Circuit Breaker: Biz Down 75%, Yet Antoinette Chef Gives Free Bread To Needy
Chef Pang: “If my biz is going to die, I wanna go out in a blaze of glory.”
Since April 9, Pang Kok Keong — the chef-owner of mod French patisserie and salon Antoinette — has been offering 20 loaves of bread daily to charity. His original plan was to leave the loaves out at the group’s Penhas Road location (30 Penhas Road) for the needy who are affected by the Covid-19 Circuit Breaker period to pick up, with no questions asked. But given the tighter restrictions and the government’s appeal for people to not travel out often, the loaves are now passed directly to volunteers from the charities Food From the Heart and Beyond Social Services for distribution. On days when the volunteers are unable to pick up the bread, Pang mobilises his own guys to send the loaves to the beneficiaries.