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Aussie husband surprises his terminally ill wife with a Valentine’s Day lunch in hospital - and MKR’s Ibby & Romel were the chefs!

Now this is what Valentine’s Day is all about - by Amy Sinclair
  • 14 Feb 2019

Get out your Kleenex, because you’re going to need a big supply for this touching story.

A Sydney husband has surprised his terminally ill wife with a beautiful Valentine’s Day lunch, complete with celebrity chefs. 

Aussie husband surprises his terminally ill wife with a Valentine’s Day lunch in hospital - and MKR’s Ibby & Romel were the chefs!

With wife Daniella too sick to leave hospital, Anthony Tackchi spent weeks arranging the romantic surprise with staff at Westmead - determined to shower his beloved with romance. 

To make it even more special, the sweet husband enlisted the help of Daniella’s favourite TV chefs - MKR’s Ibby & Romel, who prepared lunch for the lovebirds. 

‘She deserves the world so I wanted to do that for her,’ husband Anthony told Seven News. 

Seven’s camera crews were there to capture the moment Daniella saw her beautiful surprise, and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. 

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Anthony spent weeks arranging the surprise for his ill wife.

Image: Seven News
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Daniella was blown away by the surprise!

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The pair enjoyed lunch, prepared by MKR's Ibby and Romel!

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MKR's Ibby & Romel were only too happy to help Anthony.

Image: Seven News

And Daniella says she couldn’t believe it when the MKR stars walked in. ‘When they came in, I was like “Oh my goodness!”’ she told Seven. 

Adds MKR’s Romel: ‘The best Valentine’s I’ve had in my whole entire life’

Daniella was struck down with breast cancer soon after marrying Anthony in 2016, and successfully battled the illness. But shortly after being given the all clear, the loving couple fell pregnant with a baby boy - only to learn that the cancer had returned in Daniella’s first trimester. 

‘She has tumours in her brain and her lung,’ Anthony says. 

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Anthony says his wife deserves 'the world'.

Image: Seven News

While Daniella’s prognosis is unclear, they are enjoying some good news today. On the same day that Anthony surprised Daniella with her Valentine’s Day lunch, their five-week-old son was released from hospital - making it an extra special occasion.

Says Daniella: ‘It’s the cherry on the top of my day.’

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The pair were also reunited with their baby boy today. Sweet!

Image: Seven News
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