Some of the UK’s most exciting culinary talents are set to take part in a guest chef series launching at an award-winning Edinburgh restaurant this month.
Celebrating the one-year anniversary of Lyla, Scottish chef Stuart Ralston will next week launch the first of the Shore to Shore events at his restaurant on Royal Terrace.
In an ode to the rich bounty of our seas, guest chefs will take part in a four-hands dinner at Lyla, bringing their own take on seafood from Scotland and the wider UK coastline.
Guests will then be invited into the main dining room, where the rest of the menu will be served with four courses from the night’s chef.
Accompanying the menu will be an optional drinks pairing by Lyla’s award-winning head sommelier, Stuart Skea, featuring a collection of small-domain wines and sake, to celebrate new-age, old-world alongside a selection of UK-based producers.
The full line-up confirmed so far is as follows:
2024
- Alex Nietosvuori, Hjem - Wednesday, October 30
- Andy Beynon, BEHIND - Monday, November 11
2025
- Johnnie Crowe, Restaurant St Barts - Monday, January 30
- Joshua Overington, Mýse - Tuesday, February 18
- Theo Clench (ex Cycene and Akoko) – November (exact date TBC)
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Born in the small town of Glenrothes in Scotland, Stuart Ralston is an award-winning chef based in Edinburgh with four restaurants: Aizle, Noto, Tipo and Lyla, all of which he independently owns.
Aizle was opened in 2014 and is recognised as one of Scotland’s best restaurants, featured in Estrella Damm’s Top 100 restaurants at the National Restaurant Awards two years in a row.
In 2021, Noto was awarded a Bib Gourmand at the Michelin Awards and Tipo, which opened in March 2023, made its debut in the Michelin Guide just four months after opening.
In 2022, Stuart also won Chef of the Year at the Edinburgh restaurant Awards and Aizle was awarded Best Fine Dining restaurant.
Opened in October 2023, Lyla took over the space previously occupied by the late Paul Kitching’s 21212 restaurant.
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The restaurant was listed as one the Best New Openings 2023 by Condé Nast Traveller in the inaugural edition of the awards, debuted at number 28th on the National Restaurant Awards, has been recognised as one of the most exciting restaurants in the UK by World’s 50 Best and was crowned Restaurant Newcomer at the Food & Travel Awards 2024.
Lyla is located at 3 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh
For more information or to book now visit lylaedinburgh.co.uk.
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