Had a fine day out at Ballater food market, having nibbles and buying food for return to Aberdeen and rest of day at professional kitchens where we cooked a 3... read more course meal from scratch under the eye of an excellent professional chef, good company too. Calum was a pro chef too and a good host throughout. See bit of the North east, buy food, cook it, cheery company with a glass of wine. What’s not to like?

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  We had a great day out in Aberdeenshire. Calum guided us well through and took us to meet an Angus farmer. Absinthe distillery and he even managed to get a... read more bagpiper play a tune for us 🙂

Calum is a great guide, with a lot of knowledge and a fun guy to be around. I truly recommend him 🙂

  We had the best day Calum was the most considerate tour guide looking after our every needs.The Ogilvies Vodka Farm was so impressive it’s so worth going to see what... read more they’ve done,their vodkas we’re amazing. We finished our day in style with a visit to the Gin Bothy in Glamis, Thank you Calum, January was made better because of you all the best

  I contacted Callum via his Web page during lockdown to ask if he could recommend things to do in Aboyne for my husband's 40th. His communication and knowledge of the... read more area is excellent. He was so very helpful and went above and beyond to help me plan the perfect day with the limited options we had to play with due to covid restrictions. Even at this time it is well worth contacting Callum as he is a gem and will go out of his way to help you. Even down to providing our transport! …

  We had a fantastic few days being shown around the foodie hot spots of Aberdeenshire with Calum. We'd never met the guy before and it was such an easy experience,... read more bantering all the way. I mean, I would say that his jokes need work but to be fair so do ours! Lovely lad, not a single person in Scotland he doesn't know (of any use) and we will definitely be coming back. The food and whiskey were all simply superb. Thanks pal 😉

  We went of the tour of angus and glamis vodka and gin tour, it was absolutely fantastic very informative Calum is very good at organising these tours and knows his... read more stuff. I would definitely recommend these tours .

  Hands down one of the best days out we have had.
We were greeted by Callum, who showed us nothing but kindness, made us feel at ease, and welcomed... read more us on board with a big smile and great humour. Not forgetting his outstanding knowledge of the local area and produce.
After being toured round the local market which was great, we headed back to the cookery school where we were met by the most amazing chef. He came up with brilliant cooking ideas and help us produce amazing tasting food. He was so kind, patient, talented and a genuinely brilliant guy all round.
Thank you so much to Callum and his team for a brilliant Market Day and Cookery Class.
This tour is brilliant, relaxed, interesting and a whole load of fun.
We can’t wait to book again with Bothie and Bannocks.

  I contacted Callum via his Web page during lockdown to ask if he could recommend things to do in Aboyne for my husband's 40th. His communication and knowledge of the... read more area is excellent. He was so very helpful and went above and beyond to help me plan the perfect day with the limited options we had to play with due to covid restrictions. Even at this time it is well worth contacting Callum as he is a gem and will go out of his way to help you. Even down to providing our transport!

  Callum looked after us for a mountain bike weekend in Aberdeenshire. Always on time, great banter and nothing was too difficult. We really enjoyed the two distillery tours... read more snd the special tasting menu that Callum organised at the Rothesay Rooms was sublime - is there anybody in Scotland Callum doesn’t know? Highly recommend and will definitely be back! …

  What a great day we had on our market day cook class. Calum is an excellent host with a passion for good food . Stuart the chef was great too.... read more This was a thoroughly enjoyable day out. Calum’s easy going nature and knowledge definitely made this experience so good. I’d recommend this day out and would love to do another day out with Bothies and Bannicks in the future.