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This Tiny Caribbean Hotel Has a Lively Bar, High-Tech Watersports, and You Can Only Get There by Boat

Saba Rock in the BVI.

The first thing you notice is how small it is. You come in by boat across the North Sound, with the low green shapes of Virgin Gorda and the reef line in the distance, and then Saba Rock appears ahead as a single, compact island with buildings on top of it. No roads. No cars. […]

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New Executive Chef at Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach

Above: the Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach By the Caribbean Journal staff The Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach has a new executive chef. The resort announced Tuesday that Sandy Tuason had been named the property’s new top chef. Tuason comes to the property from the New York Palace, where he worked for two […]

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Puerto Rico Team Wins Taste of the Caribbean Culinary Competition

Above: the Puerto Rican team at the CHTA Taste of the Caribbean competition By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico’s national culinary team won the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association’s Taste of the Caribbean culinary competition in Miami last week. The Puerto Rican squad won the “Best Culinary Team in the Caribbean” crown competing against […]

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Virgin Gorda's Rosewood Little Dix Bay Names New Executive Chef

Above: Rosewood Little Dix Bay in Virgin Gorda, BVI By the Caribbean Journal staff The Rosewood Little Dix Bay resort in Virgin Gorda has named Torsten Rumprecht its new executive chef. Rumprecht will lead the culinary team at the British Virgin Islands property, including the resort’s Sugar Mill, Pavilion and Beach Grill restaurants. The chef […]


Puerto Rico Team Wins Taste of the Caribbean Culinary Competition

The Baron’s Smokehouse at Pablo Donte’s in Barbados (All photos by CJ) By Alexander Britell ST LAWRENCE GAP, BARBADOS — I might have walked past Pablo Donte’s 99 times out of 100. It was set at the very back of a tourist village made up of colourful shacks set on a cul-de-sac on a small […]

Barbados Readies For Lionfish Derby

Above: a lionfish ready to be cooked By the Caribbean Journal staff The invasive lionfish remains a major problem for the Caribbean region, but Barbados is dealing with the problem in a unique way: with a derby. The country’s next Lionfish Derby & Cookoff will take place on May 24 at Harbour Lights at the […]

Puerto Rico's El San Juan Resort Names New Culinary Team

Above: the El San Juan Resort & Casino, a Hilton Hotel By the Caribbean Journal staff The El San Juan Resort in San Juan, Puerto Rico has named a new executive culinary team. The property, a Hilton hotel, has appointed Ana Parga as its executive chef, and Frances Archilla as its director of food and […]

Chef Nina Compton Visits St Lucia

Above: Chef Nina Compton By the Caribbean Journal staff Noted Chef Nina Compton arrived in St Lucia this weekend in time for the grand finale of the St Lucia Jazz and Arts Festival. Compton, who was the runner up in the most recent season of the Bravo network’s Top Chef show, was recently named Culinary […]

Aruba Marriott Resort Names New Culinary Team

Above: the Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino By the Caribbean Journal staff The Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino has named a new culinary team, the property announced. The Marriott has appointed Teddy Bouroncle as its new executive chef, while naming Miguel Garcia and Romeo Penacino, executive sous chefs. Bouroncle was most recently the […]

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