Legacy Scholarship returns
- The Legacy Scholarship has returned with a stage at The Dorchester for Scottish chefs tied to the MICHELIN Guide ceremony. - Fraser Cameron, head chef at The Globe Inn, was the inaugural winner and previously completed a stage at The Ritz London under John Williams MBE. - The program launched in 2025 and is linked to the MICHELIN Guide Ceremony being held in Scotland for the first time, offering chef-development visibility (dramscotland.co.uk).
Applications have reopened for the Legacy Scholarship, sending one Scotland-based chef to The Dorchester in London for a five-day kitchen stage. (foodanddrink.scot) The scholarship is run by Scotland Food & Drink and Hospitality Industry Trust Scotland, known as HIT Scotland, and the 2026 placement will be under The Dorchester’s culinary director, Martyn Nail. Applicants must be based in Scotland and have at least five years of full-time professional kitchen experience. (dramscotland.co.uk) The first winner was Fraser Cameron, head chef at 1610 at The Globe Inn in Dumfries, who was awarded a five-day stage at The Ritz London under executive chef John Williams MBE in September 2025. Scotland Food & Drink said Cameron won the inaugural award through the Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards. (foodanddrink.scot) The program was created in 2025 to mark the MICHELIN Guide Great Britain & Ireland ceremony being held in Scotland for the first time. Michelin said Glasgow hosted that ceremony on Monday, February 10, 2025, at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. (guide.michelin.com) Scotland Food & Drink and Glasgow Life partnered with Michelin on the 2025 event, which put Scotland’s restaurant sector in front of chefs, operators and media tied to the guide. Scotland Food & Drink said the scholarship was designed as a legacy project from that ceremony. (foodanddrink.scot) A stage is a short, hands-on placement in another chef’s kitchen, usually used to learn systems, technique and service at close range. In this case, the scholarship shifts from The Ritz in its first year to The Dorchester in its second. (hitscotland.co.uk, dramscotland.co.uk) The award sits inside a wider HIT Scotland scholarship program that backs early-career and mid-level hospitality workers with placements and training. HIT Scotland describes its scholarships as a route for people in the sector to build experience and move up. (hitscotland.co.uk) For Scottish chefs, the immediate change is practical: applications are open again, the host kitchen is new, and the scholarship remains tied to the industry push that began with Glasgow’s 2025 Michelin ceremony. (foodanddrink.scot, guide.michelin.com)
