‘I worked hard...and I've no intention of letting cancer beat me'

Sabrina back at work in July and celebrating two years since Gourmet Pantry opened in Carrigaline.
Amid the whirlwind of motherhood, marriage, and managing a thriving business, 41-year-old Sabrina Levis Morley was dealt a life-altering blow: a diagnosis of breast cancer.

Sabrina, from Carrigaline and living in Passage West, has been working in the catering industry since 2002. She’s vastly experienced and was in fact the first person to open a gourmet deli in Cork back in 2008, and among the many success stories to her name is the fondly remembered Claypot Catering.

“When it continued to get bigger in September, I went to the breast clinic in the Bon Secours and the doctor told me straight out, just from looking at the mammogram, that I had breast cancer,” she said.

“Everything has gone up in price, wages, food, rates, utilities, VAT; margins are extremely tight. It’s really a case of survival of the fittest at the moment in the hospitality industry – some weeks you’ll break even and some weeks you won’t quite get there,” she said.