Kinder Surprise egg recall ruins Droitwich couples wedding

Lisa Nash, 51, and her partner Steve Lousvet, 56, are getting married on Saturday (April 16) and planned to give all their guests a Kinder Surprise as a wedding favour.

But the happy couple's sweet plans have turned sour and they have been left with boxes of inedible chocolate meant as a touching tribute to Mr Lousvet's late mum who loved the treat.

Ferreo has recalled all Kinder products manufactured at their Arlon site in Belgium between June and the present date due to a salmonella outbreak.

The news has left the couple, from Droitwich, scrambling to find a solution ahead of their wedding at Jinney Ring Craft Centre, near Bromsgrove.

Miss Nash said: “I have been very stressed worrying about how to solve this.

“I have nothing. The wedding is on April 16 and this weekend was meant to be about baking the cake, not scouting around for eggs.

“Kinder need to do something to apologise for the distress caused, not only to me but to the parents whose children have become sick too.”

Lisa Nash and Steve Lousvet, from Droitwich, are getting married this Saturday but now face a rush to find wedding favours

The Kinder Surprise eggs favours were to be a tribute to Mr Lousvet's mother, who died in 2004.

Due to the recall, the couple has 33 boxes of eggs they cannot use.

Miss Nash added: “Both being older, we have people that we have lost over the years and we wanted to represent them in the wedding, so they were not forgotten.

“We chose Kinder Surprise eggs as they fitted the Easter theme and because the groom's late mother loved them.

“When he was young, the price of entry to his house was a Kinder egg for his Mum, so this was a way of paying tribute to her even though she cannot be there.”

The bouquets will feature daffodils to pay respects to Miss Nash’s Welsh father and grandmother while guests will be invited to leave messages on a tree, representing her younger sister, Theresa.

The couple are also asking guests to bring Easter eggs, which they will deliver to staff at Worcestershire Royal the following day.

Miss Nash spent Easter 2020 at the hospital, as she battled with Covid for eight days.

She said: “Without them I wouldn’t be getting married in a week.

“Two years of Covid, and they are still working so hard to keep us all alive and well.

“I want the doctors and nurses to know I haven't forgotten what they did for me two years ago and what they continue to do for us all still.”

Anyone who wishes to donate an Easter egg is encouraged to drop one off at the wedding venue.