French Ambassador to Jamaica Denys Wibaux andhis wife Angélique pulled out all the stops for their firstGoût de France in Jamaica, which included MadameWibaux heading to Paris to obtain a dress from one of herfavourite designers, Karen Millen. (Photos: Karl McLarty)
March 22, 2019
A Deliciously Goût Time
LAST Thursday night, close to 30 guests gathered at the French Ambassador to Jamaica’s residence on Hillcrest Avenue to celebrate the fifth iteration of Goût de France. The event, which is held across the globe, is a gourmet festival to celebrate French gastronomy. This year’s focus was on socially and environmentally responsible cuisine.
This year’s Goût de France was commemorated by upwards of 3,000 restaurants and 150 French embassies and consulates across the globe. Ambassador Denys Wibaux and his wife Angélique were honoured to host their first Jamaican Goût de France. Saturday Social brings highlights.
The Social lens captured Nigerian HighCommissioner to Jamaica Janet Olisa (left)in conversation with actor and Schools’Challenge Quiz Master Jean-Paul Menou(second right); Supreme Ventures Limited Deputy Chairman Ian Levy and his wife Celia.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall to overhear bon mots fromArchbishop Kenneth Richards (left) that had British HighCommissioner to Jamaica Asif Ahmad, his wife Kim delMundo (second right) and Honorary Consul Royal ThaiConsulate Thalia Lyn, in stitches.
Dean of the Consular Corps of Jamaica Michael Subratie andAngélique Wibaux, the wife of the French Ambassador toJamaica Denys Wibaux
The celebration of French gastronomy had Goût de France2019 guests including (from left) retired Air Jamaica pilotCaptain Michael Lyn; Honorary Consul Royal Thai ConsulateThalia Lyn; and Supreme Ventures Limited Deputy ChairmanIan Levy, in high spirits.
Sharing the frame with Angélique Wibaux (right),wife of the French Ambassador to Jamaica DenysWibaux, was Tamara Hill, children’s book authorand wife of Senator Aubyn Hill.
The lensman couldn’t resist snapping a pic ofPresident of the Jamaican Senate Tom Tavares-Finson and the evening’s co-host AngéliqueWibaux.
The table names on the seating chart reflectedregions of France that are of cultural andhistorical importance — Bretagne (Brittany),Bourgogne (Burgundy), Flandres (Flanders), andProvence.
Georgia Lawrence (left), who is in charge of theFrench Ambassador’s residence, enlisted thehelp of (from second left) Anthony Haynes, Bilo-Machelle Brissette, Garth Baker, Sharon Ming-McDonald, Alexander Walters, and Aston Roseto pull off dinner service at Goût de France.
Looking resplendent in red (which, fun fact:represents liberty in the French flag) at Goût deFrance 2019 was academic and historian professorVerene Shepherd.
National Museum of Jamaica Director DrJonathan Greenland (left) and Archbishop ofKingston Kenneth Richards
Carol-Anne Menou (left), administrative attaché and personal assistant to the ambassador,Embassy of France, Kingston, escorted Rose Tavares-Finson, wife of the president of the SenateTom Tavares-Finson, to her seat.
Ever the conscientious host, French Ambassador to Jamaica DenysWibaux (centre) escorted Jamaica Defence Force Chief of Defence StaffLieutenant General Rocky Meade and his aviation security coordinator wifeLorriann to their seats.
Acting Director of Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairsand Foreign Trade Franz Hall (right) and tTech Ltd CEOChristopher Reckord were dapper for the event.
