Manchester restaurant boss stunned at customer's shock £5,000 decision

A Manchester restaurant boss has been left stunned after a customer paid £5,000 to be able to eat burgers at his new venture "for life". Almost Famous owner Beau Myers says he's "humbled" by the gesture which comes amid plans for his new Manchester burger joint called Super Awesome Deluxe.

Matt Calderwood, 40, from Blackpool, stumped up the £5,000 which gives him access to "limitless food and drink for LIFE" for him and three friends at the new diner.

Burger entreprenuer Beau says: "I’m totally blown away... for someone to have that much faith and belief in what we’re doing, this totally gives me wings and energy."

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Beau announced earlier this month that he is launching the new late night burger joint Super Awesome Deluxe later in the summer in the Northern Quarter. To help fund the new venture, he started a crowdfunding page where people were able to donate money in return for different rewards and vouchers.

Within the first couple of days of launching the appeal, Beau was left stunned though when one man stumped up for the biggest reward available - £5,000 - to secure "burgers for life" at the new venue.

When Beau got in touch with the donor, he discovered that Matt had been a fan of Almost Famous's burgers since he first started the concept in Manchester's Northern Quarter back in 2008.

Matt, who works in the railway industry, said he was happy to help because he's such a big fan of Almost Famous and said it "seemed like an opportunity I didn't want to miss". He told the MEN: "I guess the crowdfunding thing was a matter of good timing and a love I have for Almost Famous.

"Almost Famous was pretty much the first place I'd ever had an exceptionally