Montana Brown urges fans to go to Mike Thalassitis’ newly opened restaurant The Skillet

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Mike Thalassitis's Essex restaurant The Skillet opened this weekend, a month after the Love Island star took his own life

The reality star's business partner Scott Neilson announced earlier this week that the restaurant they worked on together would open in Loughton, Essex, on Saturday and all profits made from the drinks will go towards a mental health charity.

Sharing the news on Instagram, Scott posted a photo of himself alongside Mike with the caption "The Skillet. In loving memory of Mike Thalassitis" ,and wrote: "Brother we done it... Could never of done this without you 👊🏻❤️"

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Hannah Elizabeth and Jonathan Clark (2015): SPLIT

Remember when they, like, got engaged on the show? That one didn't quite last...

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Luis Morrison and Cally Jane Beech (2015): SPLIT

They had the first ever Love Island baby but in September 2018 they confirmed they'd split.

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Jordan Ring and Zoe Brown (2015): SPLIT

Absolutely DID NOT work IRL. Neeext.

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Jessica Hayes and Max Morley (2015): SPLIT

Still fancy Max in a huge way, not gonna lie.

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Katie Salmon and Adam Maxwell (2016): SPLIT

Adam claimed he was '100 percent single' shortly after leaving the villa and, um, that was that. #Kadam; gone but never forgotten.

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Rykard Jenkins and Rachel Fenton (2016): SPLIT

At least they lasted 18 months. Not bad going...

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Scott Thomas and Kady McDermott (2016): SPLIT

Scott and Kady managed a year before splitting in 2017.

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Nathan Massey and Cara de da Hoyde (2016): STILL TOGETHER

They've got their little Love Island baby and everything.

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Malin Andersson and Terry Walsh (2016): SPLIT

He did date fellow Love Island-er Emma-Jane Woodhams eight months in actual real life before calling it a day. AH WELL.

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Gabby Allen and Marcel Somerville (2017): SPLIT

Gabby dumped Marcel after he was spotted cheating as they holidayed TOGETHER. Blimey.

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Jamie Jewitt and Camilla Thurlow (2017): STILL TOGETHER

An absolute success story of Love Island 2017, Jamie and Camilla and Jamie are still the CUTEST of couples.

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Sam Gowland and Georgia Harrison (2017): SPLIT

Sam seems to be doing alright for himself on Geordie Shore, so we don't think he's too gutted.

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Olivia Attwood and Chris Hughes (2017): SPLIT

The couple were plagued with cheating rumours throughout their relationship (who can forget that whole Chris Hughes and Katie Price debacle?). Since their ITVBe show Crackin' On ended, Olivia's confirmed she's back with ex-boyfriend Bradley Dack.

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Alex Bowen and Olivia Buckland (2016): STILL TOGETHER

Alex and Olivia are married and literally as strong as ever. We like to live vicariously through them, to be honest.

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Tyla Carr and Jonny Mitchell (2017): SPLIT

Oh it was never gonna last, was it?

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Kem Cetinay and Amber Davies (2017): SPLIT

TheLove Island2017 winners split in December 2017; five months after the finale.

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Montana Brown and Alex Beattie (2017): SPLIT

These two split just weeks after returning to the UK. Sad times.

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Dom Lever and Jess Shears (2017): STILL TOGETHER

Jess and Dom are SO together, in fact, they got 'married' on Good Morning Britain on Valentine's Day 2017. They then got, y'know, properly married.

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Sam Bird and Georgia Steel: SPLIT

You know how this one went. Sam accused Georgia of cheating on him with her ex, which she denied. It's safe to say they didn't split on the best of terms.

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Zara McDermott and Adam Collard: SPLIT

Zara and Adam called it quits at the beginning of 2019. WAH.

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Megan Barton-Hanson and Wes Nelson: SPLIT

Megan and Wesdidmove in together, but announced their split in January 2019 following rumours Wes was getting close toDancing on Icepartner Vanessa Bauer. Uh oh.

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Josh Denzel and Kaz Crossley: SPLIT

Josh and Kaz announced their split in February 2019, with Kaz saying: "Sometimes things don't go the way you planned, but you have to be grateful for the journey. Thank you for everything especially showing me how to love myself again."

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Samira Mighty and Frankie Foster: SPLIT

Frankie reportedly cheated on Samira and that was that. Done. Over. thank u, next.

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Laura Anderson and Paul Knops: SPLIT

There's no bad blood betweenLaura and Paul, but they split months after making it to the final of the show.

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Jack Fincham and Dani Dyer: SPLIT

Dani released a statement via Instagram Stories (how very 2018) announcing thewinning 2018 couple had SPLIT, before they got back together just days later. Hmm.However fast forward to April 2019 and Jack announced they'd split.

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Speaking about the restaurant, Scott said: "The modern brunch eatery will specialise in skillet breakfasts, from the traditional Full English to Classic American Buttermilk Pancakes and Mike’s very own favourite, Poutine Breakfast."

He added: "In special tribute to Mike, all drink proceeds over launch weekend will be donated to the mental health charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) to build awareness of depression in young men and develop practical resources to support those suffering.

"Mike worked extremely hard on this launch. He was passionate about cooking and it was his dream to one day open a restaurant. Together, we have created a first-rate breakfast bar we hope you will enjoy and we invite you all to come down and celebrate his love of good food.

"Look forward to seeing you all there."

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Mike's friend Montana Brown was among the first to try out The Skillet.

Speaking via Instagram stories, she told fans: "I thought I'd update everyone on the official launch of The Skillet.

"I went today and it was amazing, I can't believe it, it's all finally come together. I wish Mike was here to see it, I'm so, so proud of him, and I can't wait for you guys to get down there and get some grub"

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Following his death, it was reported that Mike had secretly battled with depression for six months before he died. Mike's death came almost a year after Sophie Gradon committed suicide and Love Island bosses have since confirmed they're revising the aftercare offered to contestants following their time in the villa.

Earlier this week Mike's ex-girlfriend Megan McKenna spoke out about his death and said on Loose Women: "I’m doing okay, thank you for asking. I’ve actually just come back from Nashville because I’ve been out there; I’ve been putting everything into my work.

"I’ve been focusing on my work, writing my music and I feel like Nashville is my happy place."

If you're struggling with your mental health, Samaritans can provide 24/7 confidential support on their free helpline. Dial 116 113.

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