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Awards for Clare Smyth and Jill Stein in Queen's birthday honours list
Jill Stein, founder and director of the Seafood Restaurant in Padstow, Cornwall, headed hospitality personalities celebrated in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, with the award of an OBE.