Sheffield’s first macaroni cheese restaurant is back with deliveries – after crisis forced it to close just a month after opening

Macpot was launched by sisters Emily and Hatty Webster on the upper floor of Orchard Square in February. The pair started out by selling on street food markets from a truck called Fizz & Fromage before taking on a permanent site.

But, on March 23, the Websters announced they were ‘totally closed’ because of the strict Government directives aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19.

“It's very sad,” the sisters said at the time. “We've loved our first month with you all.”

Now Macpot is back. The restaurant is offering ‘bake at home’ dishes – containing a gluten-free cheese sauce, tasty fillings and topped with crunchy breadcrumbs – and is going live on the UberEats service from 6pm on Thursday, May 14.

“We’re upping the ante this week,” Emily and Hatty said. “Everything is up in the air except the fact that mac and cheese is a good idea – fact.”

The ‘Macpot at home’ meals can be enjoyed any time – customers just need to reheat them until they are piping hot. Orders, including an address for delivery, should be sent via direct message on Facebook by 8pm on Wednesdays for free delivery on Friday or Saturday. Macpot will send a secure iZettle link which, upon payment, will confirm the order.

Food can be dispatched to Sheffield postcodes numbered S1 to S11.

The bake at home pots come in three sizes – individual, for two, or a family-sized meal. Fillings range from barbecue pulled pork to tuna and sweetcorn and ‘mac lasagne’.

In January Emily told The Star the food truck business had been ‘a lot of physical and mental hard work’.

“On our first outing in 2018, we had to abandon our car and drag all our gear through several feet of snow to pitch up at Nether Edge Farmer’s Market.

“I thought, ‘I’d love to own my own cafe. I have no responsibilities or dependents. This is my time’.”

Visit https://www.facebook.com/MacpotKitchen/ for further information.

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