#009 Matt Healy - Pt 2 - Feeding the Frontline
We are back with Matt Healy dissecting how he pivoted during lockdown and how he is serving his award-winning Roast Dinner to NHS Frontline workers in Leeds.
His restaurant Matt Healy x The Foundry was forced to close when the lockdown measures kicked in and when Matt had leftover stock, some calls were made and the Sunday Roasts were taken to St James Hospital. It went from there. At the time of recording this, Matt’s Go Fund Me page has raised over £10k in contributions, and Matt has served over 1,200 Sunday Roasts to care workers.
There is nothing better than a roast dinner right? To hear how Matt is keeping smiles on the faces of some the frontline, tune in.
And if you would like to donate and buy a Sunday Roast for a frontline care worker, you can here….https://www.gofundme.com/f/feed-250-nhs-staff
There are two parts to my interview with Matt….
Part One - “Matt’s pivot journey from Chef to Restaurateur”, recorded pre-corona lockdown
Part Two - (this one) “Feeding the Frontline”, where we explore what Matt did when lockdown hit.
To hear part one, check out episode #008.
More about Matt Healy
Award-winning chef Matt Healy has launched three venues in his hometown of Leeds in the past two years, with another venue now open in York.
Leeds-born Matt trained at Thomas Danby Catering College. He has worked at Stuart’s Wine Bar, Babylon and Livebait, before moving to Ripponden to work under Simon Shaw at the original El Gato Negro. He then relocated to London to work at the critically acclaimed restaurant Terroirs.
Matt and his team at Seventh Course have already seen huge success at their restaurants Matt Healy x The Foundry, which opened in the city’s South Bank area in 2017, and Grön Kafe in Oakwood, which launched in 2018.
After being open for less than a year, Matt Healy x The Foundry was named Best City Centre restaurant at the hotly contested Oliver Awards, and won Newcomer of the Year at the Yorkshire Life Food and Drink Awards. It also took home the title of Britain’s Best Roast Dinner and was recently featured in Harden’s food guide, the Good Food Guide and awarded a Michelin Plate.
Matt shot to fame in 2016 as a runner-up in MasterChef: The Professionals – with two-Michelin-starred judge Marcus Wareing famously describing one of Matt’s sauces as ‘one of the best he had ever tasted’.
Other links:
Donate to feed NHS Staff - https://www.gofundme.com/f/feed-250-nhs-staff
Matt Healy x The Foundry website - https://mhfoundry.co.uk/ and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mhfoundry/
Gron Cafe website - https://gronkafe.co.uk/ and instagram https://www.instagram.com/gronkafe/
Matt’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/matty2stone/
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