The five-star luxury hotel, Fairmont St. Andrews, recently hosted an evening to celebrate the launch of the Zephyr Sports Bar on Thursday 31st January. The new Zephyr Sports Bar is a fresh take on the classic sports bar offering stylish surrounds in which to enjoy the biggest sporting events, delicious vegetarian and vegan food and drinks.
Guests were invited to enjoy a first look at the new bar, sample sharable vegan and vegetarian cuisine alongside a range of vegan drinks including a stein of Zephyr pilsner, delicious cocktails, or a dram of malt whisky. Guests enjoyed dishes from Zephyr’s new menu including Moroccan spiced falafel served with tahini Greek yogurt and green chili zhoug; sweetcorn & pepper sliders served with bbq jackfruit and warm sourdough with mushrooms, hazelnuts with tarragon and Dijon Pâté.
The event was attended by local businesses, guests, friends and family of the hotel and celebrated sports stars represented by Red Sky Management.
Scottish Olympic Medalists and World Champion Curlers, Team Muirhead, including Eve Muirhead, Vicki Chalmers, Jennifer Dodds, and Lauren Gray, joined Red Sky Management CEO Rowen Shepherd for a question and answer session, following an opening speech by General Manager, John Keating.
The event was a huge success, seeing sports stars such as Ryan Grant, British and lrish Lions and Scotland Rugby International; Ruaridh Jackson, Scotland Rugby International; Sammi Kinghorn, World Champion and World Record Holder Wheelchair Racer; Eilidh Doyle, Scotland’s most medaled athlete; Rowen Shepherd, Scotland Rugby International and CEO of Red Sky Management; Rhona Shepherd, Scotland Women’s Rugby International and CPO of Red Sky Management Roly Reid, Scotland Rugby International.
The evening was closed with music by local Singer/Songwriter Yasmin Worrall, who performed a selection of songs from acoustic pop to classic hits.
Mr. Keating, Fairmont St Andrews General Manager said of the night, “What a pleasure it was so see so many amazing Scottish sporting names enjoying our brilliant new Zephyr Sports Bar. We are proud to offer a new venue to our guests and locals in which to enjoy the biggest and best sporting events in the Fairmont St. Andrew in style.”