He was patron of the eponymous Restaurant Andrew Fairlie, an independent business within the Gleneagles Hotel and Resort, in Auchterarder, Perthshire.
Restaurant Andrew Fairlie is the only two Michelin star restaurant in Scotland and one of only fifteen in the UK.
Andrew was born in Perth, Scotland, and grew up in the city's Letham area.
At fifteen he began his training in Perth under Chef Keith Podmore, having become interested in food after starting a job at a hotel polishing glasses.
At twenty Andrew was awarded the first Roux Scholarship, giving him the chance to train with French chef Michel Guérard at Les Pres d’Eugenie in Les Landes.
This, and Fairlie’s time at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris, profoundly influenced his culinary approach.
After returning to the UK, he held a number of high-profile positions, before returning home to Scotland.
At One Devonshire Gardens - where he was appointed head chef in 1994, he won his first Michelin Star, the only one in Glasgow at the time.
Andrew opened his own restaurant at the Gleneagles Hotel in 2001 and received a Michelin star within eight months.
At Gleneagles he invented his signature dish, a locally sourced lobster smoked over whisky barrel chips.
He also began growing rare fruits and vegetables for use in his dishes. In 2005 Fairlie catered for the 31st G8 summit and is said to have impressed French president Jacques Chirac.
The restaurant was awarded a second Michelin star in 2006.
On 6 November 2018, Andrew Fairlie announced he would step down from his Gleneagles restaurant after revealing he had a terminal brain tumour, and would hand over to his head chef and business partner in February 2019.
Andrew's father, Jim announced his son's death on 22 January 2019.
Fairlie married his partner Kate, with whom he has two daughters, after receiving his terminal diagnosis.
Andrew Fairlie passed away at the age of 55 on January 22, 2019 due to brain cancer.
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