Jonathan Schofield

"A pudding of parkin, butterscotch and Chantilly cream was defined by the butterscotch which was richer than the Duke of Westminster and just as British. It was very good."

Emily Heward

"Parkin is a tried, tested and perfected dessert that's also found its way onto most of Usher's menus: dark, treacly and dense - as it should be - draped in butterscotch sauce and topped off by a scoop of ice cream studded with pieces of stem ginger that glint like fool's gold."

Louise Rhind-Tutt

"Sticky northern ginger cake parkin, served with stem ginger ice cream and the sweetest butterscotch sauce, tastes of Bonfire Night. It’s the kind of pudding you think about days later, wondering when you’ll get to have it again."