A FAST food restaurant is investigating after a woman claimed she had to seek medical treatment following an allergic reaction to a pizza.

Kerry Cook ordered from Pizza Hut Delivery in Shirley earlier this month as the family celebrated her father’s birthday.

But after getting the pizza home, Kerry, a 24-year-old care home worker from Regents Park, discovered it was tomato based, despite specifically asking for BBQ as she is allergic to tomatoes.

After phoning the eatery, staff said they’d send out a new pizza. When Kerry answered the door to the delivery driver, she claims she was told it was BBQ, However, Kerry then says she ate two slices, only to find out that the pizza was in fact tomato again.

The family say her face became swollen, with her father taking her to A&E, but only once they had dropped by Pizza Hut to show the manager.

The family claim Kerry was in hospital for around five hours, and didn’t leave until the early hours of the morning.

Now she says she’s annoyed after receiving no apology personally and only being offered a voucher instead.

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Kerry said: “I just don’t see how they can get the order wrong twice. You couldn’t even tell it was tomato base because I had extra cheese on it.

“They didn’t even seem apologetic. It was my favourite restaurant to go to. I’m too hesitant to go there now because what if it happens again?”

Following the incident, Kerry’s father, Ray phoned the takeaway and spoke to the manager, who is said to have apologised but still only offered a voucher.

He added: “It was very dangerous. It was an insult when he saw her and all they’re saying is they’re very sorry.

“They don’t accept how serious it was. If they’re going to be that lackadaisical, I wouldn’t like someone else with certain allergies to go through the same thing with them.”

A spokesperson for Pizza Hut Delivery said: “We treat any risk to our guests extremely seriously and we continually review our internal food safety processes and training.

“Following this incident, we have been in touch with the customer and are fully investigating the situation.

“A full breakdown of all of our menu items and ingredients is on our website to ensure our guests can easily access allergen and ingredients information.”