Yes. Many people think this is an American dessert. However, banoffee pie is a British dessert. Nigel Mackenzie, the owner of The Hungry Monk Restaurant located in East Sussex, and his chef invented the banoffee pie in 1971, according to The Telegraph. Mackenzie died in 2015, according to the same article in The Telegraph, but thanks to his creative genius, this popular British dessert now graces our homes — and taste buds.