The conference, now in its ninth year, is the brain child of Willie Pike, a consultant chef who has cooked for many distinguished guests and dignitaries, including the Royal Family.
He first started the conference after he noticed that chefs in Scotland were working in isolation. Every two years they would go to ScotHot, the Scottish hospitality show, but there was no dedicated event for chefs.
“Chefs were working hard, doing lots of hours and somebody would send them a brochure of a new product which could really help them,” explained Willie. “But they were that busy that it would end up in the bin, and they wouldn’t get the chance to evolve their skills.
“I just felt they needed something to get them to come out of the kitchen one day a year.”
This year’s conference will be held in the Thistle Hotel, Glasgow on Monday, November 17 and will also include 
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