Dining with a MasterChef Winner
Winning MasterChef helped Jamie Scott build his profile in the highly competitive world of elite cooking. However, as Mark Alexander finds out, he owes at least part of his success to golf... Golf has an uncanny knack of throwing different worlds together and having them land perfectly in unison. Like a juggler’s finale, golf’s unifying power brings together travel and sport effortlessly. It offers a conduit between business and pleasure, and when the very best of gastronomy forges with the best of golf, there is a kind of synchronicity that defies logic or reason. Jamie Scott, chef and owner of The Newport restaurant, embodies that intersection between the challenge of the links and the heat of the kitchen. “I try to get out once a week,” he admits. “Playing golf used to be very competitive and stressful for me, but now I go out and relax. It’s four hours of fresh air.” The 28-year-old gastronomic guru loves his golf. A member at Letham Grange near Arbroath, he has a