Tommy Banks said:"I'm passionate about working with local suppliers, so when the Made In Oldstead team and I decided to launch our new line of gourmet comfort food menus, it was a no-brainer to partner with Yorkshire Pasta Company. A really quality, British product made with love and time, and pairs perfectly with our ragu."
Kathryn Bumby, Founder of The Yorkshire Pasta Company, added: “As a food lover I have been a huge fan of Tommy Banks, I first ate at the Black Swan in 2011 and was further mesmerised by his cooking on BBC’s ‘The Great British Menu’ series where he won the competition in 2016 & 2017. His Made In Oldstead boxes are of exceptional quality and allow you to experience his gastronomy in the comfort of your own home. For him and the team to be using our products is an absolute dream come true’.
That may seem like enough to keep Tommy busy, but on top of all that, from 2023 The Black Swan at Oldstead will be opening for an extra day in the week, on Tuesdays. To celebrate the launch of the Tuesday opening days, anyone who books to dine at the Michelin-starred restaurant on a Tueday night will receive the paired drinks package for free.
Tommy took over The Black Swan at Oldstead, which already had a Michelin star, when he was just 23 and shot to fame after retaining the star the following year. He has since become a staple of the foodie scene after appearing on BBCs’ Great British Menu, which he won twice. He has since written a number of cookbooks and appeared at food festivals across the country.
As reported yesterday here in Sunny EU Berlin, Chancellor Scholz SPD still regularly discusses vital policy with his predecessor Mrs Merkel CDU, such Common Sense, such Intelligence. Then there’s the UK's ever-selfish self-destructing Tory Party, of course – Hooray!