Death threats for chef who ‘spiked’ vegan’s cheese pizza
A CHEF who boasted online how she ‘spiked’ a vegan’s meal has been forced to call police after receiving death threats.
Laura Goodman, 47, had spent hours preparing special meat, dairy and egg-free dishes for a party visiting her restaurant.
But she was disappointed when one of the group ignored her efforts and ordered a pizza topped with mozzarella – which is not vegan-friendly – off the normal menu.
Ms Goodman wrote on Facebook: ‘Spiked a vegan a few hours ago.’ On Twitter she said a ‘pious, judgmental’ diner had gone to bed ‘still believing she’s a vegan’. Although she had only meant to be ‘flippant’, her comments prompted a furious reaction and drew calls for her to be prosecuted for assault.
The incident happened on Saturday at Ms Goodman’s Carlini restaurant in Albrighton, Shropshire, in the English midlands.
The TripAdvisor and Google pages of her business have been bombarded with poor reviews, dragging it down from five stars to one. Plans were under way to hold a protest this weekend.
But Ms Goodman’s fiancé and business partner apologised, insisting she had not served meat and had commented after ‘too much to drink’. Michael Gale, 62, said she had been left feeling ‘almost suicidal’ by the reaction. ‘One of [the group] ordered a margherita pizza which is not vegan.
‘Laura said that if you were a vegan you’d know that mozzarella is not vegan. So, slightly disappointed that they hadn’t chosen to have what she’d prepared for them, and amused at the thought that they had had that pizza, she made this flippant remark on Facebook.
‘We now understand in the vegetarian and vegan world, saying you’ve spiked someone’s food means you put meat in it, which isn’t the case here.’