A TOP York chef has appealed to thieves who stole his van with 2,500 pies inside to “do the right thing”.
Tommy Banks got his first Michelin star at the age of 24 and owns three restaurants in York and North Yorkshire - The Black Swan at Oldstead, Roots in Marygate in York, and The Abbey Inn, Byland.
He appealed to the thieves to drop them somewhere so people in need can have them when he posted on Instagram on Monday (December 2) to say his van with £25,000 of stock in the back had been taken from just outside Ripon.
Mr Banks said in the video that the stock – including steak and ale, turkey and butternut squash pies, as well as gravy and custard – was for his stall on York Christmas Market.
He urged the thieves to drop the pies somewhere such as a community centre, adding “I know you’re a criminal, but maybe just do something nice because it’s Christmas and maybe we can feed a few thousand people with these pies that you’ve stolen, do the right thing”.
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