Roots to host Great British Menu dinner series
Apr 4, 2025
The team at Michelin-starred restaurant Roots (York), part of the Tommy Banks Group, will host a series of dinners celebrating the success of its chefs on The Great British Menu. Callum Leslie (Winner 2025), Will Lockwood (Winner 2023) and Banks himself (Winner 2016, 2017, 2020) will present their winning dishes as part of a six-course tasting menu.
The trio have curated a menu showcasing the group’s hyper-local and regenerative ethos alongside each chefs’ victorious dishes. Menu highlights include:
- Buried Treasure (Will Lockwood): awarded a perfect 10 by Angela Hartnett, the dish sees a medley of scallops, razor clams, charred leeks and mussels, pickled in elderflower vinegar, finished with potato emulsion and torched Kileen cheese.
- Turbot ‘Strawberries & Cream’ (Tommy Banks): celebrating traditional techniques with a modern twist, turbot fillets, pan fried, are served atop a tartare of strawberries, golden beetroot and fennel bulb. Tableside, the plate is finished with cream reduction, chive oil and delicately pickled green strawberries.
- Make The Moors Never Change (Callum Leslie): inspired by the moors of North Yorkshire, his home and that of author Emily Bronte’s – mushroom ice cream, made from foraged ceps, sits alongside heather honeycomb, sweet woodruff and chocolate ganache.
The Ultimate Great British Menu is available on 1, 8 May and 26 June 2025, with additional dates to be announced in due course. Tickets are priced at £195pp with optional wine pairing for £85 or £145.
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