Scotland’s first National Chef Gary Mackay talks about preparing your St Andrew’s Day traditional meal

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We visit City of Glasgow College to speak to Gary Mackay, teacher and executive chef, on the recipes in his latest book and preparing for Saint Andrew’s Day.

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00:00 (bells ringing)

00:02 - St. Andrew's is one of the big Scottish celebrations

00:05 that I don't think we celebrate enough.

00:08 We kind of get lost between Halloween and Christmas,

00:11 but we should celebrate it, I think, more.

00:16 And you are looking at kind of traditional stuff.

00:20 It's almost a replication of buns.

00:23 It's the same sort of food.

00:25 But I think for me, it's just having,

00:27 recognising that night as something special.

00:31 I'm actually doing the Lord Provost's

00:35 Charity St. Andrew's Dinner at the City Chambers.

00:39 So we're going to bring along some of the students

00:41 and just give them an amazing experience.

00:44 And we're going on that menu

00:45 and try to get as much Scottish produce as possible.

00:48 So for the starter,

00:50 I'm going to do our broth smokies and brown crab.

00:53 So some excellent big, big flavours.

00:56 And I'm actually going to do that

00:58 with a tikka masala mayonnaise.

01:01 So we're getting a little bit

01:02 of Glasgow's very own curry in there.

01:05 Main course is going to be Scotch beef.

01:07 And then I'm doing a lovely gin

01:10 and chocolate tart for dessert.

01:12 So, and all of these recipes are in my new book.

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