CORNWALL, Ontario – This year, some of the proceeds made during the Seaway Food Festival’s Restaurant Week will go to support the Agapè Centre.
At participating Restaurant Week restaurants, $0.75 of every $10 meal sold will go to the Agapè Centre. For $28 meals that is $1.50 and $2 of every $34 meal sold will go to Agapè.
For the first year ever, there will also be a lunch menu at participating Restaurant Week establishments.
Another first is the swag. Seaway Food Festival will be selling T-shirts and hats for Restaurant week and a part of those proceeds will also be going to the Agapè Centre.
“Community is at the very core of what Seaway Food Festival is all about,” said Sebastien “Mani” Manigat, Director & Founder of Seaway Food Festival. “We are truly honored to form this partnership with such a remarkable local organization and lend our support in this manner. It goes without saying that our local restaurants are the backbone of every initiative that we do. I’m very grateful that they embraced this event and in unison all decided to step up and give back for this cause,”
Agapè Centre Executive Director Diane Plourde was also excited at the announcement of this new partnership.
“I see it as a win-win,” she said. “People will go out and support these local eateries while supporting a local charity at the same time.”
Dave Petrynka, Owner and Chef at Eight Zero Zero also said that as a restaurant owner he said this as a great opportunity for Restaurant Week.
“It makes us feel good,” he said. “It makes everything come together inside. Knowing that a charity is getting supported as well makes it that much more special.”
Mani explained that this partnership fit with Seaway Food Festival’s community vision.
“Every restaurant I’ve talked to are very enthusiastic about this,” he said. “There is no Seaway Food Fest without the people who make the food. This is a collective effort.”
Restaurant Week is in its sixth year. Last year, nearly 5, 000 meals were sold during Restaurant Week.
Restaurant Week is running from Nov. 7 to 11.
