MORE than £4,000 has been donated to the Children?s Hospice South West following a special promotion at the Horn of Plenty Restaurant at Gulworthy earlier this year.

During January and February the award-winning restaurant offered lunches at discounted rates to raise as much money as it could for the charity, which is opening a new hospice in Bristol. More than 2,000 lunches were served in the six-week period.

Co-owner and chef Peter Gorton said in the past the Horn of Plenty had been involved in the Financial Times lunch promotion with the funds going to Save the Children.

?We decided this year to run our own promotion to support a South West children?s charity and the hospice is one which is very close to my heart.

?I want to say a big thank you to all the customers who supported it, the majority of whom are from the Tavistock and West Devon area. Without them we would not have raised such a fantastic amount.?

For the past five years the Horn of Plenty has won the best lunch in Britain through the Financial Times scheme.

?It is not about competing for us anymore ? I wanted to give up that and concentrate on giving something back to the community,? said Mr Gorton.

Regional fundraiser for the Children?s Hospice Abbie Smith also thanked the public for giving so generously.

?It is phenomenal to raise such a big amount in a small amount of time,? she said.

Peter has created two new recipes for the hospice?s £15-million campaign ?Babe?s Big Appeal? to build, equip and run the new premises in Bristol.

People are being encouraged to hold barbecues and ?pignics? ? barbecues with a piggy theme ? throughout the summer to raise funds and Peter?s recipes can be found on the website: http://www.babe?sbigappeal">www.babe?sbigappeal org.uk