Orkney Quality Food & Drink represents the islands' leading producers whose expertise combines the finest natural harvests of the land and sea with the highest production standards.  

We are a membership organisation responsible for bringing mutual benefits to the Orkney food and drink industry through joint representation and promotion at a local and national level.

Our aims are to promote the continued development and growth of Orkney's food and drink industry by supporting a commitment to quality and members' efforts to improve standards with regards to sources of raw materials, production facilities, manufacturing processes and human resource development.

Full membership is available to companies whose principal business activity is food and drink manufacturing or processing in the Orkney Islands.

Current membership

Argo's Bakery
A wholesale and retail bakery located in the picturesque old sea port of Stromness.  One of the longest established family run businesses in the town, the bakery was first established in the 1940s.  It continues to bake in the traditional way using only the highest quality ingredients.  As well as quality bakery products the business also produces Orkney Fudge and other confectionery.

The Orkney Creamery
This is a long established family dairy business producing most of the islands' milk and a range of quality and award winning ice creams.  Exciting new flavours are added to the range regularly.

Barony Mills
Barony Mills produces bere meal from an ancient variety of barley which has been grown in Orkney since Neolithic times but is now rare following the switch to more commercial types of barley.  Bere meal has a unique tate and experience and is used locally in the baking of bere bannocks as well as in loaves and biscuits and for the brewing of ale.

Orkney Fishermen's Society
This is the UK's largest crab processing business, established in 1953.  With access to 1,000 miles of coastline around Orkney, OFS produces premium hand-picked white crabmeat for restaurant and retail customers throughout the UK and beyond.  Crabmeat is picked and packed within 24 hours of being caught.

E R & T Craigie
The Craigie family have farmed at Hall of Yenstay in Orkney for no less than seven generations and the farm is now run by Thorfinn and Katherine who have developed it to include a wholesale butchery and meat processing business.  Prime cuts of beef and lamb are available in any cut or quantity.

Orkney Herring
Following on from Orkney's erstwhile strong herring fishing industry, this business produces a range of marinated herring and other seafood products such as scallops and crayfish.

Orkney Isles Preserves
This is a small family business based on the island of Shapinsay.  Glynis Leslie produced fine quality jams, marmalades, chutneys and relishes using traditional recipes that have been passed down through generations of the family.  Only the finest quality ingredients are used and these are sourced locally wherever possible.  The products are now made using energy produced from the farm's own wind turbine.

Orkney Cheese
Orkney Cheddar has won awares at food fairs and agricultural shows throughout the country.  Cheese is produced in the traditional way, dependent on the skills and experience of the cheesemakers, albeit it is now produced in state-of-the-art facilities.

Orkney Meat
Orkney Meat produces beef and lamb from animals which have been born, reared and finished in the islands.  The animals have rarely moved more than 15 miles from the farm where they were born.  They have lived quiet, peaceful and stress-free lives and this is all reflected in the high quality of beef and lamb produced by Orkney Meat.

Orkney Wine
The Orkney Wine Company produces traditional fruit wines and liqueurs.  We believe in doing everything as naturally as possible, allowing us to produce healthy sulphur free wines that are full of anti-oxidants.  All our wines are suitable for vegetarians.

The Dounby Butcher
Scottish Aberdeen Angus beef is renowned as the best beef in the World and Orkney Beef is widely held to be the best beef in Scotland.  The Dounby Butcher only sells the best Orkney Aberdeen Angus beef.

Jolly's of Orkney
Jollys of Orkney have served Orkney for almost 60 years, and continue to be Orkney's number one source for premium quality fish and shellfish.  Today, the company remains a family owned business, owned by Orcadians George and Anne Stout. It is still thriving, and continues to use traditional methods in this modern age, such as smoking fish in their own kiln, as well as filleting fish and preparing shellfish by hand. 

The Island Smokery
Based on the outskirts of Stromness, The Island Smokery produces dark and mild smoked Orkney Cheddars, both of which have won awards at key events such as the Royal Highland Show and the BBC Good Food Show.

Tods of Orkney
Stockan's have been baking in Orkney for over 100 years and have a wide range of fine quality products, the most famous being the traditional oatcake.   The oatcake bakery is situated in the small harbour town of Stromness which was originally a small fishing port with a long maritime history. One of the main employers in the area, Stockan's have a loyal, highly skilled workforce, some of whom have been with us for over twenty five years.

Highland Park
Highland Park whisky is made today with the same enduring belief and integrity, to the same exacting standards, as it has been since 1798.  The established attitude at Highland Park is one of custodianship rather than management, of tradition rather than novelty.  That’s not to say the distillery is stuck in the mud – far from it – but innovation is only used when there is a genuine benefit to the whisky not, as is often the way, a benefit to efficiency or profitability.

The Orkney Brewery
The Orkney brewery is housed in the former schoolhouse in Quoyloo a mile from Skara Brae in the heart of Neolithic Orkney.  The unrushed culture with its traditional values influences the way we make our beer.  We give undivided attention to each stage of the brewing process to ensure that our beer reaches you in perfect condition.  This timeless approach has helped us win many national and international awards for both our cask and bottled beers.