A MEMORIAL service is being held for a former restaurateur from Beaminster.
William Mulligan, who was known as Bill, died peacefully in a nursing home in Clevedon, Somerset.
A service to celebrate his life is being held at Clevedon Baptist Church on October 23 at 3pm.
All old friends are welcome.
Mr Mulligan turned Montague Rumsey’s antique shop at 4 The Square, Beaminster into Pickwick’s Restaurant in the 70s.
In the five years he and his wife ran the restaurant, it became a popular venue and won acclaim from The Good Food Guide, Egon Ronay, Gourmet Magazine and gained a Michelin Star. The building is now known as the Wild Garlic.
Mr Mulligan then opened a delicatessen in Banbury and ran other restaurants in England and California.
As a young man he played rugby for Bath but also enjoyed shooting and fishing.
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