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46 | www.westendermagazine.com Award Winning foodies WORDS CLAIRE PORTER Glasgow’s West End has an ever-growing food scene, with innovative bakers, brewers and chefs trying new and interesting things to please discerning Glasgow diners. Three businesses in particular are leading the way for food and drink in the area, collecting an array of awards along the way. Claire Porter chats to them and finds out their perfect recipe for success. If you had walked down Argyle Street in January 2017, you would most likely not be familiar with the name Six by Nico, or if you had visited Hilton Glasgow just a couple of months ago you would probably have never heard of the Tea Lounge by Dilmah. And if I had asked you in 2015 if you had visited the Butterscotch Bakery on Hyndland Road, I suspect the answer would have been ‘not yet’. In less than three years, these three businesses have come onto the scene and made a lasting impression on the foodies of Glasgow. None more so than Chef Nico Simeone of Six by Nico. Born in Glasgow, to Italian parents, Nico was raised in a family of Mediterranean food lovers. His earliest memories are of his mother’s Italian cooking, helping her prepare large family meals in the kitchen. His impressive career has seen him work at Michelin starred Number One at Balmoral, where he was awarded Young Scottish Seafood Chef of the Year award, aged just 20! Going out on his own in the summer of 2015, Nico opened 111 by Nico in Kelvinside. Nico’s philosophy was to create a unique fine-dining experience for his guests, whilst also launching an apprenticeship programme for young people. This unique programme offers young people that have faced enormous challenges in life the opportunity to share Nico’s passion for cooking, giving them the drive and the tools needed to become top chefs themselves. With his first venture becoming a roaring success, it was time for Nico to embark on his next project, Six by Nico a name you will no doubt now be very familiar with. But if you’re not, the concept behind the restaurant is an evolving menu focusing on particular types of international cuisine. Think of it as a series of fine dining pop-up restaurants that change every six weeks. Their latest menu titled ‘Holy Guacamole’ is a tribute to modern Mexico with its contemporary and refined take on Mexican food. Speaking on the menu, Chef Nico said, ‘I think our Mexico themed tasting menu gives guests the opportunity to try different colours, textures and flavours that they may not have discovered before. Mexican food is fantastic with a lot of flair, colours and we aim to offer a diverse and delicious range of dishes that bring the culture and history of the country all together in one bite.’ It is vibrant menus and flavours just like this that keeps the Finneston hot spot booked out a month in advance and their experimental efforts haven’t gone unnoticed in the culinary world either. Nico recently won ‘Innovative Chef of the Year’ at the 2018 Scottish Food Awards, an amazing accolade for the chef and his team who have built the business and its glowing reputation at an accelerated speed over just a few years.
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