Nick nairn biography

Chef, cookery school owner and food campaigner Nick Nairn is in high demand as a food consultant, TV presenter and also as a prominent spokesperson on diet and Scottish produce. He uses his integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and talents to spread the word about Scotland’s wonderful natural larder, helping people cook and eat better.

Nick started his working life travelling the oceans in the Merchant Navy and relished sampling street food all over the world.  Returning home to Scotland, he tried cooking some of the dishes he’d tasted and found an untapped talent.  He taught himself the skills that led to becoming Scotland’s youngest Michelin-starred chef in at his first restaurant Braeval in the Trossachs.  He went on to open Nairns restaurant in Glasgow in to international acclaim.

Now, he owns, teaches at and bases his business at the acclaimed Nick Nairn Cook School on the shores of the Lake of Menteith, beside where he grew up.  Through Nick Nairn Consulting,