Eat & Drink Dundee

What we do

Recent projects and activities have included:

• Supervising a student research project into food waste in the city.
• Co-delivering ‘Tasting Tayside and Fife’ - a joint meet the producer/meet the buyer event with neighbouring regional food groups
• Attending regular meetings of Transition Dundee, City Centre Management Evening Economy Group, Dundee Living Wage Action Group, Dundee Tourism Leadership Group, Sustainable Dundee Network, Botanic Gardens Networking Group, Tay Cities Food and Drink Sector Group and Dundee Community Food Network meetings
• Organising a visit for an international food and travel writer
• Maintaining the Eat and Drink Dundee social media channels
• Organising Dundee’s first ‘Chefs Club’ gathering in association with members of Masterchefs Great Britain
• Liaising with Dundee and Angus College, NHS Tayside, Abertay University, the University of Dundee and the James Hutton Institute on research and industry projects.
• Assisting with the development work for the preparation of Dundee and Tayside Food Plans
• Part of the BioRegioning Tayside ‘Feeding Tayside through the Climate Crisis’ food conference planning group – and hosting a panel session on cultural and social norms at the event
• Assisting with links between researchers, NHS and Dundee City Council on diet-related research into 'Healthy Weight Tayside', a whole system approach to child healthy weight in the city
• Arranging the creation of seasonal food videos
• Planning and co-ordinating a series of food tourism workshops held during Scottish Tourism month in March 2023
• Developing a Scotland Food and Drink regional ambassador project with Dundee and Angus College
• Liaising with the organisers of Dundee’s first Restaurant Week and Dundee Cocktail Week
• Assisting with the planning and delivery of a ‘Business Resilience’ conference for tourism and hospitality businesses with Living Wage Scotland, Dundee and Angus College and the local Chamber of Commerce
• Facilitating at the Nourish Scottish Agriculture Bill consultation workshop
• Assisting with promotion, and providing contacts for, the Transform Net Zero Knowledge Transfer Project in Dundee
• Organising and facilitating a Scottish Government visit to Dundee – meeting representatives from academic and health organisations, community food projects and local food businesses  

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