Jamaica Observer Managing Director Danville Walker (back row, right) joins (from second left) Natalie Chin-Watkins, head of advertising, marketing and communications; Devon Barrett, general manager, Victoria Mutual Wealth Management; Novia McDonald-Whyte, Jamaica Observer senior associate editor — lifestyle and social content; Karlene Mullings, Victoria Mutual Wealth Management sales & client relations manager, Joan Forrest Henry (centre) divisional sales & marketing manager at The Best Dressed Chicken and 24 children of Jamaica Observer vendors, to cut the celebratory chocolate lemon cake by Nadine Lazarus of Sweet Moments. The occasion was a special luncheon catered by Chef Gariel Ferguson to fête the children in the newspaper’s boardroom and to officially launch the Jamaica Observer’s Salut! ‘Applaud It’.

Applaud It! is a week-long long initiative that provides a unique opportunity for the country’s powerful players of industry to meet the next generation exactly where they are and guide them through a formidable dining experience exposing them to social and dining skills.

(PHOTO: ANTONIO GRAHAM)