London Jan. 29 (People's Daily Online) —— ScotHot, Scotland’s event for the food, drink, hospitality and tourism industry, will run from 4 to 5 March 2015 at Glasgow’s SECC as part of Scottish Tourism Week’s Signature Programme.

Fergus Ewing MSP, Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism is to open ScotHot. He said: “2014 has been a hugely successful year for Scottish tourism, with the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Ryder Cup and Scottish Homecoming all shining the global spotlight on our fantastic country and providing a massive boost to our tourism economy.

“Looking forward to 2015, the Year of Food & Drink is a chance to build on the success of this year and on the long term benefits these events bring, building a strong, high quality experience that visitors will remember that will keep them returning to Scotland for many years to come. We will celebrate Scotland’s natural larder and quality produce with Scots and visitors alike and ScotHot provides the perfect platform to do this.”

ScotHot will bring together suppliers of food and drink; catering equipment; décor and design; tableware and technology products with chefs and buyers from hotels, restaurants, bars, catering outlets and tourism destinations. The show will also include the 30th Scottish Culinary Championships, which challenges chefs to create show-stopping food sculptures as well as being judged in a live cook-off on the main stage. Visitors will also be treated to a line-up of experts giving business advice and workshops at The Spotlight Stage.