
🎶 Entertainment—and lots more!

Save the date and bring the whole family for a fun autumn day at Bellevue.

Who remembers the chaos of our previous pig races? 🐷😂

More details and race times coming soon!

28/08/2026

Save the Date!
23rd October - 2nd November 2026
Arran Autumn Festival of Food and Drink

This year marks the 5th Arran Festival of Food and Drink and we're looking forward to 10 days of foodie fun!

We'll be celebrating the Island's Autumn harvest,award winning produce and warm hospitality with a menu of delicious festival specials and tasty events.
Get ready to join us for an island taste adventure!

More details coming soon.
Keep following our socials and check out the link in bio
Blackwater Bakehouse
Bellevue Farm - Holiday Cottages & Farm Tours
Arran Ice Cream
Arran Cheese Shop
Taste of Arran
Lamlash Bay Hotel
The Shack and Grill
Kinloch Hotel
Salt & Thistle
The Drift Inn
The PHT
MARA fish bar & deli
The Corrie Hotel
Cladach Beach House
Lagg Distillery Visitor Centre
Lochranza Country Inn Ltd
Cafe Thyme
Rock Brewery
Arran Brewery
Seagate Brewery

13/08/2026

Faces behind the Food
Chris and Zoe -vension

Managing the wild deer on Arran with care and expertise creates a sustainable food source which is not only delicious but has a positive impact on the Island eco-system. We caught up with Zoe of Wild Isle Venison to find out more about their fresh venison products.

How did Wild Isle Venison come about?
Chris has worked in deer management on Arran for many years, I have always been interested in wild food and how it can help local food systems. Together we decided to start processing Arran venison for sale on Arran. Luckily Chris is also a venison butcher and I have experience in project management, so together we have lots of bases covered.

Where do you process the meat? We have a small larder in Brodick where we prepare hang and butcher the carcasses. By processing the stock on the Island we can ensure the meat is incredibly fresh and we can create the cuts that work for local people and hospitality businesses.

What makes the wild venison different? Our venison is milder and less gamey than venison sourced during the stag rutting season as it doesn’t contain as many hormones! People think that game is only for special occasions but it's for everyday too.

What is your range of products?
Our range includes stewing shanks, venison mince and our classic venison sausages. We want to encourage people to swap their usual meals for venison so we make these products affordable. We also make speciality sausages flavoured with wild garlic, juniper and Bellevue Blue Cheese, as well as selling stock bones and offal as our aim is to use the whole deer without any waste.

You can find our venison &Stores and A and C Camerons in Blackwaterfoot. We also make special roasting joints for the Sunday Roasts

What’s your favourite Arran product? Sourdough bread from - it’s delicious.

Where do you like to eat out on Arran? Gray’s Island Gourmet, his fish and chips are amazing. We also love . Their food is incredible!

What’s your favourite part of the Island? I love Kilmory, I think it’s very underrated and the church and beach there are beautiful.

04/08/2026

What a fantastic way to enjoy freshly grown produce from the Island ..

On Sunday 16th August we, together with Cordon Community Garden, will be running an Outdoor Cooking Workshop from 12-2pm.

It’s a chance to visit the garden, see seed-to-plate cooking in action and enjoy a tasty local lunch. Although it’s been a challenging season, we’ll cook with whatever’s ready in the garden on the day.

Places are limited to 8, so booking is essential, so please email [email protected].

We’d also welcome any local produce or favourite veggie ingredients you’d like to bring along to add into the recipes we develop together on the day to supplement what can be harvested from the garden.

27/07/2026

Faces behind the Food (and Drink! )
Tomas Rock Brewery

Arran seems to be fast becoming a destination for real ale lovers with three breweries now on the Island - including the latest addition producing Czech-inspired beers with a Scottish twist, Rock Brewery. The Lamlash based nano-brewery already has a number of different flavour profiles available in draft and bottled form across the Island, including at Lagg Distillery Visitor Centre - and we're looking forward to a new one to mark Arran's Food Festival in October this this year (23rd October - 1st November)! We caught up with Tomas who runs the brewery to find out more about the inspiration behind the beers.

How did Rock come to be based on Arran?
I was offered an opportunity to become an apprentice brewer at just after COVID and we jumped at the chance to move to Arran. We found our home, Rock Cottage, and quickly fell in love with the island and the lifestyle. When Arran Brewery later reduced its staff numbers, I was already hooked on brewing. With the mentorship and guidance of Seagate Brewery, I set up Rock Brewery in a converted woodworking shed at the end of our cottage.

What is the inspiration behind the beers you produce?
As a Czech, I've always had a real passion for beer and brewing. Since moving to Scotland, I've loved learning about traditional Scottish brewing styles. Every beer I make takes inspiration from both my Czech heritage and the Isle of Arran, combining classic Central European influences with local ingredients, landscapes and stories from the island.

What's your personal Rock beer favourite?
My favourite is Chìad. It's Scottish Gaelic for "first" because it was the very first recipe I created. It's a beer that's very much brewed to my own taste, so it was a natural choice to develop—and it's still the one I reach for most often. They new Peaty Blinder , brewed for the

What's your favourite Arran-produced product or tipple?
Without a doubt, . The vanilla flavour is the best I've ever tasted!

What's your favourite place to eat and drink on the island? The Drift Inn in Lamlash , the food is always fantastic, and I can enjoy a pint of my own beer—Drift Abyss—which is available there on tap. That's hard to beat!

What's your favourite part of the island?
It has to be our home at Rock Cottage. We feel incredibly lucky to live in such a beautiful spot, and it's where Rock Brewery began.

25/07/2026

What a fantastic achievement and reflection of the quality of food, drink and hospitality on Arran .. all served up with beautiful views and community welcome. Congratulations !

𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞...

So, the rumours are true! We’ve known for a little while that 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡 was planning to feature the LCI and now we can finally share the exciting news that the 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐳𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐧 has been listed in its 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞

To put that into context, there are approximately 45,000 pubs currently operating across the UK. The guide features just 650 pubs in total, with only 75 from Scotland — and we’re incredibly proud to be one of them, flying the flag for Arran.

This follows a visit earlier this year from travel writer and social media influencer Robin McKelvie. Robin joined us for a lovely lamb roast, enjoyed a tour around the inn and heard all about our community ownership story.

This fantastic recognition feels particularly special when we consider how far the inn has come. What began as a determined community effort to save a much-loved local inn has grown through hard work, commitment and a shared vision for its future. So many people have pulled together to keep the inn at the heart of Lochranza and it is wonderful to see those efforts now being recognised on a national stage.

It also demonstrates the value of positive media coverage, social marketing and continuing to share the story behind the LCI.

A huge thank you to everyone who has played a part in making the inn such a special place.

You can view the guide here:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/best-pubs-uk/

Best wishes,

The Lochranza Country Inn team

The Telegraph