A five-star luxury hotel in London has been spreading a little joy amid the coronavirus outbreak by serving up free meals for key workers.
The Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge may have shut its doors to guests but its kitchens are busy at work cooking meals for emergency workers.
A free drive-through was launched on April 16 outside the hotel in Wilton Place, which provides hot food to all NHS staff, police and fire crews.
On Tuesday, police officers on horses were pictured being served drinks by hotel staff using a pizza peel while observing social distancing.
There is a daily changing menu, including vegan options, for the hot packed meals which are served on a first come first served basis everyday from 11.30am.
Menu examples include aromatic braised lamb, harissa roasted chicken, braised topside of beef and chicken and tomato curry.
A hotel spokeswoman said meals were increased from 250 to 400 per day due to high demand.
Elsewhere, a London Bridge restaurant has been offering free meals to vulnerable people in its local community in a bid to tackle the disruption caused by the virus outbreak.
Brigade Bar + Kitchen, a social enterprise restaurant based in a former fire station on Tooley Street, has handed out thousands of meals.
Liverpool legend Alan Hansen is also teaming up with the owner of Otto’s restaurant to put on a free dinner for NHS workers once the crisis is over.
The announcement came in an Instagram post by the Holborn restaurant, which has already been working to provide free meals for nearby St Thomas’s Hospital since its temporary closure last month.
