#ConvoPlate for mental health talk
Chefs and restaurant owners from Waterloo region, Guelph and Wellington County put down their knives and picked up paint brushes for a unique workshop this week.
The chefs and restaurateurs were part of a group of more than a dozen people painting a Convo Plate. Launched in 2016, Convo Plate was conceived by the Paul Hansell Foundation, an organization that aims to get people talking about mental health through art.
Jared Ferrall, co-owner of Crafty Ramen, hosted the event. Ferrall said he wanted to create more awareness within the local restaurant industry, a sector marked by mental health issues and perhaps especially so since the pandemic.
“Mental health issues affect a lot of people in this industry, and I don’t think there’s enough resources,” he said. “So any awareness we can bring to it is great.”
For more on this important initiative, visit CBC-KW.
