Cheryl Fergison is set to showcase her singing talents at the grand opening of a new Chinese restaurant in Blackpool. The EastEnders actress, 60, best known for her role as Heather Trott, recently spoke about her financial worries, making this opportunity particularly meaningful. Taking to Instagram on Saturday, Cheryl invited fans to join her at the Dragon Lounge in Cleveleys, where she'll be hosting across the weekend.

'Hello folks! Tonight, the first of February, and tomorrow, Sunday the second, I'm hosting at the Dragon Lounge on Victoria Road West in Cleveleys,' she announced. She shared excitement about the restaurant's new owner, management, chef, and menu while encouraging fans to stop by. 'It's going to be a fun couple of days, so please come and join us. I'll be there from about 7 o'clock onwards - just turn up or call ahead,' she added.

Cheryl Fergison is set to showcase her singing talents at the grand opening of a new Chinese restaurant in Blackpool (pictured in Blackpool last year). Taking to Instagram on Saturday, Cheryl invited fans to join her at the Dragon Lounge in Cleveleys, where she'll be hosting across the weekend. With her signature humour, Cheryl reassured followers that space would be found for everyone, joking: 'Even if you're sitting on my lap!'.

Signing off with a smile, she wished everyone a wonderful day, adding: 'The sun is shining here - hope to see you all tonight!'. It comes after the actress revealed she was so strapped for cash she was forced to use food banks. The star confessed that her financial situation was so difficult at one point that she had to seek professional help. Cheryl, who rose to fame playing Heather Trott in the BBC1 soap from 2007 to 2012, told the Daily Mirror that she was taken to her local food bank by a member of Citizens Advice after telling them she couldn't afford to eat.

The soap star explained that it was a far cry from her time on the hit show when she didn't even used to look at the price of things. She told the publication: 'I sat there and cried and cried. It was shameful. How could I have been on EastEnders? How could I have been earning that much money and now I am here?. 'It was one of the hardest things I've had to do. I found it so difficult to be that vulnerable. But I didn't have any money to do a weekly shop. I was trying to pay too many debts.'.

It comes after the actress revealed she was so strapped for cash she was forced to use food banks. Cheryl, who rose to fame playing Heather Trott in the BBC1 soap from 2007 to 2012, told how she was taken to her local food bank by a member of Citizens Advice after telling them she couldn't afford to eat. The soap star explained that it was a far cry from her time in the hit show when she didn't even used to look at the price of things.

Cheryl's revelation comes after it was revealed that she had been selling old EastEnders scripts for quick cash, charging fans £50 per item, and singing in a Chinese restaurant to keep a roof over her head. Despite earning a decent wage during her time on the show, the mother-of-one was diagnosed with womb cancer in 2015, which stopped her career dead in its tracks and she struggled to recover. The star underwent a hysterectomy which she explained came with unforeseen physical and mental side effects and the actress was struggling so much she began to self harm.

Cheryl told the newspaper that she threw herself in scalding water multiple times a day in an attempt to 'wash away' her cancer. But she said that as soon as she was given the all clear by her doctors she stopped hurting herself. But despite the change in her fortunes for her health, Cheryl's world was falling apart as she realised she barely had a penny to her name. But, refusing to let her difficulties overcome her, she reached out to Citizens Advice.

And she revealed that the experience was much easier than she thought and she was relieved to have finally found someone to help. Despite earning a decent wage during her time on the show, the mother-of-one was diagnosed with womb cancer in 2015, which stopped her career dead in its tracks and she struggled to recover. The star was so worried about money she had been selling old EastEnders scripts for quick cash, charging fans £50 per item, and singing in a Chinese restaurant to keep a roof over her head.

She said: 'If they did know who I was they didn't show it and that was what was wonderful. I thought it was embarrassing.'. The star praised the 'angels' who worked there and described the moment they took her inside and the help they offered her felt like 'this amazing, biggest, warmest hug'. And the star left the centre with four bags of groceries, dog food and a bunch of daffodils. After her harrowing experience, Cheryl explained she was motivated once more to turn her life around and revealed she was looking forward to starring as the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, in Peterborough over Christmas 2024.