A hero waiter at an Indian restaurant has been praised for his quick thinking after saving a young diner's life with the Heimlich manoeuvre.
Footage of the terrifying moment a man started choking on his own food before gasping for air has since been released.
In the video one of a group of young men at the eatery began struggling to breathe as the incident unfolded on Sunday.
Sheakh Rifat, 24, a student in the UK from Bangladesh, was working at the Bangor Tandoori in North Wales when he spotted the client in a spot of trouble.
He brought the man out from his table and successfully performed the Heimlich manoeuvre on him a number of times.
The man quickly recovered prompting other guests at the restaurant to suddenly burst into a round of applause.
The patron said he was 'very grateful' for the help.
Mr Rifat said of the incident: "I was looking around the restaurant - are the customers OK or not? Do they need anything else?
"I was going back to the till... I noticed something really very wrong with Jake (the customer). His face went red and tears were coming from his eyes.
"He was struggling to breathe.
"It took me like two or three seconds to realise what it could be. I pulled him out and brought him into the corridor, grabbed him from the back on the stomach very tightly, and I shook him.
"After a few attempts a piece of chicken came out and he started breathing again."
He added that he received a round of applause from the restaurant, and described the customer's recovery as "a big relief".
He also revealed that his dad had saved him from choking when he was a child.
"He's a nice guy, he was really very grateful," said Mr Rifat of the customer.
"He hugged me and we had a chat when they were leaving. He took a picture with me and he offered me a good tip.
"In the beginning I refused the tip because I'm Muslim, and in our religion if you are helping someone you have to do it selflessly.
"Honestly it's a great feeling. I never dreamed in my life that I'm going to be in the news.
"What gave me more satisfaction and more happiness is that Jake is safe."
