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    The Kilted CHEF

    Jun 17, 2022 4 minutes
    Words by SALLY COFFEY

    Craig Wilson, AKA The Kilted Chef, has made quite a name for himself throughout his culinary career.

    Starting out as a trainee chef aged just 16 at the Strathburn Hotel in Inverurie, near where he grew up, Craig soon moved on to work at the Ballathie House Hotel in Perthshire and became head chef at The Cromlix hotel (now owned by tennis star Andy Murray) at the age of just 24.

    His ‘Kilted’ nickname came later, when a chance TV appearance, in which he wore a kilt, went down so well, that the

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