Customer's anger as Black Sheep Coffee serve her 'raw' bacon sandwich

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A bride-to-be claims Black Sheep Coffee served her a 'raw' bacon sarnie that people said looked like it was 'cooked on a radiator'.

Sophie MacNair went to view a wedding venue with her fiancé Ryan Smith, 27, on October 17 and stopped for breakfast at the Thames City branch of Black Sheep Coffee in London enroute.

Ryan ordered a cappuccino and bacon roll while recruitment worker Sophie opted for a black coffee and an acai bowl, with the bill coming to £20.

Customer's anger as Black Sheep Coffee serve her 'raw' bacon sandwich (Image: Kennedy News & Media)

When the pair looked at their breakfasts, they were stunned by the 'sad' bacon sarnie looking back at them.

An unappetising photo shows Ryan's roll with a '50p-sized' piece of bacon that Sophie claims looked 'barely cooked'.

Even 28-year-old Sophie, who is vegetarian, was shocked at the state of the bacon sarnie, admitting 'even I knew it didn't look great'.

Ryan opted not to eat it and after leaving the shop Sophie posted a photo of the roll on social media where horrified users were quick to agree the bacon looked 'undercooked'.

Sophie, from Wokingham, Berkshire, said: "We ended up getting there about 30 minutes early before our appointment.

"My partner was quite hungry so he got the [Black Sheep Coffee] meal deal option where you get a coffee and bacon roll for around £7.

"I'm actually a vegetarian and even I knew that it didn't look great.

"The bacon looked almost raw. He opened it up and I just had to take a photo as it looked so bad.

"He just opened it up and was like, 'have ever seen such a sad bacon roll?'. I was shocked.

"It was a crumpled up little piece of raw bacon. He didn't eat the bacon roll as he didn't want to risk being ill, it looked very undercooked and raw.

"The piece of bacon was the size of a 50p piece. It's the first time we've been there and we probably won't go back."

After posting a photo of the bacon roll on social media, the post racked up more than 83,000 views and nearly 100 comments.

One user wrote: "Bacon cooked on a radiator."

Another commented: "Bacon cooked in a heated debate."

A third wrote: "That's diabolical."

A fourth quipped "A good vet could bring that bacon back to life."

Black Sheep Coffee declined to comment.

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