Our training restaurant in Motherwell College (soon to be part of New College Lanarkshire), ML1, is open to both students and external customers. We prepare and present a wide range of dishes. For over 150 years Ramsay of Carluke have taken exceptional pride in the ingredients they use in their world-famous black pudding. Certainly any time we prepare dishes using their black pudding, customers ask where they can purchase it, especially when it is cooked with pan-seared clams!

I am not alone in singing its praises, as Nick Nairn, Rick Stein and Heston Blumenthal have also added their approval. Now, let me tell you about their award-winning haggis… .

Garry Allan is Head of Hospitality and Professional Cookery at Motherwell College