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Perthshire Preserves has been producing handmade and award-winning jams, jellies, chutneys and marmalades with the finest quality Scottish produce since 2010, but this is the first time that the family-run firm has teamed up with Edinburgh’s Fingal, which was developed by the award-winning team at The Royal Yacht Britannia.
STEP Tenant, Perthshire Preserves owners Iain Mackenzie and Kate Thornhill both have a hotel and food and drink background. Iain is also a former Merchant Navy Officer with Cunard Line, so he is being drawn back to his nautical roots by partnering with Fingal, which is berthed on Edinburgh’s waterfront.
Perthshire Preserves is providing the special new strawberry jam as part of Fingal’s new afternoon tea menu, which will be served with the ship’s buttermilk scones and clotted cream. It is hoped that the sweet treat will become a firm fixture on Fingal’s afternoon tea menu beyond National Afternoon Tea Week which took place in August.
Commenting on the new partnership with Fingal, Iain said: “We’re extremely proud to be teaming up with Fingal. My Merchant Navy career spanned over 20 years, so I’ve spent much of my life at sea and still love seeing ships sailing to far off destinations. One of my lasting memories of life on the ocean waves is serving afternoon tea to around 1,800 people on the Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2), a retired British ocean liner, which was also converted into a floating hotel.
It now seems especially fitting to be teaming up with Fingal, as Scotland’s only luxury floating hotel and former Northern Lighthouse Board tender ship, which brings back so many special seafaring memories for me.”
Providing a classic setting for diners to enjoy afternoon tea, Fingal has all the glamour and style of a superyacht, but with an air of old-world Art Deco luxury ocean liner elegance, inspired by the ship’s rich maritime heritage. The former Northern Lighthouse Board tender ship was developed by the award-winning team at The Royal Yacht Britannia.
Fingal’s Chef de Partie, Arleta Juszczyszyn said: “We’re delighted to welcome Perthshire Preserves on board Fingal as part of our new afternoon tea menu. Their handmade Strawberry and Champagne preserve is the perfect match for our buttermilk scones and we’re proud to be supporting one of Scotland’s finest local producers, based just over an hour away from the ship. To celebrate National Afternoon Tea Week in August, our dedicated galley team created a mouth-watering new menu that embraces the most decadent and dainty of British traditions, including Perthshire Preserves and our unique Scottish salmon smoked on board Fingal.
For more information on Perthshire Preserves, visit www.perthshirepreserves.co.uk.
