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Smoked Salmon Pastrami From Shetland Wins Food Award

Shetland Products' new WildWaters Smoked Salmon Pastrami has moved ahead of strong competition to win the fish category in the 2009 Quality Food Awards, which recognise the best food and drink on sale in the UK. Read more >>

Programme unveiled for Flavour of Shetland

Shetland Islands Council has announced the dates for this year’s Flavour of Shetland festival, now a firm favourite on the islands’ event calendar. Read more >>

Top Chefs Will Cook At First Shetland Food Festival

This October’s Shetland Food Festival will feature very special guests, including the man who’s been described as Britain’s favourite French chef, Jean-Christophe Novelli. Read more >>

Food Festival Plans Take Shape

Plans are being laid for Shetland’s first food festival, to be held between 3rd and 12th October 2008. The programme for the Shetland Festival of Food will include several events embracing food of all kinds, but the emphasis will be very much on celebrating Shetland’s excellent local produce and making people in and beyond Shetland aware of just how much the isles have to offer. Read more >>

Johnsmas Foy Marks Shetland Midsummer

Every year, the people of Shetland celebrate midsummer in the Johnsmas Foy, a recently-revived festival that, centuries ago, used to mark the arrival of the Dutch herring fleet in the islands. An exciting line-up of local and international events is in place for the 2008 Foy, which this year celebrates Shetland’s historic connection with the ports of the Hanseatic League, a partnership that dominated trade in the islands for more than 300 years. Read more >>