He started working from his specially designed chocolate kitchen at Grandtully in Highland Perthshire to provide top Scottish chefs with gourmet chocolates of a quality unavailable elsewhere. Some of Scotland’s major five-star restaurants are now regular customers.

Thanks to the development of his own elegant packaging, he is now able to share with all his customers the outstanding textures and flavours created in this gourmet range of chocolates – freshly and elegantly hand-crafted with natural local ingredients at a price which is not elitist.

Iain Burnett (36) enjoys working with some of the nation’s top chefs on new personalised flavours and textures of petit fours, inclusions and decorations. Though all of them have had the experience of making their own, there are good reasons for their choice in using The Highland Chocolatier.

Of particular interest to these aficionados has been Iain’s specialty, his award-winning Velvet Truffle™ – un-enrobed or “naked” soft truffles usually dusted in cocoa powder for a rustic look and served with a special truffle fork. In 2009, took the Scottish Excellence Award for Best Food Service Product of the Year. The award was given for “serving up the very best in Scottish food… pushing the boundaries, challenging expectations and delivering to a demanding marketplace” and also, this year won 3 gold stars in The Great Taste Awards with exactly the same outstanding product.