The Grace Jamaican Jerk Pageant has introduced a star-studded lineup of performers and wonderful cooks for its twenty first annual occasion on taking place on Sunday, November 12, 2023.
The competition will happen from 1 pm-10 pm on the Miramar Regional Park, situated at 16801 Miramar Pkwy, Miramar, Fl 33027.
The competition’s Publix Culinary Pavilion will characteristic Internationally acclaimed celeb cooks Travis Reece (Jamaica), Jamal Small (Bahamas) and Darian Bryan (Jamaica).
Patrons shall be handled with reside performances by two-time Grammy-winning Royal Household of Reggae Morgan Heritage, Jamaican dancehall sensation Ding Dong and straight out of Bermuda, reggae artist Collie Buddz.
Turning up the warmth within the Chef Problem is the 2022 champion, NBC-6’s Cherney Amhara, who’s being challenged this 12 months by WPLG’s Alexis Frazier for the honour GJJF’s 2023 High Chef award. Movie star judges embody Jamaica Meals Boss and South Florida-based Hungry Black Man.
Further leisure will characteristic comic Chris “Johnny” Daley, Dancin’ Dynamites 2003 winners from Jamaica, DJs Richie D, Jazzy T, DJ Radcliffe and Ecstatic Sound together with a Patty Consuming Contest with $1,000 in case prizes! Emcees are Jody Ann Grey and Tanto Irie of Hot105 FM.
A style of Jamaica
From succulent jerk rooster to tender jerk lobster, Grace Jamaican Jerk Pageant serves up an genuine culinary journey by the center of the islands. The competition options an thrilling meals courtroom providing a large assortment of cuisines comparable to jerk rooster, pork, and fish, together with Jamaican favorites fried competition, oxtails, curry goat, escovitch fish, roasted corn, in addition to different tasty delights.
Grace Jamaican Jerk Pageant Managing Companion and CEO Eddy Edwards commented “South Florida is house to the biggest Caribbean inhabitants in the US.
The Grace Jamaican Jerk Pageant reminds us of the numerous, optimistic and scrumptious impression the Caribbean has on the American tradition. Over the previous 21 years, the competition has developed to include different great Caribbean cultures, such because the Bahamas, and entice individuals the world over”.
Companions and tickets
Grace Jamaican Jerk Pageant introduced by Publix in partnership with Metropolis of Miramar, Western Union, Larger Ft. Lauderdale Guests and Conventions Bureau, The Nationwide Weekly, Jamaica Observer, WAVS 1170 AM, Cox Radio Miami, and for the primary time ever, the highest stations within the Bahamas Star 106.5 and HOT 91.7 alongside the Nassau Guardian to welcome attendees from Islands of the Bahamas to get pleasure from some South Florida model island tradition.
Basic admission tickets are $40 and $50 on the gate on occasion day. VIP tickets are $175. Youngsters underneath 10 are free to attend. To buy tickets and for extra info, go to www.jerkfestival.com