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GALLERY: Highlights from the Taste of Nairn Festival 2025

Taste of Nairn is back tomorrow! Don’t miss out on local food, live music, and exciting activities. Check out today’s highlights in our photos.

The Taste of Nairn festival continues tomorrow, May 11. Image:
Sandy McCook/DC Thomson
The Taste of Nairn festival continues tomorrow, May 11. Image: Sandy McCook/DC Thomson

Hundreds gathered in Nairn on Saturday for the annual Taste of Nairn festival.

The three-day event celebrated local food and drink with a vibrant street market, artisanal food stalls, live music, and local business stalls.

A highlight was the World Tattie Scone Championships, where competitors fought to create the best tattie scone. Visitors enjoyed live chef demos, seafood sampling, whisky tastings, and the Showstopper Cake Competition, featuring impressive creations by local bakers.

The Taste of Nairn festival continues tomorrow, May 11, with family-friendly activities like craft workshops and more live music. Organised by Nairn Connects BID, the event celebrates Highland culinary talent and community spirit.

Press and Journal photographer Sandy McCook was there to capture all the action.

Nairn District Pipe Band at Taste of Nairn.
Traditional sounds from the Nairn District Pipe Band.
The Nairn District Pipe Band performing at Taste of Nairn.
Taste of Nairn continues tomorrow, May 11, 2025
Yogi Tuckwell of the Moray Honey Company, Forres.
The annual Taste of Nairn food festival takes place this weekend with events at the Community Centre and on the High Street.
Audrey and Craig Whyte of Ord Oak Smokehouse, Muir of Ord.
The annual Taste of Nairn food festival
Reverend Steven Manders of Nairn United Reform Church judged the Takeaway competition.
Head Chef Martyn Woodward of Nairn Golf Club gives a cookery demonstration.
Nairn’s Annual Food & Drink Festival
Ian Finlayson and Karen Stuart at The World Tattie Scone Championship. Image: Kenny Macleod
 Ian Finlayson at The Taste of Nairn, World Tattie Scone Championship. Image: Kenny Macleod
The World Tattie Scone Championship. Image: Kenny Macleod
Taste of Nairn food festival
Gordon Christie of Rosebank Primary School covers his pancakes in Honey.
Plants were on sale at the Taste of Nairn food festival
Macaroons by Kilted Fudge
The annual Taste of Nairn food festival
Leeann Tulloch of the Golf View Hotel, Nairn, with a selection of their afternoon teas.
Christina Kemp and Kirsty General of Rosebank Primary School with some of their products.
Showstopper Cake Competition, featuring impressive creations by local bakers.
Tasty local food on offer at Taste of Nairn.
Taste of Nairn food festival

 

 

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