Meet Chef Liam

A local lad, Liam grew up in Springfield and after completing his education at Annan Academy, he went on to become a baker before moving into the cheffing world. Eventually, he would go on to own his own restaurant in Dumfries before being offered a position to work with Michelin chef Ben Queenfryer, at Hidden River. 

It was there that he honed in his cheffing skills, being particularly good at making beautiful soups with depth and intense flavour and deep, rich, glossy sauces.  

Liam has brought those skills to the wee thistle where he not only makes everything on our menu from scratch and made to order, but he also has a whole section dedicated to homemade pies and sausage rolls. Everything from; 12hr braised beef & rich red wine pies, to homemade scotch pies, haggis and cheese sausage rolls, tomato & fennel sausage rolls and many more flavours.