Michelin-starred chef pleads with thieves to return £25,000 worth of stolen pies

Tommy Banks urges those who stole van packed with 2,500 pies to do the right thing' so food can go to people in need

A Michelin-starred chef has appealed to thieves who stole his van which had 2,500 pies inside to do the right thing" and give them to people in need.

Tommy Banks, who owns two restaurants and a pub in North Yorkshire, announced on Instagram that his van carrying 25,000 worth of stock had been taken. The refrigerated vehicle was due to make a delivery to the chef's pop-up pie stall at York Christmas Market, but staff found it had disappeared from Barker business park in Melmerby, near Ripon, on Monday morning.