A STRETFORD caterer plans to sort out the Christmas menu for families across Trafford.

Joanne O'Neil, 46, from Gorse Hill, has proved a massive hit with her meals on wheels business, aptly called The Sunday Roast.

The business plan was first hatched in October last year after was made redundant from her job as a personal assistant.

She said: "I decided that after subsequently making hundreds of applications for office related jobs and still not managing to find employment, to work with the Job Centre to start my own business."

After undertaking a number of training courses aimed at understanding how to run a business, Joanne was able to secure a loan to buy all of her necessary equipment, insurances and getting her premises inspected and given a five star rating by environmental health, she opened the business last month.

Partington born Joanne, who spent part of her childhood in Fleetwood learned most of her culinary skills on the Fylde coast as a youngster working in a family cafe, before she returned back to her roots some 15 years ago.

Joanne explained: "The Sunday Roast' offers the opportunity for people to have traditional home cooked roast chicken dinners delivered to their homes in Trafford and South Manchester, every Sunday.

"The meals are cooked by myself in my kitchen and a driver delivers them to homes."

The initial success of the venture which sees meals delivered to customers has attracted a lot of attention with currently more than 30 meals a week to various addresses across the area.

Joanne who charges £6 for an adult meal and £3 for a child, with a £2 delivery charge, said she was happy to make meals which fitted in with customers dietary requirements.

She added: "The profit margin is very small but I am not really in this just to make money. It is important to me that people can afford to eat a really good meal, with five vegetables included at least once per week, so I wanted to keep the standards high and the prices low."

If you want to contact Joanne telephone 07881 351 255 or go to her Facebook link at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Sunday-Roast/338769662957515