Michelin Star winner Joshua Overington talks 'mind-blowing' win

Yorkshire Post

Michelin Star winner Joshua Overington talks 'mind-blowing' win at the 50th anniversary of The Michelin Guide Ceremony in Great Britain and Ireland.

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00:00 So I'm Joshua Overton, Chef Patron of Restaurant Meats.

00:03 I'm Victoria Overton, General Manager of Restaurant Meats.

00:06 And how does it feel to have won this evening?

00:10 I know you already knew, but to get up there and to get that award...

00:15 I mean, to win one star within seven months, I think it's absolutely mind-blowing.

00:21 It's not something we expected, and we're a bit flabbergasted really.

00:27 A bit speechless, yeah.

00:30 I think North Yorkshire, and particularly the area that we're placed,

00:35 is one of the most beautiful places in the world.

00:38 I always say to people, like, you know,

00:40 "Why do they open this restaurant in Hoppingham in the middle of nowhere?"

00:43 And I think when people come and eat at the restaurants, they can see why.

00:47 Because it's not just the food and the location, you know,

00:50 the restaurant's magical, and that sort of drive and the place is all magical.

00:54 So I think it's an amazing place to be.

00:57 We have incredible suppliers and producers and farmers

01:01 who are as passionate about their craft as we are.

01:04 And so, you know, it's an opportunity for us to be able to, you know,

01:09 put their product on the plate and sort of be the final piece of the puzzle.

01:14 But we're still sort of really able to represent Yorkshire in the restaurant.

01:19 It's amazing.

01:20 And besides your restaurant, where is your favourite place to eat in Yorkshire?

01:26 Um...

01:27 Thank you.

01:32 [LAUGHTER]

01:33 There's too many to choose from.

01:35 We've got, we're in the Havaldian Hills and around Holmesley,

01:39 like, all around that area, there's just so many amazing places to choose from.

01:44 We really like Bantam in Holmesley.

01:46 We think that's, like, a really lovely place to go on our days off.

01:50 Yeah.

01:51 We really enjoy going there.

01:53 Starr Hair Room, amazing.

01:55 That's one at Old Stair.

01:56 That's one at Old Stair, and the Abbey, all amazing.

01:58 We're just promoting places in our area.

02:01 But, you know, it really is, you know, probably the new food capital of, you know, England.

02:06 There's so many good restaurants that, you know...

02:09 Just within a few miles of each other.

02:11 It's not just Winston.

02:12 Something amazing is happening in that area.

02:16 It's really exciting.

02:17 Speaking of the food capital, it was just named the most exciting food destination by the Good Food Guide.

02:25 How does that feel, you guys, to place there?

02:27 You know, you've based there.

02:28 Well, for it to be noted, like, the most exciting destination to go and eat,

02:33 it sort of buys into why we opened the restaurants in Hobbiton.

02:38 We knew it was an amazing place.

02:40 We knew there was lots of other great restaurants.

02:42 And the produce, which we can find on our doorstep, is second to none,

02:47 which then leads us to, like, you know, it is fantastic.

02:50 You've got amazing asparagus growing, amazing game being shot,

02:53 amazing cows being reared, everything you could ever want.

02:56 And that's what leads the customers up to a great experience.

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