Bermuda’s Big Culinary Celebration Is Back 

By: - January 12th, 2024
bermuda willowbank with ocean blue
The Willowbank resort in Bermuda.

Bermuda’s big annual culinary celebration makes its return on Jan. 18 with the relaunch of Restaurant Weeks. 

The six-week culinary celebration runs through Feb. 29, 2024. 

This year’s event includes a special dining experience by Michelin-star Chef Charlie Mitchell, who will host an event at the Loren at Pink Beach on Feb. 28. 

This year’s lineup also includes master mixologist Tiffanie Barriere. 

“Restaurant Weeks is an essential part of our tourism calendar. We are delivering unique culinary experiences to our 2024 lineup, leveraging our culinary landscape and showcasing reasons to visit Bermuda year-round,” said Tashae Thompson, vice president of experiences at the Bermuda Tourism Authority. 

More than 45 different restaurants are offering special two-course lunches and three-course dinners, with prices ranging from $25 to $99. 

That includes both dine-in and take-out options. 

“People often travel for food experiences, and we are working diligently to ensure that Bermuda delivers on the needs and desires of our travelers in partnership with all our tourism service providers,” said Tracy Berkeley, CEO of the Bermuda Tourism Authority. 

This year’s Restaurant Weeks will also include a music component, with live performances around the island, starting with a shows a the The Ocean at Willowbank Resort, Pickled Onion, and St. Regis Bermuda resorts. 

For more, visit Bermuda Restaurant Weeks

News

Jamaica Just Topped 4.15 Million Total Visitors 

all-inclusive jamaica

Jamaica’s record-breaking 2023 included a total of 4.15 million total combined visitors to the island, according to Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett.  That included a record 2,886,064 stopover visitors, a 16.4 percent increase over 2022.  The stopover record was accompanied by 1,265,586 cruise arrivals for the year, a 48.3 percent jump over the previous year.  “This […]

News

Delta Is Relaunching Nonstop Flights From New York to Kingston, Jamaica 

jamaica hotel kingston

Delta Air Lines is bringing back nonstop flights between New York and a burgeoning travel destiantion in Jamaica, Caribbean Journal has confirmed.  It’s another new route for Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport, an air hub that has quietly been adding new nonstop flights from across the United States in the last few years.  It’s the […]

News

Jamaica Adding New Automated Passport Kiosks

doctors cave beach with waves

In a a bid to expedite processing at two of the Caribbean’s busiest airports, Jamaica is adding new automated passport control kiosks in Kingston and Montego Bay.  The new kiosks aim to “streamline passenger flow,” according to a statement from the Jamaica Tourist Board.  “They will provide additional convenience for stopover visitors by speeding up […]


Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas Arrives in Miami

Royal Caribbean’s massive new Icon of the Seas cruise ship has arrived in Miami ahead of its Caribbean launch.  Icon, the largest cruise ship in the world,  will begin its first Caribbean cruise on Jan. 27.  The ship, which will include eight discrete “neighborhoods,” will feature everything from six waterslides to seven pools to the […]

Another Star Chef Is Opening a Restaurant at Atlantis Paradise Island

Another star chef is joining what has quickly become the Caribbean’s premier collection of celebrity chef eateries: Atlantis Paradise Island. James Beard Foundation Award-winning Chef JJ Johnson is opening a new eatery, FIELDTRIP, at the Paradise Island resort. Johnson specializes in “African-Caribbean cuisine,” and his celebrated FIELDTRIP is a unique fast-casual concept ,blending “global flavors […]

Sandals Is Opening Its New St Vincent All-Inclusive Resort in March 

Royal Caribbean’s massive new Icon of the Seas cruise ship has arrived in Miami ahead of its Caribbean launch.  Icon, the largest cruise ship in the world,  will begin its first Caribbean cruise on Jan. 27.  The ship, which will include eight discrete “neighborhoods,” will feature everything from six waterslides to seven pools to the […]

The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Is Expanding Again

The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, the luxury hotle brand’s ultra-luxe small-ship cruise line, is now taking reservations for its third supeyacht, Luminara.  The new boutique cruise yacht (or however you want to describe it) will be sailing in the summer of 2025, joined by existing yachts Evrima and Ilma.  Evrima first debuted in October 2022 in […]