Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards

The Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards are annual awards given to notable Scottish people. It is sponsored by the Scotch whisky company Glenfiddich, in association with The Scotsman newspaper. Nine awards are given out for art, business, environment, food, music, screen, sport, writing, and "Top Scot".^[1][2] A consulting panel nominates four people in each category, with the winner decided by public vote. The "Top Scot" category is an open award, with the public able to nominate anyone. The awards were established in 1998.^[3][4][5][6]

Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards
Current: 16th
Country	Scotland
Presented by	Glenfiddich
First award	1998

2014

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	Matthew McVarish[7]	Actor on Me Too! and River City
Art	John Byrne[7]	Playwright and artist	Kate Gray Katie Paterson Rachel Maclean[8]
Business	Gavin Dutch[7]	Founder of Kotikan, a mobile app development company
Environment	Jennie Martin[7]	Founder of Wild things!, an environmental education charity
Food	Jonathan MacDonald[7]	Chef and owner of Glasgow restaurant "Ox and Finch"
Music	Paolo Nutini[7]	Singer/songwriter	Roddy Hart & the Lonesome Fire Twin Atlantic Young Fathers[9]
Screen	James McAvoy[7]	Actor, appeared in Filth
Sport	Scottish Commonwealth Games Medallists[7]	Joint award for all of the medal winners
Writing	Sally Magnusson[7]	Author, journalist and broadcaster, wrote a memoir about her mother's battle with dementia.	Jude Barber and Louise Welsh, The Empire Cafe A. L. Kennedy Rona Munro[9]

2013

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	Andy Murray[10]	Tennis player, winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon
Art	Ross Sinclair[10]		Ilana Halperin David Shrigley Richard Wright[11]
Business	Lewis Family[10]	Mhor business of hotels, restaurants and cafes	Joe Frankel Bill Nixon Gareth Williams[11]
Environment	Gordon Buchanan[10]	Wildlife cameraman, filmed The Polar Bear Family & Me	Sandy Boyd Emma Cooper Gordon & Lorna Milton[11]
Food	Tony Singh[10]	Edinburgh chef, presented The Incredible Spice Men on BBC2	Ian Baird & Tommy Dale Dale Mailley & Edward Murray Michael Smith[11]
Music	Donald Runnicles[10]	Chief Conductor with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra	Django Django Calvin Harris Mogwai[11]
Screen	Kate Dickie[10]	Actress, appeared in Filth and For Those in Peril	Peter Mullan Claire Mundell Paul Wright[11]
Sport	Andy Murray[10]	Tennis player, winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon	Eilidh Doyle Ryan Mania Scottish Women's Curling Team[11]
Writing	William McIlvanney[10]		William Dalrymple David Greig[11] J. K. Rowling (under pen name Robert Galbraith)

2012

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	Michael Forbes	Farmer at Balmedie, refused to sell his land for Donald Trump's golf course
Art	Robert McDowell	Owner of Edinburgh arts venue Summerhall	John Bellany Katrina Brown Callum Innes[12]
Business	Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne	Cookery writer and founder of gluten-free food company Genius Foods	Bill Dobbie Ali Smeaton, Fraser Smeaton, Gregor Lawson Jamie Smith[13]
Environment	Alan Watson Featherstone	Founder of conservation charity Trees for Life	Polly Higgins Ian Maxwell Chris Townsend[14]
Food	Gustavo Pardo	Founder of Edinburgh coffee shop Artisan Roast	Claire Macdonald Mhairi Taylor Peter Jackson, Dirk Douglas, Patricia Stephen[15]
Music	Julie Fowlis	Gaelic singer, featured in the soundtrack of Brave	Nicola Benedetti Johnny Lynch Emeli Sandé[16]
Screen	Kelly Macdonald	Actress, provided the voice for Merida in Brave	Ewen Bremner Chris Fujiwara Paul Laverty[17]
Sport	Scottish Olympic and Paralympic Gold Medallists: Tim Baillie (canoeing), Scott Brash (equestrian), Neil Fachie (cycling), Katherine Grainger (rowing), Chris Hoy (cycling), Craig MacLean (cycling), Andy Murray (tennis), David Smith (rowing), Heather Stanning (rowing)	Instead of drawing up a shortlist of four nominees for voting, the award was given to all of the Scottish Olympic and Paralympic gold medal winners[18]
Writing	Ewan Morrison	Author	Janice Galloway Kirsty Gunn Ali Smith[19]

2011

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	Gordon Rintoul	Director of National Museums Scotland
Art	David Mach	Precious Light exhibition of collages and sculptures
Business	Simon Howie[20]	Chairman of Simon Howie Foods
Environment	Alan Bowman	Researching the varroa mite, which affects bees
Food	Norman MacDonald	Proprietor of Café One in Inverness
Music	David Paul Jones	Composer
Screen	Karen Gillan	Actress, played Amy Pond in Doctor Who
Sport	Neil Fachie	Paralympic cyclist	Don Lennox[21]
Writing	Alan Bissett[22]	Author

2010

The consulting panel comprised John McLellan, editor at The Scotsman and other correspondents, Sally Gordon of Glenfiddich, Peter Irvine and Stuart Nisbet from Unique Events, Fiona Bradley of the Fruitmarket Gallery, Celia Stevenson, and David Sole.^[23]

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot
Art
Business	John March	CEO of BigDNA Ltd
Environment
Food			Mac Mackie and family, Victor and Carina Contini Roy Brett, Iain Burnett[23]
Music
Screen
Sport	Mark Beaumont		Chris Paterson, Alastair Kellock Catriona Morrison, Leven Brown and Don Lennox[23]
Writing	Andrew O'Hagan

2009

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	Susan Boyle
Art	Nicky & Robert Wilson	Jupiter Artland
Business	Richard Dixon	Vets Now
Environment	Mike Robinson	Stop Climate Chaos Scotland
Food	Pete Gottgens	Ardeonaig
Music	John McCusker
Screen	Peter Capaldi
Sport	Ronald Ross	Shinty
Writing	Ian Rankin

^[24]

2008

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	Chris Hoy[25]
Art	Gareth Hoskins[25]
Business	Fraser Doherty[25]
Environment	Tanya Ewing[25]	Ewgeco inventor
Food	John Sinclair[25]
Music	Peter Gregson[25]
Screen	James McAvoy[25]
Sport	Mark Beaumont[25]
Writing	Mark Millar[25]

2007

Kirsty Wark hosted the event held on Friday 30 November 2007

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	Mick Jackson[26]
Art	David Shrigley[26]
Business	Mick Jackson[26]
Environment	Paul Ramsay[26]
Food	Salar Smokehouse[26]
Music	Edywn Collins[26]
Screen	David Tennant[26][27]
Sport	Alex Marshall[26]
Writing	Christopher Brookmyre[26]

2006

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	Walter Smith[28]
Art	Claire Barclay[28]
Business	Mary Dickson[28]
Food	The Really Garlicky Company[28]
Music	Paolo Nutini[28]
Screen	Gordon Ramsay[28]
Sport	British Wheelchair Curling Team[28]
Theatre	David MacLennan[28]
Writing	Alan Spence[28]

2005

Lorraine Kelly hosted the event.

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	Ian Rankin[29]
Art	Jim Lambie[29]
Broadcast	Stuart Cosgrove[29]
Business	Graeme Cox[29]
Food	Andrew Fairlie[29]
Music	Nicola Benedetti[29]
Screen	Leslie Hills[29]
Sport	Andrew Murray[29]
Writing	Rory Stewart[29]

2004

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	Shirley Robertson[30]
Art	Fiona Bradley[30]
Broadcast	Still Game[30]
Business	Angus McSween[30]
Food	Allan Donald[30]
Music	Roddy MacLeod[30]
Screen	Brian Cox[30]
Sport	Colin Montgomerie[30]
Writing	Louise Welsh[30]

2003

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	Sharleen Spiteri[31]
Art	Elizabeth Blackadder[31]
Business	Ian Wood[31]
Food	Heart Buchanan[31]
Music	Sharleen Spiteri[31]
Screen	Ewan McGregor[31]
Sport	Ronald Ross[31]
Writing	McCall Smith[31]

2002

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	Women's Olympic Curling Team[31]
Ambassador	Sam Torrance[31]
Art	Jack Vettriano[31]
Business	Susan Rice[31]
Creative Talent	Colin MacIntyre[31]
Food	Shirley Spear[31]
Innovator	Malcolm Atkinson[31]
Sport	Chris Hoy[31]

2001

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	JK Rowling[31]
Art	Kenny Hunter[31]
Business	Ivor Tiefenbrun[31]
Food	Craig Stevenson[31]
Music	Travis[31]
Screen	Gerard Butler[31]
Sport	Alain Baxter[31]
Writing	Ian Rankin[31]

2000

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	Katherine Grainger[31]
Art	Roderick Buchanan[31]
Business	Chris Gorman[31]
Food	Nick Nairn[31]
Music	The Delgados[31]
Screen	Ian Bannen[31]	Awarded posthumously
Sport	David Coulthard[31]
Writing	Liz Lochhead[31]

1999

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	Sharleen Spiteri[31]
Art	Alison Watt[31]
Books	Iain Banks[31]
Business	Charan Gill[31]
Film	Peter Mullan[31]
Food	Carina Contini[31]
Music	John McCusker[31]
Sport	Alex Ferguson[31]

1998

Category	Winner	Remarks	Other Nominees
Top Scot	Kirsty Wark[31]
Art	Will Maclean[31]
Books	James Kelman[31]
Business	Brian Souter[31]
Film	Ewan McGregor[31]
Food	Andrew Radford[31]
Music	Martyn Bennett[31]
Sport	Peter Nicol[31]

See also

• Glenfiddich Food and Drink Awards