The Edinburgh Reporter April 2021

14 BUSINESS
Bonnie & Wild
New eateries to open in St James Quarter later this year
Roly Simpson
GARY MACLEAN, the 2016 MasterChef, will open his first
solo restaurant in Bonnie & Wild's Scottish Marketplace in St
James Quarter later this year.
This area of Edinburgh is shaping up as Edinburgh's new
food quarter with the food hall promising to be jammed full
of all kinds of delicious produce.
The first wave of food specialists has been revealed and
include eight exclusive food stalls, three speciality retailers, a
patisserie and three bars. The open plan area will be an
exciting place to visit.
Gary is opening a casual dining spot along with Creel
Caught where he will champion Scotland's seafood matched
with seasonal ingredients. His headline dishes will include
Lobster Thermidor Mac 'n' Cheese, grilled langoustines with
seaweed butter and monkfish scampi with fries.
Gary said: “This is set to be a Food Hall like no other and
it’s precisely why I chose Bonnie & Wild as the location for
my first ever solo dining venture. Creel Caught will showcase
the very best seafood this country has to offer,
something we know diners can’t get enough of.”
Other names lined up for the food hall include
Edinburgh's East Pizzas with their slow-fermentation
sourdough pizzas featuring locally sourced ingredients.
Gary added: “Being alongside the likes of Mac & Wild and
East Pizzas is testament to Scotland’s incredible food scene.
We all offer something different, something for every taste
but all with Scottish produce at the heart.”
Roly Simpson of East Pizzas said: “I think Bonnie & Wild’s
new Food Hall is going to be an amazing venue that will
celebrate the breadth and depth of Scottish food and drink.
I’m delighted East Pizzas is going to be a part of this
adventure as we expand our Edinburgh base.
“Like the Bonnie & Wild team we are very much
focused on locally sourced products, with an emphasis
on using organic products when possible. For example,
our organic mozzarella cheese comes from
Dumfriesshire, while our venison salami is provided by
the excellent Great Glen Charcuterie and our smoked
chorizo from East Coast Cured. But of course we’ll be
celebrating seasonal food, and offering an everchanging
and innovative line-up, offering up some
beautiful classics as well as some exciting surprises.”
And the food destination will include a new name
in ice-cream - unless you spotted them at Leith
Market last year. Husband and wife team Joe and
Lucie Sykes, the entrepreneurs behind Joelato, will
bring their luxury artisanal gelato to Edinburgh on a
full-time basis.
Flavours are just a bit different - look forward to trying
out Ferdi's flavour, which is a salted honey gelato with
homemade honeycomb, all made with locally sourced milk,
cream, eggs, berries and herbs from Joe and Lucie's own
garden in Perthshire.
Joe learned the craft of gelato at the world-famous
Carpigiani Gelato University in Bologna. He said: “Joining
Bonnie & Wild Food Hall is an exciting step for us. We've
been running a popular gelato delivery service over the past
year, and already experienced huge interest in our artisanal
gelato. Now, we’re looking forward to collaborating with
other premium food businesses who are all working together
to showcase the very best that Scotland can offer.”
When it opens later this summer, Bonnie & Wild’s Scottish
Marketplace will be able to accommodate 700 guests, who
can choose from a wide range of freshly prepared, locally
sourced food and drink. Alongside the unrivalled food
offering, the venue will also contain a private dining area,
flexible events spaces, children’s play area, and a
demonstration kitchen complete with broadcast capability.
www.bonnieandwildmarket.com
Set for June opening
MasterChef
Gary Maclean
ST JAMES QUARTER will open to the public on 24 June after five
years in the making. The £1 billion development has natural
ventilation and is easily reached by public transport. In case you
need them there are covered car parks on site. The first phase of
the newest destination in town will include some big names in
the fashion world as well as the Bonnie & Wild food hall. John
Lewis is to open on 14 May after their makeover - perhaps made
all the easier during lockdown. At first shoppers can enter the
store by Leith Street and Little King Street and from its own
entrance in St James Quarter in June. Over the next 18 months
the W Edinburgh, Everyman Cinema, 152 New Eidyn apartments,
and a Roomzzz Aparthotel will open. We are promised an
“unrivalled guest experience” and “an enviable events
programme in new and attractive public spaces”.
Coaches call time to pitch alarm business
TWO EDINBURGH football
coaches have joined forces in a
bid to become a winning
business team in the city.
As members of the Spartans
Youth set-up, Kenny Cameron
and Craig Dinwoodie have
nurtured some of the game’s
brightest prospects.
The coaching colleagues are
now turning their thoughts
towards life away from the pitch
and have set up the Edinburgh
Alarm Company.
The security firm will offer a
range of services including
domestic and commercial alarm
installations, fire suppression
systems, smoke and heat
detection alarms as well as the
latest CCTV technology.
One of the first members of
staff at the sports-based social
enterprise in the capital, he has
been helping youngsters in the
north west of Edinburgh for
nearly two decades. As the
Youth Work Manager at
Spartans Community Football
Academy, Kenny is responsible
for the development and
growth of key social impact and
youth work programmes.
Kenny, (40), said: “I’ve been a
youth worker for 17 years, and
at Spartans for around 12 years
and I think there is a length of
time after which you stop being
effective in that role.
“I love my job with Spartans
and I’m not going to turn my
back on the youth work
completely but I definitely
wanted to have other
professional interests.”
Supported by a team of
experienced alarm engineers
and qualified electricians, the
Edinburgh Alarm Company will
cover domestic and commercial
properties in the city and the
surrounding areas.
Kenny Cameron
Craig Dinwoodie