Pudding race on for high altitude Burns supper

ONE of Scotland's top chefs - and a high-altitude haggis - are heading to Africa in a bid to cook the world's highest Burns supper.

Andrew Fairlie, who has two Michelin stars, will be joined on the trip to Mount Kilimanjaro by 19 other climbers.

The charity expedition aims to raise 150,000 towards training Scotland's chefs of the future.

For the Burns supper, which will be held as close to the 19,000ft peak as possible, a special haggis has been created.

Mr Fairlie said: "We have lowered the meat content because we will not get it to boiling point at that altitude.

"We can't do the supper at the very top because it is too windy so we will do it as a last supper before going to the top."

The team expects to take eight days to reach the summit of the Tanzanian mountain, the highest peak in Africa, and complete its trip by 15 January.