Orlando Satchell

Orlando travels the world spreading the news about Caribbean Food and Drink.   Food is his passion,  and sex on a plate is his favourite phrase.   

When in England,  Orlando operates the Nouvelle Caribbean Company,  which caters for top business functions.   He is still consultant chef to the exclusive Ladera Hotel in St.  Lucia.

A wonderful asset of Ladera is its award-winning, two-story Dasheene Restaurant. It has open walls and a fantastic view. We made friends with the chef, Orlando Satchell, who is famous for combining local fresh produce, meats, and fish with creative flavorful cooking and attractive presentation. We had several excellent dinners there, choosing mostly from the daily specials. I was astonished by the extensive selection of excellent international wines, which were paired expertly with the dinners.

Extract from: www.byreconly.com

Website: www.ladera-resort.com

Virginia Burke

Virginia Burke was born and educated in Jamaica, studied graphic design in California and studio arts in New York City. She has travelled extensively and has lived in London, New York and Hawaii.

On her return to Jamaica, she became involved with the Walkerswood company and their mission to provide a rural community with employment opportunities.  In her role as Managing Director of Walkerswood Marketing she has been able to pursue many of her passions, including travel, design, public relations and community involvement.  This has also enabled her to take the fabulous food of her region to the global market.

As a director of the Bamboula restaurant in London, she is able to indulge her love of entertaining and sharing the Caribbean food experience.

www.walkerswood.com

Neil Hill

Grace, Kennedy (UK)

Market Manager

Neil has been associated with Caribbean Food for 15 years.   He has been working with Grace, Kennedy Ltd in his present capacity for 4 years.   In the past he also  worked with Enco for a period of four and a half years.    He travels to the Caribbean at least twice yearly and works closely with Grace,  Kennedy HQ in Jamaica.

Neil did consultancy for a period of time.   He was actively helping Caribbean businesses to import goods  or to export.   This was funded by the EU.   He is a man of many experiences and is still available for discussions about the issues.

Website: www.gracefoods.com

Sandra Duhaney

Walkers Wood

Food Technologist

Sandra Duhaney studied food science at the University of Florida in the early 80s.

On return to Jamaica, she has worked for several food companies, including Cee Foods Ltd and Coffee Industries Ltd, before joining Walkerswood Caribbean Foods in 2001.

Her passion is to develop new Caribbean products for the market place.

Website: www.walkerswood.com

Dawn Grant

The Director of Caribbean Food Emporium- Dawn Grant first became involved commercially with Caribbean food in 1995.   She was a partner in a Caribbean Restaurant/Take away establishment in East London for a number of  years,  but is now  an  Entrepreneur in different fields including  Consultancy, Training,  Writing  and Publishing.

She  has  declared this one of her missions in life -  to promote Caribbean Food.    She feels its time to stop hiding this great cuisine.  

www.caribbeanfoodemporium.com