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Five Star Gigha Halibut on the Howard Menu

The 5 star Howard hotel in the New Town area of Glasgow has often been associated with fine dining and luxurious  surroundings, and Gigha Halibut now features on their menu. Renowned for their butler service, the hotel offers a small but exquisite dining room, The Atholl, for both residents and visiotrs alike – but book early to avoid disappointment. [...]

Gigha Halibut in top London Restaurant

The Grade 2 listed Andaz Hotel in London has a new Head Chef, Martin Scholz, and he has revamped the seafood menu. This  has led to a search for the finest seafood that the United Kingdom can offer and we are delighted to see Gigha Halibut proudly featuring on their menu.  Its a long way to travel [...]

GLUG News

Gigha Halibut are proud sponsors of Gigha annual Leek Show and have been instrumental in ensuring excellence in horticultural standards in this years competiton.  A team of top leek inspectors have been carrying out spot checks this month to ensure that health and well-being of the competition and have been taken aback at the quality [...]

In the city with Gigha Halibut

As the strength of the Gigha Halibut brand grows, so does its distribution chain.  Many fine restaurants already have Gigha Halibut on the menu, from Skye to London town – and now one of the finest restaurants in the North West is boasting Gigha Halibut on the menu.  In Manchester, the City Inn’s AA rosette restaurant City Café [...]

Waitrose visit Gigha Halibut

Waitrose came to the Island to visit their supplier Gigha Halibut. Waitrose are delighted with the product to date which currently goes into 100 of their 300 stores. They would like to feature more halibut using the bigger fish. Positive discussions on this subject were had during the course of the visit. They enjoy promoting where [...]

Three chimneys – Skye’s jewel

Thr Three Chmineys, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye has a reputation for food at the highest level.  It has now achieved another in a long line of accolades after being featured as one of the top five restaurants in the world.  Fank Bruni. the Pulitzer prize-winning authro and legendary New York Time food critic has placed [...]

Young Scottish Seafood Chef 2010

The Young Scottish Seafood Chef of the year is Nico Simeone from Number One at the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburugh.  In an exciting cook off Nico  beat five other finalists to claim this years title. Nico’s menu was a mouth-watering seafood delight,  featuring Gigha Halibut for the main: Ceviche of mackerel, avocado puree and langoustine beignet [...]

Jim Beagan – A man apart

Staff news Jim Beagan is leaving us next month , Jim has been with the project since it started on Gigha in 2006.  4 years in fishfarming battling with the elements is a long time and Jim was dedicated and managed to maintain his  sense of humour in testing times. He had that rare ability to [...]

A Knight’s Tale

Gigha Halibut is now being supplied by one of the premier London-based fishmongers.  James Knight of Mayfair with their two retail outlets in Notting Hill and Selfridges, are now supplying the sublime Gigha Halibut to the discerning palates of London town.  James Knight, by Royal Appointment, continues the supplier growth of  Gigha Halibut and is [...]

Happy Halibut in the Daily Express

The word is spreading – Gigha Halibut have a detailed feature in the Daily Express Money supplement – read here