{"id":9320,"date":"2024-05-21T12:29:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T11:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/?p=9320"},"modified":"2024-06-11T10:17:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T09:17:31","slug":"the-witchery-by-the-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/the-witchery-by-the-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witchery by the Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Witchery by The Castle is a key part of James Thomson Restaurants, a multi award winning Edinburgh business which has been established for around 40 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Located at the top of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, as the name suggests just outside the grounds of Edinburgh Castle, the Witchery started life as a cafe, Boswell Court, James Thomson created the Witchery in 1979 having previously worked there as a waiter and went on to buy the business and develop the world renowned restaurant with rooms that we see today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This has been a long-term rescue of Boswell\u2019s Court, a sixteenth Century building in the heart of Edinburgh\u2019s Old Town which is close to his heart. Now in it\u2019s fifth decade, The Witchery is possibly Scotland\u2019s best known restaurant with rooms, beloved by locals, visitors from across the globe and frequented by many celebrities. One meeting that Clive Groom had with Chef Dougie and the GM, was delayed when Chef and the team were focused on delivering breakfast for a well known \u201cpop group\u201d and their entourage who had sole occupancy of the hotel section of the Witchery for two days, and were checking out that morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"9323\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5834-rotated-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9323 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5834-rotated-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5834-rotated-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5834-rotated-1-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5834-rotated-1-18x24.jpg 18w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5834-rotated-1-27x36.jpg 27w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5834-rotated-1-36x48.jpg 36w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5834-rotated-1.jpg 810w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"9321\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5240-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9321 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5240-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5240-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5240-1-267x200.jpg 267w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5240-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5240-1-24x18.jpg 24w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5240-1-36x27.jpg 36w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5240-1-48x36.jpg 48w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/IMG_5240-1.jpg 1080w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" data-id=\"9322\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/tattoo-16-1024x569.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9322 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/tattoo-16-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/tattoo-16-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/tattoo-16-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/tattoo-16-24x13.jpg 24w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/tattoo-16-36x20.jpg 36w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/tattoo-16-48x27.jpg 48w, https:\/\/ceda.co.uk\/conference2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/tattoo-16.jpg 1260w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/569;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Witchery by The Castle is a key part of James Thomson Restaurants, a multi award winning Edinburgh business which has been established for around 40 years. 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