VANCOUVER — B.C.-based restaurant and foodservice industry support hub Breaking Bread has launched a photography fundraiser called ‘Behind the Plexi’ to provide a helping hand to Vancouver’s restaurant-industry workers in the time of COVID-19.
A collaboration between Breaking Bread and local restaurateur Brad Roark of @nookrestaurant and @oddfishrestaurant, this raw-photo essay features a behind-the-scenes glimpse into 33 beloved local restaurants during the pandemic, such as Ask for Luigi, Kula Kitchen, Como Taperia, St. Lawrence Restaurant and more by offering a series of limited-edition prints available for purchase until Monday, May 31 via breakingbreadnow.com/behind-the-plexi.
All proceeds from the sale of each print will be dedicated to the creation of two new scholarships for restaurant workers who have experienced employment set-backs due to COVID-19 — one via the BC Hospitality Foundation and the other to the Chinese Restaurant Awards scholarship at Vancouver Community College. The Chinese Restaurant Awards will also contribute $10 for every print sold from the collection of photos taken at Chinese and Taiwanese restaurants.
