--- title: Leonardo DiCaprio Dines at Restaurant Run by Former Homeless description: The 'Revenant' star stopped by a Scottish restaurant associated with the non-profit Social Bites. His date? 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 18, 2016 11:14 AM UTC  Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio poses with formerly homeless staff (left to right) Colin Childs, Joe Hart, Biffy Mackay and Sonny Murray helped prepare lunch for DiCaprio and guests alongside acclaimed chef and Home co-founder Dean Gassabi (not pictured) at Social Bite restaurant, Home on November 17, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio poses with formerly homeless staff (left to right) Colin Childs, Joe Hart, Biffy Mackay and Sonny Murray helped prepare lunch for DiCaprio and guests alongside acclaimed chef and Home co-founder Dean Gassabi (not pictured) at Social Bite restaurant, Home on November 17, 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland.Jeff Holmes—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Nov 18, 2016 11:14 AM UTC [Do-gooder Leonardo DiCaprio](http://time.com/4511153/trailer-leonardo-dicaprio-documentary-before-the-flood/?iid=sr-link2) paid his first visit to Scotland on Thursday, and while in Edinburgh he grabbed a nice lunch at Home restaurant staffed by formerly homeless employees.. Diners at Home are encouraged to contribute to meals for the homeless through charity organization [Social Bite](http://social-bite.co.uk/). DiCaprio ordered lamb tagine with cous cous, and he wasn’t there to hang out with his usual squad of pals, either; he was joined by one lucky lady named Elise Lovell, winner of the [charity raffle to dine with DiCaprio](http://time.com/4550126/leonardo-dicaprio-date-contest/?iid=sr-link1) for his midday meal. She bought eight tickets for the raffle at about $6 a pop, [the BBC reports](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-37998912), and said that the Oscar winner and environmental advocate was “absolutely charming.” (All ticket prices also went towards free meals for the homeless.) “I never thought in a million years I would win the actual competition. This is not my average Thursday,” Lovell [told the _Express_.](http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/733243/Leonardo-Dicaprio-highlights-plight-homeless-Social-Bite-restaurant-visit) One of the trainee chefs who helped cook his lunch was a fan of the actor too, as it turns out. “I told him I’ve loved him since I was nine and that I did a project about him at school, he said ‘that’s so cool,'” Biffy Mackay [told ITV News](http://www.itv.com/news/2016-11-17/leonardo-dicaprio-visits-social-bite-restaurant-in-edinburgh-to-help-the-homeless/). Hundreds of Scottish fans lined the streets awaiting DiCaprio’s arrival, despite drizzling skies. The star was in town for the Scottish Business Awards, where he would be a keynote speaker. 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