Antigua Wins Silver At Taste Festival

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Food & Drink

Monday, 13 September 2010 06:55

By caribarena news

The National Culinary Team is celebrating a silver medal win in Puerto Rico at the Taste of the Caribbean Culinary competition held from September 9 -12.

This placed them as one of the four teams qualified for the individual competition. Meanwhile, Kerry-Anne Joseph, a bartender at Sandals Grande Antigua, was the only female who competed in the bartenders' competition, and walked away with a bronze medal.

Overall, Antigua & Barbuda finished in the top four, which qualified the three chefs of the seven-member team to battle on Sunday for the Caribbean Chef of the Year title, while pastry chef Maureen Bowers of Sandals competed for the Caribbean Pastry Chef of the Year. However, upon going to press the results for these competitions had not been finalized.

The team left on Thursday to face off against 11 nations from across the Caribbean competing for prestigious Caribbean titles.

The competition aims to continuously raise the standards of Caribbean Food and beverage excellence and professionalism in the region, and is managed by the Caribbean Hotels and Tourism Association (CHTA.

The national team was comprised of Lead Chef Graham Singer Executive Chef at BlueWaters

Charlesworth Jeremy Executive Sous Chef at Jumby Bay

Christopher Terry, Chef at Sugar Ridge

Maureen Bowers, pastry chef at Sandals Grande Antigua

Kerry-Anne Joseph, bartender at Sandals Grande Antigua

and  Kevan Ho, a student at the Antigua and Barbuda Hosptitality Training Institute.

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