An Indian restaurant in Leeds gave away over 1200 meals on Christmas day to people who were hungry. They said the dinners were for, "anyone and everyone." The photo shows people queueing around the block for food on Christmas day.
Mumtaz restaurant were in inspired by Marcus Rashford and a £10 Christmas dinner he created with chef Tom Kerridge. Mumtaz provided a meal which consisted of onion bhajis with yoghurt, pilau rice biryani and chicken jalrezi. People queued around the block on Christmas day for the free food.
Mumtaz restaurant lost 60% -70% of their trade over Christmas because of Covid, but they still wanted to give back to their local community; "To be able to do this and give back to the community always revives us and gives us strength. We know we're still privileged and should be very grateful for what we have."
Taj Shah, manager at Mumtaz, said, "The response has been overwhelming especially from local residents - we've had so many phone calls asking if we need help and volunteers."
- why do you think Mumtaz restaurant chose Christmas day to give away free food?
- why do you think they said the food was for "anyone and everyone"?
- Muntaz restaurant lost a lot of money because of Covid last month, yet they gave away 1000 meals; why did they do that? Should they not be saving money instead?
- "To be able to do this and give back to the community always revives us and gives us strength." why? How does that work?
- why are so many local residents offering to help out?
- what is community and what is community cohesion?
- what does this story show about community cohesion in Leeds today?
- what can we learn from Mumtaz restaurant?
- why is this about No Outsiders ("anyone and everyone")
No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat
www.no-outsiders.com
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