Tag: Bermuda cooking

Town Salutes Ham Industry’s Bermuda Founder

The Virginia town of Smithfield — synonymous with ham for more than 300 years — is going the whole hog this weekend with a lecture that will explain how a Bermuda seafarer founded its world renowned industry. Bermuda-born Captain Mallory Todd, who lived in the town beginning in 1767, is credited with creating the first business curing and... Read more of this article

Bermuda’s School Nutrition Contest Winners

Bermuda Dietitians Association [BDA], in partnership with Argus, announced the winners of the inaugural ‘School Nutrition Champions’ competition. BDA designed the competition as part of its Nutrition Month activities to help inform children and their families about healthy eating and increase public awareness of Bermuda’s daily dietary and physical... Read more of this article

Upcoming: “Plates Of Passion” Fine Dining Event

Ten of Bermuda’s top chefs will be partnering with Bermuda College culinary students for the unique “Plates of Passion” dining experience on April 25 as part of Hospitality Month. Each chef team will utilize the same key elements to create their own signature menu and every course will feature fresh, seasonal and local ingredients. There... Read more of this article

Student Adds Bermuda Flavour To US Menu

A Bermuda student has added some local Easter season flavour to the menu of a Vermont restaurant. Sajni Richardson, along with nine other graduating students from St. Johnsbury Academy’s culinary programme, was asked to come up with a dish that represents who he or she is as an aspiring chef. The dishes conceived by the students will be served up... Read more of this article

Hot Cross Buns: Line Forms Outside Cake Shop

On his regular early morning radio talk show, host David Lopes runs an informal ‘Who Makes The Best Hot Cross buns?’ segment in advance of Good Friday. On this morning’s [Mar 28] show, people called in and voted the Cake Shop on Curving Avenue as offering the best Hot Cross buns. The popularity of the Cake Shop was quite evident this... Read more of this article

Photos: Food Festival Gets Underway In Hamilton

[Updated with additional photos] No. 1 Car Park is playing host to the City Food Festival today [Mar 23], with a full slate of events and more than a dozen City restaurants and bars offering a wide variety of foods and specialty drinks.The event kicked off at 2pm, and the afternoon saw a number of events including a Fish Chowder competition, Swizzle... Read more of this article

This Sunday: Codfish Breakfast Fundraiser

This Sunday [Mar 24] you can dine in or pick up your breakfast at the Queen’s Club on Cedar Avenue in Hamilton or have your breakfast delivered to you, as part of a fundraiser to help Bermuda’s entertainers raise money. The Codfish Breakfast in Bed Fundraiser is the first initiative to help Bermuda’s performers raise travel funds, allowing... Read more of this article

Codfish Breakfast Fundraiser On Sunday

Dine in or pick up your meal at the Queen’s Club on Cedar Avenue in Hamilton or have your breakfast delivered to you so you can have breakfast in bed this Sunday [Mar 24]. Breakfast is from 7:30- 10:30 a.m. The Codfish Breakfast in Bed Fundraiser is the first initiative to help Bermuda’s talented performers to raise travel funds, allowing them... Read more of this article

City Food Festival Starts This Morning

[Updated with a few photos] The City of Hamilton today announced that the City Food Festival starts this morning at 8:00am outside of City Hall. Commuters on their way to work can stop at Nellie’s Walk and pick up a breakfast pastry and a beverage on their way to work. According to event organizer, Mr. Thomas Lightbourne, the free breakfast is the... Read more of this article

Freeman’s Bermuda Voyage Of Self-Discovery

All sailors have occasionally found themselves in peril on the sea — and Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman is no exception, revealing how a stormy passage from Bermuda to New York aboard a 30-foot sailboat proved to be a cathartic voyage of self-discovery. Mr. Freeman [pictured] — who won an Oscar for “Million Dollar Baby”... Read more of this article