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On the menu: Michel Roux wants Scots for Andy Murray's hotel restaurant

CELEBRITY chef Michel Roux Jr has confirmed that he and his father Albert Roux OBE are looking to recruit young Scots chefs and other staff to help them run the hotel bought by Andy Murray near his home town of Dunblane.

OPPORTUNITY: Michel Roux Jr  told City of Glasgow College student Jennifer Hines he would be hiring Scots chefs to work at Andy Murray's Cromlix House Hotel. Picture: Nick Ponty
OPPORTUNITY: Michel Roux Jr told City of Glasgow College student Jennifer Hines he would be hiring Scots chefs to work at Andy Murray's Cromlix House Hotel. Picture: Nick Ponty

The tennis star has taken over Cromlix House Hotel and it will have a fine dining Chez Roux restaurant offering locally-sourced produce when it re-opens after extensive refurbishment next spring.

Speaking to City of Glasgow College HND hospitality management students yesterday, at a lunch featuring his own recipes cooked and served by students, Roux Jr said: "The first thing that springs to mind when we hear the word Scotland is the wonderful fresh produce that is the envy of the world.

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