’APOCALYPSE’ EATING APP

A COLLECTIVE of Tasmanian restaurateurs attempting to claw their way out of the COVID-19 “Apocalypse” is asking for community help to build an online delivery platform similar to Uber Eats. The association also hopes to re-employ out-of-work hospitality workers, provide food for those who have lost their jobs, share resources and information with Tasmania’s food industry and form a group to advocate on its behalf.

A COLLECTIVE of Tasmanian restaurateurs attempting to claw their way out of the COVID-19 “apocalypse” is asking for community help after being stumped by roadblocks.

The humorously named Apocalypse Eating Association plans to build an online delivery platform similar to Uber Eats, featuring all-Tasmanian produce. The group also hopes to hire out-of-work hospitality workers, share resources and information with Tasmania’s food industry and form a group to advocate on its behalf.

Apocalypse Eating set up a “fun and delicious” pop-up guest chef takeaway at Hobart CBD restaurant Oddfellows, in Victoria St, last week and is about to embark on a food relief program for hospitality workers doing it tough.

But Oddfellows owner Chloe Proud said setting up Future Feeders, using an Uber

Eats-style platform, had proved economically “overwhelming”.

“A lot of us aren’t set up to do takeaway food,” she said.

“We are consequently still working away on an online setup for distribution that not only represents the venues that are offering takeaway and pick-up options but also begins to use this as a platform to access funding.”

She said the group was about to launch its food relief kitchen, with donated Tasmanian produce, to help unemployed hospitality workers with a “tonne of great chefs” volunteering their time.

“There are large pockets of people needing simple food and financial relief ... and it makes sense to use those that can make delicious, cost-effective and nutritious food as effectively as these skilled professionals can.”

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