In Antigua and Barbuda, a Should-Go to Caribbean Occasion for Foodies

From Sheer Rocks to Le Bistro, Nobu Barbuda to Roquita, the eating scene in Antigua and Barbuda has by no means been buzzier. 

Now, the vacation spot’s standard culinary occasion is again once more, with greater than 65 eating places taking part for this 12 months’s Antigua and Barbuda Restaurant Week. 

It’s yet one more enhance for a vacation spot that has one of the crucial dynamic culinary actions within the Caribbean proper now. 

“I feel in the previous few years, the restaurant scene in Antigua has continued to evolve. What we’ve seen is extra vary throughout the board,” stated Alex Grimley, managing companion or Rocks Group, whose portfolio contains the celebrated Sheer Rocks and a rising assortment of eateries everywhere in the island, from Catherine’s Cafe to a brand new Mexican hotspot referred to as Roquita. 

From Could 4 to 19, the eateries across the vacation spot will provide particular prix fixe lunch and dinner menus, together with “eat like a neighborhood” choices throughout the island. 

It’s designed to “encourage locals and vacationers to take pleasure in previous favorites and in addition discover new eating places and cuisines ,” the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority’s Shermain Jeremy tells Caribbean Journal.

“We stay up for celebrating nice taste with nice worth.”

This 12 months’s occasion may also function a star-studded lineup of superstar cooks and beverage professionals – all of Caribbean heritage. 

That features Chef Angel Barreto, Chef Shorne Benjamin, Cookbook Writer Althea Brown, Chef Kareem Roberts, Chef Digby Stridiron, and Sommelier Nadine Brown. 

Timed for the competition, the Pepperpot Rum Store can be making its debut: a 100-day pop-up vacation spot created by means of a partnership between The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority, Treehouse Seaside Membership, and British chef, tv and radio broadcaster, and former singer Andi Oliver.

The Rum Store will embody occasions from rum tastings to e book Q&As. 

So what’s on the agenda? 

You possibly can take pleasure in a Meals and Artwork Expertise at Dow’s Hill Interpretation Middle; absorb an immersive Meals Discussion board and be taught extra about sustainability; savor cocktails and a cookout on Ffryes Seaside; take a grasp class on the artwork of roti with Althea Brown; take a six-course journey throughout Antigua’s culinary panorama with Chef Kareem Roberts; and even attempt a Korean dinner at Carlisle Bay, amongst different occasions. 

The favored “Eat Like a Native” program from final 12 months is again once more, with the occasion creating an interactive map of native hotspots the place guests can attempt fungee, pepperpot and different native favorites. 

It’s a novel Caribbean culinary occasion — and a should for any foodie. 

Should you’re planning to make the journey, the island has some nice choices for each sort of traveler, most notably with Elite Island Resorts’ trio of offers at its all-inclusives in Antigua. 

For extra, vist Antigua Barbuda Restaurant Week.