'We’re just making pizza and pasta but these girls were risking their lives to keep going with their patients, so we thought we’ll just give it to them.'
A restaurant owner has been made a Most Excellent Order of the BritishDavid Maguire said nurses from the BeatsonHe couldn’t bring himself to charge them while they were working so hard on the frontline.
To get the ball rolling, Mr Maguire chucked in £10,000 of his own money for a fundraising campaign, which went on to raise more than £68,000.supports HTML5 videoDuring the 11 weeks, the Good Samaritan was sleeping in his garage because his wife Veronica was shielding.Mr Maguire said he is ‘really pleased’ to be recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, but stressed it was a team effort.
He added: ‘If Steven hadn’t been enthusiastic and determined none of this could’ve happened. It was really his ability as a chef and his skill as a chef.‘When you turn round to a Michelin star chef and say how many dinners can you do, and they normally do about 40 a night. Meanwhile ‘one woman army’ Ms Whitley did not take a day off during lockdown to ensure she could source enough food.
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