June 3, 2013

Celebrating food in good style

THE East Lawn of Devon House was beautifully transformed for the 15th staging of the Jamaica Observer Food Table Talk Awards last Thursday.

The hundreds of patrons who attended, not only tasted the fare of over 50 booths, but also celeberated excellence in food creation, food service and event décor.

The Ann-Marie Weiss-decoration lawns definitely lived up to the flawless standards of the Table Talk Food Awards.

Here are some of teenCHEF’s favourite scenes:

The Awardees:

Best Kept Secret: Marchabella Bistro & Cafe

Best Place for Value: Fish Pot

Cocktail Bar of the Year: Piano Bar at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel

Casual Bar of the Year: Mahogany Tree Bar, Devon House.

Best Place for Lunch: The Terrace at Liguanea Club & Alexander’s at the Courtleigh Hotel & Suites

Best Sunday Spot: Café Blue &

Crystal Edge

Best Café: Café Blue & Spanish Court Café

Best New Restaurant: Fuzion House

Outstanding Service: The Regency Room at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel

Best Place for Dessert: Chocolate Dreams

Outstanding Decor: Cru Bar

Best place for dinner: Regency Room at the Terra Nova All-Suites Hotel

Best new food item: Dejafrut Sorbet

Total Shopping Experience: Loshusan Barbican

Caterer of the year: Lorraine Fung

Restaurant of the Year: Regency Room at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel

Ann-Marie Wyss Award for Event Design: Tai Flora Luxe

Outstanding Food Event:

G’s Barbecue Pig Roast

Food Producer of the Year:

Potosi Farms

Jing Shi Award for Excellence in Pastry: Michael Wilson of Round Hil Hotel & Villas

Outstanding Cake Designer: Selena Wong

Outstanding Baker: Nadene Lazarus

Jamaica Food Award Ambassador of the Year:

Anna Kay Tomlinson

Master Chef Awards: Stephen Sowa of the Half Moon Hotel, Martin Maginley of Round Hill Hotel & Villas, Stefan Spath of Couples Resort, Michael Dannecker of the Hilton, Peter Hamil of Sandals Royal Plantation and Dennis McIntosh, executive chef Rio Nuevo

Lifetime Achievement Award: Wisynco

Digicel People’s choice Awards: The Cove Jerk Pit & Bar

Best Dressed Chicken’s Di Favourite Chicken Spot: Scotchies, Kingston

The Chairman’s Award: Frank Gilmore of the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel, Richard Douglas (independent), Solomon Gardner of Hall Moon Resort, Ian Morrison (independent), Dalton Smith of Sandals Montego Bay and David Gordon (independent)

The award is displayed at the her Miss T’s booth.

The famous Usain Bolt’s Tracks & Records was also on site with theirdelicious mini-burgers and spring rolls, giving patrons a taste of theexperience at the restaurant named after the world’s fastest man.

Nastashia Mitchelldished out the beatifuland tasty desserts fromthe Nescafé booth.

Dr Richard Harrison (left) and ChefMartin Maginley manned the RoundHill booth at the Food Awards andcreated delicious soft shell tacos forthe patrons.

Walkerswood servers KerrineTulloch (left) and AshleyWebber pose for the teenAGEcamera. At left: This drummerprovided much entertainment atthe booth.

Some of the desserts offeredat the Wisynco booth.

Young chefs Dewayne Johnson (left) andJahvane Swaby of Sunset JamaicaGrande Resort, Spa and ConferenceCentre show off their fruit carving skills.

The beautiful courtyard withthe Spanish Court Hotel andSagicor booths.

Wisynco executives Andrew Mahfood (left)and Williams Mahfood (second left) acceptthe Lifetime Achievement Award fromJamaica Observer Chairman Gordon ‘Butch’Stewart (second right) and Jamaica ObserverLimited Managing Director Danville Walker.

Jamaica Food Awards Ambassadorof the Year Anna Kay Tomlinsonaccepts her award from NoviaMcDonald-Whyte, senior associateeditor — lifestyle and socialcontent.

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