Portland Jerk Festival 2012

HAVING SECURED a title sponsor for this year’s staging, the annual Portland Best Dressed Chicken Jerk Festival will be held over three days as opposed to the regular one-day event. The Portland jerk weekend will begin on Friday with a Port Antonio Fashion Night Out, as...

All Dressed Up!!

Our creative Jamaican foodie entrepreneurs are really getting all dressing up.  The month of August alone has seen the launch of two great new dressings. First was the OMD! (Oh My Dressing) launch by Springvale of its new salad dressings, featuring  tantalizing flavours, namely...

When Kingston Meets New Orleans!

It’s really exciting to see the growing buzz and activity around food in Jamaica.  Jamaicans have always been passionate about food, but in recent times we’ve turned up the heat in the kitchen as restaurateurs, chefs and culinary experts seek to raise the (already high!) ba...

Restaurant Week Jamaica 2013

So Restaurant Week is over and the verdict is in – It was a grand feast and food fantatics, gourmet lovers and foodie entrepreneurs like us are still licking their lips. Mounted under the theme “Raise a Fork and Lift the City”, the 9th staging of the popular gastronomic...

It’s Here – Food Lover’s Month!

Well November marked a busy month for food lovers in Jamaica.  One local newspaper sponsored the National Food Month which included the hugely popular Restaurant Week as well as food events around the country and even over in Florida.  Another newspaper sponsored Saveur which...

Christmas in J-A!

Well t’is the season to be jolly, so what better time to tell you about Christmas in Jamaica! We should start by saying that Christmas is a BIG deal in Jamaica, so needless to say the Christmas fever is in full swing even as this post is being written!  Some early birds...

Christmas in J-A!

Christmas is a BIG deal in Jamaica.  Some early birds started decorating their houses from as early as mid November and the stores started to put out their decorations about two weeks before that!  The rest of us will probably get around to it about the second or third week in...

Word on the Street is We’re the Word on the Street!!

So we might be blowing our own trumpet a bit, but word on the street is we’re the word on the street! We’re appreciative of the guests who have chosen to join us on our pioneer Falmouth Food Tour, and even more thankful to them for their great five star reviews! We thoroughly...

Brand Jamaica to the World!!

Jamaica has just hosted another successful annual Expo at the National Arena in Kingston under the theme ‘Brand Jamaica to the World!‘. The Trade Show was attended by hundreds of buyers as well as thousands of consumers who got a chance to view and try not only some...

Yes – Real Men do Take Food Tours!

So you’ve probably heard a rumour out there that real men don’t do food tours.  Somehow food tours sound like a ‘girlie’ thing right? Lumped in there with ‘Chick flicks’ or ‘Girls Night Out’ type activities.  Well, we have to say that we have hosted our fair share of men on our...