A Michelin-starred chef has called on the thieves who stole his van, along with 2,500 meat pies inside it, to embrace the holiday spirit.

Family and friends are mourning Soren Dixon, Jack Nelson and Krysta Tsukahara, all college students who graduated from Piedmont High School in 2023. Although nearly 40 people were home at the time of the blaze, Weston firefighters said no injuries were reported. The $4M+ home is a total loss.

A van stolen from chef Tommy Banks containing 2,500 pies has been found by police. Banks had been due to drop the pies, worth £25,000, off at a Christmas market in York on Monday morning. However, his van was stolen from a business park in Melmerby near Ripon last weekend.

In a twist worthy of a holiday movie, Michelin-starred chef Tommy Banks finds himself pie-less after a daring heist leaves him without 2,500 festive treats.

Michelin-star chef Tommy Banks has confirmed that a van carrying £25,000 of handmade pies, which was stolen earlier this week, has been found ‘badly damaged’ and will ‘almost certainly be written off’

Chef Tommy Banks has had 2,500 pies stolen worth £25,000. The chef director of the Tommy Banks group, which includes the Michelin-starred Black Swan in Oldstead, announced his van – as well as the pies inside it – had been a victim of the robbery.

A Michelin-starred chef called on the thieves who stole his van, along with 2,500 meat pies inside it, to embrace the holiday spirit.

A British chef is urging thieves who stole a van with 2,500 savory pies inside to “do the right thing” and donate the edible loot to the needy

I know you’re a criminal, but maybe just do something nice because it’s Christmas,” said British chef Tommy Banks, after thieves stole a van full of pies.

Michelin-starred chef Tommy Banks said he's out of 2,500 pies after thieves stole his van containing the baked goods and later ditched the vehicle. According to an Instagram video posted by Banks, the pies were ruined.