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The Bahamas National Culinary Team made history at the Taste of the Caribbean Culinary Competition, held June 21st to 25th 2019 in Miami Florida; as Junior Chef Hazen Rolle won Junior Caribbean Chef of the Year for the 2nd consecutive year. His back-to-back win gave Team Bahamas the highest possible Gold Medal standing in this category for the third year in a row; a first for the highly competitive Caribbean Culinary Event. Junior Chef Kenria Taylor won Junior Chef of the Year in 2017.

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[ UPDATE: Thursday June 27 ]

The Bahamas National Culinary Team’s flight has been cancelled, therefore the welcome home celebration will not take place as planned.  We will make alternate plans to celebrate The Team, and advise you accordingly.  We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Thank you again for your partnership and support.

Read more to view photos from the Competition!

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The National Culinary Team, under the keen and watchful eye of Team Manager Chef Devin Johnson, continues to showcase The Best of The Bahamas with poise, grace and talent amidst fierce and often high-spirited Caribbean competitors.

Team Bahamas plated and served innovative cuisine and cocktails, reflective of Bahamian culture and traditions, yet with a “26th century twist”.

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The Bahamas National Culinary Team is in Miami, Florida setting their sights for GOLD! Caribbean 305 commenced on Saturday and competitions began on Sunday.

The Team looks and feels like champions! (Attire created by talented seamstress Agatha Louise Mackey!) They have brought their A plus game to this competition; and other teams are taking note!

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Team Bahamas is definitely in the running for the Taste of Caribbean competition, if their showing at their recent gala dinner is any indication to go by. There’s no better confidence booster than knowing you’ve nailed what you set out to do – and Team Bahamas did just that, checking off all the boxes in satisfying the senses of sight, smell and taste, and upping the ante ensuring that the flavors of The Bahamas shone through at their send-off gala. If a menu card read “spicy”, you got the spice. If it read “sweet”…you got that. If it read “savory”, you got that too. Textures were spot on and the composed dishes were beautiful to say the least.

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NASSAU, BAHAMAS – Executives of Global Ports Holding (GPH) hosted a series of government-endorsed stakeholder meetings recently to discuss the Nassau cruise port redevelopment project with key stakeholder groups.

These meetings are a part of a series of outreach activities that Global Ports Holding will undertake in partnership with the Bahamas Investment Authority and the Office of the Prime Minister to ensure that major stakeholders are involved in the implementation of the project.

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The Bahamas Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA) and the 2019 Bahamas National Culinary Team welcomed throngs of tourism industry executives, associates, stakeholders, supporters, family members and friends to their “Culinary and Mixology Extravaganza” held at SLS on Thursday June 13th, 2019.

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