Caribbean

Caribbean Cuisine in London

Patrick Marche’s journey to strike gold in the restaurant business in London began with a determination to make Caribbean cuisine the most globally sought after recognised dishes.

Now his upscale Caribbean Scene restaurant chain, started six years ago, has four eateries — Caribbean Scene Family, located a stone’s throw from the Olympic Park; Caribbean Scene Royale, which offers fine dining in the Docklands; Caribbean Scene Quick, that serves up ‘quality food on the go’; and Caribbean Scene Hospitality, which operates as a catering service.

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Caribbean Olympians do their countries proud

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Of the 204 countries that marched into London’s new Olympic Park for the opening ceremony on July 27, 22 hailed from the Caribbean region. Delegation size ranged from two (Dominica) to 110 (Cuba). 

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Caribbean designers unveil stunning creations during London 2012 Olympics

By Caribbean News:

Saturday, August 4, saw a selection of six handpicked exceptional Caribbean designers showcase their collection pieces as part of the Fashion Engage London 2012 event.

The Fashion Engage event sponsored by the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) marked the opening of Caribbean Export’s Grosvenor presence and its involvement in the African Caribbean Business Expo in London.

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Olympics Prime-time Recap: The Caribbean Is Going to Party Like Crazy

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The most indelible image of many, many indelible images last night wasn’t even on the track, writes Jada Yuan in this article for New York Magazine. 

NBC did right setting up cameras in a small, packed room somewhere in London where a group from Grenada had come to watch one of their own, 19-year-old Kirani James, win their country’s first Olympic medal. It wasn’t just any medal. It was gold in the 400-meter dash, and he won in in 43.94 seconds, making him the only non-American to run that distance in under 44 seconds. From the reaction in that room — the screaming, the crying, the hugging, the practically knocking the camera to the ground from all the jumping up and down — you knew that, if this was what things were like in London, it was going to be nuts in that little Caribbean island, population 110,000. Indeed, the government declared today a Grenadian holiday. Spicy! (Grenada is known as the Spice Island for exporting nutmeg.)

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Grenada’s First Olympic Gold Medal

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Grenadian Kirani James won Grenada’s first Olympic gold medal.

Until Monday night Kirani James was a superstar in the making. As of now he is made. James, only 19 years old, won the Olympic 400m in 43.94sec. It made him the first athlete from outside the USA to break the 44-second barrier and, more importantly, it won Grenada’s first ever Olympic medal. James said that right now his home country, which has a population of 110,000, would just be “one huge street party, everyone getting merry and having a good time”.

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Usain and Yohan …

Usain, Yohan give Jamaica birthday gift

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Kim Collins Expelled from St. Kitts and Nevis Olympic Team

Former 100-meter world champion from St. Kitts and Nevis, Kim Collins, was expelled by his team from the London Olympics on Saturday for missing training sessions. He said he was being punished for spending time with his wife. This is a great loss for the dual-island nation, after sprinter Tameka Williams was sent home.

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(Source: repeatingislands.com)