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Perfect Partnerships: Who’s the melon to your prosciutto?

April 26, 2024

Good morning lovely people Strawberries and cream.  Super sweeties covered in a silky blanket.   A perfect partnership. Prosciutto e Melone; a little more adventurous […]

Blood Orange Marmalade Recipe

March 29, 2024

Blood oranges are much sweeter than Seville or normal oranges, so this is a sugar rush but it’s easy to make and doesn’t require two […]

Don’t let gestures posture for the wrong purpose

March 29, 2024

Happy Easter lovely people, When a Marathon was renamed to a Snicker and Opal Fruits became Starbursts who would have known that this was the […]

Mother’s Day

February 27, 2024

MOTHER’S DAY AT CONTINI RESTAURANTS Mum’s the World – Sunday 10th March. With Mother’s Day just around the corner, mum’s the word – and it’s […]

The Naughty List

December 11, 2023

Good morning lovely people, On the morning of the last post, I stayed in bed all day.  It felt like an early Christmas present.  I […]

New Years Eve Celebrations

December 6, 2023

Edinburgh Hogmanay is famous for having the best New Year’s Eve celebrations in the world. Lucky for us, our restaurants are in  prime locations for […]

It’s not black and white, it’s all the colours in between

October 2, 2023

Good morning lovely people, Autumn colours are ever so slowly creeping in and with the darker nights, I lost Rocco.  We’d gone for a walk […]

Keep Fit and Happy

September 18, 2023

Good morning lovely people Are you sitting down. Nonna G is starting Tai Chi. Apparently at 95 she’s eligible for the advanced (fitness, not age) class. […]

Some Consultants Are Priceless

September 4, 2023

Good morning lovely people We’ve had our fair share of business coaching and consultants over the years.  Sometimes it has felt like going to the […]

Chicken or Goose?

August 7, 2023

Good morning lovely people, Our eldest daughter has a new job.  She’s a dancer and is touring around Britain from Aberdeen to High Wycome and […]

EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE VIEWS An Irish Impressionist: Lavery on Location

July 13, 2023

This exhibition is organised by the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, in collaboration with National Museums NI and the National Galleries of Scotland 20TH JULY […]

Mission Accomplished

July 10, 2023

Good morning lovely people,   We’re back, recharged and ready for the best season to be in our beautiful city; Festival, Fringe, Grayson Perry Exhibition […]

United we stand……..

September 14, 2021

To our dear hospitality colleagues The last 18 months have been an unimaginable nightmare. We’ve been forced to close, trade restricted and now we find […]

Team Hospitality Offer

September 14, 2021

National Hospitality Day and National Family Business Day! The 18th September is National Hospitality Day and the 23rd September is National Family Business Day! So […]

When I said you were escaping my weekly blogs I really “hoped” we would be moving towards a normal

September 6, 2021

Normal really feels like a lifetime ago. Is it just us or do you feel the same? When I said you were escaping my weekly […]

Puppy Love at Contini Venues

August 23, 2021

Last week Victor and I had a few days off. Quite remarkable! So lovely to spend time with the children and for the first time […]

Over the last 75 weeks I’ve truly loved sharing my thoughts

August 10, 2021

Good morning lovely people Today you’re getting freedom from my weekly missives, but as the FM says no freedom from Covid, for some time to […]

What a difference a year makes….

July 26, 2021

Today is a happy blog. We have three restaurants back up and running and the sense of relief is difficult, even for me, to articulate. […]

Sorry, it’s a Long Covid missive today

July 19, 2021

I was confused for a moment, so Edinburgh is moving from Level 2 to Level 0 tomorrow. Is it, “Pass Straight to Go and Collect […]

The 10 Clouds of Covid

July 5, 2021

We’re on Cloud 9, but not as you know it. We’re in the middle of a sandstorm. Watching the world around us makes me feel […]

The cupboards are all tidy

June 28, 2021

Good morning lovely people I love analysing things, you may have noticed. Victor says I’ve to stop trying to control the things I can’t change. […]

I’m throwing my toys out of the pram this week

June 21, 2021

Good morning lovely people I’m throwing my toys out of the pram this week, actually we’ve been thrown out the pram, fall guy hospitality is […]

What will next year be like

June 14, 2021

This time last year we were still in Lockdown 1 and the prospect of the 15th July opening was filled with a sense of relief […]

We invite you to enjoy Contini venues this summer

June 14, 2021

Hello, What a year it has been. Our industry has been hit hard but we are delighted to still be here feeling positive and energised […]

Perfect Partnerships: Who’s the melon to your prosciutto?

April 26, 2024

Good morning lovely people Strawberries and cream.  Super sweeties covered in a silky blanket.   A perfect partnership. Prosciutto e Melone; a little more adventurous […]

Blood Orange Marmalade Recipe

March 29, 2024

Blood oranges are much sweeter than Seville or normal oranges, so this is a sugar rush but it’s easy to make and doesn’t require two […]

Don’t let gestures posture for the wrong purpose

March 29, 2024

Happy Easter lovely people, When a Marathon was renamed to a Snicker and Opal Fruits became Starbursts who would have known that this was the […]

Mother’s Day

February 27, 2024

MOTHER’S DAY AT CONTINI RESTAURANTS Mum’s the World – Sunday 10th March. With Mother’s Day just around the corner, mum’s the word – and it’s […]

The Naughty List

December 11, 2023

Good morning lovely people, On the morning of the last post, I stayed in bed all day.  It felt like an early Christmas present.  I […]

New Years Eve Celebrations

December 6, 2023

Edinburgh Hogmanay is famous for having the best New Year’s Eve celebrations in the world. Lucky for us, our restaurants are in  prime locations for […]

It’s not black and white, it’s all the colours in between

October 2, 2023

Good morning lovely people, Autumn colours are ever so slowly creeping in and with the darker nights, I lost Rocco.  We’d gone for a walk […]

Keep Fit and Happy

September 18, 2023

Good morning lovely people Are you sitting down. Nonna G is starting Tai Chi. Apparently at 95 she’s eligible for the advanced (fitness, not age) class. […]

Some Consultants Are Priceless

September 4, 2023

Good morning lovely people We’ve had our fair share of business coaching and consultants over the years.  Sometimes it has felt like going to the […]

Chicken or Goose?

August 7, 2023

Good morning lovely people, Our eldest daughter has a new job.  She’s a dancer and is touring around Britain from Aberdeen to High Wycome and […]

EXCLUSIVE PRIVATE VIEWS An Irish Impressionist: Lavery on Location

July 13, 2023

This exhibition is organised by the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, in collaboration with National Museums NI and the National Galleries of Scotland 20TH JULY […]

Mission Accomplished

July 10, 2023

Good morning lovely people,   We’re back, recharged and ready for the best season to be in our beautiful city; Festival, Fringe, Grayson Perry Exhibition […]

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