PENSIONER Edith Robinson made a real meal out of her latest visitor – celebrity chef Paul Da-Costa-Greaves.

The masterchef turned up at her Marldon front door with a roast chicken dinner for 79-year-old Edith and her husband Lionel.

The visit was part of the Devon-wide celebrations to mark Meals on Wheels Week, which also included school visits and 'goody bags' for meals provider Apetito's customers.

Paul also rustled up a bunch of flowers and a box of chocolates for a delighted Edith who admitted that while she recognised the chef she could not put a name to him.

"Everyone was very sweet and the young man brought a lovely bunch of flowers for me," said Edith.

She said the special meal turned out to be roast chicken and potatoes with sprouts and stuffing — with bread and butter pudding and custard to follow.

"Delicious," she said.

Edith added that she had been receiving meals on wheels for some three months.

"They are really very good. They do a smashing liver and onion casserole," she added.

Devon is currently celebrating more than 60 years of meals on wheels and providing hot or frozen meals to people across the county.

Since taking on the Devon County Council contract to supply meals in 2006, Appetito is now delivering more than a quarter of a million meals a year.