Yemi Adelekan is a food writer and blogger who was a semi-finalist in the 2022 series of BBC TV’s Masterchef competition. Every Saturday Yemi writes on the Stray Ferret about her love of the area’s...
Food
Yemi’s Food Stories: making healthy eating delicious and irresistible
Yemi Adelekan is a food writer and blogger who was a semi-finalist in the 2022 series of BBC TV’s Masterchef competition. Every Saturday Yemi writes on the Stray Ferret about her love of the area’s food and shares cooking tips – please get in touch with her if you...
Yemi’s Food Stories: top tips for cooking with limited ingredients
Yemi Adelekan is a food writer and blogger who was a semi-finalist in the 2022 series of BBC TV’s Masterchef competition. Every Saturday Yemi writes on the Stray Ferret about her love of the area’s food and shares cooking tips – please get in touch with her if you...
Discover these quirky Yorkshire cafés for your next coffee stop
Going out for lunch really could be considered a national pastime, but with so many options it can be hard to branch out and try somewhere new. In January, the Stray Ferret revealed there's at least 40 places serving coffee alongside cakes, pastries and light lunches...
Yemi’s Food Stories: Easter baking with cupboard staples
Yemi Adelekan is a food writer and blogger who was a semi-finalist in the 2022 series of BBC TV’s Masterchef competition. Every Saturday Yemi writes on the Stray Ferret about her love of the area’s food and shares cooking tips – please get in touch with her if you...
Yemi’s Food Stories: Rafi’s Spicebox Harrogate
Yemi Adelekan is a food writer and blogger who was a semi-finalist in the 2022 series of BBC TV’s Masterchef competition. Every Saturday Yemi writes for the Stray Ferret about her love of the area's food and shares cooking tips – please get in touch with her if you...
Yemi’s Food Stories: embracing spring by celebrating seasonal produce
Yemi Adelekan is a food writer and blogger who was a semi-finalist in the 2022 series of BBC TV’s Masterchef competition. Every Saturday Yemi writes on the Stray Ferret about her love of the area's food and shares cooking tips – please get in touch with her if you...
Starbeck café offers free packed lunches
A Harrogate café is offering free packed lunches in February half term. The Living Room, a volunteer-run café in the Starbeck area, is running the packed lunch project. Every half term, on Thursdays, they provide a free packed lunch for anyone in need. This time it...
Harrogate gets two new takeaways
Two new food venues are to open in Harrogate. Pepe’s Piri Piri welcomed its first customers on Knaresborough Road this week while fish and chip shop Portside is preparing to open soon. The piri piri chicken chain is known for its six different flavours, with options...
Nidderdale smokehouse and farm shop appoints liquidators
A food business based in Nidderdale has gone into voluntary liquidation owing more than £1 million. Mackenzies Smoked Products Ltd appointed Clark Business Recovery last week to oversee its liquidation. Papers filed with Companies House reveal it owed £1,025,690.40 to...
Business Breakfast: New café opens on Harrogate’s Cardale Park
The Stray Ferret Business Awards, sponsored by Prosperis, will be held on March 9 at the Pavilions of Harrogate. Early bird tickets are available until next Friday. The event will celebrate success and business excellence across the Harrogate district. It’s a night...
Morrisons blames lack of stock in Ripon store on faulty fridge
Morrisons supermarket has blamed a faulty fridge on a lack of stock at its Ripon store. Heather Rowlatt, a former staff member at the branch contacted the Stray Ferret this week, claiming more than one department was without produce. She attached a photo of a...
Grön Kafe closes its Harrogate branch after two years
Scandinavian-inspired eatery Grön Kafe has announced that it has made the "difficult decision" to close its Harrogate branch after two years. Launched by Masterchef finalist Matt Healy in December 2020, the café on Royal Parade has been shut for a number of weeks. A...
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Local history spotlight: Naomi Jacob
(Lead image: Pixabay and Ripon Civic Society) North Yorkshire boasts numerous connections to the literary world across the centuries; the Brontë family immortalised Haworth and the dramatic scenery of the moors, Whitby Abbey famously inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula,...