18-December-2020

The newly rebranded District 5 lounge and restaurant, located at the R Hotel Kingston, is officially open. The venue opened in style with two days of launch activities - a brunch on Wednesday, December 16, and an official media launch on Thursday.

05-November-2020

Even celebrity chefs have had to develop creative ways to stay afloat and keep hope alive, during the pandemic. Jamie Oliver and Padma Lakshmi have peppered their respective Instagram feeds with home-made cooking videos. Next week Nigella Lawson releases yet another cooking series on the BBC — Nigella's Cook, Eat, Repeat. Nina Compton is taking orders for a Heat and Eat Thanksgiving dinner at her Bywater American Bistro in New Orleans. And Daniel Humm, chef and owner of Eleven Madison Park (EMP), has “created a very delicious, high-end eating experience for home cooks” — EMP To Go. In this same spirit, the organisers of the Jamaica Food and Drink Festival (JFDF) are using technology and a curatorial approach to bring this year's festival to Jamaican homes.

13-July-2020

MIAMI, Florida – The best of Jamaican cuisine is returning to the Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival presented by Capital One (SOBEWFF®). For the second consecutive year, award-winning chefs for Taste Jamaica, presented by the Jamaica Tourist Board and the Tourism Enhancement Fund, will take over the historic National Hotel on South Beach on Friday, February 21. Hosted by JJ Johnson and Andre Fowles, Jamaica’s top culinary talent, will serve up a cornucopia of Jamaican flavor, rum, and rhythm.

13-July-2020

The mandate is simple – eat, drink, educate at the 2020 iteration of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival - which is slated to take place at the National Hotel, Miami Beach this weekend. The annual food and drink inclusive gastronomic event kicked off yesterday with a private dinner at Steak 954 in Fort Lauderdale.

13-July-2020

Since attending the Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development in St Vincent & The Grenadines last year, I can’t stop thinking about Caribbean food and how it is essential for developing sustainable tourism and could be part of the recipe for economic growth in the region.