A dad born in a rural mountain village in Nepal now runs one of Merseyside's best-rated restaurants.
Deepak Gautam, originally from Baglung in Nepal, opened Great Himalayas Nepalese, in Southport, just 19 days before the first UK lockdown was announced during the coronavirus pandemic, with the restaurant having to battle the changing landscape the pandemic presented.
The 35-year-old chef and restaurant owner said: "We opened on March 4, 2020, and just 19 days later the Government announced the nationwide lockdown. That was the biggest challenge we and many others had to face. We stayed open for takeaways gradually building a clientele and within six months we were rated top spot number one on TripAdvisor without even having people dine in for the majority of that time.
