This from local restaurateur Brad Roark on the mission behind our new industry support initiative called ‘Behind the Plexi’.

A collaboration between Breaking Bread and Roark, Behind the Plexi is a raw photo essay that features a behind-the-scenes glimpse into 33 beloved Vancouver restaurants and their staff during the pandemic and offers a series of limited-edition prints available for purchase until Monday, May 31 via breakingbreadnow.com/behind-the-plexi.

All proceeds from each print will be dedicated to the creation of two new scholarships for restaurant workers who have experienced employment setbacks due to COVID-19 — one via the @bchospitalityfoundation and the other to the @chineserestaurantawards 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.

“We are all trying to save our businesses and sustain the culture of owner-operated restaurants,” says Roark. “It’s this culture that we continue to cultivate that brings a sense of togetherness and vibrancy to our communities and one that we are proud to showcase and support at a time when we all need it the most.”

For more on this initiative or to buy prints of your favourite local restaurants, check out the link in our bio 👆above!

Stand tall. Stay strong. Show love. Support local.

📣BIG NEWS!📣

Today, we’re proud to launch a new industry support initiative called ‘Behind the Plexi’.

A collaboration between Breaking Bread and local restaurateur Brad Roark (@nookrestaurant & @oddfishrestaurant), this raw photo essay features a behind-the-scenes glimpse into 33 beloved local restaurants during the pandemic such as @askforluigi, @kulakitchen, @comotaperia, @stlawrencerestaurant 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 each print will be dedicated to the creation of two new scholarships for restaurant workers who have experienced employment setbacks due to COVID-19 — one via the @bchospitalityfoundation and the other to the @chineserestaurantawards 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.

Four acclaimed Vancouver-based photographers graciously donated their artistic eyes and time for the Behind the Plexi project, including: Wade Comer (@wadecomerphoto), Miranda Hudson (@hudsonny), William Luk (@mayowill) and Luis Valdizon (@whentheyfindus).

Stay tuned over the next week, when we give you a look at our four shutterbugs whose work captures this very essence of this period of time — a time of determination and resolve in which we need to stick together, support one another and keep going until we can come out on the other side.

For more on this initiative or to buy prints of your favourite local restaurants, check out the link in our IG bio or our website!

Stand tall. Stay strong. Show love. Support local.

Hey. We’re here for you.

Whether it’s to help showcase your Cinco de Mayo specials, Mother’s Day brunch kits or grassroots initiatives to give back to your community and show solidarity as we all struggle to get through these latest lockdowns around the country, make sure to tag your posts with #BreakingBreadNow so we can help share the good word.

As always, we encourage you to DM us or email hello@breakingbreadnow.com with all the news that’s fit to print and fire up the troops and we’ll do our best to have your back.

Thanks, as always, for all you continue to do to support not only your team and guests but the industry as a whole.

Stand tall. Stay strong. Show love. Support local.