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Dundee foodie Gillian Veal will host an “intimate” dinner at the V&A, sharing recipes from her latest cookbook with a small number of guests. The award-winning author, who runs The Parlour Cafe in Dundee, will plate up dishes from her new cookbook, Café Cooking: From The Parlour to Cambo Gardens. The exclusive dinner is part of the Dundee Food Festival, which runs from Saturday July 6 to Sunday July 7 across the city.

Gillian told The Courier: “It’s a momentous building. I’m very humbled and really proud to be doing it. “I went to art school and I think the V&A has a great energy about it.



“I’m really, really happy to be part of it. “It will be a really intimate meal. “And it will be a tough crowd, my mum’s going,” she laughs.

The Dundee cook will host the Tatha Takeover event in the Tatha Bar and Kitchen on Saturday July 6. Gillian, who The Courier revealed will , enjoys “family sharing style” dining. “We’re doing it on three long tables, and we will be bringing all the dishes out,” says Gillian.

“It will be like sitting around the table on holiday. And we’re hoping for a gorgeous sunset. “It will be really informal, offering tasters of what we do.

” The food will feature the vibrant, veggie-packed cuisine that Gillian is well known for. The menu includes seasonal canapes, a mezze selection, aubergine parmigiana, salads, and a satsuma cake with rosemary honey syrup. “We’re actually going to pick from Cambo Gardens that day,” s.

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