Maison Bab's restaurant co-op delivers over 9,000 meals to NHS
To date, the initiative has delivered over 200 meals a day.
The London Restaurant Co-operative has delivered over 9,000 meals to the NHS, it said in an announcement.
The scheme was intended as a delivery service designed to offer some extra financial relief to chefs and waiters who had lost their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis whilst serving as a means of providing free meals for NHS workers and the homeless.
To date, the initiative has delivered over 200 meals a day.
The not-for-profit social kitchen was launched by Maison Bab and Le Bab co-founders Stephen Tozer and Ed Brunet at the end of March.
“We began this initiative as a way of trying to keep people in work. Overnight, one million hospitality staff (now more) lost their jobs. The JRS (job retention scheme) didn’t exist, and we were seriously worried by the mental health implications of people who are used to working on an intense schedule suddenly transitioning to doing nothing,” Tozer said.
Earlier, Casual Dining Group-owned Las Iguanas announced it has joined the Feed Our Frontline campaign and will be providing 1,800 hot meals a week for NHS workers at the Birmingham Heartlands and Queen Elizabeth hospitals.
Millie’s Cookies has also donated nearly 100,000 freshly baked milk chocolate cookies to NHS workers, courtesy of a partnership between SSP UK, Delice de France, Electrolux Professional and London-based events caterer Food Show. The treats have been distributed to a number of hospitals across London and the South East.
