Seasonal news

Nick Nairn, the well-known Scottish TV chef, is now presenting Landward on BBC2 Scotland. This Friday 18/4, at 7pm he is doing a feature on Scottish Mutton. He filmed here two weeks ago, so if you are in Scotland please tune in. You will see the lo...more

Wild Goat There is a herd of wild goats on one of our venison supplier’s Scottish Moors. At this time of year some of the goats are culled. We have put together a wild goat box for those of you with adventurous taste buds. The box will contain a...more

The week of crisp dry weather has been perfect for heather burning up on the hill. We burn strips through the banks of old heather to allow new heather to regenerate. This creates good feeding for the grouse and sheep. The grouse are particularly k...more

Last chance for fresh game The gamebird season ends on 31st January. That means there are two more dates for the delivery of fresh game – on Thursday 31st and Thursday 7th February. This is a good opportunity to put some game in your freezer for t...more

Pheasants With some cold weather at long last, the pheasants are in their prime now. Either whole roasted or as a pan-fried breast, they make a really delicious dinner for two. However I did eat whole one on my lonesome last night. You can orde...more

Game Grouse The grouse season has come to an abrupt halt. The moors with grouse have mostly stopped shooting to preserve their breeding stocks for next season. It has been a short and sweet season. Partridge Partridges have been in season for ...more

The Scottish Hills are purple-clad now with the heather in full bloom. This signals our most delicious offering of the year: Young grouse and Blackface lamb, straight from the hill. There are good numbers of grouse in the Lammermuirs and Lowther...more

Ayrshire Veal The spring born Ayrshire veal calves are now ready in prime condition. We are despatching the AA Veal box for delivery on Thursday 9th August. The box is located on the Galloway Beef page of the Blackface website. Either order online...more

Galloway Beef If you are eating out in London, you can try our Galloway Beef at Paternoster Chophouse, Butlers Wharf Chophouse and Locanda Locatelli. We have two boxes available for immediate despatch – a barbeque box @ £49 And a compact beef box ...more

Our Galloway Beef fillet made its TV debut two weeks ago to rapturous acclaim from the chefs taking part in the Great British Menu programme. Jeremy Lee of Blueprint Café in London used it as his main course in his televised challenge against Nick ...more