Toast Rabbie with a 'guid auld Scotch drink' at this Burns Supper in support of Prostate Scotland. Enjoy an evening of whisky and fine dining with speeches courtesy of entertainers Jay Crawford, Robbie Duncan and Sally Gray MBE, and music from Brigid Mhairi and Richard Dunn.
Prestonfield’s Burns Supper returns on Thursday 23rd January 2025. The event is famed as an Edinburgh Institution offering guests the opportunity to be entertained in style, while celebrating the life and poetry of Robert Burns and raising funds for Prostate Scotland.
Guests will receive a rousing welcome from Prestonfield’s piper with complimentary cocktails to herald the start of the evening. Followed by a delicious three-course dinner featuring the very best of Scotland’s larder and, of course, the traditional haggis.
Promising to be full of the wit and wisdom of Burns, the evening is to be hosted by radio executive, Jay Crawford and will be packed with music and haunting traditional songs from Brigid Mhairi and Richard Dunn.
The Immortal Memory is to be delivered by celebrated wordsmith Ian Landles, former Hawick RFC President. Robbie Duncan, an Ayrshire farmer and Burns Speaker will propose The Toast to the Lassies, and Sally Gray MBE, TV presenter and performance coach will give her Reply fae the Lassies.
Guests can buy tickets for the prize draw and place bids on the silent and live auctions for a whole host of luxury items and experiences including:
A beautiful diamond set heart pendant in 18ct gold worth over £1500
An overnight stay for two people at Kinloch Lodge Skye with warm fires, relaxed comfort, Highland hospitality and spectacular food
Two tickets for Peter Kay with an overnight stay in London’s new, vibrant and contemporary hotel, Botree
Playing at the Championship golf course, Muirfield, in the company of legendary Scotland and British Lions rugby player Andy Irvine to play a four ball
Owner, James Thomson from Prestonfield House said: “It’s an unmissable evening, packed full of music with a brilliant host, an incredible line up of speakers, delicious seasonal food and high-end prizes to be bid for. Guests can be sure of being entertained in Prestonfield’s unique style – and at £85 per head, it’s fantastic value – come along and bring a friend, bring family or buy a table of ten – it’s all for a great cause.”
Tickets are now on sale and funds from the evening will help support the work of Prostate Scotland. The charity provides information and support to men and their families navigating prostate cancer and disease in Scotland.
Alison Wright, CEO, Prostate Scotland comments: “We’re looking forward to welcoming guests to what will be a fun and inspiring evening. Our prize draw and auctions are open to guests attending the event, and to Scots home and abroad not unable to make it on the night.
“The support received from the Burns Supper fundraising makes a real difference to saving lives. It means we can reach more men to raise awareness of the symptoms, to get checked earlier, and offer support through access to information and our courses, when they need it most.”
The fundraising will support approximately 4,000 men in Scotland who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer this year, and the 20,000 men already living with it, and the thousands of men suffering from prostatitis or an enlarged prostate.
The prize draw for the necklace is currently live - bids or open to those able and unable to attend.