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First Look: Paradise, Harrogate – ‘simple food that has not been messed about with’
Published 27 April 2022
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It came as a complete surprise when, post-lockdown, Frances Atkins, the former owner and chef of the Yorke Arms at Ramsgill in Nidderdale, moved from her sophisticated restaurant with rooms to a café run from a silver Airstream caravan in the grounds of a garden centre near Harrogate.
Atkins was (and remains) one of the country’s most celebrated chefs. Over 23 years at the Yorke Arms she collected a heap of awards and accolades. Atkins, along with her long-time general manager John Tullett and head chef Roger Oliver, commissioned the Airstream, parked it beside the glasshouses and set ...
