Delicious Yorkshire

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What springs to mind when you think of eating out in Yorkshire? Probably the traditional tastes come first. The good, old-fashioned tearoom and family-run fish-and-chip shop are alive and well and still thriving in Yorkshire. Yorkshire food combines high quality traditional fare and fine modern creativity.

The region is full of diversity and full of fashionable restaurants, cool gastro-pubs and an amazing choice of ethnic eating-places, some well known and some hidden away just waiting to be discovered.

Yorkshire doesn’t just serve fish and chips. It serves the best fish and chips. Yorkshire doesn’t just dabble in modern cuisine. Its restaurants are amongst the best in Britain, with the awards to prove it. There’s a passion for good food in these parts, at inns serving snacks in the bar and country pubs and restaurants that are Michelin stars.

 

Experience Fine Dining

Yorkshire food combines high quality traditional fare and fine modern creativity so why not give your taste buds a treat at one of our acclaimed restaurants.   Perched atop Harvey Nichols, the award winning Fourth Floor Cafe and Bar offers fantastic cityscape views by day, alfesco dining on the terrace in summer and a more formal ambience at night.  Serving morning coffee, lunch, an afternoon bar menu and pre-dinner drinks and dinner, the Fourth Floor Cafe and Bar has become a well-established destination on the Yorkshire circuit since opening in 1996.

Alternatively dine in Samuel's, Swinton Park's 3 AA Rosette Restaurant.  The emphasis in the restaurant menu is on seasonal and local produce inspired by the fruit, vegetables and herbs grown in the hotel's four acre walled garden and the menus change accordingly. The hotel is also surrounded by a 20,000 acre estate stretching from the River Ure in Wensleydale up onto the moorland Dales and estate venison, rabbit, smoked trout and game are a few examples of the local ingredients sourced from it.

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Yorkshire Produce

There are plenty of places to source Yorkshire ingredients and take a piece of Yorkshire home with you. The following are some places which are a must on your itinerary:

A short distance away from Harrogate, you will find an array of Yorkshire producers including Wensleydale Creamery, The Blacksheep Brewery and Yorkshire Country Wines.

Take a trip to the Whitby Catch, stocking more than 120 different fish products. Drop into the Urban Deli in Sheffield, a stylish city shop which proudly labels everything produced within a 60 mile radius of the shop.

In Yorkshire you will find many Farm shops, offering a variety of freshly grown, home baked or carefully reared produce. From family-run farm shops to award-winning shops at some of the region's top attractions, you'll be spoiled for choice with these tempting treats, so why not splash out and enjoy a taste of Yorkshire.

To sample some of the best food and drink in the region combined with beautiful landscape and great locations, take up one of four trails with Gourmet Yorkshire.

Start your day with a Deliciouslyorkshire Breakfast

In Yorkshire we are particularly proud of the quality of our 'home grown' ingredients and you'll find them being served up at breakfast time all over the region.

We're so proud of our breakfasts that we've teamed up with the Regional Food Group for Yorkshire & Humber to introduce the 'Deliciouslyorkshire Breakfast'. Wherever you see the Deliciouslyorkshire Breakfast marquee (at accommodation providers in the region) you can be assured that the breakfast you are being served will be made from the finest quality Yorkshire ingredients.

To find out further information about Deliouslyorkshire Breakfast visit http://www.deliciouslyorkshire.co.uk/ or for a full list of Deliciouslyorkshire Breakfast members, click here.

Yorkshire Eggs

Nestled in the beautiful North Yorkshire Moors and the YorkshireWolds our locally run farms are dedicated to providing a natural environment for their free ranging hens to bring the highest quality eggs for our local customers.  To discover where your Yorkshire egg was laid visit http://www.myyorkshireeggs.co.uk/

Yorkshire Food
So what exactly do you think of when you first think about Yorkshire food? Yorkshire Puddings and gravy? Roast Beef? Pork Pie? Fish and Chips? But did you know that Yorkshire is also home to Rhubarb and Liquorice?

Wakefield is famous for its rhubarb growing capabilities, in fact, a few decades back, over 90% of the world's forced rhubarb crop was grown in the Wakefield area.
Rhubarb was imported into this country several decades ago but it is suggested that the treating of the soil with the by-products of the local textile industry gave the area its edge in production.

Liquorice has been made in the town of Pontefract since mediaeval times, and the tradition continues today. It is commonly thought that the reason liquorice grows in Pontefract is due to the large amount of clay in the soil.
For a traditional treat on your visit to Yorkshire, take a visit to The Denby Dale Pie Company. Awarded by Paul O’Grady the Denby Dale Pie Company won the highest accolade for best Meat and Potato Pie. The pie is made with the finest local ingredients and the convenience of a prepared food with the quality, taste and appearance of home-made has proven to be a winning formula.

 

Yorkshire Chefs

Yorkshire is not short of famous faces when it comes to great tasting, quality food cooked with locally sourced ingredients. The following are a few of Yorkshires great chefs who have marked their influence on menus with Yorkshires produce:

John Benson-Smith -  A born Yorkshire lad worked at Hazelwood Castle for 5 years and is a former judge on BBC TV’s Masterchef.

James Martin - Opened his first hotel and Bistro at the age of 22 and now hosts his own Saturday morning Cookery show.

Brian Turner – A highly regarded Yorkshire-born chef; is now a regular on the BBC's hit television series 'Ready Steady Cook'.

Marco Pierre White - At the age of 33, Leeds-born Marco became the only British chef to win three Michelin stars, he now owns various hotels in London.

You will often see Yorkshire’s celebrity chefs taking part in demonstrations at our many food festivals across the region.

Enjoy Afternoon Tea - Follow Yorkshire's Teapot Trail

Yorkshire is renowned for providing fresh, local produce and for being a place where you can enjoy a cup of afternoon tea or coffee, whilst on a break from exploring the best the region has to offer. With so many attractions offering a selection of speciality teas, coffees and other fine refreshments, you'll be spoilt for choice of where to visit for a mix of attraction and refresment! Click here to learn more about Yorkshire's Teapot Trail.

Wherever you are in Yorkshire be sure of the finest selection of mouth watering traditional cakes to sample. A couple of specialities include Yorkshire Parkin and Yorkshire Curd Tart. The celebrated Yorkshire Parkin is a classic Yorkshire ginger cake whilst Yorkshire Curd Tart is a baked cheesecake native to Yorkshire and is mild, creamy and sweet with a granulated texture.

Probably the most famous outlet in Yorkshire is Betty’s tearooms (Harrogate & York) famous for Fat Rascals. he gloriously named fat rascals are rich fruity scones made with citrus peel, almonds and cherries, similar to rock buns. To be served with a strong cup of Yorkshire Tea!

Food & Drink Events

With all this fine local produce on its doorstep, Yorkshire celebrates its variety of good Food and Drink all over the region with various events and festivals throughout the Year. Why not make your visit when one of these special events is taking place?
The Yorkshire Dales holds its annual Food and Drink Festival in Leyburn in May and celebrates local food, drink and farming in the region or how about a visit to historic York for its annual Food and Drink Festival in September which comprises local food stands, cookery demonstrations, festive music, activities and food and drink galore!

For a different experience, enjoy a fun filled day at the Liquorice Festival held in Pontefract in July or discover the legendary Pork Pie Championships in Rippondon!

For further information about Yorkshire great food and drink visit http://www.deliciouslyorkshire.co.uk/