{"id":23531,"date":"2012-07-11T01:01:27","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T05:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=23531"},"modified":"2012-07-10T15:03:45","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T19:03:45","slug":"young-national-culinary-team-performs-at-taste-of-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/07\/young-national-culinary-team-performs-at-taste-of-the-caribbean","title":{"rendered":"Young National Culinary Team Performs at Taste of The Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Team Bahamas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While experience won out over youth, with the region\u2019s top teams fielded by highly seasoned chefs, the Bahamas team came away from last month\u2019s regional meet with a number of medals and according to team members \u2013 \u201cmuch wiser and humbled.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team practiced for several months, culminating in a demonstration dinner at Fathoms at Atlantis the week before the regional competition which was well received by the 100 supporters in attendance.\u00a0 Results of the competition in Miami are as follows:<\/p>\n

Taste of the Caribbean Bahamas Top Honors<\/p>\n

CHEF OF THE YEAR
\nSilver Medal – Jamal Small<\/p>\n

PASTRY CHEF COMPETITION:
\nSilver Medal – Wenzel Brown, Lyford Cay Club<\/p>\n

JUNIOR CHEF OF THE YEAR:
\nSilver Medal – Dwayne Sinclair, Student<\/p>\n

BARTENDER COMPETITION:
\nBronze Medal – Gerald Knowles, British Colonial Hilton<\/p>\n

ICE CARVING COMPETITION:
\nBronze Medal – Ancillemo Solomon, Luciano\u2019s of Chicago<\/p>\n

SEAFOOD COMPETITION:
\nSilver Medal – Shanique Bodie, Old Fort Bay Club<\/p>\n

BEEF COMPETITION:
\nSilver Medal – Charron McKenzie, Lyford Cay Club<\/p>\n

CHEESE COMPETITION:
\nBronze Medal – Kevin Pratt, One & Only Ocean Club<\/p>\n

TEAM MEDAL
\nBronze \u2013 Team Members:
\nDevin Johnson, Team Manager, Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort
\nJamal Small, Team Captain
\nMychal Harris, Atlantis
\nKevyn Pratt, One and Only Ocean Club
\nCharron McKenzie, Lyford Cay Club
\nShanique Bodie, Old Fort Bay Club
\nWenzel Brown, Lyford Cay Club
\nGerhard Knowles, British Colonial Hilton
\nAncelillemo Solomon, Luciano\u2019s of Chicago
\nDwayne Sinclair, Student, Temple Christian Academy<\/p>\n

Team organizers, including representatives from BHA, the Ministry of Tourism, and the Bahamas Culinary Association, are already assessing the strengths and lesson\u2019s learned from this year\u2019s competition with the initial commitment to start training earlier and create a mix of experienced and young chefs on the team.\u00a0 The team and sponsors will be recognized at BHA\u2019s August 2nd meeting at Luciano\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Special appreciation to sponsors:\u00a0 Bahamas Food Services, Bristol Wines and Spirits, DMC Bahamas Limited, American Hotel Register, and supporting hotels and restaurants \u2013 Atlantis, British Colonial Hilton, Luciano\u2019s of Chicago, Lyford Cay Club, Old Fort Bay Club, One and Only Ocean Club, and Sheraton Nassau Beach Resort.<\/p>\n

Bahamas Hotel Association (BHA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While experience won over youth, the Bahamas team came away from the regional meet with several medals and according to team members \u2013 \u201cmuch wiser and humbled.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[55,161,107,23],"class_list":["post-23531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-awards","tag-contests","tag-florida","tag-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}