Caribbean Hut brings island taste to Gastonia – Gaston Gazette

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The Caribbean Hut restaurant opened last year, but March 31 also was an exciting day at the Gaston Regional Chamber hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the business.

Caribbean Hut, located at 2924 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia, is one of thenewest members of Gaston Regional Chamber.

Owner Trevor Lewis wants to bring the Caribbean to Gastonia. Caribbean Hut has twoother locations in Charlotte. After the ribbon cutting guests were treated to samples from Caribbean Huts flavorful menu. Someof the samples included jerk chicken, curry chicken, brown stew chicken, rice and peas, and beef patties.

Lewis, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, got his first job as a chef at the Port of Call Hotel in Black River, St. Elizabeth, then moved on to the Jamaica Conference Center, and finally at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel. While at the Jamaica PegasusHotel he won numerous awards in culinary competitions locally and in neighboring Caribbean Islands. Trevor migrated toBrooklyn and continued to work as a chef until he bought his first Jamaican style restaurant over 15 years ago inRosedale, Queens, New York. He and his family moved to Charlotte in search of a change of scenery for his sons.

After moving to the Charlotte area he saw a need for a family friendly Caribbean restaurant, and so the Caribbean Hut was born, he said.Starting with the first location at 9609-K N. Tryon St. in 2004, the Caribbean Hut brand has grown into threelocations.

One reason for the restaurants success is the authenticflavor that goes into each menu item that is served, he said.

Lewis said he has had many blessings in his life and for those reasons he believes that it is important to give back to those lessfortunate. He has been a source of inspiration and encouragement to many in the community. Lewis believes that it isimportant to give back to his community in any way he can. Giving a helping hand shows others that giving back is the best wayto build a community. By giving back it builds friendship amongst each other in hopes that each person helped will learn and share with others. It is very important to give back so that everyone can grow and build in the community, he said.

About the Gaston Regional Chamber of Commerce. Established in 1913, the Gaston Regional Chamber is focused onproviding value to its more than 825 member businesses through a wide range of programs, events and services. The mission ofthe Gaston Regional Chamber is to champion an environment for healthy economic growth and quality job creation in Gaston County, and provide outstanding value for our members. For more information, visit http://www.gastonchamber.com.

For more information, call Gaston Regional Chamber at 704-864-2621 or email communications@gastonchamber.com

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