A Liverpool mum and daughter launched their restaurant after being made redundant during the coronavirus pandemic.
Gemma Quine and her mum Gillian Quine, both from Croxteth, had worked at Santander for many years when, during the height of the pandemic, they were suddenly made redundant. Instead of looking for new jobs in the same line of work, the two decided to take a leap of faith and open the restaurant they’d always talked about.
The two, along with Gemma's cousin Joseph, opened Q’s Kitchen in Stonedale Retail Park in November 2021, at the tail end of lockdown when there were still a number of government rules in place. Gemma and Gillian had been driving past the retail park and spotted an empty unit - and got talking about all the possibilities for the site.
