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Celebrating Scran Award winners 2025 - Celentano's & Roberta Hall-McCarron

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Show Notes

On this episode of Scran Rosalind speaks to two of the Scran Award's winners we celebrated earlier this summer.

Anna Parker who is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Celentano's in Glasgow joins Rosalind to talk about the business and winning the Restaurant of the Year award.

Chef of the Year, Roberta Hall-McCarron who runs a number of popular and busy restaurants in Edinburgh including The Little Chartroom also joins her to talk the ups and downs of being a restaurateur. Both of these women who are leading the way in Scottish dining share what it's like to work in an industry alongside their partners as well as raising a family at the same time. They tell Rosalind about how they have seized upon opportunities to build, grow and expand and disclose the challenges that stretch them on a daily basis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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