Alan Tomkins

Alan's first business venture, Lautrec's Wine Bar & Brasserie opened in Glasgow as far back as 1982, and since then he has expanded his interests to some of Glasgow's most notable establishments. Proprietor of Dining Room in Bath Street and Vroni's Wine Bar in West Nile Street. Alan is co-owner with Derek Marshall at Gamba Seafood Restuarant in West George Street and Urban Bar & Brasserie in St Vincent Place and also co-owner of Ashton Lane's Vodka Wodka, Booly Mardy's in Vinicombe Street, and Blue Dog, a late night music/piano bar at 151 West George Street.

In 1999 Alan launched his own online wine company, Wineorama.com and is also a Director of online dining site PriceYourMeal.com. Alan is also a former Board Director (2005-2009) of the Glasgow City Marketing Bureau (GCMB), and is a committee member of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Tourism, Retail and Leisure Policy Group and the GCMB's Industry Leaders Group. He is the former chairman (2001-2005) of the Glasgow Restaurateurs Association, an alliance of Glasgow's top restaurants and creator of the annual Glasgow Food Festival GourmetGlasgow and a former Board Director of The Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley Tourist Board. Alan is currently a Board Director of The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice in Glasgow.