The Anguilla chefs who competed in the Taste of the Caribbean competition, at the Hyatt Regency in Miami on Tuesday, June 29th, did quite well. They won the award for the most “innovative Caribbean menu” to the applause of their cheerleaders. In the overall competition they received a Silver Award.

Anguilla’s Culinary Team preparing for competition. L-R: Wilbert Fleming (Coach), Christopher Heath, Dale Carty, Daniel Orr and George Reid. Not pictured is Lavon Richardson

Their menu, which was closely watched by other teams among the spectators, was called “Mango Trio”. It comprised the following: jerk chicken fillets with mango & corn salsa, Ceviche of prawns with mango & avocadoes, with country pepper, sweet potato mango soup with tomato cardamom compote; roast pork butt in burnt cane and ginger glaze, pigeon pea and blue cheese fritters, papaya chutney & crispy provisions; sweet corn meal Johnny cakes with caramelized pineapple, chili pepper, cashew brittle, and a West Indian butterscotch sauce with Anguillian Pyrat Rum.

One of Anguilla’s tables

The Anguillian culinary team was coached by Wilbert Fleming, Manager of the Anguilla Great House. The members of the team were George Reid, Executive Chef Cap Juluca; Daniel Orr, Executive Chef CuisinArt; Christopher Heath, Chef deCuisine CuisinArt, Dale Carty, Executive Chef/Owner Tasty’s Restaurant; and Lavon Richardson Bartender at CuisinArt.

Group of Anguillians at Culinary Competition

There were thirteen teams in the culinary competition as follows: Anguilla, Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Bahamas, the US Virgin Islands and St. Lucia which competed on Monday June 26th. The other teams whose competition was on the following day, represented the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Bonaire, St. Martin/St. Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Puerto Rico.

Bill Moore, Organiser of the Culinary Competition

The competition continued later on Wednesday with four pastry chefs, twelve chefs, and seven bartenders for the finals. The chefs were from Puerto Rico, St. Martin/St. Maarten, Aruba, and Trinidad and Tobago. Those in the bartender finals were from Anguilla, Barbados, BVI, Cayman Islands Puerto Rico, St. Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. The results were not available in time for publication in The Anguillian.

The culinary competition was overseen by Bill Moore, Product Development Manager and Trainer at Cap Juluca Resort in Anguilla. He has been involved in organising the competition over a number of years to develop young Caribbean culinary professionals.
“It is a labour of love for me,” he said. “I have been involved all my life, both in the culinary arts and as an educator. This really brings the two things together and it is probably the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my life. I find the work I do with the Caribbean culinary development programme just phenomenal for me.”

CHIC 2006, and the Culinary Competition, will again be held in Miami.

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