The chefs included Stephanie Moon, former MasterChef: The Professionals contestant; private chef Michaela Hanna; Jason Wardill, group executive chef at the newly refurbished West Park Hotel in Harrogate and Matthew Wilkinson, development chef at Rudding Park Hotel.
The chefs prepared a choice of three meals for 100 service users who receive nutritionally balanced, hot meals delivered to their door daily.
Sue Cawthray, chief executive of Harrogate Neighbours, commented: “We could not have reached this milestone year without the hard work and dedication from volunteers past and present. We hope that in the next ten years we can grow and develop this vital service to reach even more people in need of a hot, nutritious meal delivered to their door.
“We’re so grateful of the exceptional chefs who joined forces to cook up a storm to mark this milestone for the service. It’s been a tough couple of years for the care sector as a whole, so it’s lovely to have something to celebrate.”
The service has delivered just under a quarter of a million meals to vulnerable and older people living in Harrogate and the surrounding areas since its launch back in 2012. The amount of miles covered by volunteers delivering hot, homemade meals over the last ten years equates to circling the entire world 14 times.
Moon added: “I was so excited when I was contacted to be part of this initiative. I absolutely loved the idea of making something extra special for the service users who rely so heavily on the volunteers and chef’s that prepare and deliver meals to them on a daily basis.
“I really enjoyed cooking alongside the other talented chef’s and then meeting the wonderful volunteers and recipients of the meals – it was a real pleasure delivering to their door.”