About Caribbean Food Emporium

News Update 2

Attended Food for thought - Food for the mind event at Ocean, Hackney. In memory of Val McCalla - founder of the Voice Newspaper.
Publicity sent out for Caribbean Food Conference.
Meeting held with Orlando Satchell
BBC TV contacts Caribbean Food Emporium again regarding the ongoing search for a 3-generational Caribbean Family to be recorded having a typical Sunday lunch.
Optomem TV Company contacts Caribbean Food Emporium, regarding the search for a Caribbean Family to film having dinner at Christmas. Optimum are makers of the Channel 4 programmes such as The Naked Chef and 2 Fat Ladies.
The Caribbean Food Emporium website tops half a million hits since its launch.
Monthly hits for the website now nears 150,000.

The Voice Newspaper contacts Caribbean Food Emporium regarding survey stating that Caribbeans prefer fast foods to Caribbean Food.
Caribbean Food Emporium website now nears 100,000 hits per month.
New Nation contacts Caribbean Food Emporium regarding survey stating that Caribbean youths prefer fast foods to Caribbean Food.
BBC Radio Essex airs interview with D. Grant about Caribbean Food Emporium
D. Grant gives Live Interview with Herdle White of BBC Radio West Midlands, Saturday 17 August, about Caribbean Food.
Discussion held at Black Business meeting about the lack of widespread availability of Caribbean Food. Franchises discussed.
Patrick Williams - Caribbean Chef demonstrates Jamaican food on CBBC TV in celebration of the fortieth year of Jamaican Independence.
BBC Website has links to Caribbean Food Emporium website.
The Evening Standard - "This is London" website contact Caribbean Food Emporium about using some of the recipes, and placing a link from their site to this site. The link is in the section about the Notting Hill Carnival.
BBC Radio London contacts Caribbean Food Emporium about statistics regarding 34% of black women being obese. The question is - Is diet a factor?

July 2002

Comments and requests received from Portugal
Comments and enquiries received from the Netherlands
Site promoted internationally to non-English speaking countries. Internet users searching on German search engines, French search engines, Hispanic, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese or Chinese search engines will find this website when searching in their own language.
Denver Post (An American Newspaper) requests interview regarding Caribbean Food.
BBC Radio Essex interviews Caribbean Food Emporium. The feature will form part of BBC Essex's Mega Mela - a promotion and celebration of the cultural diversity present in Essex. Questions will include: why the business was established and the importance of the Caribbean culture in Essex. Recording to take place 22 July. Mega Mela will be aired during August.
Caribbean Food Emporium is invited to send young demonstrators of Jamaican Food to appear on the TV programme - XChange, by CBBC. Programme to be aired August 6th

June 2002

MetLife Law department requests information about Caribbean Food
Caribbean Food Emporium is invited to speak about Caribbean Food by BBC Radio Manchester. Interview aired live Wednesday 19 June, 2002 11.35am
Caribbean Food Emporium - team and guests attend Windrush Achievement Awards 2002 at Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London.
Dawn Grant (founder of Caribbean Food Emporium) wins Special Inspiration Award at Windrush Achievements Award 2002.
The Dorchester offers Caribbean Menu at awards ceremony.
Comments and requests received from Poland

May 2002

Caribbean Food Emporium now listed in About Food Directory
Site being used by school students for research into Caribbean Food for GCSE project work.
Caribbean Food Emporium visits the Mango Room, (Camden) and Peppers and Spice (Dalston)
Caribbean Food Emporium observes frontage of Granny's (Clapton) and Posh Nosh and De Lick (Hornsey)
Caribbean Food Emporium makes shortlist for Windrush 2002 Achievement Awards, the event to be held at the Dorchester Hotel, Friday 21 June.
Caribbean Food Emporium visits P'Tani Restaurant (Stoke Newington)
BBC TV contacts Caribbean Food Emporium re launch event for new programme and book about the history of Jamaican music, to be aired 13th July 2002.
Caribbean Food Emporium meets with representative from UK Black Links.
Former owner Blue Gardenia Caribbean Restaurant makes contact and update with Caribbean Food Emporium.

April 2002

Caribbean Food Emporium can now be found through Search Engines: Yahoo, Google, Alta Vista, and many others.
Caribbean Food Emporium was featured in the New Nation Newspaper, April 1st.
Dates set and bookings made for 2 events
Interview with BBC Radio London
BBC TV Documentaries contacts Caribbean Food Emporium - re the search for a Caribbean Family to be filmed having a typical Sunday Lunch.
The Sunday Telegraph contacts Caribbean Food Emporium - re the packaged Caribbean foods
Caribbean Food Emporium attends Business Symposium for African and Caribbean Businesses, London Development Agency.
Caribbean Food Emporium makes person to person and telephone contact links with:
Orlando Satchell - top caribbean chef and caterer.
Neil Hill - Director - Grace Foods (UK)
Pauline Clark - Marketing Director, Enco.

March 2002

Caribbean Food Emporium is registered with Yellow Pages and Yell.com
Caribbean Food Emporium is registered with Caterer and Hotel Magazine, and Catering.com
Caribbean Food Emporium attends the Hotel and Catering Exhibition in Bournemouth. No Caribbean representation found, though there were a number of indigenous companies selling tropical flavoured products and curry sauces.
Caribbean Food Emporium attends the Ideal Home Exhibition, to see if there is any Caribbean Food represented. One stall found - promoting sauces and drinks.