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A chef who boasted about 'spiking' a vegan's meal on Facebook after a 'few drinks' is receiving death threats.

Laura Goodman, who co-owns the Carlini restaurants in Albrighton and Shifnal, faced a barrage of abuse when she appeared to brag that she had prepared one of her customers non-vegan food.

"Pious, judgmental vegan (who I spent all day cooking for) has gone to bed, still believing she's a vegan," the post read.

She later appeared to confirm that she had "spiked a vegan a few hours ago", during several posts in the early hours of Saturday morning.

But her partner Mike Gale told Mirror.co.uk the restaurateur is 'devastated' about the 'misunderstanding' and said there was 'absolutely no meat in the meals'.

"We are very passionate about good quality vegan and vegetarian food," he said.

"This has all got out of hand. There was absolutely no meat in the dishes. We have received death threats and had all sorts of vitriol thrown at us."

Mr Gale said a party of vegetarians and vegans booked into the restaurant's Albrighton branch, near Wolverhampton, on Saturday.

Ms Goodman is the head chef at the restaurant, which opened in November, and spent 'hours' preparing a specialised menu for them.

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However, when they arrived they chose not to order from the special menu and instead, he claims, one of the vegans ordered a Margarita pizza, topped with mozzarella.

"The comments were made when [Helen] was very tired and had a few drinks at the end of a 72-hour week - the busiest week of the year," he told Mirror.co.uk.

"It was a bad choice of words. It was a mistake. We would never feed any vegetarian or vegan meat."

Since the posts Carlini has been flooded with one-star Google reviews as social media users branded Ms Goodman's behavior 'disgusting'.

One reviewer said: "The owner/chef is a disgrace. I hope her restaurant gets closed down."

Another added: The chef/co-owner boasting about spiking a vegan on social media is clearly an idiot who has no respect for other people's beliefs or dietary requirements.

"I am a vegetarian and am not some 'right on' food bore who goes on about to it to anyone who will listen - it's just my personal choice.

"What right does she have to take take away someone's right to choose. The chef doesn't deserve to have a restaurant."

Replying to backlash on Facebook, Ms Goodman wrote: "Started with asking me to telephone them, over Christmas, to discuss the dietary requirements of their guests within a set time frame, and ended with me wondering why I’m explaining this simplistic post to a pious c***."

The restaurant's reviews were dragged down to just 1.1 stars out of five after the posts.

Telford Vegan Action, a local group campaigning on the vegan issues, is now planning a protest outside the restaurant.

Organiser Hope Lye wrote: "This restaurant needs closing - Who else's food are they spiking? Lets get outside and promote veganism."

She added: "What right did Laura Goodman feel she have the right to place animal products in a vegan dish then go on social media and boast about it?"

A Tweet calling for people to email, call, or leave a negative review also received hundreds of retweets and likes.

One reply said: "It's literally assault upon a person.'

A spokesman for Shropshire Council’s regulatory services department said it is "investigating".