Saint Lucia’s Marigot Bay Resort Names New Culinary Director

By: - October 8th, 2019
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By the Caribbean Journal staff

Saint Lucia’s Marigot Bay Resort has named a new director of food and beverage and culinary operation at a property that has long been one of the Caribbean’s leading dining destinations.

The luxury resort has tapped Daniel Echasseriau for the role, in which he look to give each of the resort’s food and beverage outlets a “unique identity.”

“I love the Caribbean and Saint Lucia in particular. I am really excited to be back on the island and working with some of the loveliest, hardest working people in the world, in one of the most beautiful places in the world,” Echasseriau said in a statement.

Echasserieau, a native of Brittany, was most recently working at the St Peter’s Bay and Port Ferdinand resorts in Barbados.

“I’m excited about what’s ahead. I believe we have a great team and the ability to create something really special here,” Echasseriau said.

For more, visit the Marigot Bay Resort.

— CJ

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