Comber community delivers 100 Christmas dinners to residents

Comber Chamber of Commerce, Comber Rotary, and local churches have collaborated with chef Jim Mulholland of No. 14 at The Georgian House Comber, local farmers, produce suppliers and local businesses to deliver 3-course-meal packs to 100 local, elderly or vulnerable people on Christmas Eve.
By The Newsroom
Published 26th Dec 2020, 08:09 BST

Jim Mulholland offered to prepare the meals on Christmas Eve after he closed his Comber restaurant for the evening.

The meals, which included vegetable soup, turkey dinner and a trifle, were delivered to people nominated by local churches and community leaders who live in and around the Comber area.

Alliance Alderman Deborah Girvan, Chairperson of Comber Chamber of Commerce said: “This is a truly wonderful community initiative to support and help our local elderly or vulnerable people who are in need this Christmas. It is important that we look out for and care for our neighbours, especially as the Covid pandemic has made this year so difficult and tough. By providing Christmas dinners to those in need, we want to ensure that everyone feels a little bit of love, happiness and hope this Christmas. On behalf of the Chamber, I would particularly like to thank Jim Mullholland and his staff for giving up their time and expertise to cook so many Christmas dinners.”

Comber Chamber member Hilary West from Rapid Read tuition business who co-ordinated the project said: “We have been overwhelmed by the generosity from local farmers, food producers and businesses in Comber. This has been a brilliant team effort and I would like to thank everyone who has been involved for his or her support and help.”

The following businesses have donated or helped with this initiative

- Jim Mulholland, Chef/Owner of No 14 The Georgian restaurant and his staff

- Farmer Hugh Chambers for Comber potatoes.

- Farmer Mark McKee from Fresh Fields for the carrots and parsnips

- Herron Farms for the sprouts

- Samuel Bowman for the soup vegetables

- Henderson’s for the turkeys

- Hardy’s Hardware store for napkins

- Mockford Milk for supplying the cream for Jim’s trifle

- Connoisseurs Bakery for the bread rolls

- Maud’s for the after-dinner mints

- Tesco’s for mince pies

- Comber Rotary Club members for delivering the meals and donating the money for the crackers and packaging.

- Comber Chamber of Commerce members