Revellers will be treated to some fine dining inside a feasting tent at this year’s Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival.
Claire MacDonald, of the Michelin-starred Kinloch Lodge Hotel in Skye, is behind the Deliciously Bella feasting tent where diners can enjoy a tremendous eating experience while they listen to their favourite music.
The restaurant, which will be at the festival, from August 6-8 near Beauly, will feature gourmet breakfasts and four sittings a day from a dinner menu created by the award-winning chef.
The feasts will take place on long banqueting tables in the new woodland area of the festival, serving as the perfect setting for birthday celebrations, anniversaries, or to simply enjoy the local fare.
Artisan breads from the Cromarty Bakery will be served with Hebridean sea salt and Cullisse cold-pressed rapeseed oil and balsamic vinegar. Daily surf and turf platters will be bursting with langoustines, scallops and crab from the Scottish West Coast Langoustine co-opersative.
On the Friday, the turf will be seared fillets of 28-day matured Highland beef, and on Saturday there will be cutlets and slow-roasted legs of Highland lamb from Fraser Brothers butchers in Dingwall.
Vegetarians will have delicious walnut pastry, pink peppercorn and three cheese tart, with cheeses supplied by Connage Dairy, as well as salads with produce from Wester Muir Fruit Farm, Macleod Organics, and potatoes from the Black Isle.
Wine and Highland ales will also be available among other drinks.
A brunch menu will also offer dishes like kedgeree with Herbredian Smoke House salmon, Fishcakes from the Isle of Ewe Smoke House, Harry Gow bakery treats, and omelets from The Egg Box in Cromarty.
Festival promoter Joe Gibbs said: “It’s going to be a case of ‘Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I’ve Got Love In My Tummy.
“Although Bella already offers one of the best selections of outdoor catering around, we felt there was demand from some of our audience to get around a table and eat the finest that the Highlands can offer. Naturally we went to our Highland superstar cook Claire to curate this for us.
“In true Bella style, this must be the only restaurant in the world where you’ll be welcome in your wellie boots while you listen to a string quartet and round off four courses with deep fried Mars Bar bites which are Claire’s favorite treat.”
Tickets are available for the four sittings at the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival website.