Paul Wedgwood is the chef owner of Wedgwood the Restaurant in Edinburgh but he had to close the doors when lockdown was introduced in March.
In response, Paul and his wife Lisa have launched a successful takeaway service, delivering all over the city.
They created fine dining dishes and send them out with serving and heating instructions so customers get restaurant quality meals.
Paul now spends over 70 hours a week at the restaurant, preparing over 500 dishes for collections and deliveries, all while juggling childcare for his three-year-old daughter.
Even when he is out of the restaurant, he spends a lot of time planning.
Trying to maintain a work-life balance that includes precious family time is a priority for Paul.
On his one day off a week, Paul makes the most of it with his wife and daughter. For My Quarantine Routine, he explains how he spends his day.
8:30 am
Luckily, our daughter Nula sleeps in. So, we wake up and start the day with a family breakfast. There are four of us in the household as Lisa’s sister is helping out with childcare while we are in the restaurant.
9:30 am
Lisa then jumps on emails while I look after Nula. Today we build a treehouse out of furniture and little huts from the cushions. I try to be as creative as possible to keep her entertained.
10:30 am
Lisa and I swap, and I did an hour’s work. This consists of planning the menu for our delivery service which operates from Thursday to Sunday and speaking with suppliers to make sure they have everything that we need for the dishes.
During this time, Lisa paints with Nula and plays with some playdough, then starts a puzzle. So far, it’s a good, busy start to the day.
11:30 am
We get ready and go out for a walk. Before heading out I pre-ordered some fish and chips for lunch from The Fishmarket at Newhaven. We walk through Victoria park, playing hide, and seek along the way.
We collect our order from The Fishmarket and have a social distancing catch up with chef Roy Brett. It is good to speak to other chefs about how they are coping at the moment.
We sit down for five minutes to eat the fish and chips then head home.
Back through the park, we pick daisies and make some daisy chains.
12:30 pm
It was a beautiful day, so we stop to buy some ice-lollies at the local grocery store on the way home.
1:30 pm
We play in the garden and today was the day I taught Nula how to ride a bike! She has 99.9% got the hang of it!
2:30 pm
Time to plant some lettuce which we had grown from seed. I managed to get hold of some sunflower seeds and we decided to hold a sunflower competition, to see who can grow the best sunflower, we choose our seeds and plant them (Nula will win obviously).
3:30 pm
We have a nice video chat with Nula’s grandparents. We try and do this at least three to four times a week. I love catching up with family and making sure everyone is ok.
4:30 pm
We start winding down, to get Nula settled for bath and bedtime. We allow Nula a bit of TV time, while we both did some work.
5:30 pm
I make dinner for Nula around 5.45 pm. She has toad in the hole with peas and sweetcorn
7:30 pm
Bathtime for Nula, she loves the bath, so it is an easy fun task.
8:30 pm
Lisa puts Nula to bed at 8 pm and I make dinner, which is an 80-hour slow-cooked brisket that I am testing for the menu. It’s good! We treat ourselves to a bottle of Wedgwood Rioja Reserva.
9:30 pm
We work until around midnight, finalising the menu and responding to emails.
12 am
Wind down time before bed: we watch the pilot episode of The Bone Collector.
Still undecided but going to give the second episode a go.
1 am
After a busy day spent with family we go to bed.
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source https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/18/quarantine-routine-paul-chef-trying-switch-delivery-12719042/
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