Paul Riley

Paul Riley was a chef at the Quelle Surprise restaurant in Chorlton who ordered a full English breakfast from Roy's Rolls in November 2005.

When Roy came to collect his plate, Paul complimented him that his breakfast was excellent and perhaps the best that he had ever tasted. Although Roy assured Paul his baked beans were only Freshco value, he continued to praise the breakfast, telling him that he had uncovered a masterpiece.

Paul began to quiz Roy on the other ingredients that he had used including where he had sourced his eggs and bread. He admitted that he was a chef at a restaurant in Chorlton and that he was interested in gaining ideas on creating the perfect full English.

Roy continued to serve Paul and admitted that he was not familiar with dining in gourmet restaurants. Paul told him that he agreed with him and that even his own restaurant simply served to give snobs something wacky to boast about to their friends, serving concoctions such as vindaloo ice cream and pease pudding sushi. He praised Roy for the simplicity of his cafe, telling him that it suited him down to the ground.

Although Roy realised he recognised Paul as he had recently won an award in the local newspaper, his colleague Vera Duckworth was more cynical, telling Roy that Paul had spun him a lie to get a free breakfast.

Paul visited the next day to gain greater insight on Roy's breakfasts. When Jack and Vera continued to complain about Paul's free food, he admitted to Roy that he was looking to write an article about the cafe. Roy told Paul that he was strongly against cafes offering free food for publicity and that he didn't want any articles being written about him.