Impress friends with these less known fantastic facts.
5. James Mackenzie, who owns the Pipe and Glass, is from Filey.
This year there are six Michelin-starred restaurants in the county.
They are ... Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall, Ripon – North Yorkshire.
The Black Swan in Oldstead – North Yorkshire.
The Angel at Hetton – North Yorkshire.
The Star Inn in Harome – North Yorkshire.
The Pipe and Glass at Beverley – East Riding of Yorkshire.
Roots in York – North Yorkshire.
James Mackenzie, who owns the Pipe and Glass, is from Filey. Celebrity chef James Martin is from Malton.
Both chefs and Andrew Pern, who runs the Star at Harome, all went to what was Yorkshire Coast College in Scarborough.
6. Eureka!
Eureka! in Halifax is the UK’s very first national children’s museum.
7. Dame Penelope Wilton
We all know Dame Judi Dench comes from York while Dame Penelope Wilton, star of such diverse TV shows as Ever Decreasing Circles and Downton Abbey, was born in Scarborough.
Picture: Tony Bartholomew
8. Sir Ben Kingsley
For clever clogs out there, so is Sir Ben Kingsley. His father was a GP partner at a small practice in Scarborough and the family rented a cottage in nearby Snainton.
Sir Ben received an honorary degree from then Hull University’s Scarborough campus in 2010.
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