Taste Our Place!
Meet Our ProducersFrom our wild coasts to lush pastures, Argyll & the Isles is the perfect place for producing some of Scotland’s finest produce. With Gulf Stream–blessed weather, abundant sea lochs, and rolling hills, our land and water deliver exceptional seafood, meat, dairy and more.
With an array of local producers, you can savour the taste of carefully crafted and delicious food, from meat to chutneys, cheese to yummy ice creams.
So, why not enjoy a taste of Argyll on your travels or take a piece of Argyll & the Isles home with you or to gift others? Discover the stories of our producers and some of the amazing produce to try across Argyll & the Isles!
Support Scotland's vibrant food ecosystem by choosing local - your taste buds and our rural communities will thank you!
Sample the Region’s Best
Argyll & the Isles Produce To TryOur small, local producers work closely with the land and sea to produce top-notch food that is as fresh as it gets, prepared with love in our fabulous West Coast eateries. Here are some of the must-try produce whilst exploring Argyll & the Isles:
- Seafood: Argyll's Atlantic waters and sea lochs are home to some of Scotland's best seafood. Enjoy oysters with sweeping views over Loch Fyne or sample langoustines, scallops, mussels, and smoked salmon freshly landed each day in Oban, Scotland’s Seafood Capital.
- Smokehouses: While our smokeries are probably best known for their salmon, they also produce Loch Fyne kippers, trout, seafood, meat, game, cheese, pates, and even trout and lumpfish caviars.
- Meat & Game: From delicious Adfern Black Pudding to the finest venison from the Winston Churchill Venison Company, pick up some superior quality meat to try at home.
- Cheese & Dairy: Sample some of our artisan ice creams, such as Highland Fold Ice Cream or Wee Island Dairy. Or try some local cheese, whether it’s hard or soft, from cows or goats, served on a hearty slab of crusty bread or a handmade oatcake; it tastes wonderful!
- Pickles & Chutneys: Need a little something to pair with your cheese? Try a seaweed chutney from the Isle of Mull or one of the main delicious Fyne Preserves, often featuring local ingredients from the maker's garden.
- Spirits, Beer & Coffee: Tour one of Argyll's many distilleries, sample microbrews like Fyne Ales, and sip artisanal blends from Argyll Coffee Roasters.
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Colonsay Smokery
Born of a passion for food and a passion for place, at Colonsay Smokery we produce the finest traditionally smoked and cured salmon. From our home here in an...
Scalasaig Steading
Isle of Colonsay
PA61 7YW
Tel: 07493 939876
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FAQs about Argyll's produceWhere can I buy local produce?
It depends on the producers! Many local cafes, farm shops, and restaurants stock a range of local products. Alternatively, you can visit the producer's website and place your order directly with them. This is often the most effective way to support small businesses.
Do restaurants serve local produce?
Absolutely! The majority of restaurants in Argyll pride themselves on sourcing only the freshest local produce, often working closely with local farmers, fishermen, and producers.
Are there any vegetarian / vegan options?
We are the home of the UK's first vegan food trail! So, yes, vegetarians and vegans are very well catered for across Argyll & the Isles.
Oban & Lorne
Scotland's Seafood CaptialThought to be the birthplace of Scotland's staple 'Lorne Sausage', this region is a foodies paradise. Enjoy the freshest seafood at one of Oban's many brilliant restaurants or venture further afield to one of the many surrounding islands to sample cheese, ice-cream, smoked fish and more!
Kintyre & Gigha
Argyll's Wild CoastlineHead on a drive along the wild coastline of Kintyre, sampling high-quality food & drink such as Mull of Kintyre Cheese, hand-smoked halibut and Kintyre Gin from Beinn an Tuirc Distillers. Hop over the ferry to Gigha to sample some of the delicious Wee Island Ice-Cream!
Islay & Jura
More Than WhiskyHome to some of Scotland's most iconic whisky distilleries, Islay & Jura promise a fantastic experience, featuring birdlife, seafood, and dramatic coastal seascapes. Join a Whisky & Seafood boat tour or visit a local farm shop to stock up on sweet treats, such as Islay Cocoa or An Gleann tablet.
Inner Hebrides
Experience the Island SpiritVisit the Inner Hebridean islands for spectacular scenery, stunning wildlife and warm hospitality. Sample smoked fish and fresh honey on Colonsay, get up close to Hebridean sheep on Coll and sample some tea on Tiree.
Keren runs Sorcha Bakery from her home in Argyll’s stunning Scammadale Glen and welcomes customers to her shop in Oban every Friday and Saturday. Vegan and dairy-free, this “boutique micro-bakery” whose name means “light and radiant” in Gaelic, has become a magnet for locals and tourists, with Keren’s bespoke celebration cakes sought after by customers from all over Scotland.
“It works really well, there is a nice feel to it,” says Keren. “It was always important to me that it was a vegan bakery, to open people’s eyes to the fact that you can have delicious, tasty bakes without causing harm to animals. We’ve had a great response from people, it’s been lovely.” Location is everything, adds Keren.
“I love using the landscape around us,” she says. “We forage for seasonal berries and fruit, and for decorations for our celebration cakes. “I love living here, it’s really inspirational for me to be so close to the sea, the mountains, the heather. It’s good for the soul.”
KAREN CAFFERTY, SORCHA BAKERY
Meet our producer
Jane runs Highland Fold from Achinreir farm in Barcaldine, in north Argyll, where she keeps and milks the cows, grows and harvests fruit and herbs, and makes delicious ice cream along with home-made trimmings, baking, puddings and drinks in the Garden and Barn cafe.
Its signature Highlander gelato is made with milk from the farm’s own Highland Cows.
For a rare treat, once a year, visitors can even help to harvest meadowsweet, the delicious edible herb Jane often uses to make flavoured sugar for the ice cream, in place of vanilla.
“We make everything from scratch and try to source as many ingredients as possible from the farm or from our neighbours and other local businesses,” says Jane.
JANE GREY, HIGHFOLD ICECREAM
It was while on a fishing trip in the middle of beautiful Loch Craignish that fellow chefs and food-lovers Derek Muircroft and Rob FitzPatrick came up with the idea for Ardfern Black Pudding. “We’d been chatting about food, and how some of the traditional products associated with Argyll had slipped away – like the marag dhubh, or black pudding,” explains Rob.
“Whenever people from outside Scotland talk about the foods they most associate with the country, it’s always haggis that comes up. In Argyll, the marag dhubh was traditionally much more popular.”
Painstaking research into the multitude of recipes which exist for Scottish black pudding followed, and it threw up a few surprises. It was fascinating to see how different the recipes were,” says Rob. “There were some strange ingredients, but in the end, we found our recipe, and the response has been incredible.”
The two men first started selling Ardfern Black Pudding in the village hall in 2025, but have since transferred operations to a former vegetable shed on a local farm.
DEREK & ROB | ARDFERN BLACK PUDDING
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