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Black Swan

Members of The Inn Collection Group, Post Office representatives and Councillor Jabbour outside the Black Swan Hotel, where the new Post Office service in Helmsley will be located

Historic 15th-Century pub to bring Post Office back to Yorkshire market town

Chef Tommy Banks who is to open a pub - the Abbey Inn - a mile from his Michelin starred  Black Swan,  Oldstead.
Picture Bruce Rollinson

Tommy Banks to open new pub at The Abbey Inn where he started his career

The timber frames are extremely rare

Work at historic house in Yorkshire reveals it could be century older

Andrew Pern outside The Star Inn at Harome

The Star at Harome fire: Andrew Pern reveals plans to restore 14th-century pub

Yorkshire celebrity chef James Martin Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

James Martin: ‘We don’t grow enough food to be self-sufficient’

Chef Tommy Banks's outside his second restaurant, Roots in Marygate, Yorkwhich has just receved a Michelin Star. Picture James Hardisty

Tommy Banks talks about having two Michelin-starred restaurants in Yorkshire

Chef Tommy Banks at the Black Swan,  Oldstead.
Picture Bruce Rollinson

Tommy Banks’s Black Swan named best restaurant in the UK and 4th in the world

Michelin-starred chef Tommy Banks has announced the closure of both his Yorkshire restaurants

Tommy Banks to close Michelin-starred Black Swan and Roots due to coronavirus pa...

James Banks, says the drinks at Roots and the Michel-starred Black Swan at Oldstead complement his brother Tommy's food Picture by Simon Hulme

The big brother of Michelin chef Tommy Banks is making name for himself with his...

Chef Tommy Banks opened his second restaurant, Roots, in Marygate, York
Picture James Hardisty

The top restaurants in Yorkshire named in the Good Food Guide 2019

Persian chef Sabrina Ghayour on her love affair with Yorkshire as she moves to t...

Doug Lightning when he served in Bomber Command in the RAF

Farewell to hero of blitz who helped save city

Tommy Banks, head chef at the Black Swan at Oldstead. 
Picture by Gerard Binks

Great British Menu's Tommy Banks goes back to his roots

Tommy Banks

Lawrence Yates, head chef, and Simon Gueller, chef patron of Ilkley's Box Tree restaurant.   Picture: Bruce Rollinson

Yorkshire's '˜super six' restaurants retain their Michelin stars

James Banks, front of house manager at the Black Swan at Oldstead. Pic: James Hardisty

No book deal or TV show, but four AA rosettes for 'dazzling' North Yorkshire re...

Skin from Skunk Anansie. Picture: Tom Martin

Arts interview: Photographer Tom Martin talks about his exhibition at Black Swan...

Young vegetables, sheep's milk and hazlenut at The Black Swan at Oldstead

Restaurant review: The Black Swan at Oldstead

Tommy  Banks  is head chef  at the Black Swan at Oldstead

So, how DO you run a Michelin star restaurant?

Beer battered haddock, mushy peas, tartar sauce, and twice fried chips at the Black Swan, Call Lane, Leeds.

Restaurant review: Bit of a non-starter

Tommy Banks with a signature dish at  The  Black Swan at Oldstead near Thirsk

Chef Tommy among the culinary elite - aged just 24
WHEN Tommy Banks began cooking at his family’s pub and restaurant, his only experience was washing pots and a brief encounter with his school Food Technology classes - from which he had been banned for being “a little bit disruptive”.

Main courses at the Black Swan Hotel at Helmsley.

Restaurants: Black Swan’s winning way

Lemon Drizzle Cake with Strawberry and Mascarpone

Restaurant review: Black Swan, Oldstead, York

Casting an eye over guardians of the river

More adults joining the jeté set

Barre council

Review: Black Swan (15)****

Black Swan spreads its wings with triple honour from AA

Food Matters: Archbishop opens inn

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