As of last week Loch Duart has secured £1.2 million funding to modernise its processes. The money, from HSBC, will enable us, to continue developing sustainable farming methods and go towards additional new feed barges. The new barges will provide reliable, efficient and less labour-intensive means of delivering sustainably-sourced feed to the farm’s award-winning salmon. Simon Maguire, financial director of Loch …
Fish Farming Expert asked well-known figures in the Scottish salmon farming industry about their high and low points of 2018, and what they hope for in 2019. What was your best moment/occasion of 2018? Given both the growing recognition of the fantastic work of our brilliant team and the environmental challenges we have overcome, I’d like to suggest Loch …
Loch Duart Salmon has a delicate, light flavour. It is a healthy lunch or dinner option, not as rich as red meat or as filling as a pasta dish. Salmon dishes can be difficult if you are trying to find a complementary dessert. Chocolate dishes can be too rich and overpowering. Instead, select a dessert that enhances and builds …
Salmon is an extremely popular starter option donning many Christmas spreads over the years. Why not kick it up a notch this year and try one of our clients, The Pished Fish, booze-infused smoked salmon options: The Sozzled Santa – Loch Duart, RSCPA Assured Scottish salmon, cured in brandy and cinnamon, oak smoked, then dusted with nutmeg and …
This recipe is perfect for a chilly winter’s day as there’s lots of warming flavours infused through the fish. Although this is a slight twist on the classic, it still offers the clean fresh salmon flavour of the Loch Duart salmon whilst still being surprisingly warming due to the kick of the black pepper and the smokiness of the chipotle …
The best way to kick start the off-season has surely got to be back to back podiums in Cyclocross- so I was absolutely delighted to take the top step in my first two Scottish series cyclocross races of the season. I say ‘cyclocross season’ like I’m about to dive headfirst into another furious few weeks of travel and training but …
In a first for Scottish salmon farms Loch Duart, the independent salmon farming company, has partnered with award winning environmental organisation Plan Bee Ltd. to protect Scotland’s unique pollinators, the honey and bumble bees. It’s a long-term strategic biodiversity initiative, with hives installed at a Sutherland site near the farm and enhance habitats for native bumble bees in the Uists. …
On the 23rd of October, Loch Duart will welcome Cambridge Regional College for a visit to their mainland base of operations in Scourie, Sutherland. Cambridge Regional College was the hosting campus this year for the catering college chef competition “A Passion to Inspire” which Loch Duart proudly partners with. As two-time winners of “A Passion to Inspire” competition, Cambridge Regional …
Loch Duart, the independent salmon farming company based in Sutherland and the Hebrides, has been named runner up in the Best Food Business category at the Rural Business Awards North during a ceremony in The Last Drop Village Hotel, Bolton. The awards, which are supported by online retailer, Amazon, are a celebration of all that is great about rural business …
Loch Duart Salmon, Hendricks Gin, Cucumber Textures, Salmon Roe & Dill Recipe – Serves 4 Ingredients 200g skin on salmon fillet 1 whole cucumber Sprigs of fresh dill Rock salt 25 ml of Hendricks gin 100ml of tonic water Tsp pink peppercorns 2 tbsp salmon roe Method Trim the salmon and cut into four even portions, …
