Claire Listed in Top 8 Celebrity Chefs in the World
6 August 2006
Iain Belcher wrote:
"Lady Claire Macdonald has never described a roasted partridge as “well pukka” or uttered the advice, “chuck in some basil, lovely jubbly”. The elegant 58-year-old is married to Lord Godfrey Macdonald, High Chief of Clan Donald and runs Kinloch Lodge, a small luxury hotel and restaurant, littered with ancestral portraits and antiques, on the shore of Skye’s Loch na Dal.
Her 17th cookery book is about to be published — some of her titles are million-sellers — and this year sees her TV series, Seasonally Scottish, screened on UKTV Food, based on zingingly fresh produce from the West Highlands.
Local ingredients feature prominently at romantic Kinloch, including seared Skye scallops with sweet-chilli sauce, and pan-fried Scotch beef with port, ginger and peppercorn sauce. Macdonald might spice things up with Indian chillies or Sicilian lemons, but we guarantee you’ll not see her driving a knackered camper van around Italy to fend off an impending midlife crisis.
The critics say: “Honest nosh from a famous campaigner against foodie fuss” — Jeremy Lazell, The Sunday Times. “Imaginative cuisine created from fresh ingredients, served in baronial surroundings” — Taste of Scotland.
