‘Nearly a tonne’ of Tommy Banks pies stolen
Michelin-starred chef Tommy Banks says he has fallen victim to a robbery, with £25,000 worth of his pies stolen.
Tommy, whose ventures include The Black Swan at Olstead, Saltmoore and The Abbey Inn, created a series of pies under Tommy’s Pie Shop, to be sold at York Christmas market.
However, they have now disappeared.
Taking to Instagram, Tommy shared: “We’ve been robbed. Matt (Lockwood) has gone to Made in Olstead this morning to pick up the van, full of pies, for York Christmas market. A full van, 2,500 pies, has been stolen from our unit.
“So out there somewhere is our van and nearly a tonne of pies with my name written all over them, somewhere in the north of England.
“So, a bit of a pain really. It’s horrible being robbed.”
Tommy is now making a plea for the pies not to go to waste.
He continued: “These guys probably stole the van, because that’s what they do, they steal vans or cars. But they probably didn’t bargain
for the nearly tonne of pies that was in the back of it.
“It’s kind of sad, because that’s a lot of meat, a lot of flour and eggs and a lot of work, so much work. It’s like £25,000 worth of stock in the back of this van.
“I guess they probably will watch this video because they’re driving around with boxes of pies with my name written all over it. So they might think ‘who the hell is this guy who makes these pies?’ Maybe. So if you see this video, I know the pies are gone and I know you’ve nicked my van and we’re probably not getting it back. But you can’t do anything with these pies, because they’ve got my name written all over them.
“So, can you drop them off somewhere? Drop them off at a community centre or somewhere and at least someone could eat them, someone who needs them.
“Just do something nice, because it’s Christmas and maybe we could feed a few thousand people with these pies that you’ve stolen. Do the right thing.”
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‘Nearly a tonne’ of Tommy Banks pies stolen
