VEGETARIAN Dr Emma Henderson has raised more than £3,000 after defying a life-long self-imposed ban eating meat.
She joined 20 friends who paid to join her in eating a traditional meat meal at The Star Inn, Harome, near Helmsley, prepared by her friends Jacqui and Andrew Pern.
Ann Mansfield, one of the organisers of the event staged in aid of St Catherine's Hospice, Scarborough, said: "It was a super night. Jacqui and Andrew could not have been more generous in their support.
"Emma rose to the occasion by fulfilling her pledge to eat meat on this one occasion after 27 years of vegetarianism."
Businesses, friends and well-wishers helped with fundraising.
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