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Profile: Cate Devine

Food Writer And Columnist

Cate Devine, Food Writer, The Herald and heraldscotland.com I've covered the Scottish food scene for 25 years and have been at The Herald for almost 19 of them. I have a weekly food column in The Herald Magazine, as well as the Inside Track column in The Herald and regular exclusive food news features on the News pages. I also sometimes cover the Arts. All my work for The Herald is available to read in both print and online at heraldscotland.com. I'd love to hear your views on what I write; you can post comments online.

Latest articles from Cate Devine

Cate Devine: Invited into Andrew Fairlie's beloved kitchen, I was struck by his utter calm

Of my many warm memories of Andrew Fairlie, one of the most…

How the comfort of cooking is helping abused women

Observing a group of seven young women chatting and laughing…

I have changed and I know I’ve changed: Nick Nairn on ditching the diva act

TURNING 60 in January holds no fears for Nick Nairn – or, as I…

How Syrian supper clubs are helping heal the wounds of war

Cate Devine

Get off autopilot. Use your brain. And cook! The Gary Maclean recipe for eating better

IT’S difficult to discern the line between Gary Maclean’s…

Cate Devine: I feel seriously hacked off at this snub to Scotland

In the huge auditorium at London’s BFI Imax cinema, the venue…

Number of Scots restaurants awarded a Michelin star falls to new low

The number of Scottish restaurants with a Michelin star has…

No Meat City? Turning Glasgow on to health benefits of vegetables

Glasgow has long been notorious for its appetite for unhealthy…

Discovering an often overlooked corner of Scotland

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The radical new way of living that's taking root in Glasgow

High on a hill on the outskirts of Glasgow, new life is taking…

Chef reveals how he plunged into depression after hotel fire threatened to end his career

THE head chef at the fire-ravaged Cameron House Hotel has told…

Factory to launch first ready-to-cook dishes made from Scots potatoes

Scotland is set to smash the mash market with the launch of the…

Scottish islands special: 10 great places to eat

Restaurants are rare here, so this charming eaterie, whose menu…

Ken McCulloch: the man who made Glasgow a global destination

KEN McCulloch is surely the eminence grise of Scottish hospitality.…

Charles Rennie Mackintosh exhibition review: Making the Glasgow Style, Kelvingrove, Glasgow

I ADMIT to a certain ambivalence about the prospect of another…

Would you be embarrassed to ask a restaurant for a doggy bag?

ARE you still too embarrassed to ask a restaurant for a doggy…

Cate Devine: the best food books of 2017

Comfort and conviviality are not new developments in our…

Cooking with Kirsty Wark and Charles Rennie Mackintosh

IN THE continuing homogenisation of the high street, and the cloning…

Top supermarkets sign up to five a day pledge on veg

LEADING supermarkets and contractors providing meals to schools,…

Skye eaterie joins Michelin ranks but two other restaurants lose coveted stars

It was a case of one step forward and two steps back for…

Gleneagles chef Andrew Fairlie launches luxury lifestyle label

Scotland’s most celebrated chef has launched a new luxury…

Chef Andrew Fairlie and designer Iona Crawford team up for luxury project

I’M being driven at such speed I can hardly take in my…

Review: Two fascinating female-friendly books about whisky

Chasing the Dram

Travel: Size is no obstacle as Jersey thinks big with a new festival of gastronomy

Cate Devine NEVER having been to Jersey before makes my short…

Travel: 'A taste of Scotland' - Macdonald Rusacks Hotel, St Andrews

THERE’S something about the road to St Andrews that confuses me…

Get set for the return of Bake Off with a Scottish bakery masterclass

I HAVE a confession to make. I’m not a fan of The Great British…

Get set for the return of Bake Off with a Scottish bakery masterclass

I HAVE a confession to make. I’m not a fan of The Great British…

Review: The Greedy Queen: Eating with Victoria, by Annie Gray

The Greedy Queen: Eating with Victoria

Cate Devine: When women are cooking up a storm

ARE women finally about to break the stainless-steel ceiling in…

Updated: Bully boys forced me out of business claims sea salt firm founder

The founder of one of Scotland’s best known artisan food brands…

Why Paisley deserves to be UK City of Culture

Cate Devine

Paisley bids to find pattern for success by protecting brand

THEY are among the most famous Scottish textile brands in the world.…

Cate Devine: It's up to the shopper to back local heroes

IT’S encouraging to hear Scotland’s top chef endorse so…

Cate Devine: Taking steps to tap into the food tourism market

Playing Ketchup ... The return of the home-grown Scottish tomato

Scotland’s double Michelin-starred chef Andrew Fairlie is to…

'Read this brilliant book...and weep' – Review: Plot 29, by Allan Jenkins

Plot 29

Cate Devine: Why permanent indoor markets should be on the menu

SHOULD permanent indoor food markets be established in our major…

'These two cook books say a lot about the current, confused state of our food culture'

IT IS surely unprecedented for two cookbooks, authored by young…

Inside Track: Can we have our cake and eat it...and still stay healthy?

WITH the global obesity crisis running out of control, it’s…

Cate Devine: The humble haggis supper gets a hipster makeover

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MasterChef: The Professionals winner Gary Maclean on food, family and the future

IT’S fascinating to see how Gary Maclean is getting used to…

Masterchef Gary Maclean wants to become Scotland's National Chef

The UK's newest MasterChef now wants to become Scotland's first…

Gary Maclean: I hope my MasterChef win will boost Glasgow’s and Scotland’s food scene

IT’S fascinating to see how Gary Maclean is getting used to…

MasterChef: The Professionals winner Gary Maclean on food, family and the future

IT’S fascinating to see how Gary Maclean is getting used to…

Cate Devine: Putting the fizz in new brands of soft drinks

WHO would have imagined that Scotland, a force to be reckoned…

Glasgow chef Jimmy Lee on his Chinese food revolution and appearing on Kirstie’s Homemade Christmas

JIMMY Lee is 40 years old but looks half that age. He’s slim,…

Cate Devine: Is rationing the answer to tackling obesity?

SCOTLAND’S ongoing and avoidable battle with the blubber, while…

Cookbooks for Christmas

By Cate Devine

Cate Devine: Our all-consuming cafe society

THIS may seem an odd thing for a food writer to say but the…

Edinburgh does not do enough to sell its food scene, says Tom Kitchin

ONE of Scotland’s top chefs claims Edinburgh does not do enough…