Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Inverness cafe in the limelight as BBC films TV show at venue

Manager Val Cooper said she tried "not to overthink it" when the camera turned to her.

Cafe 1668 got its brush with television fame when BBC crews showed up to film. Image: Cafe 1668/Facebook
Cafe 1668 got its brush with television fame when BBC crews showed up to film. Image: Cafe 1668/Facebook

Inverness-based Cafe 1668 had a brush with television stardom this week, as the BBC was in town filming.

The venue on Church Street hosted crew from the BBC Scotland show Landward for filming this week.

The show featured the Inverness cafe and The Country Food Trust, an English charity that donated food packages to Cafe 1668.

The packages included game meat from local shooting estates. It was then made into pouches of meals like curries, casseroles and bolognese and frozen meat.

Cafe manager Val Cooper said: “We can put the pouches out on our shelves and it’s a brilliant easy meal to pick up and put over pasta or a baked potatoes or something like that.

“We can cook for our meats for our free meals which is brilliant, because we don’t get a  lot of meat donated to us. Obviously with the cost of living, buying meat to then use for our free meals is not cost effective for us.”

Cafe 1668 manager Val Cooper (right) filmed an interview for an episode of BBC Scotland show Landward. Image: Cafe 1668/Facebook

Cafe 1668 manager enjoys brush with television stardom

The Inverness cafe is a charity that serves free meals to those in need three times a week.

While it was an unusual diary addition, cafe manager Val Cooper said her television interview went smoothly.

She said: “It was alright, I try not to overthink it. They were great.”

Crew members from the BBC Scotland show Landward. Pictured is presenter Shahbaz Majeed (left) on Church Street in Inverness. Image: Cafe 1668/Facebook

Landward is a long-running television program has been on air since 2006 and covers rural Scottish affairs.

Last year, the show covered the rescue of Britain’s loneliest sheep off a cliff near Brora. There was also an episode on the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team.

The new series of Landward is set to air in April on BBC Scotland.

Conversation