Tommy Banks: Michelin Starred Chef & Head Chef at The Black Swan, Oldstead

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4.8 • 780 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

My guest today is Tommy Banks

Tommy is a Michelin-starred chef and Great British Menu champion.

He is the head chef at his family restaurant – the black swan, in 0ldstead North Yorkshire. He started cooking at the age of 17 and at just 24 he became the youngest chef in Britain at the time to win a Michelin star.

Last year Tommy's restaurant The Black Swan was voted #1 Restaurant in the World by Tripadvisor Traveller's Choice Award, the first time since the award launched that a UK restaurant has won.

Tommy has just released his first cookbook, entitled Roots, which is they say, perfect for “foodies, foragers and cookbook collectors”.

Desert island dish:Really good rib of beef, hollandaise sauce with blue cheese in it –Pudding: lemon tart

Luxury item: his dog Penelope

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0:45.1	This is a delicious episode with the very impressive Tommy Banks. What a story. Lots of ups and downs,
0:52.5	and I think some really good life lessons in there for everyone too.
0:56.3	Hope you enjoy listening and I will see you on the other side.
1:00.9	My guest today is Tommy Banks. Tommy is a Michelin-starred chef and great British menu champion.
1:07.7	He is the head chef at his family restaurant, the Black Swan, in Oldstead, North Yorkshire.
1:12.9	He started cooking at the age of 17 and at just 24, he became the youngest chef in Britain at the time
1:18.5	to win a Michelin star. Last year, Tommy's Restaurant, the Black Swan, was voted number one
1:23.9	restaurant in the world by TripAdvisor Travelers Choice Awards, the first time since the
1:29.4	award launch that a UK restaurant has won. Tommy has just released his first cookbook entitled Roots,
1:35.5	which is, they say, perfect for foodies, foragers and cookbook collectors. Welcome Tommy,
1:41.6	so nice to meet you. Thank you very much having me. So I feel like you've got
1:44.7	all the bases covered there. Basically, this is a book for everyone. Yeah, I think so. It's not an out-and-out
1:50.5	restaurant cookbook. I know there is recipes from the restaurant in it, but I wanted everybody to be
1:55.3	able to cook from it. And there's a lot of preserving recipes and things like that. And
1:58.9	those things are really quite simple. And hopefully people buy into that because what's better than having a kitchen full of kilner jars with things bubbling away?
2:06.1	And that sounds quite fun.
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