#96 – Gerard MacDonald – Isle of Barra Oysters

Isle of Barra Oysters was founded with “a handful of spat, and a head full of dreams”.

Helen travels to the southern tip of the Western Isles to learn everything there is to know about one of life’s great delicacies & what it’s like to be an oyster farmer in one of the most beautiful, remote places in the Outer Hebrides.

Gerard MacDonald founded the company after a visit to France & the realisation that the cold pristine waters of the Atlantic could offer the perfect habitat. Landing on a white sandy beach in a small aircraft, Helen discovers Gerry’s work is not for the faint-hearted!

Isle of Barra Oysters – Gerard MacDonald Kneeling

Isle of Barra Oysters – Gerard MacDonald Shuck Oyster

Isle of Barra Oysters – Oyster Nets

Isle of Barra Oysters – Gerard MacDonald with Helen Fospero