Beyond Yorkshire Pudding

What are you going to eat when you’re in Yorkshire? This may sound like a silly question to those of you who haven’t really considered the matter, but to others, it will be spot on. Our national attention is increasingly focused on eating well and eating well. Not in the sense of counting calories, but in the sense of eating sustainably and seasonally. It is becoming more and more important for us these days to know where our food comes from and how it got to us. The result, of course, is that we enjoy more and more delicious and nutritionally valuable foods. After all, when you pay attention to your food, the rewards are incredible.

eat in yorkshire

Yorkshire is home to many traditional food products including:

• Cheese
• Lamb
• Beef
• Pork
• ham
• Baked goods
• magpies
• Fish
• Chocolate

When you combine these and other local produce with great interest and innovation, you get amazing programs and restaurant options like the delicious Yorkshire menu scheme. This program matches customers with the best that local food sources have to offer on menus at member establishments. Be sure to check out the full list of members on the deliciouslyorkshire website as you plan your trip. You will not regret.

Award Winning Yorkshire Food Products

Do you need more inspiration? How about the recently held fifth annual deliciouslyyorkshire awards? These awards are meant to celebrate the best that the Yorkshire food scene has to offer and you can take advantage of all the hard work of the judges to familiarize yourself with the results. Hmm!

• Lou’s Licorice Ice Cream from Yummy Yorkshire’s Ice Cream Company – Supreme Product, Best Dairy Product
• Stephanie Moon, Clocktower Restaurant Consultant Chef – Champion
• Shepard’s Purse, Monk’s Folly – Best Cheese Product
• Yorkshire Dales Meat Company, Aberdeen Angus 7 Week Aged Sirloin Steak – The Best Fresh Meat Product
• Taste Tradition, Hambleton Lightning Ham – Best Prepared Meat Product
• Little Valley Brewery, Withens IPA – Best Beverage Product
• Ripley Fudge Kitchen, Homemade Chocolate Fudge – Best Confectionery
• Proper Maid Cake, Dandelion and Burdock – Best Bakery Product
• Yorkshire Baker Gluten Free Beef Steak & Mushroom Pie – Best Prepared Food Product
• York Preserves, Double Fruit Raspberry Jam – Best Spices, Oils, Condiments and Preserves Product
• Mackenzies Yorkshire Smokehouse, Oak Roast Salmon – the best seafood product
• WS Bentley Growers, Sprouting Peas – Best Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Product
• Nethergill Farm – Breakfast Member of the Year
• Cedarbarn Farmshop & Cafe – Best Use of Regional Produce in a Menu – Coffee Shop/Tea Room
• The Black Swan at Oldstead – Best Use of Regional Products in a Menu – Restaurant/Pub/Inn
• The Farmers Cart – Retail Farmers Store of the Year
• Forage – Independent Retailer of the Year
• The Balloon Tree Farmshop & Cafe – Innovation award