The Barbados Culinary Team in Miami Tuesday

MIAMI, United States, Sunday June 11, 2017 Barbados is the Caribbean National Culinary Team of the Year.

The Bajan team won the top honors in the finale of the 2017 Taste of the Caribbean culinary competition at the Hyatt Regency in Miami yesterday evening, after also bagging individual honors for Ryan Adamson, Caribbean Bartender of the Year, and Damian Leach for Seafood.

Chef of the Year, Kenneth Molyneaux of the British Virgin Islands with Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association and Taste of the Caribbean officials

Kenneth Molyneaux from the British Virgin Islands was crowned Caribbean Chef of the Year and also took home the top prize in the Beef Competition. The Cayman Islands Melissa Logan was Caribbean Pastry Chef of the Year, while Kenria Taylor from The Bahamas was Caribbean Junior Chef of the Year. The Chocolate winner was Bonaires Sherundly Bernabela.

Caribbean Junior Chef of the Year, Kenria Taylor of The Bahamas

We really applaud all these Taste of the Caribbean participants, their national hotel and tourism associations, team managers and sponsors for developing 14 astounding Caribbean national teams to compete at this event, said Frank Comito, Director General and CEO of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA). The teams commitment to the region showed in the heart and soul that each of the participants invested in their presentations, he added.

Caribbean Bartender of the Year, Ryan Adamson of Barbados

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Presented by CHTA, Taste of the Caribbean hosted cooking and bartending competitions between teams from The Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaao, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

This years event was held June 2-6 at the Hyatt Regency Miami.

For the full list of winners, click here: http://www.caribbeanhotelandtourism.com/?p=5647

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