Jamaica Broilers Presidentand CEO Christopher Levy(right) and Table Talk FoodAwards chair andconceptualiser NoviaMcDonald-Whyte (fifth right),senior associate editorlifestyle & social content –Jamaica Observer; with the11 Cayman Islands Table TalkFood Awards judges (fromleft) entrepreneur CatherineGuilbard; Alan Markoff,Pinnacle Media Limitedjournalist; multi-awardwinningchef MaureenCubbon; Eric Bush, chiefofficer at the Ministry ofHome Affairs, Cayman IslandsGovernment; attorney-at-lawRichard Barton; PamelaSmall, assistant vicepresidentof sales, marketingand customer care at Logic;Jeremy Hurst, president ofInternational Realty GroupLimited; David Stephens,managing director, ApexPerimeter Protection Limited;and his wife Jo-Anne,attorney-at-law, businessmanSebastien Guilbard; and OliviaScott-Ramirez, marketing andpublic relations manager atCayman Airways.
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November 13, 2015
VIDEO: Table Talk Food Awards Wows Cayman
What started as a conversation based on wishful thinking, two years ago at Camana Bay, Cayman, became a pinch-yourself type of moment on Thursday, November 5 when the Jamaica Observer Table Talk Food Awards Cayman Islands made its debut inside a capacity-filled Golden Sun Ballroom of the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort.
The premier staging was not without nervous moments as a result of a torrential downpour, which forced a change of venue to the actual reception area of the Awards. By the time the first few awards were presented, however, it became evident that not only had the Awards found favour with industry players but was understood by those in attendance that the evening was exclusively theirs. Indeed, by the time Chris Levy, president & CEO of Jamaica Broilers Group, had made presentations to Feed Our Future, Foster’s Food Fair and the team at the Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort (for pulling out all the stops to ensure a fabulous event) and Jamaica Observer Managing Director Danville Walker had handed the Chairman’s Award to Robert Hamaty and Monique Hamaty-Simmonds of Tortuga Rum Company, there was that warm, fuzzy feeling found in the kitchens of so many of our childhood memories.
The camaraderie continued as congratulatory hugs, kisses and toasts were raised and expectations heightened for the second staging.
Cheers to The Best Dressed Chicken, our partners, and to sponsors National Commercial Bank and the Cayman Islands Yellow Pages.
Cayman Islands Table Talk Food Awards judge and attorney-atlawRichard Barton (second right) welcomed our photogalongside his attorney-at-law wife Caroline (right), his motherAnn-Marie, and family friend, retired businessman Lenny Hew.
Jamaica Observer Managing Director Danville Walker (right)with Joseph Marzouca, local physician and the honoraryconsul of Jamaica to the Cayman Islands, and his wife Ava.
National Commercial Bank Cayman Limited Managing Director Phillip Harrison (left)with members of his executive team (from second left) Elizabeth James,regional wealth manager; Cheyenna Stewart, relationship manager; andChristopher Gregory, regional wealth manager.
Jamaica Observer Limited Managing Director DanvilleWalker (left) exchange pleasantries with Jamaica BroilersGroup President & CEO Christopher Levy (right), whileairline pilot and Food Awards Jamaica judge Oneal Johnsonlooked on.
Best Dressed Chicken brand ambassador, Chef de Cuisine BrianLumley shared the spotlight with Kathy Miller (left), sales andpromotion officer at Radio Cayman, and Latoya Cover, fundadministrator at Swiss & Global Asset Management (Cayman)Limited.
Table Talk Food Awards Cayman Islands judge Alan Markoff,journalist at Pinnacle Media Limited, and his interior designerwife Lori McRae.
Melissa Smith,executiveofficer at JohnA CumberPrimarySchool, styledin a halter printdress from Craveboutique in Cayman.
Under-17 assistant coach Xavier Gilbert
PeppersSmokehouseexecutivechef/ownerMarioMachado(right) with hisson David,maître d’ atOsetra Bay,and his wifeFiona, Pepper’sSmokehousemanager.
Jamaica Observer SeniorAssociate Editor – Lifestyle &Social Content and TableTalk Food Awards ChairNovia McDonald-Whyte(left) raises a celebratorytoast with Jamaica BroilersGroup Divisional Sales &Marketing Manager JoanForrest-Henry (centre) andNatalie Chin Watkins, headof advertising, marketingand communication at theJamaica Observer Limited.
Guests inside the Golden SunBallroom at the Grand CaymanMarriott Beach Resort.
Physiotherapist Tiffany Wright and Dr Colin Charles
(From left) Roland Henry, National Commercial Bank Jamaica Limited senior marketing officer; Elizabeth James, NCBCapital Markets Limited regional wealth manager; Novia McDonald-Whyte, Table Talk Food Awards conceptualiser; andOdette Dixon Neath, public relations director at CGR Communications Limited, got down on the dance floor.
Dave DaCosta, Global Directories director of marketing (centre), raised a toast to a successful CaymanIslands Table Talk Food Awards with Cayman Islands Yellow Pages execs (from left) Robin Winters,sales associate; Lisa Beauchamp, print product development manager; Eileen Keens, marketingmanager; and the group’s sales associate Otis Myles.
Jamaica Broilers Group President & CEO Christopher Levy (left)with Vicki and David Legge, owners and publishers, PinnacleMedia Limited.
Jamaica Observer Managing Director Danville Walker (right)with Cayman Islands Table Talk Food Awards judges Jo-AnneStephens (left), attorney-at-law; her husband David, managingdirector of Apex Perimeter Protection; and Peta-Gaye Fullerton,senior accountant at Ernst & Young.
Jamaica Observer Senior Associate Editor — Lifestyle & SocialContent Novia McDonald-Whyte (centre) with (from left) CaymanIslands Food Awards judge Pamela Small, assistant vice president —sales, marketing and customer care at Logic; Pulse model OraineBarrett; Miss Cayman Islands 2008-2010 and attorney-at-law NicosiaLawson; and her beau Tedrick Green, founder of TeGreen Fragrances.
The first staging of the Cayman Islands Table Talk Food Awards attracted a full house.
Jamaica Observer Limited Managing Director Danville Walkerwith Miss Cayman Islands 2015 Tonie Chisholm.
Jamaica Broilers Group President & CEO Christopher Levy andhis hard-working team gave the Cayman Islands Table Talk FoodAwards seven thumbs up. They are (from left) Karen Grant,import/export coordinator, Best Dressed Chicken; RacquelWatson, brand manager, Hamilton Smokehouse; Joan Forrest-Henry, Jamaica Broilers Group divisional sales and marketingmanager; Karis-Ann Gordon, Best Dressed Chicken businessdevelopment manager; Avadaugn Sinclair, marketing manager;and Lorraine Kemble, brand manager, Best Dressed Chicken.
Lecia Rose, customerservice representativeat the Grand CaymanMarriott Beach Resort,in Michael Kors.
Table Talk Food Awards Cayman Islands judges Sebastien andCatherine Guilbard (centre) with their entrepreneur friendYannick Forel (left) and Michel Jobidon, Foster’s Food Fairmaintenance manager.
Opposition senator Dr Christopher Tufton
Vanessa Polack, communicationsmanager at the Ritz-Carlton,Grand Cayman in head-to-toeZara.
Christopher Levy (fourth left), Jamaica Broilers president & CEO, with George Rodrigues (left), owner ofthe People’s Choice award-winning The Thai Restaurant; the owner of Hurley’s Supermarket ShannaMerren (second right); and her team (from second left) Marketing Associate Scot Kristal; Manager RaulMena; Produce Supervisor Alwyn Smalling; Gourmet Supervisor Kaydene Larmond; and Store ManagerVinton Smithson. (PHOTOS: GARFIELD ROBINSON)
