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Caribbean
Cuisine Consortium
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
Association Overview
Caribbean Cuisine Consortium (CCC) was founded on the 6 April, 2003.
CCC is
an amalgam of Caribbean Restaurateurs, Caribbean Food Take Away proprietors,
Caribbean Food and Drink Suppliers, Caribbean Food Industry Professionals,
Food Educators, Caterers, Nutritionists, Chefs, Rum Professionals
and dedicated Caribbean Food and Drink enthusiasts.
CCC helps
its members (business proprietors, manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers,
distributors, brokers, and consumers) enhance their economic position
by providing opportunities for professional dialogue, education, exchange
of industry data and selling opportunities.
Caribbean
Food Emporium is the parent company to CCC, which actively investigates
proposals of interest to the consortium. The Emporium’s extensive
300-page website attracts quarter of a million hits monthly, and receives
many enquiries regarding suppliers, caterers, chefs or restaurants.
CCC’s own section of the website will be an extension of this work,
but accessible only by members.
Mission
Statement
CCC is
dedicated to promoting the understanding and the celebration of the
pleasures, benefits and traditions of Caribbean food and drink. Our
mission is to encourage the growth and development of Caribbean Cuisine
in the UK.
The Aims
of Caribbean Cuisine Consortium are:
- To
promote excellence and innovation in the preparation of Caribbean
Food and Drink
- To
be a comprehensive source of information about Caribbean Food for
the UK food industry.
- To
provide a collective voice for all those involved in making, distributing
and retailing of Caribbean Food and Drink
- To
represent the views of the industry.
- To
safeguard the integrity of the industry by setting technical standards
and encouraging improvement in the industry.
- To
foster a close relationship between all those who work within the
Caribbean Food and Drink Trade
- To
represent the needs of the Caribbean Food Industry to Government
Agencies and Funding bodies
- To
form a collective for the purposes of the marketing and promotion
of Caribbean Food and Drink.
- To
establish and maintain strong links with all media including: newspapers,
relevant magazines, radio and TV in order to meet the aims and objectives.
- To
put forward bids, and lobby on behalf of members to secure public
contracts.
- To
ensure representation in all areas of the UK Hospitality & Catering
Industry.
- To
form a single cooperative branding foods from different manufacturing
with one CCC logo.
- To
encourage and support new start ups with advice and information
about funding.
Objectives
Communicate our passion for the knowledge about Caribbean food and
drink with the health and social values that matter most to us, through
our website, programs and publications.
Preserve the Caribbean regional and ethnic culinary heritage of the
table.
Educate others on the quality of Caribbean food and drink.
Encourage professional research to grow our culinary culture and knowledge.
Encourage preparation of enjoyable, healthy Caribbean food and the
pleasures of eating it with family and friends.
Communicate and teach others about the value of flavourful meals and
about identifying high quality, good tasting, organic ingredients.
Our Vision
CCC has vibrant prospects as we look toward 2003 and beyond. Our fundamental
belief that Caribbean food and drink enhances the quality of our lives
remains the guiding force behind all of our activities. As a support
and educational organisation, the members, volunteer leadership and
professional staff of CCC will:
Be leaders
in discussions of current issues relating to Caribbean food and drink;
Produce substantive, distinctive programs and publications that are
the best of their kind ;
Maintain an efficiently managed, fiscally sound and socially responsible
organization at all levels;
Collaborate with other organizations to support Caribbean food and
drink education to children and adults across the UK;
More
about CCC
New
Members are welcome.
To join
Caribbean Cuisine Consortium online
To
Join CCC (print and post application form)
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