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Episode 5: Inverness

Inverness

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Simon Preston helps create a signature dish for the capital of the Highlands, Inverness.

Nessy, cheese fights and football all inspire food innovator Simon Preston and local chef Steven Devlin in creating a new signature dish for the capital of the Highlands.

How do you capture the city of Inverness in a single dish? That's the challenge for food innovator Simon Preston and local chef Steven Devlin as they gather some colourful local characters at Eden Court Theatre to hear inspirational stories, past and present. Naturalist, Kenny Taylor, shares his perspective on the city's unique blend of wilderness in an urban environment, from journalist Iain MacDonald there's comic stories of the theft of Nessy while Gaelic broadcaster Roddy Maclean draws on a the city's rich multi-lingual and multi-cultural history.

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Simon Preston visits a UK town and, with a local chef, creates a new signature dish

Food innovator Simon Preston visits a UK town and, with a local chef, creates a new signature dish for that town inspired by local anecdotes, insights and ingredients

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