Our Awards
Following the opening of the
Black Swan Tearoom in December 2007, the tearoom was awarded membership of the prestigious Tea Guild. Since then, the Tearoom has gone on to win the following awards:
Tearoom of Excellence 2012
Tearoom of Excellence 2011
Top Tea Place 2010
Tearoom of Excellence 2009
Finalists in the Best Newcomer to Tourism category of the Yorkshire Tourist Board's White Rose Awards 2008
What they say about us...
"Having tried some of these desserts, specifically the Chocolate & Cherry, Rhurbarb, and Apple & Vanilla, I can say that they [the patisserie] are some of the best I have ever tasted in the UK; a pleasure for the eyes and a wonderful display of skill at it’s best"
Michel Roux OBE, December 2008
“What I'm about to claim could have me hung, drawn and quartered in certain parts of Yorkshire! It borders on the blasphemous, and is arguably more controversial than Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. But here goes … !
The Black Swan Tearoom and Patisserie in Helmsley is superior to the legend of the north that is Betty's.
There; I've said it!”
Richard Parker, Selby Times, July 2008