As Aesthetics Director for Bettys, Clara Turlington recently took on a very important job – ensuring that the refurbishment of our historic Belmont Room and Suite stayed true to the luxurious vision of our founder Frederick Belmont, while making it even more delightful for today’s visitors.
Inspired by Bettys founder Frederick Belmont’s journey on the May 1936 maiden voyage of the grand Queen Mary ocean liner, the interior of Bettys York offered its first customers a rare taste of the luxury and adventure of an transatlantic cruise. Even today, the elegant Art Deco lines and gleaming brass fixtures of the café’s Belmont Room evoke glamour and escape from the everyday. Thanks to a recent refurbishment, that now extends to what you’ll find in the Belmont Room’s restrooms.
If you visit a Bettys Café Tea Room or shop over the next few weeks, you’ll have the chance to delight in the fruits of Yorkshire’s brief forced rhubarb season: a harvest so prized that the crop enjoys Protected Designation of Origin alongside Champagne and Stilton. But what makes these tender pink stems so special? We visited Tomlinson’s Yorkshire Rhubarb farm and found enlightenment inside a dark shed.
At our Craft Bakery in Harrogate we make around 10,000 of our iconic Yorkshire Fat Rascals every week – that’s more than two million since we launched them in 1983. Whether enjoyed with a cup of tea at our Café Tea Rooms or delivered freshly baked to your door, Fat Rascals are one of our most popular treats.
Life's a rush, but here's an invitation: pause for a moment. Make a cup of tea, pull up a chair. Look with us at this picture - the Bettys With Love Chocolate Selection Box.
Many Bettys fans would say that you haven’t truly experienced Bettys until you’ve been served our famous Afternoon Tea, a treat we’ve perfected over a century.
Our Visual Merchandising Manager, Robyn Cox, who we like to call our Head of Beautiful, is always busiest at Christmas. From creating our incredible shop windows, to decorating the Bettys Café Tea Rooms, his skills as a Christmas stylist are legendary. Recently he collaborated with Peter Thompson of York to bring a festive feel to their new showroom.
It’s fair to say that Bettys staff have many hidden talents. And sometimes we’re able to bring them into the spotlight. Take Heather, for example, who has been a familiar face behind the counter in our York shop for more than a decade.
We know the holiday season can be a stressful time, and all too often the joy of giving is swamped by the challenge of choosing. With that in mind, we’ve drawn upon our years spent curating handcrafted gifts and hampers to offer you this gift guide.
This year, as Bettys Cookery School proudly celebrates 25 wonderful years of sharing skills, stories, and a love of great food, we’re taking a moment to honour the recipes that have brought people together around our tables. Few dishes capture the heart of Yorkshire quite like a traditional pork pie – a timeless classic that speaks of craftsmanship, patience, and simple, honest ingredients.
As The Great British Bake Off reaches its whisk-wielding, icing-piping, palette-knife-gripping conclusion, we have one final recipe to share with you. This sumptuously moist chocolate cake with dark chocolate fudge frosting may look deceptively modest compared with some of the creations that have wowed viewers throughout the series. But it’s a real showstopper nonetheless.
It’s the time of the week where we mark the return of The Great British Bake Off to screens with a recipe of our own for you to make. This week, the contestants tackle a tradition at the heart of Bettys – pâtisserie, where the challenges are varied but success is always sweet.
From sun-kissed fruity summer creations to hearty winter warmers, as the seasons change, so do the cakes made in our Craft Bakery. Yet whatever the time of year, our signature loaf cakes always delight.
It’s the time of the week where we mark the return of The Great British Bake Off to screens with a recipe of our own for you to make. This week, we’re rolling up our sleeves for pastry week with some truly delectable almond croissants. Thought flaky pastry was beyond you? Follow our step-by-step recipe to discover its secrets…
It’s the time of the week where we mark the return of The Great British Bake Off to screens with a recipe of our own for you to make. As this week is custard week, there was no doubt what we’d choose: vanilla slices, the ultimate indulgence for custard fans and a timeless favourite in our Café Tea Rooms.
It’s the time of the week where we mark the return of The Great British Bake Off to screens with a recipe of our own for you to make. This week, we’ve given one of our autumn favourites an extra spooky twist, with pumpkin-hued icing in honour of Halloween.
Deep in the heart of Switzerland is the small town of Schwyz - home to Bettys chocolate suppliers, Felchlin. At Bettys, we only use the finest cocoa bean – the Criollo from the region of Maracaibo in Venezuela, which accounts for just 3% of the world’s cocoa crop. Felchlin source ethically, respecting people and nature, which is why we've built a long-term relationship with them.
There are almost as many different ways to brew a great cup of coffee as there are varieties of bean – and with a bag of Bettys coffee by your side it’s difficult to go too far wrong.
From birthdays and weddings to new homes and new babies, we have a cake to suit every special moment – and ones to make any moment just that bit more special too.
