A KINDHEARTED caterer faced with a £600 pig roast going to waste after a cancelled wedding decided to donate the whole thing to a homeless shelter.

Dave Sidwell, owner of Your Big Day Wedding and Event Services, had been up since 4am cooking the feast but only realised there was no wedding when he pulled up to the Kidderminster hotel at 3pm.

Not knowing what to do with the pig, they contacted St Paul's Hostel, Tallow Hill, who served it up as Sunday lunch.

Now, he is hoping other people will consider donating to the homeless charity and, in future, he will be donating leftover food to the shelter.

The 34-year-old, based in Stourport, said said: "We turned up at the hotel with the pig roast for the wedding on Sunday afternoon about 3pm and when we pulled up I thought the carpark looked quite quiet.

"We went into the reception and spoke to a woman saying it seemed quiet and she said it had been a quiet day.

"I said we're here to do the wedding and she said there is no wedding.

"I thought they were playing me up at first but then they said there is definitely no wedding."

Mr Sidwell, whose catering branch of his company is called Choc n Hog Catering, has a contract with the hotel and believes the booking was either cancelled or the date was moved without him being notified.

Stuck with the succulent pig which would feed 80, he and his assistant Gemma Gibbs decided to contact a homeless shelter to see if they would be happy to take it.

"The hotel said there was nothing they could do with it as they had no chefs on so I said I was going to give it to a homeless shelter.

"We jumped on Google and St Paul's came up so we phoned them and explained what had happened.

"They seemed shocked at first on the phone and I'm sure they must have thought we were joking till we pulled up in our bright pink van."

As well as delivering the pig, Mr Sidwell and his assistant stayed an hour to help carve it in the kitchen and it was turned into a Sunday lunch with veg and potatoes.

"A member of staff said they had been struggling and all he was going to do was chicken drumsticks and spiral fries.

"They like to do Sunday lunch but they can't always manage to if they haven't had donations."

His assistant took pictures which were placed on Facebook and have been viewed 15,000 times with hundreds of 'likes'.

"We know now that after a weekend wedding, we can take food over there as long as it is fit for purpose.

"It was a good end to an early start and put a smile on my face."