These are the best Michelin Star restaurants in North Yorkshire

Parkin. Fat rascals. Chippy teas. Yorkshire Pudding. And gravy. For goodness’ sake, don’t forget the gravy.

So goes the typical perception of the food cooked and eaten in the north of England, a land of sweeping hills, soulful industrialism and (supposedly) simple cuisine.

“Yorkshire cuisine is all about pride, heritage and history.” I’m speaking to Tommy Banks, the unofficial culinary king of North Yorkshire whose first two restaurants – Roots in York and The Black Swan at…