03-11-2021, 09:54 AM
Retrenched because of Covid-19, ex-hotel workers in Penang provide delicious packed meals at W. Kitchen
![[Image: Wkitchen4_05032021.JPG]](https://media2.malaymail.com/uploads/articles/2021/2021-03/Wkitchen4_05032021.JPG)
GEORGE TOWN, March 11 — When The Northam All Suite Hotel closed its doors last June for a massive two-year renovation, most of its employees were laid off.
Wang Chen Yee, 54, who was the general manager, decided to start a small food business and roped in some of the former hotel employees.
“We were retrenched so I was thinking of what to do next and I wanted to do something to help those who are talented but with nowhere to go,” he said.
This saw the birth of W. Kitchen in late June, a catering and lunch box business located in a shophouse at Arratoon Road in George Town.
- More -