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The Macallan Estate - TimeSpirit  A pinnacle of culinary excellence in Scotland United by an insatiable curiosity, quest for knowledge, and dedication to innovation, The Macallan has collaborated with El Celler de Can Roca to launch a new permanent dining experience at The Macallan Estate - TimeSpirit.  Together, we have crafted a dining concept that is a culinary exploration and playful expression of The Macallan’s story as we celebrate 200 Years Young. A pinnacle of culinary excellence in Scotland, TimeSpirit pays tribute to our past and marks an exciting new chapter as we look forward to the future. ​  Cost: The lunch tasting menu is £60 per person. The dinner tasting menu is £95 per person.  Frequency: From 31st October, TimeSpirit is open from Thursday to Saturday between 12:00-14:00 or 19:00-20:30, and on Sunday between 12:00-14:00.

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00:00I'm Roslyn Derskin, Food and Drink Editor at The Scotsman and I'm here at the

00:04Macallan Distillery in the Speyside to be one of the first to see their new

00:07Time Spirit restaurant. So let's go!

00:12Today is a great night for us. It's probably the date for our memory in our history.

00:24It's a point of breaking the idea because we always say no to open a restaurant in Girona.

00:35But today we have this part of connecting with emotion, with our memory.

00:43It's a moment for thinking about our parents, our children, our wives and also our team.

00:53And also with a gratitude about Macallan with this opportunity to share values,

01:01to share also this connection with the nature, with this part of the bridge,

01:06with the Grecian gastronomy and also why not to focus Scotland in the label of the cuisine.

01:13We're not looking for a Michelin star or anything like that.

01:16We are looking to embrace the culture, to learn from local chefs

01:21but also use the local ingredients to offer a great experience to our guests

01:26and to work on the creativity of the presentation of the dishes

01:29but also the pairing with the wines and the Macallan whiskey as well.

01:33So that's what we are focused on.

01:35The Macallan has in its DNA this connection with the community.

01:38And as Giuseppe is saying perfectly, it's about opening an experience for the community that lives here.

01:44We embrace the ingredients, we embrace the agriculture,

01:47we embrace the farming that we have around, the fishing which is really rich

01:51and it's about the engagement with the communities.

01:53Of course Macallan receives people from all around the world but our focus is Scottish and Scotland.

01:59Surely, well we've worked with El Salad de Can Roca for more than a decade

02:04and we've worked with David Fullstrop, Studio David Fullstrop for three or four years as well

02:09and it's been wonderful having had this idea that we really wanted to create a proper dining space

02:15but we have the expertise in making the Macallan

02:17but bringing the best there is in terms of restaurant design and the best there is in terms of chefs

02:23has really, really been a wonderful experience

02:26because the length of the partnership and the way they understand us

02:31if you'll forgive me for coming up with a cliched expression

02:35but the sum of the parts really is greater than the whole

02:37and you'll see the space that David's created for us.

02:41It feels like it's been here forever.

02:43I think one of the most beautiful things about the restaurant

02:47is very much how it navigates within the artificial light and the natural light.

02:51So I think it is a project that actually really because of the large open windows

02:59it lives with time and it lives with the daylight

03:03and it also in some way closes around itself at night

03:06and it's about creating a very intimate experience within a very large space.

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