Posted on 12/02/2021 1:38:14 PM PST by algore
A church harvest supper at a village pub ended in tragedy when one of the congregation was killed and 31 others suffered food poisoning after eating a shepherd’s pie filled with mince that had been incorrectly prepared by a rushing chef.
Elizabeth Neuman, 92, repeatedly vomited after eating the pie and died while other parishioners became “unpleasantly ill” and three of those attending only escaped because they were vegetarians, Reading crown court heard.
The cook, John Croucher, who at the time was head chef at the Crewe Arms in the Northamptonshire village of Hinton-in-the-Hedges, was given a four-month jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, after admitting a charge of contravening food regulations.
Defending himself in court, Croucher, 40, said: “I hate to say it, I really hate to say it, but I think I was rushed. I was rushing.” He said he had worked in kitchens for 20 years and was now “a better chef” because of the “horrible, horrible circumstance”.
He added: “Remorse is an understatement. This is something I will never forget. Because of it, I am a better chef and it is just a shame the cost of it had to be what it was.”
Billingham, of Northampton, who admitted three charges of contravening food regulations was fined £9,000 and ordered to pay £1,000 court costs. His company was fined almost £3,000.
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A rare crime.
“No Mongo, Never Kill a Customer!”
“Mongo mince customer?”
Pretty harsh for a crappy casserole.
three of those attending only escaped because they were vegetarians!!! LOL!!!
Mmmm, undercooked lamb intestines!
You winz the internet for today!
But in all seriousness, who would expect a death by shepherd's pie. We should all be grateful for each and every day.
Was killed!? Really? How about simply “died”! So-called journalists need to be held to a higher standard; otherwise, sued into oblivion!
Shades of Frank Costanza in Korea...
He’ll come back. Frank Costanza did.
As submariners we had one extra benefit. We got the greatest food. I guess they figure it would take the edge off the long patrols, so we ate very well.
One run we got a new chef who had been in the surface Navy all his career, and this was his first time on a submarine 70-day patrol. He cooked like shit!
Everybody complained and he wouldn’t change or do better. It was real slop sometimes.
When we finally docked and got liberty, a couple guys caught up with him in Rota and beat his ass. Couple black eyes and swollen lip.
I do not condone such actions, but food was very important to us.
This isn’t the nice shepherd’s pie you make at home with wholesome ingredients from Safeway or Trader Joe’s. This offal from some rural british slaughterhouse mixed with god-knows-what and (under) baked into a crust. So basically food poisoning pie.
Never had a bad cook on 637s but hey, I helped in the galley when off watch
Brits like that stuff, hell I order my burger med rare.
And alec baldwin is still not in jail.
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