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HONOURABLE ASOT A. MICHAEL. MP Minister of Tourism, Economic Development, Investment & Energy

COLIN C. JAMES, CEO Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority

On behalf of the Government and People of Antigua & Barbuda, I would like to extend a warm ‘Wadadlistyle’ welcome to our beautiful shores. Thank you for making the ‘Gem of the Caribbean’ your next vacation experience.

You will soon find out that there is much in store for you in Antigua & Barbuda and I encourage you to explore both of our islands, as they each offer a distinctly unique vacation experience . Whether a romantic resort or a charming escape to a villa or inn, we can help you create that “home away from home” experience with our wide range of accommodations from the ultra-exclusive to the all-inclusive.

In Antigua, take advantage of the many land and sea tours available in order to become personally acquainted with the beauty of our island. You can swim with the stingrays, snorkel, kayak, kite surf, or zip through the air amongst lush rainforest. Let your imagination run free, as the sky is truly the limit here!

Dining in Antigua & Barbuda is certain to be an unforgettable pleasure. Sample our delectable cuisine, ranging from the spiny lobster to a succulent snapper or a few slices of our naturally sweet Antigua Black pineapple.

For secluded relaxation take a trip over to Barbuda, our beautiful sister isle, where our 17 miles of unbroken beach and beautiful pink sand beckon you to tranquillity and provide the perfect antidote to stress.

The quiet warmth of the people will make you feel right at home. While there, don’t forget to sample the delicious Barbudan lobster that is truly second to none.

Whatever you desire in a vacation, I can guarantee that there is something to satisfy you in Antigua & Barbuda. Our sumptuous cuisine, rich heritage and culture are all waiting to be explored by you. Slow down and savour them, for an unforgettable vacation experience.

We hope you have an incredible visit to Antigua & Barbuda and that you leave with only warm memories of your stay with us.

Welcome to the beautiful twin islands of Antigua & Barbuda! Here you will find a country of stunning beaches, lush scenery and friendly, hospitable people. We invite you to experience our unique Antiguan & Barbudan charm and hospitality. From the moment you step into our new airport terminal until that final swim before leaving our sun-kissed shores, you will experience warm memories that will last a lifetime.

We really do boast 365 of the best beaches anywhere in the world, and yet, there is still much more to see and do. If excitement is what you seek, take a zip through the rainforest, go kite surfing or simply kayak through a South Coast mangrove for an unforgettable experience. You can also take a step back in time by visiting one of our many historical sites.

Popular among visitors and locals is Nelson’s Dockyard, the world’s best-preserved Georgian Naval dockyard which is still in operation today, with some of the best sailing in the Caribbean.

Be sure to sample the delicious local cuisine which is a great way to interact with us during your visit. If your stay is around the end of July to the beginning of August, you will experience the Caribbean’s ‘Greatest Summer Festival’ – Antigua & Barbuda’s Carnival. This year we celebrate the 60th anniversary of this event.

You will be mesmerized by all the colourful bands, bangles and beads and stand in awe at the kaleidoscope of vivid costumes and the pulsating rhythms of the bands parading through St. John’s city in a cultural celebration of our heritage.

If total relaxation is your aim, you won’t be disappointed. Wile away your days at any of our spectacular beaches enjoying the cool ocean breezes, brilliant turquoise-coloured water and soft, powdery white sand.

Your visit would not be complete without a trip over to our sister island Barbuda, known for its 17 miles of unbroken pink-sand beach and the largest Frigate Bird sanctuary in the western hemisphere with over 5,000 frigate birds inhabiting the Codrington Lagoon.

So you see, everything has been carefully planned for your comfort and enjoyment, designed to create warm and lasting memories of your wonderful time in Antigua & Barbuda. You have heard it all, now it is time to experience true paradise. We invite you to experience one of the most charming and memorable Caribbean destinations for a truly unforgettable vacation experience.

Do enjoy your stay here with us in Antigua & Barbuda and we look forward to seeing you again very soon.

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24-47 SHOPPING, ARTS & CRAFTS 26-27 Duty Free Shopping at Heritage Quay

76-77 Taking to the Waves - 2015 Optimist North American Championships 80-81 Intrepid Adventurers Tours for Thrill Seekers and Active Families 84-85 Voyaging Offshore - Explore Deserted Coastlines, Secret Bays and Tiny Islands 86-89 Guided Hiking and Trekking Tours Get out, Get Active and Explore

30-33 Stephen Murphy - Zemi Art Gallery 35-41 Things Antiguan & Barbudan - Seek out the Perfect Gift 46-47 Pink Pearls and Petrified Coral

48-71 DESTINATION WEDDINGS & WELLNESS 52-59 Treasured Memories - Saying ‘I Do’ in Antigua 62 Kick Off Your Shoes 64 Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend

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Situated in the heart of the island, Buckleys Country Club offers affordable Antigua holiday apartments for those seeking a true island experience.

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It is increasingly easy to overlook the details that create beauty in life. The creativity that results in this beauty is often before our eyes, in nature. It surrounds us, and if you embrace it, it nourishes the soul. Nowhere in the world is this more apparent than in Barbuda. The connection between God and nature has a direct line from Barbuda.It would bring me great joy if every reader would learn more about Barbuda. I will go a bit further and challenge our readers to make a trip to our sister island to meet and greet with our people. They are friendly, strong and proud of their unique history.

Engage and acknowledge the five senses of sight, sound, taste, touch and smell while you are there. To do so is to be present and to be present is to step away from the electronic world and to embrace the organic world, to show genuine interest in the well being of others and to practice the art of conversation which is the etiquette of intelligent thinking. Your sixth sense may awaken and your well being will be improved. Visit, respect and help protect the people of Barbuda with your love, knowledge, and with fond memories etched in your heart. God will bless you.

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CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF

CARNIVAL JANUARY 1st

APRIL 9th

MAY 13th-16th

‘Minival’ New Year’s Day Cultural Parade

AUA Rohr Tinman Triathlon www.antiguatinmantriathlon.com

Barbuda Caribana Celebrations www.visitantiguabarbuda.com

APRIL 13th-19th

MAY 14th-15th

Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta www.antiguaclassics.com

Antigua & Barbuda Sport Fishing Tournament www.antiguabarbudasportsfishing.com

APRIL 22nd

MAY 29th

Guadeloupe to Antigua Race www.sailingweek.com

“Run in Paradise” Antigua & Barbuda Half Marathon - www.runinparadise.com

JANUARY 16th Round the Island Race - Antigua Yacht Club www.antiguayachtclub.com

JANUARY 28th-31st Super Yacht Challenge www.thesuperyachtchallenge.com

FEBRUARY 5th Wobbly Boat Club Race www.abma.ag

APRIL 23rd

JUNE 6th-24th

FEBRUARY 12th-16th

Round Antigua Race www.sailingweek.com

Jolly Harbour Valentine’s Regatta www.jollyharbourregatta.com

RIDE Antigua - Kitesurfing Camp by 40 Knots at Nonsuch Bay Resort www.nonsuchbayresort.com

APRIL 23rd-29th

FEBRUARY 22nd

49th Antigua Sailing Week www.sailingweek.com

Royal Ocean Racing Club Caribbean 600 Race www.caribbean600.rorc.org

APRIL 27th

FEBRUARY 28th

Nonsuch Bay RS Elite Challenge www.nonsuchbayresort.com

Windies Legends Charity Cricket Challenge

MARCH 12th SOOTHE a night of neo-soul: jazz rhythms and spoken words

MARCH 12th-13th Antigua Yacht Club Annual Laser Open www.antiguayachtclub.com

APRIL 28th-30th Nautical Music Festival

APRIL 30th

JULY Antigua & Barbuda Mango Festival www.facebook.com/AnnualMangoFest

JULY 23rd-AUGUST 2nd Antigua & Barbuda 60th Carnival The Caribbean’s Greatest Summer Festival

JULY-SEPTEMBER Turtle Watching season

Dockyard Day Celebrations in Nelson’s Dockyard

AUGUST 1st

APRIL 30th-MAY 6th

Carnival Monday www.antiguacarnival.com

Antigua Tennis Week at Curtain Bluff www.curtainbluff.com/tennis/events.html

AUGUST 2nd

Antigua Barbuda Horticultural Society Flower and Garden Show

MAY 6th

Carnival Tuesday www.antiguacarnival.com

MARCH 28th

MAY 13th

Antigua & Barbuda International Kite Festival, Devil’s Bridge

Antigua & Barbuda Marlin Classic www.antiguabarbudasportsfishing.com

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SEPTEMBER 23rd-24th Francis Nunes Jr. Fishing Tournament www.antiguabarbudasportsfishing.com

CALENDAR OF EVENT S

OCTOBER 23rd-NOVEMBER 1st 35th Independence Celebrations

NOVEMBER 1st 35th Antigua & Barbuda Independence Day

NOVEMBER 4th-5th Best in the West Fishing Tournament www.antiguabarbudasportsfishing.com

NOVEMBER 19th-20th Jolly Harbour Yacht Club Annual Regatta www.jhycantigua.com

NOVEMBER 20th Nonsuch Bay Resort Winestock www.nonsuchbayresort.com

NOVEMBER 26th-27th Moods of Pan (Steel Pan Orchestra) Festival

DECEMBER 3rd Antigua Barbuda Horticultural Society Annual Tea Party

DECEMBER (TBA) 55th Antigua Charter Yacht Show www.antiguayachtshow.com

DECEMBER 25th Nelson’s Dockyard Christmas Day Champagne Party

DECEMBER 31st Nelson’s Pursuit Race www.antiguayachtclub.com

DECEMBER 31st Nelson’s Dockyard Old Year’s Night Party

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I N T R O D U C T I O N - WE LCOM E T O ANT I GUA & BARBUDA While most tourists still visit Antigua & Barbuda for the blissful joys of sun, sand and sea, many visitors now seek a more stimulating experience. They want to see and participate in the activities that our local communities enjoy, to capture the flavour of our islands and to leave with a greater sense of what life is like here.

Ask a Local and find out how to make your island experience richer and magnificently memorable.

Kenrick ‘Rats’ Joseph and Berwin Webber spend quite a lot of their time in the dark; but it’s a fun and interesting place to be. Skilled and knowledgeable guides, they will take you into the mysterious limestone caves of Barbuda’s Highlands. And if you pay them well, they may even bring you back out again.

Darby Cave is one of the most interesting natural features of Barbuda.

Three and a half miles to the northeast of Codrington Village, this spectacular sinkhole is around 70 ft. deep and 300 ft. in diameter. Within it lies a mini rainforest habitat and on one overhang there are stalactites up to eight ft. long.

It’s a natural wonder matched only by the blind shrimp and other endemic crustacean species found in Dark Cave, just two miles to the south. A low, narrow passage through boulders leads around 400 ft. underground where brackish water pools harbour these rare creatures. Amerindian artifacts have been found nearby, suggesting it may have been a source of water for them, and the cave is also home to several species of bats. Amerindians also used Indian Cave – evidence there is in the form of petroglyphs, or stone carvings; the only ones found to date in Barbuda. The meaning of Amerindian petroglyphs is unknown but they are often found near fresh water sources or rivers. Perhaps better known to visitors are the cliff caves of Two Foot Bay, where Barbudans have been known to camp for centuries.

The coastal reefs of Spanish Point are also steeped in history. The most south-easterly point of Barbuda, it was also known to be a haunt of Amerindians – fishing on the expanses of shallow coral reefs would no doubt have drawn them here – and in later years Europeans erected a look-out tower to watch for invading Kalinago Indians from Dominica. The point was named after the wreck of a Spanish merchant ship named Santiago De Cullerin, lost to the point’s coral reefs in 1695 along with 13,000 pesos that were meant to pay soldiers of the Spanish Main. Barbuda’s reefs are known to have wrecked over 200 ships but despite the hazards, Spanish Point remains a favourite anchorage for visiting boats today. Once past the reefs that shield the bay’s calm, clear waters international mega yachts, local sailboats and catamaran charters from the neighbouring French islands all anchor here in tranquility. For more information about caving and anchorage sites in Barbuda – ask a local!

When Antigua was colonized by Europeans, sugar became the main crop that was grown here. The ships that brought slaves also brought rats, and the rats ate the cane. They also ate eggs of ground-nesting animals such as the Antigua Racer snake (Didsadidae Alsophis). To combat the rats, the SI M P L Y A N T I GUA B A R B UD A

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colonists introduced the mongoose, which in turn became colonists in their own right and as big a pest as the rats they were meant to exterminate.

Suffering most of all was the Racer which disappeared and was believed to have become extinct until 1995 when a colony of some 50 Racers was discovered on Great Bird Island. Conservationists eradicated the rats and the mongoose population on this island together with those on Rabbit Island, Green island and York island where the Racer has also been introduced.

Despite the threat of frequent hurricanes and unaware humans who will often kill them in the mistaken belief that they are dangerous animals the population of one of the world’s most endangered snakes is now thought to be around a thousand, though it still remains one of the rarest snakes on earth. To get a glimpse of one of our shy, harmless Racers – ask a local for the best places to spot them.

Also thought to have become extinct, yet recently given the kiss of life by serious, local boating enthusiast J.D. Hall is the Antigua Poker Run and Raft-Up – fun, Sunday power boating events. The Poker Run is based on a Texas Hold’em style card game. Playing cards are sealed in envelopes which are collected by the boats at 5 different checkpoints along the coast, with varying routes covering around 40 miles of boating with a 6th wild card location where you have an extra chance to perfect your hand. In between Poker Runs you can meet the other player-racers for water-based social hangouts called a Raft-Up. At a designated offshore location, powerboats and yachts gather on a Sunday and tie alongside each other to enjoy timeout.

At both events captains, their party crews and spectators have serious fun in and out of the water, boating with all-day music, food and drink; it’s become quite a festival. Often arranged by word of mouth, you’ll have to keep your ear to the ground to catch this event – or visit the Antigua Barbuda Poker Run Facebook page for details of the next dates.

Speaking of festivals. Caribana is a Whitsun weekend festival unique to Barbuda. Director of Product Development for Barbuda, Veneta Burton, explains that the event draws not only all Barbudans, but also Antiguans and the overseas diaspora who all come to enjoy and participate in talent and food festivals, horse racing, colourful parades, and a Calypso and Queen Show. Caribana is just one of many great projects that experienced tourism professional Veneta has been involved with. One of the most interesting was the Barbuda Belle Resort, a collection of seven finely crafted cottages that

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were conceived and developed by Francois and Barbara Petit, a French couple from St. Martin, who have been visiting Barbuda for 20 years. Located at Cedar Point and accessible by boat from Codrington Wharf, Barbuda Belle is a high-end boutique resort that perfectly blends luxury with a desire to reduce its environmental footprint. Nestled beside one of Barbuda’s prettiest beaches and close to the famous magnificent Frigate Bird Sanctuary, Barbuda Belle Resort is one of several exciting Barbuda projects under the wise and competent purview of Veneta.

Another famous Barbuda belle is Asha Frank, winner of the 2015 Antigua & Barbuda Pageant and reigning Barbuda Caribana Queen. She is the very first Barbudan to win a national queen competition and only took part thanks to a nudge from her sister and the fortuitous draw of a card. “We agreed that if I drew either a club or a spade from the pack I would enter the competition,” she says.“ The card I drew is now stuck on my bedroom mirror as a reminder!”

Everyone in Barbuda is proud of Asha whose charm and talents also won her the first runner-up place at the 54th Jaycees Caribbean Queen Show at Antigua’s last carnival.

The Antigua Carnival has a long history of talented queens. It began with the celebration of emancipation in 1834 when former slaves took to the streets in a show of happiness, music and colour. This tradition continued in an informal manner until 1957 when the Antigua Carnival was established. Since then it has developed into ten packed days of celebration including J’ouvert, Carnival Pageant competitions, Calypso and Soca Monarch competitions, steel pan bands, and of course very lively street parades. Costumes are beautiful, colourful and intricate, and Carnival City, the festival village, is jam-packed with great food and drink. “Come join us and immerse yourself in our cultural splendour!” These words of Honourable Minister E.P. Chet Greene in advance of Antigua’s 60th Carnival anniversary celebrations these sentiments were echoed by Cliff Williams, Chairman of the Festivals Commission, who attended the 10th Antigua Splashdown in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, New York: a popular international extension of Antigua’s Carnival. Antigua’s 60th Carnival takes place from mid July until the 2nd August - don’t forget your water bottle, Carnival is hot work.

This fabulous ensemble of historic and contemporary carnival traditions and festivals would no doubt be of great interest to Yvonne Hall MacMillan, collector extraordinaire. Her hobby began as a child with shells, coral and

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This fascinating selection of things to see, do and experience in Antigua & Barbuda reminds us there is so much more to our islands to be discovered by anyone who scratches beneath the surface.

stones from the beach, ceramic fragments, buckles and buttons picked up at remote sites around the island, and it developed into a more selective collection of fascinating historic artifacts from the islands and far beyond.

She shares her interest with husband Brian and they have turned their house on Smith’s Estate at the Hall Valley Farm into an interesting museum that now finds itself very much on the tourist trail. Yvonne’s house is one of the stops on guided bus tours offered by Nigel Keeling (t: 268 560 8484) and Jackie Phoenix (t: 268 774 0206) – call to book.

This fascinating selection of things to see, do and experience in Antigua & Barbuda brings us full circle and serves as a reminder that, although our beaches and bays are without equal in the region, there is so much more to be discovered by anyone who scratches the surface to uncover the secret places, the ancient history and the local colour of beautiful Antigua & Barbuda.

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JOY LAWRENCE AND THE HISTORY OF THE BARBUDAN PEOPLE Written by Madeleine Jardim McComas

Joy Lawrence is a contemporary Antiguan poet and historian, whose interest in the history of her native land began when she was a schoolgirl growing up in the village of Bethesda. One day she discovered the story of a young 18th Century Englishman, Charles Thwaites, who married a black woman from Blakes Estate near Willoughby Bay. He became a missionary, and with his wife Elizabeth founded a Sunday school for children of all races and built a schoolhouse named Bethesda on Blakes Estate, which later lent its name to the village of Bethesda.

The story of the lives of Charles and Elizabeth Hart Thwaites was the inspiration that set Joy on a course to research and discover all of the history of Antigua and Barbuda. Her finds are recounted through her Sugarmill Tales, currently a anthology of 7 books.

Joy’s latest book, published in 2015, is titled Barbuda and Betty’s Hope – The Codrington Connection. It offers an in-depth account of the evolution of the Codrington family’s estates. Well researched, with excellent use of historic reference materials, she tells the stories of the communities that emerged from these estates. A significant portion of the book is devoted to Barbuda’s history and traces the development of the self-sufficient and resilient Barbudans, weaving the past with spirited present day accounts of events and everyday experiences from the local islanders.

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When Joy first visited the sister island of Barbuda in the 1970s she recalls how she was overwhelmed by the island’s beauty. “I stood in awe as before me rolled mile upon mile of pink sand ‘untouched’ by man – pristine, not a footprint, nothing manmade…” Each time she revisited the island, the natural beauty of the place left a more engrained mark on her mind. She made a pact with herself that she would retell Barbuda’s history.

In 1685 Christopher Codrington was granted a 50 year lease on the island of Barbuda from the British Crown. The family brought to Barbuda a number of slaves from the Guinea coast of Africa, and their managers, and renewed the lease of the island right up to 1870, the last renewal. They introduced livestock, including sheep, goats, horses, cattle, pigs, and even deer from Virginia. Sugar cane was never a feasible crop on Barbuda, and the slaves were given allotments of 10 to 12 acres of arable land on which they grew vegetables and kept pigs and poultry. This was not the grinding labour of the less fortunate Antiguan slaves who lived under the strict discipline of the sugar plantations there.

Barbudans, after the hard early years of settlement, could roam all over their small island, hunting wild game and catching fish to augment their diet.

Some learned crafts and trades as the need arose, becoming skilled carpenters, blacksmiths, tanners, rope makers, and coopers among other trades.

I N T R O D U C T I O N - HI ST ORY OF BARBUDAN PEOPLE Because seaworthy boats were needed for travel between Barbuda and Antigua, they later learned the crafts necessary for boat building.

While some became craftsmen, all the inhabitants on the island were expected to work, and managers assigned work by the physical type and age of each slave. Light work like weeding, threshing, herding sheep and picking cotton was given to boys and girls from age 5 to 11. Young women might become domestic workers at the Codrington estate, and learned the crafts of spinning, weaving, and basket making. Stronger, older workers collected stones for building, erected fences for livestock, or cut wood.

And the salvaging of wrecked ships, which became a source of wealth to the succeeding generations of the Codrington family, was done by all strong, healthy adult men. They worked because they had to, but also to improve their own lives.

The relative comfort and plenty in their lives made Barbudans determined not to be transported to Antigua or any other Codrington estate, and when this was attempted in the early years, resistance was strong. It gradually became a given that Barbudans would not be moved from their island except for punitive reasons, and families were allowed to raise their children without the fear of separation. By the late 18th Century one of the Codrington managers on Barbuda, Robert Jarritt, reported that slaves on Barbuda were “the strongest, healthiest people he had ever seen.” The island was considered a place where sick people from Antigua could be sent to get well. The strong family culture and the sense of belonging to this small island remains a distinct trait in Barbudans today. Barbudans own their island in common, and while land cannot be bought or sold, every Barbudan, on reaching the age of 18, has the exclusive right to occupy a plot of land for residential purposes, a separate plot for cultivation, and a plot to be used for commercial purposes. All Barbudans are also entitled to graze animals on common land designated as grazing land.

The children of the current generation of Barbudans are being raised with the same values of self-sufficiency and resilience as their ancestors had. They learn the importance of cultivation and conservation as well as the need to protect their marine life from overfishing. They understand that they belong to this very special island which can never be taken away from them.

As Joy Lawrence says in the introduction to Barbuda and Betty’s Hope – The Codrington Connection, “There is hardly a Barbudan anywhere in the world…. who does not call Barbuda home and have a longing for her simple way of life – trekking the plantation grounds, hunting the woods, camping, enjoying the fullness of nature, and reminiscing with family. They always seek to defend, protect and secure their legacy.” It is an enviable legacy.

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Painting by Antiguan artist Emile Hill.

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Sunseakers

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Gilly Gobinet Art Gallery

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A & F Manufacturing

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Zeitgeist

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Zenergy Boutique

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ZIBA Women’s Wear Boutique

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Fig Tree Studio Art Gallery

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Miranda Askie Designs

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Noreen Phillips Couturiere

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Levi’s and Dockers – Tropic Wear

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In the lead role: John Travolta, movie legend and aviation aficionado. Guest star: the legendary North American X-15 that smashed all speed and altitude records and opened the gateway to space. Production: Breitling, the privileged partner of aviation thanks to its reliable, accurate and innovative instruments – such as the famous Chronomat, the ultimate chronograph. Welcome to a world of legends, feats and performance.

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WHEN JACK FISH TURN SHARK STEPHEN MURPHY – ZEMI ART GALLERY Written by Madeleine Jardim McComas True artists are often restless people, constantly searching for inspiration; such has been the experience of gifted and original artist Stephen Murphy. He has ventured far and wide honing his craft, from studying at art school and exhibiting in Canada to attending workshops in Mexico and living in Italy building on his portfolio of works.

His creative and inquisitive spirit has even drawn him to Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean where ancient cultures have been an endless source of fascination and inspiration.

From an early age Stephen knew he wanted to be an artist. Now a brilliant practitioner in his prime, he fully expresses his wide ranging talents through Zemi Art Gallery, his shop and art studio in Redcliffe Quay.

So popular is Zemi that visitors who wander into the gallery with mild curiosity, stay to discuss with the artist the sources of his inspiration, to buy his unusual and highly original artistic offerings, and to return again and again until they leave our beautiful island.

Zemi as a concept derives from the art of pre-Columbian Caribbean peoples, who left traces of their culture in pictographs or rock carvings and petroglyphs, cave drawings, for future generations to discover and interpret.

The Zemi are both the gods and good luck spirits of the Taino and Arawak people. Their distinctive symbols, which used the familiar forms of animals and objects in their world, became graphic representations of their beliefs.

The sun, the turtle, the pelican and the lizard all became abstract symbols of their culture. A human figure, part woman and part frog, represented fertility.

Their 3-point design, Yocanu, or the Cassava God, is one of the most well known designs from this period.

By incorporating these ancient symbols in his work Stephen pays tribute to our island’s ancestors. His brother, Reg Murphy, Director of Heritage Resources for the National Parks Antigua and a distinguished archaeologist, encouraged Stephen to embrace his talent as an artist. Reg’s knowledge of pre-Columbian culture in the Caribbean had a direct influence on the way his brother has embraced the spirit of Zemi in his gallery.

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to respect Antigua’s landscape, its beaches and marine life, and to create recycled and up-cycled art. The objective of Zemi Art Gallery is to introduce to visitors and to the general public a wealth of original, handmade artwork and crafts produced in Antigua and the surrounding Caribbean islands.

The range of items on offer at Zemi Art Gallery is dazzling. There are delicate bracelets intricately crafted from recycled electrical wire, and others formed from discarded, twisted metal forks. You will find jewellery crafted with fragments of sea glass smoothed by the motion of sea and sand into luminous coloured pebbles, whimsical mermaids created with whelk shells.

Fragments of conch shells harvested from beaches are composed into fishy shapes. He also creates three-dimensional pictures out of thin layers of wood, inspired by simple chattel houses, rum shops and abandoned sugar mills. They are painted in vivid colours and framed to hang on a wall.

Natural found objects, recycled items and discarded materials are all redefined into stunning pieces of art. Mark Branker, a tinsmith from Pares village cuts discarded sheet metal into shapes of Stephen’s designs, which he then turns into brilliantly painted reef fish. Two young graduate students of the Antigua State College of Art paint calabash bowls in bright, primitive floral and marine designs. They make wonderful serving bowls. Other small calabashes are filled with soy wax candles by the Antigua Candle Factory, and become romantic pools of soft light. There are native wooden masks and simple statuettes formed in local clay, and a clay collection of slender, beautifully formed market women, glazed in gorgeous colours, made by a Jamaican artist. Other Caribbean artists are also represented at Zemi Art Gallery.

Inspired by different symbols of the Zemi spirits the gallery sells a collection of high quality t-shirts and tote bags which make irresistible gifts.

Tourists flock to the gallery in search of them.

Stephen has built a reputation as a collector of found objects and he is often presented with discarded items to up-cycle. Objects such as surfboards, battered by the waves and bleached by the sun are turned into dramatic pieces of art. No object escapes his scrutiny, and most are turned into art.

In a small studio area in the back of his shop Stephen can often be seen working on his signature collection of original watercolours which are trademarked under the name “Wadadli Watercolours”. They are vibrant and visually powerful pieces, giving new meaning to the word “watercolour.”

Stephen Murphy has established three rules for selecting merchandise for his gallery shop. The object must be found in its natural state, or recycled.

It must be crafted in the Caribbean, preferably in Antigua. And it must be supplied exclusively in Antigua to Zemi Art Gallery.

Building on the success of his gallery, he dreams of new ways to expand its concept. The artist who extensively travelled to hone his creative talents is now a significant figure in the art world of Antigua. His next ambitious goal is to franchise the Zemi Art Gallery concept, developing stores down the island chain from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago.

As his father once told the homesick young boy longing to return to his native Antigua that this would happen “when jack fish turn shark”, it seems now that the little jack fish has turned into a impressive shark, at the height of his powers as a creative force in Antigua.

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Open November-June Monday-Friday 9-1 and by appointment (call +1 (268) 464 6084 or email gillygobinet@me.com) Located near V.C. Bird Int’l Airport, Casa alegre, Needs Must Circle, Fitches Creek, Antigua

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ANTIGUAN & BARBUDAN 2015 NATIONAL TRADE EXPO sponsored by A & F Manufacturing

The staff of the 2015 National Trade Expo.

Adolphus & Natalie Lewis owners of A & F Manufacturing.

Locally Made: Globally Ready was the inspiring theme of the Antigua & Barbuda 2015 National Trade Expo. The vision of the Expo which was organised by The Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Industry in collaboration with The Ministry of Agriculture took place at the Multipurpose Cultural and Exhibition Centre, in the capital St. John’s. It was to showcase the creativity of our nationals under one roof, and to expose our islands’ entrepreneurs to new markets by facilitating wider market access and building brand recognition of our non-traditional enterprises. The event revealed a variety of products and services igniting a sense of pride, excitement and accomplishment amongst both the exhibitors and the keen visitors who came to seek out, to admire and to buy local products.

Antigua Candle Factory staff with customer.

We visited the Expo to meet, photograph and record the creations of our designers, craftspersons and artists with the concept to promote the Locally Made theme and introduce our readers to our broad collection of talented artisans.

These pages have been sponsored by A & F Manufacturing who were themselves an exhibitor at the Expo. A & F Manufacturing is the premier provider of innovative shade, shelter, image and protection solutions for properties in the Eastern Caribbean. Their extensive product line includes: Roll-up Shutters • Accordion Shutters • Aluminium Storm Panels • Colonial/Bahamian Shutters • Canopies • Retractable Awnings • Canvas Roofing • Fix Frame Awnings • Large Umbrellas • Tents • Retractable Insect Screens.

A & F Manufacturing, Paynters Industrial Park, Off Nellie Robinson Drive, Off Paynters Main Road, St. George’s.

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AGLAIA CUSTOM DESIGNS

by Caren Tonge Caren at Aglaia specializes in designing affordable handmade, one-of-a-kind jewellery, bags and accessories made from natural objects and mixed media embellishments.

T: +1 (268) 783 2173 E: aglaiastyle@gmail.com www.aglaiastyle.com

CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT DIVISION Keeping traditional crafts like basket weaving, hat designs, Caribbean doll designs and rug-making alive, the Cultural Development Division at the bottom of Nevis Street, St. John’s is a great place to visit and watch local craft-making.

T: +1 (268) 462-3586 or 562-1724 E: directorvwalter.culture@gmail.com

ALI’S CRAFT

by Alvis Abbott Handcrafted jewellery, bags and shell work designs, also natural table decorations for weddings and parties.

T: +1 (268) 724-9498 E: abbottalvismay1@gmail.com

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Seek out the Perfect Gift

ERROL A. EDWARDS A intricate wood carving artist who designs elaborate walking sticks from local hardwoods. Errol is also an African drummer and one of Antigua’s most celebrated dancers and fire breathers. Contact the Cultural Development Division.

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Shopping for gifts or souvenirs? We make it easy for you to find original presents without breaking the bank. All nationals, residents and visitors are urged to support Antigua & Barbuda by buying locally produced goods. On the following pages we have gathered a wide range of perfect gifts, mementos and souvenirs to authentically remind you of your time spent with us. All the items shown have been created in Antigua & Barbuda, many of which were by the exhibitors at the National Trade Expo.

We encourage you to visit our unique micro-enterprises where you’ll discover special treasures sold by businesses proud to share their passion with you.

EMILE HILL A multi-talented Antiguan artist, graphic designer, teacher, photographer and author who uses his passion for the visual arts to constantly explore new themes.

T: +1 (268) 464-8572 E: hillemile@gmail.com

BEADERS WEAVERS

by Sasha Williams Having studied Design in Canada, Sasha has designed a unique collection of hand-beaded earrings, necklaces, toe-rings, bracelets, bare-foot sandals and ear cuffs.

T: +1 (268) 785-4481 E: sashasempiternal@gmail.com

ANNALEA MILLS Custom leather Work Much sought after hand-stitched leatherwork designed by Annalea Mills. Her exquisite, custom-made handbags, wallets and belts are beautifully designed in colourful Italian leather.

T: +1 (268) 771-1442 | E: annalea_mills@hotmail.com www.annaleamills.com

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ORIGINAL PAINTINGS

by Gilly Gobinet Gilly’s art is best viewed at her Art Gallery at her residence in Fitches Creek – a beautiful, secluded waterfront property, near V.C. Bird Airport. She sells original paintings in watercolour and acrylic, high-quality reproduction prints to suit all budgets.

T: +1 (268) 464-6084 E: gillygobinet@me.com www.gillygobinet.com

BIGRED DESIGNS Custom-made wooden keyrings, name tags, signs, clocks and more from young designer Andrew Phillip.

T: +1 (268) 783-6068 • E: mrphillip26@hotmail.com FB: BigRed-Keyrings

EARTHLY INSTINCTS

by Saadie Christian Upcycled and natural objects form the basis for Saadie’s vibrant hand-painted designs.

Her decorative napkin holders, bottles, shells and bamboo bowls make excellent souvenirs and keep sakes.

Shop #1 Craft Market, Market Street, St. John’s.

T: +1 (268) 728-8731 or +1 (268) 720-0516 earthlyinstincts@gmail.com

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NATASHA PROSPER A tutor in visual arts and a practitioner who enjoys working with natural materials from her local surroundings, particularly using coconut trees as every part can be utilised in the making of art.

T: +1 (268) 783-3810

FIG TREE ART GALLERY ART by Sallie Harker The rainforest art gallery on Fig Tree Drive features a selection of original oil and watercolour paintings by Sallie Harker, as well as other hand-picked original works from various Caribbean artists.

T: +1 (268) 460-1234 • figtree@apuainet.ag www.figtreestudioart.com

BEE CEE’S CREATION Blondelle Challenger, a native Antiguan jewellery designer, produces exquisite hand-crafted designs for special occasion wear.

T: +1 (268) 785-5001 • E: bjmchallenger@gmail.com

LASHANIE UNIQUE-DZIGNS Archinelle Ferris is highly-skilled in the craft of crochet. She creates modern crocheted garments, shoes and accessories for the entire family.

T: +1 (268) 725-4378 E: archinelle27@gmail.com

AMYA’S DESIGN Local designer Louise Joseph Ochasi makes sophisticated, one-of-a-kind, hand-painted handbags and totes. They are crafted from natural fabrics and indigenous materials.

T: +1 (268) 772-0584 • E: amyadesignantigua@yahoo.com Also available from Footnotes store in Redcliffe Quay. T: +1 (268) 562-2237

ISLAND GOURMET BOUTIQUE At this elegant Redcliffe Quay store you will find a treasure trove of Caribbean crafted gift and artisanal items, agro-processed preserves, honey, coffee, teas, chutneys and liqueurs all charmingly displayed.

T: +1 (268) 734-2080 E: islandgourmetboutique@gmail.com www.islandgourmetboutique.com

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VANGEE’S FLAVORS Agro-proccesed Products Locally made products make fabulous gifts for loved ones and Sharon Vonlounge, who owns the Vangee brand, uses a variety of seasonal fruits to produce her delicious condiments and pepper sauces. Find them in local supermarkets or call Sharon to order.

T: +1 (268) 725-9487 or 721-4492

ANERO DELICACIES Founded by Orena Charles this home-based dessert bakery produces coconut sweet bread, banana bread, miniature dessert gift packs and cupcakes.

T: +1 (268) 720 3812 • E: adelicasies@gmail.com

BAJEZ SOAPS & GIFTS by Cheryl Samuel With over 8 varieties of natural homemade soaps, Bajez’s products make ideal gifts and mementos. Her soaps are also excellent for party favours for weddings. Available at the #21 St. John’s Craft Market.

T: +1 (268) 723 9719 • E: bajez@hotmail.com

CUPCAKE ADDICTS Beautifully designed cupcakes baked in a wide range of flavours, and uniquely decorated for your wedding, special event, party or just for fun. Getting you addicted, one cupcake at a time!

T: +1 (268) 723 3907 E: cupcakeaddictsantigua@hotmail.com

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GRANMA AKI - Nature’s Best Agro-proccesed Products From bush teas, syrups and fruit juices, to jams, dried fruits & vegetables and sauces. All 100% natural products. Available in supermarkets.

T: +1 (268) 724 4994 or 780 1145 • E: granmaaki_2004@hotmail.com

FROOTY SHOOZ CANDLES Natural Soy-Wax & Biodegradable Tropically fragranced gift candles manufactured in Jolly Harbour by the Antigua Candle Factory.

T: +1 (268) 772 8086 E: info@mr-shooz.com

CROCK CULTURE NATURAL FOODS Healthy snacks for your busy lifestyle. Luna Issac makes Granola and energy bars, ambrosia and fruit & nut snack mixes. She also produces delicious Greek yogurt, parfaits, non-dairy Greek yogurt and cold-pressed coconut oil.

T: +1 (268) 725 2897

NATURA HEALTH & HEALING Natura’s products are manufactured from locally grown, organic island plants, herbs, trees and flora into a wide range of excellently packaged beauty products, condiments and honeys.

T: +1 (268) 725 6402 E: info.naturahealthandhealing@gmail.com

JAVA ROAST 2 GO & MHN HILLSIDE HERBALS Locally roasted and blended Arabica coffee beans and aromatic herbal teas created from organic sources. Products can be purchased at Heavenly Java 2 Go in Redcliffe Quay.

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SHOPPING, ART S & CR A F T S Italian Linen Men’s & Women’s Wear

ZEITGEIST 120% lino

Warm Weather Essentials

8 Redcliffe Street, Redcliffe Quay, St. John’s, Antigua 268 562 2259 or 268 723 1496 radicaldino@hotmail.com

Nice Things... Good Energy

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BOUTIQUE

Hand-picked jewellery, islandwear clothing home interior and beachwear items Monday to Saturday from 10am to 8pm

Dockyard Drive, English Harbour, St. Paul’s, Antigua. T. 1-268-728-7552 E. goodenergy@zenergyboutique.com

Ziba women’s wear boutique

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Heritage Quay, St.John’s • 268-562-5662•Sterlings@candw.ag

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www.figtreestudioart.com Great art in the heart of the rainforest, amidst the tropical gardens of artist Sallie Harker.

NEW STORE LOCATION Redcliffe Quay, Lower Redcliffe Street St. John’s, Antigua E: miranda_askie@hotmail.com T: (268) 560-8050 C: (268) 776-3090 • C: (268) 736-2236

ART GALLERY AND GIFT SHOP

Jolly Harbour Commercial Centre Jolly Harbour Marina, Antigua Tel: (268) 562 - 5851 | Cell: (268) 773-3544

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Fig Tree Drive | t: 268 .460 1234 | figtree@apuainet.ag | Open November to May 9am-5pm

ACCESSORIZING THE POSITIVE

Custom-designed jewellery creations.

Bold, Elegant & Classic styles

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“Women’s alluring attire should reflect elegance and drop-dead glamour.”

Noreen Phillips haute couture designs have graced the Caribbean

fashion arena for three decades. Her collections are fashionably current, timelessly detailed and globally seamless. The store has a range of pret-a-porter clothing, hats, accessories and handbags.

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PINK PEARLS AND PETRIFIED CORAL PRECIOUS GIFTS FROM THE SEA

Natural Queen Conch shells and two gold necklaces crafted by Goldsmitty with beautiful conch pearls mounted in unique pendants.

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Antiguanite rock formations in various stages of production from raw rock to polished and set gem stone.

The softly gleaming pearls produced by the Queen Conch, (Strombus gigas), are one of the loveliest marine treasures to be found in the Caribbean basin, its natural habitat. They range in size from a pin head to a thumb nail, and the larger ones can weigh as much as 8 carats. Their colours echo the blushing iridescent skirt of the conch, ranging from creamy white through the warm pinks to a rich rose red. The most desirable to collectors is a hot pink shade, with a delicate flame effect on the surface of the pearl. They are becoming increasingly rare, as a pearl forms only in one in every ten to fifteen thousand conchs, and only about 20 percent of those found are suitable for jewellery. Fisherfolk in Antigua gather conchs for their meat, which is considered a seafood delicacy. When they find a pearl, they bring it to The Goldsmitty on Redcliffe Quay, where the owner, Hans Smit, who has customers all over the world, is a serious collector of conch pearls.

Hans is a jeweller with an inquisitive mind.

About 20 years ago he began to collect pebbles and larger slabs of dense coralline material in

the countryside and on the beaches of Antigua.

Further research revealed them to be petrified coral formations compressed for millions of years under a coating of mud and volcanic ash. These stones are part of a geological formation known as the “Antigua Formation”, which, according to Harvard University, is between 13 and 34 million years old. When the protective coating of iron oxide was removed from the stones, they were sliced, and Hans discovered the intricate “cauliflower” patterns of coral formations, intact and clear to the eye. When shaped and polished, these slices made distinctive and highly unusual jewellery. He called his discovery Antiguanite, a name that is now internationally recognized as unique to Antigua. While offering Antiguanite pendants, rings and bracelets set in either gold or silver at the Goldsmitty, Hans has also created a workshop at the store where visitors to Antigua can pick their own slice of Antiguanite, shape it, grind, sand and polish it, and take back home a genuine piece of our island as a priceless reminder of their visit.

Conch pearls and Antiguanite jewellery are available at: The Goldsmitty, Redcliffe Quay, St. John’s, Antigua.

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Wedding photograph, Copper and Lumber Store Hotel, Nelson’s Dockyard

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THE CATATMARAN HOTEL catamaran-antigua.com

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You Celebrate we’ll bring the food.

private chef and event catering for weddings, parties and private occasions.

Call Chef Albert Creese on 268. 723. 7086 Email: amcj2000@hotmail.com Off the Sir George Walter Highway, St. John’s, Antigua

Quin

Farara CO. LTD.

Our full bar catering service takes the worry out of your private events.

From bar set-up to take-down, event cocktail design, wine consulting and glassware service.

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Wine • Cigars • Spirits • Specialty Items

Free delivery island-wide.

Village Walk Mall, Friar’s Hill Road, St. John’s, Antigua.

the Wedding is just the beginning... the Honeymoon starts here Feona of the Cat Club specializes in full service, custom-tailored weddings and events that are sure to be remembered.

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The Catamaran Hotel is an open-air venue with spectacular views of Falmouth Harbour. Perched on the water’s edge providing the most stunning photographic opportunities for your special event.

Cat Club On-site Facilities Waterfront Alfresco Dining Terrace & Bar Restaurant with Air-conditioned Dining Rooms Capacity for up to 150 Guests Seated On-site Intimate Hotel Accommodation Guest Swimming Pool & Deck

www.catclubevents.com The Catamaran Hotel P.O. Box 958, Falmouth, Antigua, West Indies tel. 268.460.1036 • cell. 268.764.3366 • fax. 268.460.1339 • email. info@catclubevents.com SI M P L Y A N T I GUA B A R B UD A

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We all know how irresistibly romantic the Caribbean is: picture perfect beaches, turquoise seas, sailboats at anchor, and breathtaking, iridescent sunsets. So it comes as no surprise that Antigua and Barbuda was nominated the Caribbean’s most romantic destination at the 2015 World Travel Awards and is among the American Express top ten wedding destinations. Long heralded for capturing a laid-back vibe with exotic elegance our

twin islands make magical moments extraordinary, whether you are celebrating an engagement, your wedding, an anniversary, renewing your vows or saluting to a lifetime of love on your honeymoon. Saying ‘I Do’ and celebrating life’s greatest moments seems a very natural thing to do here. Our intimate boutique hotels and diverse wedding venues make romance effortless.

Allow us to take care of every aspect while you celebrate in style.

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SEDUCTIVE SUNSETS

An intimate beachfront setting with a nautical theme, the family-run Catamaran Hotel with its in-house Cat Club Weddings and Events service is a captivating place to tie the knot. Framed by palm trees and tropical gardens, all 14 beachfront rooms are a few barefoot steps to the soothing beach and the gently lapping surf of Falmouth. They open directly onto an inviting swimming pool with sunbathing deck where guests may lounge and be entranced by the gentle loll of graceful yachts rocking on the sea’s surface. Hotel manager and certified wedding planner Feona Bailey grew up on the property and her love for the hotel and knowledge of Antigua is reflected in her enthusiasm and infectious energy. Feona has been certified by The Wedding Planners Institute of Canada, she is proud of the Cat Club’s reputation and her team’s stressfree dream wedding services: “Leave the details to us and be a guest at your own wedding… we can customize and personalize every feature, creating a celebration that is unique to you,” she says. Feona’s engaging smile, creativity and passion for what she does is guaranteed to set the mind at ease, allowing her guests to relax and look forward to a perfect day.

For more information: www.catclubevents.com

From your balcony, inhale, exhale and be spellbound by the view overlooking one of Antigua’s most breathtaking beaches at Dickenson Bay. The Villas at Sunset Lanes is small enough to book the entire property for your group and forms an idyllic setting for the romance of an intimate wedding. Perched on a hillside, with stunning views of the Caribbean Sea and the vivid sunsets that grace our island, you will have a kaleidoscopic backdrop of colour for your wedding day. Couples can choose from a variety of all-inclusive guest packages and settings for their ceremony. Exchange vows barefoot with the sand between your toes on the beach, pose by the pool with a show-stopping backdrop, or by the fountain in the villa’s elegant courtyard. Owner and manager Jackie welcomes guests like old friends, her gourmet Caribbean fusion cuisine is out of this world. No wish is too big or small to make your occasion extra special. “Words don’t really convey the warmth and level of service that Jackie and her team give you. From the moment we arrived until we left we have never felt so completely looked after”, reveals an ecstatic guest.

For more information: www.villasatsunsetlane.com

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Photo: Sheer Rocks © www.sheer-rocks.com

Photo: Galley Bay Resort & Spa © www.jasonpickering.com

Photo: Galley Bay Resort & Spa © www.jasonpickering.com

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“Antigua I Do� is the brand name for the venues and services of the Cat Club Weddings & Events, The Villas at Sunset Lanes and Copper and Lumber Store Hotel who have combined their resources into an Antigua wedding services collective. Look out for them at travel shows and online. www.Antiguaido.com

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HISTORIC SETTING

A ROMANTIC RETREAT

Built in 1789 as a storage facility for the British Navy, the Copper And Lumber Store Hotel is located at the heart of Nelson’s Dockyard within one of Antigua’s National Parks. Both elegant and comfortable, this charming boutique hotel perfectly combines the colonial elegance of fine antique furniture and décor with the mod cons of 21st century living. Couples can exchange vows in the intimate Georgian courtyard or outdoors on the waterfront, enjoying the spectacular sailing backdrop of English Harbour; this enchanting property provides an authentic historical setting for exceptional photographs. Every aspect of your wedding ceremony, reception and romantic honeymoon will be carefully handled. Copper & Lumber’s tailor-made services are all about creating perfect moments to cherish – from sailing to your ceremony in a yacht or wedding canoe, to painting the park red by hosting a party in one of the National Park’s dramatic locations or simply enjoying a lovers picnic just for two. The popular ‘Dream Package’ is one of several options; all professionally designed, managed and customized to make your day exactly how you would like it, and one that you will treasure forever.

For more information: www.copperandlumberhotel.com

An intimate hideaway along an unspoiled stretch of pristine beach, the Galley Bay Resort & Spa (part of the Elite Island Group) offers a refined, romantic, yet unpretentious and relaxed wedding and honeymoon experience.

With Galley Bay’s 98 guest rooms and suites nestling amid 40 acres of colourful and lush tropical gardens it’s easy to see why they were voted Antigua’s leading spa resort at the 2015 World Travel Awards and Antigua’s number one wedding resort by TripAdvisor. The couples-only resort features secluded and rustic Gauguin-inspired cottages which are extremely popular hideaways for romantics, whether escaping with your loved one for some much needed you time, planning and pulling off the idyllic engagement, or celebrating a lifetime of love, Galley Bay will do everything to make your special moments timeless.

The beachfront gazebo makes for a memorable and scenic wedding venue and the resort’s professional wedding planners and creative, customized packages will ensure couples get hitched without a hitch. Optional extras include spa and bridal parties. According to one couple: “Galley Bay Resort is the perfect place to have a destination wedding and rustic luxury honeymoon.”

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Set high on rocky cliffs with panoramic views of the Caribbean Sea and neighbouring islands, Sheer Rocks is set in the Cocobay Resort and is accessed via a ‘secret’ cliffside walkway that is well worth seeking out. On arrival you’ll be greeted by six-tiered Balinese styled rotundas, daybeds and a plunge pool set against an intense turquoise backdrop of sky and sea, creating the perfect venue for dining and celebration.

For the serious foodies among you, Alex and Kate, together with head chef Simon Christy-French, specialize in bespoke gourmet weddings catered at their restaurant location or off-site at private venues.

Personalized décor, menus and cocktails are all individually created to every couple’s requirements.

Lavish or intimate, Sheer Rocks offers an unparalleled gastronomic special occasion.

For more information: www.sheer-rocks.com

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Antigua and Barbuda are an exceptional destination for weddings, honeymoons and romance. Reviewers and critics alike heap praise upon the exceptional venues and diverse experiences that are on offer to couples looking to tie the knot here. Professional, exclusive, high quality services are perfectly fused with the need to relax, unwind and relish wonderful and romantic moments; creating timeless memories to be treasured forever.

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Photo: The Inn at English Harbour

Set amid 19 acres of national park and nestled on the serene waters of the picturesque bay, The Inn At English Harbour was voted Antigua & Barbuda’s leading boutique hotel at the 2015 World Travel Awards. Exclusive, jawdroppingly exquisite, unique, and offering a true sense of privacy, the 5-star Inn offers a range of personalized vacation and tropical wedding experiences, all of which have been lauded by the international travel media.

Italian owned, the Inn retains a colonial air and is replete with culturally varied artworks and curios from Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Guests are also welcome on board the Inn’s private yacht ‘Xenia and Faye’, to enjoy the enchantment of a sunset cruise and a romantic candle-lit dinner, or a moonlit sail around the bay’s hidden coves and beaches. The emphasis is on personalized perfection, a unique and exclusive service organized and delivered by professionals who are proud to cater to their guests’ every need and to make their wedding and honeymoon experience live on forever.

For more information: www.theinnantigua.com

Photo: Sheer Rocks © www.sheer-rocks.com

Photo: The Inn at English Harbour

Photo: Galley Bay Resort & Spa © www.jasonpickering.com

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KICK OFF YOUR SHOES… FEEL THE LOVE IN THE AIR AND THE SAND BETWEEN YOUR TOES

A wedding on one of our beaches is much more than a typical white-sand affair.

These dreamy locations are perfect for anything from a classic toes-in-thesand ceremony to a more extravagant coastal soirée.

In Antigua & Barbuda, the beach is just the beginning...

From top to bottom, left to right: Sheer Rocks Restaurant - wedding bouquet Copper & Lumber Store Hotel - wedding photo shot Uncle Roddy’s Bar & Grill, Barbuda - beach wedding Blue Waters Hotel - beach wedding dinner and gazebo Sugar Ridge, Ffryes Bay - wedding photo shot

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DIAMONDS

ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND…

Why do women find diamonds so appealing? Is it the size and brilliance of the sparkling gems that have inspired us for generations; their rarity, value, and the way they delicately reflect light? Or is it because they symbolize romance and forever love. Or perhaps it is due to their innate and striking beauty, or to their association with the most significant events in our lives.

There is nothing quite like a diamond to recognize the love between between one person and another.

Whether the occasion is an engagement, a wedding, an anniversary, or gift on the birth of a child, a diamond will best express the emotion and commitment of this special time. Diamonds are forever.

So how do you choose a diamond? The cut is considered to be the most important attribute of this fabulous, sparkling stone. The cut determines its brilliance and its ability to reflect light. Here are some popular diamond cuts that most of us would recognize.

ROUND CUT is the most popular classic choice and represents 75% of diamonds sold worldwide.

PRINCESS CUT is a popular gem cut for engagement rings and it is traditionally a square shape. However, some princess cut diamonds are slightly rectangular, a kind of four-sided pyramid shape.

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CUSHION CUT has a vintage, yet modern look. It is rectangular to square in shape, with rounded corners, a bit like a pillow or cushion (hence the name).

MARQUISE CUT is very distinctive in shape and is known for its long and narrow oval shape with pointed ends.

OVAL CUT has an elongated shape, its length about twice the size of its width – it has a classic yet edgy appeal.

PEAR SHAPED CUT looks like a teardrop and has one rounded end and one pointed end, a combination of the Round cut and the Marquise cut.

HEART SHAPED CUT is the symbol of love. Similar to the pear cut with a meticulously shaped split at the top. Balance is key, the two halves of the heart should be identical.

EMERALD CUT is a rectangular cut with fewer facets than most other cuts. It can vary from nearly square to a narrow rectangle, and makes an elegant, sophisticated ring.

Along with the many cuts there are various delicate colours to choose from, the most popular being white, and shades of pink, blue and yellow. With such a range of choice in selecting a diamond you can have a gorgeous sparkling stone that is unique to you.

ROUND CUT

PRINCESS CUT

CUSHION CUT

MARQUISE CUT

OVAL CUT

PEAR SHAPED CUT

HEART SHAPED CUT

EMERALD CUT

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The Inn Spa The Inn at English Harbour Hotel, Freeman’s Bay, Antigua T: (268) 460 1014 | E: theinn@candw.ag www.theinnantigua.com

Re-energize your soul and body at The Inn Spa with a range of pampering treatments. The Inn Spa areas transition through an impeccable minimalist Asian/ Caribbean theme offering you a serene sense of elegance throughout. The in-sync treatments award you a relaxing sensory experience; with a list that includes Swedish full-body and Indian head massages, Reflexology, Body exfoliation and wraps and extensive beauty treatments at the full-service salon.

Spa Indulge Galley Bay Resort Five Islands Village, St John’s Tel: (268) 462 0302 | USA Toll Free: +1 (800) 858 4618 E: spa@galleybayantigua.com www.galleybayresort.com

Spa Indulge is easily the most unique and serene place to relax, refresh and rejuvenate.

Spa Indulge is placed in serene gardens overlooking the calming waters of a natural lagoon and bird sanctuary. The Spa has two natural air treatment pods and two airconditioned treatment rooms, an entrancing open sundeck and a relaxation pool.

Our therapists can design bespoke face, body and beauty essential treatments tailored to your needs. Most treatments are suitable for men and women; they may also be experienced in complete seclusion in our couples’ treatment rooms. Resort Day and Spa passes are available for non-resident guests.

Healthy Solutions

Welcome to

RELAXATION

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Aromatherapy Massage Deep Tissue Massage Pain Therapy Massage Back Massage Therapeutic Hot Stone Massage Reflexology Foot Therapy Ionizer Foot Therapy Auricular Acupuncture Paraffin Wax Treatment Pedicures & Manicures Reasonable prices, high quality service and a friendly welcome.

Specializing in pain management, general wellness & stress management.

Gift Certificates are available.

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Call or email Cathia to book your relaxation time.

T: 268. 771. 4660 E: ladiemsc@yahoo.com Paradise View, McKinnons Way Rd, St. John’s, Antigua

D E S T I NAT I ON W EDDI NGS & W ELLNESS What makes a great spa? Walk down the winding path past the lily pond & you’ll soon find out. When you walk back along that path an hour or two later, something inside you has changed.

The AVEDA destination spa is dedicated to nurturing guests with rituals influenced by ancient Ayurvedic philosophy.

Aveda Spa Sugar Ridge Hotel

Curtain Bluff Spa

Tottenham Park Nr. Jolly Harbour Marina, St. Mary’s, Antigua T: (268) 484 3701 | E: hotel@sugarridgeantigua.com www.sugarridgeantigua.com

Curtain Bluff Resort Old Road, St. Mary’s, Antigua T: (268) 462 8400 | E: curtainbluff@curtainbluff.com www.curtainbluff.com

The Spa at Sugar Ridge is the only AVEDA Concept Spa in the Eastern Caribbean and is designed to awaken the senses and bring balance in a serene atmosphere.

The Spa offers five treatment rooms including a suite for couples and a wide range of massage, skincare and body treatments suitable for both men and women. The full-service beauty salon offers nail, hair, waxing and make up services. There is a Fitness Center with Cybex equipment and a Yoga Studio where a team of dedicated staff are on hand to aid with training and to help you realise your full fitness and wellness potential.

What makes a great spa? Walk down the winding path past the tennis courts and the lily pond and you will soon find out, as when you walk back along that path an hour or two later, something inside you has changed.

Rejuvenate your mind, body and soul with signature spa treatments at Curtain Bluff Resort. Choose from a range of facials including specialist treatments for teenagers, soothing body therapies and muscle relaxing massages, or why not spend quality time in the lap of luxury with a reviving spa package.

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Fluffy towels at the ready: it’s time to get pampered. From hosting girlie get-togethers to colourful manicure makeovers, organising sensual couples rendezvous’ to indulgent premium treatments; Antigua’s spas can cater to your every need. This is the best way to experience the ultimate holiday filled with tranquillity, unspoilt beaches, luscious gardens and friendly people.

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TIME TO GET PAMPERED SPA & WELLNESS CENTRES Paradise is a place for relaxation, serenity and restorative wellbeing. We are blessed with the perfect getaway location from cold climates, stressful jobs and hectic cities. No matter where you are staying you can experience wellness at the highest levels in beautiful surroundings, with easily accessible spa services at most hotels, guesthouses, local day spas, wellness clinics and salon spas.

Rosie Bedminster from Tranquil Cottages Spa.

Feleisha Taylor owner of Royal Retreat Day Spa

Cathia Christopher Dr. of Naturopathy at Healthy Solutions wellness clinic

We highlight three local day spas and present our guide to spas that will make you feel like a princess for the day and allow you a precious few hours of calm. Relish the benefits of scent-sual aromatherapy oils, body scrubs and balms blended from homegrown plant life such as lemongrass, sage, rosemary and the healing powers of coconut oil.

The calming effect of a scenic drive into Antigua’s countryside will leave you in a mindful state to wholly embrace a natural, heartfelt and surprisingly different experience at Tranquil Cottages. Rosie Bedminster is a qualified masseuse and beauty therapist who has worked in several resorts, but now operates her own rustic, but holistic day spa.

Rosie’s healing hands will heighten your wellbeing and restore inner peace. Her clientele travel from across the island and include seasonal Mill Reef residents and guests to enjoy full body massages, waxing treatments and nail and beauty care. Rural Freetown Village is close to the scenic sights of Harmony Hall and Half Moon Bay near beautiful attractions such as the St. Philips Anglican Church.

Embracing harmony and balance in their practice, the intention at Royal Retreat is to bring purity, energy and renewed vitality into your everyday life. Injecting a little self-indulgent luxury into your day helps the mind, body and spirit to restore their natural equilibrium. Feleisha Taylor and her team specialize in invigorating body scrubs, soothing massage therapy, body wraps and facial and nail treatments. They also produce their own range of remarkably effective natural beauty products which are available to purchase. They are based at the Xtreme Gym close to the Friar’s Hill Road and offer a mobile service for treatments in the privacy of your home. Creating that royal feeling Royal Retreat can create a customised spa day for your total wellness.

Healthy Solutions takes a holistic approach to restoring balance to physical, mental and spiritual health. Specialising in pain management, Cathia Christopher’s wellness clinic goes beyond relaxing spa treatments by also treating clients suffering from physical pain relating to medical conditions. Stress, insomnia and mental strains contribute to the build up of toxins in the body. Massage and alternative therapies promote sleep, relax the nervous system, reduce stress levels and promote euphoria. They also stimulate the lymphatic system to release toxins. Former therapist for addiction at Crossroads Rehabilitation Centre, Cathia is a qualified Naturopath who practises massage therapy, reflexology, auricular acupuncture and reiki amongst other natural therapies for healing.

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INDIGO YACHT CLUB SPA (268) 562-3030 Antigua Yacht Club Marina, Falmouth Harbour

aycmresort@candw.ag www.aycmarina.com

AVEDA CONCEPT SPA Sugar Ridge Resort, St. Mary’s

(268) 562-7700

CARLISLE BAY HOTEL & BLUE SPA Old Road

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info@akparo.com www.akparo.com

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(268) 460-5705

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AKPARO Nelson’s Dockyard, English Harbour

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Treatment ranges in Antigua are extensive with fully qualified therapists to promote your full relaxation. If you are unsure about what treatment to have just ask your spa for recommendations. Wellness maintenance or stress release can be obtained through aromatherapy, hot stone or deep tissue massages. For sun lovers aloe vera body wraps soothe and hydrate the skin after sunbathing on one of our enchanting beaches. Reflexology, an ancient treatment working on the key pressure points of the feet helps to restore balance, whilst Reiki promotes the flow of qi (life energy) through your body. Most spas offer couples and men-specific packages.

A few also offer carefully selected treatment ranges for teenagers.

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SECT I ONS The healing power of sunlight and holiday relaxation encourages us to spend some time in quiet reflection. To promote deeper vitality and wellbeing we encourage our visitors to take time out to enjoy the therapeutic energies of spa treatments delivered with care by our skilled therapists. These ritual treatments help to release tensions and cleanse the spirit enhancing the way we feel. A place of true, natural beauty Antigua and Barbuda allows you to spoil yourself in Caribbean splendour.

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FREESTYLE ATV tours are an exhilarating, fun-for-all riding experience. From either a one or two seater ATV you will enjoy the natural beauty of Antigua’s interior as you hit the tracks. Customized tours available. No experience necessary. Valid driver’s licence required to ride.

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Tropical Adventures offers tours that are fun and exciting for families of all ages. Enjoy our range of sightseeing tours of Antigua & Barbuda. Experience a Caribbean lunch on our amazing beaches, try our land-based Island Safari jeep tours, or eco-kayak through the mangroves, explore underwater life snorkeling our reefs, visit secluded island beaches, take a day sail on the Mystic Catamaran with a guided side trip to swim with stingrays. Alternatively, circumnavigate Antigua or cruise to beautiful Barbuda aboard the Excellence Catamaran. We welcome group and party bookings for private events.

TAKING TO THE WAVES SEABOARD MARINE 2015 OPTIMIST NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

All Photographs: © 2015 Matias Capizzano. www.capizzano.com

Antigua was the location for the Optimist North American Championships 2015, with 23 countries sending a total of 162 competitors aged between 8 and 15 to the event. It was held at Nelson’s Dockyard from July 7 to July 12, and was hosted by the Antigua Yacht Club. It was the first time this international event was held in the Caribbean.

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The Optimist is both a boat and an international sailing association for young people. The boat was designed in 1947 by American Clark Mills as a small single-handed dinghy for children up to the age of fifteen. The design was standardized in 1960 and became a strict One-Design in 1995. It is sailed in over 120 countries and is one of only two yachts approved by the International Sailing Federation exclusively for sailors under 16. Optimist Championships are held all over the world, and the selection of the venue and registration of contesting countries is made by the International Optimist Dinghy Association (IODA).

The Antigua event was organized over a five day racing schedule with one lay day. The young sailors competed in three fleets of 54 boats, which were later organized so that the best sailors raced each other, and every sailor competed against well matched peers. Races on July 7 and 8 were individual contests, and team races were held on July 9. Final races were held on July 11 and 12, with the closing ceremony at the end of the day on July 12.The weather was superb, conditions were very favourable, and the regatta was a great success.

The top 10 sailors by rank were Yi Nian Hoh - Singapore, Teddy Nicolosi - US Virgin Islands, Massimo Contessi - Argentina, Benjamin Fuenzalida - Chile, Daniel Ian Toh - Singapore, Muhammad Daniel Kei Yazid - Singapore, Rocco Falcone - ANTIGUA, Emma Cowles - USA, Carmen Cowles - USA, and Zane Rogers - USA. The Team Racing Championship winners were USA. US Virgin Islands and USA again, in third place. The Nations Cup winners were Singapore, Argentina and Chile.

Emma Cowles of USA was named first girl.

Seaboard Marine, the major sponsor, is an ocean transportation company that provides container shipping services between North America, the Caribbean Basin and Central and South America.

Local Antiguan sponsors included Sir Peter R. Harrison, Antigua Yacht Club Marine Resort, Catamaran Hotel, National Parks Antigua, Waterfront Hotel, Oasis, Yao, and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda.

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Your Stingray City Antigua Snorkel Adventure will be the highlight of your vacation, and an experience that will live with you forever. Our very friendly and gentle Southern Rays are without doubt, “The Brightest Rays in the Caribbean”. Come and enjoy with us this unique experience of touching and feeding a Stingray, together with snorkeling amongst magnificent coral reefs and colourful tropical fish.

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TOURS FOR THRILL SEEKERS AND ACTIVE FAMILIES Is driving a mini moke in the Caribbean on your bucket list? Well, let Salty Dogs Rentals fulfil your dream. Their highly rated guided tour is dubbed as “the best and coolest way to explore Antigua”. Your driver-guide is equipped with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the island, its history, flora and fauna.

Along your journey, you’ll sample tropical fruits and eat a scrumptious local Antiguan lunch. The allterrain Jumby and Shaka vehicles are also available with a self-drive option – explore on your own.

Buckle up tight and hold on, it may be a bit bumpy on the 4x4 Island Safari excursion by Tropical Adventures. This exciting family-friendly jeep tour will take you in convoy through Antigua’s verdant rainforest, past produce-filled countryside farms, along scenic coastal paths to visit our most beautiful places. This is the ‘real Antigua’. En route knowledgeable tour guides will educate and enlighten you on Antigua’s past and present.

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“Kick up dust” on the ultimate fun-for-all riding experience with Freestyle ATV Tours. Ride offroad along sugar plantation roads, dirt tracks and through vast farmlands while experiencing Antigua’s history. Your friendly tour guides will lead you on a fun filled journey to picturesque views of English and Falmouth harbours offering excellent photo moments and a chance to visit old sugar estates and restored sugar mills.

Imagine leaving gravity behind as you gently ascend over the iridescent waters of the Caribbean Sea and fly gracefully along dramatic shorelines and over historic sites. Caribbean Helicopters aerial tours offer exhilarating bird’s eye views, timeless memories and remarkable photographic opportunities on every trip. Within just 20 thrilling minutes you could be on the legendary pink sand beaches of Barbuda, or above the centre of the Soufriere Hills Volcano on the island of Montserrat.

Great value for money and excellent for explorers, Salty Dogs Rentals provide the ultimate tropical vehicles for fun in the sun.

Call or click to book: (268) 562-8444 ww.saltydogsrentals.com An off-road adventure for the entire family.

Jump aboard a Land Rover Jeep and discover Antigua nature at its very best! www.tropicaladventures-antigua.com You’re in safe hands on this interesting offroad guided ATV Tour for the adventurous! freestyletours@yahoo.com (268) 726-3572 Caribbean Helicopters give you the most memorable aerial tours in the Caribbean. www.caribbeanhelicopters.com

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Miguel’s Holiday Adventure Family Orientated Excursion to Prickly Pear Island Entrance to Hodge’s Bay Club, Hodge’s Bay, St. John’s T: (268) 723 7418 or 460 9978 | E: miguels_ha@hotmail.com www.pricklypearisland.com A fun day trip to Prickly Pear Island is a short 5-minute boat ride. All-inclusive West Indian buffet lunch with lobster, fish, conch, chicken, rice, salad and a variety of snacks. Also an open-bar with alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.

Professional snorkelling instruction, snorkelling equipment and sunbeds with umbrellas are all part of the service. Departing Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday mornings. The island is available to hire for private events. Miguel and his family have been entertaining visitors from around the globe for almost 4 decades.

Spend time chilling out and exploring an uninhabited island.

Treasure Island Cruises Five Islands, St. John’s T: (268) 461 8675 | E: tours@treasureislandcruises.ag www.treasureislandcruises.ag

A catamaran tour that showcases the best of Antigua’s culture and local heritage like you have never experienced before.

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We reel in Tuna, Mahi Mahi, Wahoo, King Fish, Marlin and Baracuda. All tackle, bait and drinks included.

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Sail, snorkel and be entertained with “Treasure Island Cruises”. This is a tour like no other anywhere in the Caribbean! It’s not the typical sail and snorkel tour, primarily because it features an array of local culture including live steel band music, limbo dancing, fire dancing and sampling of local dishes. All full-day tours include: Sailing, Snorkelling, Swimming, Buffet Lunch, Snacks, Open Bar and a wonderful crew! It’s guaranteed to exceed your expectations. Established for over 16 years, locally owned with excellent experience.

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Private day sailing charters aboard CATCH THE CAT offers a unique, intimate and exclusive experience.

Cruise Antiguan crystal clear waters and palm fringed shoreline aboard a stylish and private yacht charter.

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P.O Box 209, Jolly Harbour, St. Mary’s T: (268) 464 7113 | E: info@catchthecatantigua.com www.catchthecatantigua.com

English Harbour T: (268) 464 0678 or 460 1452 / 1023 | E: titi@candw.ag www.villaordnance.com/tito.html

Catch The Cat offers private cruises especially suited for intimate gatherings of friends or family wishing to have their own exclusive sailing cruise. It is the newest catamaran sailing the coastal waters of Antigua and is perfect for celebrating memorable occasions in space, style and luxury. Our tours can sail you along the southern coastline to our favourite locations, Carlisle Bay and Cades Reef, alternatively opt for adventure, snorkelling the shipwreck “Andes” at Deep Bay. View a stunning Caribbean sunset on one of our most popular private cruises, the 3-Hour Sunset Cruise. Board as guests… Leave as friends!

A day cruising Antigua’s waters on TITO 1 is an elite way to explore the myriad beaches, landmarks and waterfront restaurants along our picturesque coastline. Docked on the southwest coast in English Harbour, TITO 1 is a 37ft.

Sea Ray Sport Cruiser. She is equipped with a designated Captain and first mate dedicated to your privacy and safety needs while you explore, relax and enjoy a day of leisure and sightseeing. We offer a fully stocked bar and can arrange meals of your choice.

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VOYAGING OFFSHORE EXPLORE DESERTED COASTLINES, SECRET BAYS & TINY ISLANDS Mr Telford “Miguel” Tonge runs Miguel’s Holiday Adventure, one of Antigua’s oldest and best-loved offshore tours. He’s been presented with an Order of Merit award for almost 4 decades of dedicated service to tourism. Your entire family will love pretending to be Robinson Crusoe on Miguel’s uninhabited island.

Luckily on Prickly Pear Island you won’t have to seek food, drinks or shelter for yourself, as staff take care of all your needs. Explore the island, snorkel reefs and relax for a great day as a vacationing castaway.

Explore deserted coves, bays, anchorages and pristine coastlines in absolute privacy aboard TITO 1, a powerful sports cruiser with two spacious double cabins and 2 saloon berths. Fully manned with a captain and first mate, she can be chartered for day’s cruising, for sport fishing or overnight trips.

It’s all just smooth sailing with Treasure Island Cruises catamaran tours, uniquely designed to showcase the island’s culture and natural heritage.

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So whether you’re a wedding party, incentive group or just a bunch of friends wanting to do something special – they can customize your private charter or standard tours to suit. Why not visit Great Bird Island?

It’s one of the best places to snorkel.

Stingray, Snorkel, Mangrove Kayak & Jeep Island Tour – is a new super tour from Stingray City.

Enjoy the exciting sensation of touching and feeding gentle stingrays, together with snorkelling coral reefs teeming with tropical fish, before paddling under your own steam through mangrove inlets. Kayaking is the ideal way to get close to marine animals in their natural habitat, and your guides will educate you on the importance of the mangroves to Antigua’s ecology. After your kayaking you’ll return to base, and a short jeep ride will transport you to a lunch spot overlooking the bay, then you’re off on a jeep island tour for the afternoon. The constant smiling faces tell the story of an adventure not to be missed.

Miguel’s Holiday Adventure - spend a laid back day exploring Prickly Pear Island with Miguel and his charming family. www.pricklypearisland.com Sail, snorkel and be entertained on a boating extravaganza with the fun team of Treasure Island Cruises. www.treasureislandcruises.ag Cruise the open seas aboard TITO 1 and plan your own adventure on the waves. www.villaordnance.com/tito.html Your Stingray City Antigua & Snorkel Adventure will be an extremely memorable highlight of your vacation. www.stingraycityantigua.com

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GUIDED HIKING & TREKKING TOURS GET OUT, GET ACTIVE AND EXPLORE

It’s not the length of the trail or even the terrain that makes a hike in Antigua epic; it’s about getting beyond the beach and into a whole new island adventure. Weaving through forested valleys, scrambling up hillsides to spectacular viewpoints, or wandering along ridge trails that once connected villages long before roads were built, all make for an exhilarating day out.

Independent hikers will find Antigua’s popular routes are very accessible and trailheads in the English Harbour region are well signposted and marked. But if you want to extend your adventure and learn more about our island then you should consider an organised tour with one of our experienced hiking guides. The following three companies offer different perspectives of Antigua – off the beaten track.

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CONTACT DETAILS Trek Tours Antigua www.trektoursantigua.com trektoursantigua@gmail.com + 1(268) 774-8735 +1 (268) 771-9508 +1 (268) 772-5100 Sugar Ridge www.sugarridgeantigua.com hotel@sugarridgeantigua.com +1 (268) 562-7700 Footsteps Rainforest Hiking Tours www.hikingantigua.com info@hikingantigua.com + 1 (268) 460-1234, 773-2345

Trek Tours’ ambition is to make sure that your vacation is a memorable one; their aim is “to get you away from mainstream attractions and take you off the beaten path, thereby discovering the ‘true beauty’ of our island.”

For the past 5 years the team has been hiking together not only in Antigua, but also in Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados, Trinidad and Alaska. Here in Antigua they hike a range of trails that suit all fitness levels: from scaling the vertiginous Carpenter’s Rock (Mother Nature’s Stairmaster) on their Tamarind Treks, to taking in the sights on a flat coastal tour of the southwest coast along Old Road Bluff and across the beach past Carlisle Bay Resort, on their Mango Trek tour. Trek Tours shorter sunset tours are a great way to unwind at the end of the day. Once you arrive at a vantage point, all there is to do is sit back and enjoy the sun setting over the Caribbean Sea. Whatever trek you pick, you’ll hit the open road with fun, young, enthusiastic guides who are happy to share the culture and natural beauty of their island with like-minded travellers from across the globe.

SUGAR RIDGE RESORT With an emphasis on wellness and relaxation, and sandwiched between gently rolling forest hills and pretty village homes, Sugar Ridge Hotel is hard to beat. Though set back from the beach, the resort’s views of palm-fringed shorelines and seascapes are spectacular.

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TOURS & ATTR A CT I ON S own trail, a moderate, four-hour uphill ramble via Christian Valley, led by Vorn Johnson, the resort’s hiking guide. Vorn has also developed a nature walk, which takes explorers via Orange Valley, to the picturesque Ffryes Beach. En route they will learn about many indigenous plants and their medicinal uses. His popular cultural walking tour takes explorers into his village, Bolans, which adjoins the resort. The community has fully embraced Vorn’s tour and welcomes visitors with an insight into ‘old time life’ in Antigua.

Vorn leads hikers through the village, pointing out places of interest and introducing them to some of the people who live here. Visitors will encounter goats, chickens, horses, cows and sheep, and see exotic fruits and vegetables in ‘backyard gardens’.

Village elders are happy to interrupt their domino games to tell stories, Mrs Turner, fondly known as Aunt Mem, recalls childhood tales of wandering home from school through sugar cane fields, and Bunnjo, a veteran weightlifter who was renowned for hauling barrels of water around the village to show off his impressive muscles, tells of his glory days.

Leaving the village, Vorn guides hikers up a drive lined with eucalyptus trees to Jolly Hill, an old sugar estate that once encompassed 718 acres of surrounding land. The estate house is now a private home but it still retains many antiques and memorabilia from bygone days, including records of British royal visits.

Vorn’s walking tours are unique and offer visitors a rare insight into quintessential Antigua village life.

FOOTSTEPS RAINFOREST HIKING TOURS Step into one of Antigua’s most tropical and valuable rainforest conservation areas with Dassa, from Footsteps Rainforest Hiking Tours. Your hiking tour starts from the tropical gardens of the Fig Tree Studio Art Gallery and leads you into the heart of the rainforest past the historic Wallings Dam. From here there are trails that lead up to a stunning vantage point at Signal Hill, Antigua’s second highest peak, and also as far as Rendezvous Bay in Falmouth.

Dassa, your guide, is a man of the soil who knows every nook and cranny of Antigua. A gentle soul with an extensive knowledge of indigenous plants, herbs, trees and customs, he runs educational hiking tours that blend history with nature. During the hike Dassa always pauses to point out something of interest; be it a red-necked pigeon, a gigantic silk cotton tree, or Antigua’s national flower the Dagger Log, which is an agave whose long stem was once used in the construction of fishing rafts.

Footsteps Rainforest Hiking will take you to offbeat destinations where you’ll venture along scented lemongrass-lined paths, up dry watercourse gullies and through forest-covered backcountry trails. A fun day’s adventure is guaranteed.

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YOU GOTTA GET WET ‘N’ WILD WITH EXHILARATING ACTIVITIES AT SEA Picture this… fully stocked wicker basket hampers, a champagne welcome and a bespoke service that all come as standard aboard Life’sa-Picnic. Treat a loved one, friends or family to a gastronomically stylish picnic experience at sea.

Life’s-a-Picnic is a glamorous power yacht with curvaceous lines which comfortably hosts up to 8 guests. She has two sexy chaise lounge seats which convert into one large sun pad, a chill-out lounge and acoustically perfect sound system. Tour our beautiful shorelines at your own pace, escape to the solitude of a deserted island beach, enjoy lunch moored amidst breathtaking scenery or at one of our waterfront restaurants that pepper the coast. You write the itinerary for an exceptional day out, we just add the magic.

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the Shell Beach docks to D-Boat, a renovated oil tanker, permanently moored by Maiden Island. This is an energizing day on the ocean for the entire family. Dramatic views, fun entertainment, an exciting inflatable water park, great food, amazing drinks and best of all, an experience you have never felt or seen before.

‘Sail fast and live slow’ aboard Wadadli Cats for an action packed day of sailing, snorkelling and swimming, to the backdrop of great Caribbean music, tasty food and excellent company. Wadadli Cats’ fleet of high-speed catamarans have a highly regarded, long-standing reputation. Choose from a thrilling 60-mile Circumnavigation, an eco-tour to Bird Island with kayaking or tranquil snorkelling on the Cades Reef tour, or book a Private Charter tour for your party or group and they go where you take them!

Life’s-a-Picnic - Champagne Power Yacht Charters are designed to give you gourmet island tours at sea.

T: +1 (268) 720 4663 www.lifesapicnic-antigua.com D-Boat is a unique, fun attraction for the entire family. Spend the day aboard this restored 1974 oil tanker. www.dboatantigua.com Wadadli Cats has a coastal tour to suit everyone’s sailing dream with a fleet of spacious catamarans. www.wadadlicats.com

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ISLAND BEACH

SUNSEAKERS has the largest selection of duty-free priced women’s, men’s and kids swimwear and beachwear in the Caribbean. Located in Heritage Quay, St. John’s. Brands include, Gottex, Roidal, Melissa Odabash, Pilyq, Taj by Sabrina Crippa, Nautica, Vilebrequin, Quiksilver, TOMS, Havaianas plus many more.

T: +1 (268) 462-4523 E: info@sunseakers.com

CARIB BIKINI are an Italian swimwear, beach accessories and underwear boutique store based in the historic Redcliffe Quay. They sell beautifully designed beachwear for the entire family.

T: (268) 785-1699 E: portafogliomagicovip@gmail.com

ESSENTIALS for 365 beaches of the year Look amazing in top designer swimwear and beachwear on the sand and sea on every one of our 365 beaches. Our local stockists have a wide range of styles to suit every body.

PINEAPPLE SWIMWEAR is a trendy, colourful and chic swimwear distributor, offering elegantly designed young ladies and women’s bikini’s and swimsuits to dazzle on any beach in the Caribbean. Their swimwear lines can be found in Antigua, Jamaica and Panama.

T: (507) 62735100 (WhatsApp) E: pineappleswimwear@hotmail.com FB: Pineapple Swimwear

ONLY THE TOUGHEST AUA TINMAN ROHR TRIATHLON Written by Rory Butler , Images by Shelly Chadburn and Randy Thomas

Above Main: Start of the 2014 Rohr Tinman Triathlon

The fifth annual Rohr Tinman Triathlon sponsored by the American University of Antigua (AUA) will be held on Saturday, April 9th, 2016, at Morris Bay, Antigua. Former youth world champion and French record holder Benjamin “Da Fish” Sanson will return for the first time since the 2012 inaugural race alongside the likes of French and British pros Stephane Poulat and Vanessa Raw to compete over the 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run, which is recognized as a halfiron distance, a standard international distance of 70.3 miles. The event, which for the past three years has attracted over 200 athletes, will for the first time be marketed overseas by the Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority.

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distances, as well as team formats and shorter distances for beginners, which has led to a mini explosion in the number of triathletes competing in this event.

Five years ago when triathletes Andre Simon, Wayne Henry, Rory Butler and Jonathan Rohr first discussed the idea of a triathlon in Antigua none of this seemed possible. “At the time we were training like madmen and having some success at a few overseas events, but back home not many people knew about triathlon, because after some big, well publicized races in the ‘90s its popularity had faded,” recalled Simon. “We wanted to do something big that would inspire not just us, but people generally. We came up with the idea of holding our own race in Antigua, and everyone told us it was a crazy idea. So Jonathan dug his heels in

and said, “Okay, let’s do this then,” and convinced us that even if we raced only between ourselves it would still be worthwhile,” explained Butler. “But to do it right we needed to attract some world class talent, test ourselves against the best in the field and find out where we rated.”

We got lucky. A friend put is in touch with Benji Sanson, who had just finished in the top ten in the Ironman World Championships and was known as the fastest swimmer in triathlon, holding the youth world championship and French national record titles in swimming. He was going to be in Guadeloupe at the right time and agreed to come over to Antigua and race. We had also just met Claudio Delpueche, one of the top Argentinian triathletes at that time and not only did he find a way to come and race with us, but he was so supportive

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Above Top: AUA Rohr Tinman Triathlon trophies created by Cedars Pottery

Above Top: The next generation of triathletes receiving winning medals

Above left: Athletes complete the run segment of triathlon.

Above: Andres Onetto - International Triathlete

that he started coaching us online,” recalled Simon.

Delpueche ended up spending three weeks on island, and even made it over to Barbuda for two days. “We joked that by the time the race came along he would have more supporters than we did,” said Henry.

Tragedy struck only a couple of months before the race, when Jonathan Rohr died suddenly in his sleep from a rare heart condition. “It was really tough. We almost called off the race, but in the end we decided we had no choice but to hold the race in his honour, which we have done ever since,” recalled Simon. Since then a number of initiatives have been held to raise awareness of heart conditions for athletes, and in 2015 American University of Antigua held free athlete screening as part of the lead up to the event. “We have a great

family of sponsors now that keep this event going and we tend to just about break even. Any extra funds are used to support endurance sports on the island, and we have helped a few national teams hire a fishing boat to get to races on nearby islands like Nevis and Guadeloupe,” explained Henry. In terms of sponsors AUA has been the driving force behind this event. Jonathan Rohr was a student at the university before his death, and the AUA team put their hearts into this event every year. There are hundreds of people who put endless hours into organizing the event every year, and it is certainly worth the effort when you see what it means to the athletes, and especially to the kids just starting out,” said Butler.

Of the three athletes who with Jonathan Rohr founded the Rohr Tinman Triathlon, Andre Simon

has moved on to become one of Antigua’s most accomplished cyclists, taking several national and regional titles and competing in the biggest international events. The trio continues to push the boundaries with new events. In 2013 this included the country’s first ever 10 kilometer swim, and in 2015 they introduced the 26.2 mile Iron Krew Marathon. These are events they hope will become as established as Rohr Tinman.

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THE (LIME) HELLS GATE STEEL ORCHESTRA Written by Paul Crask Thanks to the strong determination of both its pioneers and current members, Antigua’s oldest and dearest steel orchestra marched through 2015 celebrating their 70th anniversary and, in doing so, LIME Hells Gate Steel Orchestra helps maintain steel band music as an integral part of our island’s cultural heritage.

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Hells Gate entertaining the crowds in Germany in 1992.

Firing steel drums to form pan instruments.

With makeshift instruments made of automotive clutch housings, hollowed pipes, biscuit cans and pieces of iron obtained from Townsend’s blacksmith shop on Mariner’s Lane (the only remaining blacksmith on the island), and from the “Dung Heap” a solid waste dump in the Point area of St. John’s city, the group began playing as a Housecoat Band in 1945. A year later, the Trinidadian technique of converting oil drums into steel pans also took root in Antigua. The loud noise and rhythmic beats produced from this mix of instruments gave rise to the name Hells Gate, then captained by Eugene Weston and managed by Ivan Edwards.

In 1949, now reading and playing from music scores thanks to the tuition of Bertha Higgins, Hells Gate won Antigua’s first steel band competition with Peanut Vendor. This was the first of many great victories – 18 in all – including the 2015 Panorama competition.

During the late 1940s the steel band movement was strongly opposed by many Antiguan aristocrats who went as far as to send petitions to then Governor Baldwin who, unfortunately for them, happened to be a steel band enthusiast and friend of the ‘grassroots people’ and The Worker’s Voice newspaper. He was also well acquainted with the Rt. Hon. Dr. Vere Cornwall Bird, Senior, who headed the Antigua Trades & Labour Union. Without such strong support, Antigua’s steel band movement could easily have been destroyed.

LIME (formerly known as Cable & Wireless) has sponsored Hells Gate since 1989 and the band is also assisted by the government of Antigua & Barbuda, and other local companies and corporations. The orchestra has travelled extensively (in South Korea they were resident band at the luxury Banyan Tree Club & Spa Hotel) and some members have even been integral to the revival of steel pan movements

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Celebrated Hells Gate Panists Group Photo from the 1990’s.

on other Caribbean Islands, spending time training and hosting workshops. Hells Gate has also performed before a wide ranging global audience, including members of royalty and the rich and famous. Two offspring orchestras have also emerged: Harmonites International Steel Orchestra and Supa Stars International Steel Orchestra.

Veron Henry has been with Hells Gate for his entire life and his father, Eustace “Manning” Henry, now in his 80s, was one of the original Hells Gate pioneers as well as its captain. Together they work on building and tuning the orchestra’s steel pans.

“The best quality barrels are to be found in Trinidad,” says Veron. “They are specifically made for steel pan instruments and have not been used for anything else prior to being shipped to Antigua. We use these brand new oil drums for the construction of the lead pans as we can build two pans from each drum, by cutting off each end.”

Above Top: Recent group shot of the (LIME) Hells Gate Steel Orchestra. Above Centre: Historic picture of Hells Gate performing.

Below: Historic picture taken in 1952 of the Hells Gate Steel Pan Orchestra

Regular oil drums are converted into the bass drums and other sections of the orchestra. It takes roughly two days to build each pan depending on the complexity of the note arrangements; each one tempered in fire before it is tuned, with Veron swearing by his trusty Peterson Strobe Tuner. To date, Hells Gate is the only local steel orchestra that uses only Antiguan builders, tuners and arrangers.

Being a member of the Hells Gate orchestra requires self-discipline and is seen as a positive pursuit for young people. But there is also a fun, social side. The orchestra is very active in the local community and likes to encourage and organize fun activities throughout the year. This is all part of senior members’ taking responsibility for mentoring the new generation, the youngest of which is a mere eight years old.

In all there are about 25 musicians who play in the orchestra year round, but this number grows to around 130 pan players during the summer season and the arrival of the Panorama carnival competition.

The orchestra is made up of ten subdivisions of instruments, each of which has different tonal pitches and includes lead pans, altos, double tenors, double seconds, double guitars, triple guitars, a bass section and percussion.

In the 1970s and 80s steel orchestras used to perform two musical renditions for carnival competitions but due to more and more orchestras participating, they now perform only one piece. This year’s performance by Hells Gate at the Antigua Commercial Bank National Panorama finals was spectacular. It took place on the 29th July and marked the band’s seventh win in the last ten years, and was all the more meaningful as the band celebrated its 70th Anniversary. Khan Cordice’s arrangement of Antiguan soca performer Menace’s 2015 road-march (2nd runner-up) hit, Sand to the Beach, had over a hundred players filling every inch of the Carnival City stage. It was a fun, powerful and passionate performance, much enjoyed by all.

LIME Hells Gate Steel Orchestra performed in Haiti for the 2015 Caribbean Festival of Arts ‘Carifesta’. This is the region’s premier arts festival and attracts a wide range of creative artists, musicians and authors from various Caribbean and Latin American countries. The culmination of LIME Hells Gate’s 70th anniversary celebrations took place with a thanksgiving service, awards banquet and gala concert in October.

After 70 years and still going strong, Hells Gate is the oldest continuously performing steel orchestra in the world and is Antigua’s pride and joy.

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Nelson’s Dockyard National Park, P.O. Box 1283, St. John’s, Antigua T: (268) 481-5022 | E: natpark@candw.ag www.nationalparksantigua.com

Opening Hours: Seven days a week - 9:00am – 5:00pm.

Entrance Fee: $8 US (Non-Citizens), $3 US (Citizens)

Nelson’s Dockyard National Park is remarkably rich in history and natural treasures. Tours through the Dockyard are conducted daily; there are also several nature trails and wonderful beaches to explore. The historic venues and the grounds of the National Park may be hired for private events and weddings.

The Park also host some exciting land and sea based international events that are not to be missed.

Nelson’s Dockyard is the heart of Antigua’s naval history and the home of its modern yachting community. Numerous forts and military posts including Shirley

Heights, Fort Berkeley, Fort Charlotte, and Fort George are in the park. The Dow’s Hill Interpretation Centre gives visitors insights into the area’s history and its numerous hiking trails, shops, and restaurants provide visitors plenty to do.

Your entrance fee contribution is important. 100% of the money raised from entrance fees stays in the Park and goes towards maintaining and improving visitor facilities, providing educational information, advancing the museum research programmes and towards the continuation of the restoration programme.

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Stay, relax and explore our unique islands and learn why Antigua & Barbuda are the “Gems of the Caribbean”, and the most special destination in the Caribbean, if not the world.

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A family owned and managed hotel that is as charming as it is colourful, with 40 vibrant rooms named after the Caribbean islands.

A luxury 3-bedroom villa on Antigua’s east coast, with panoramic ocean views from a wrap around pool and stunning private gallery.

A new luxury development of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments that bring Caribbean contemporary style and superior expectations.

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Holiday Apartments, Renfrew, Antigua T: (268) 463 1387 or (268) 464 7878 E: alphasuites@gmail.com www.alphasuitesantigua.ag

Mckinnons, Dickenson Bay, Antigua T: (268) 720 9515 Vonage: (786) 463 4870 www.antiguaseaview.com

Set amidst rolling hills of the old Renfrew sugar plantation, Alpha Suites has 4 charming two bedroom apartments and a studio unit.

We invite you to visit us on the Dickenson Located on the beach, the 16 Bay coast where you can relax in one-bedroom suites & 2 two-bedroom tranquillity with an ambiance for romance. cottages are ideal for an informal, independent stay in Antigua.

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BUCKLEYS HEIGHTS COUNTRY CLUB

Dickenson Bay, Antigua T: (268) 562 6785/84 | F: (268) 562 6784 www.buccaneerbeach.com

CITY VIEW HOTEL

Newgate Street, St. John’s, Antigua T: (268) 562 0259/60/61 E: reservations@cityviewantigua.com www.cityviewantigua.com 50 spacious air-conditioned rooms in the heart of St. John’s, close to all major banks, corporate businesses, duty free shops and casinos.

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Nelson's Dockyard, Antigua T: (268) 460 1160 / 1159 E: clhotel@candw.ag www.copperandlumberhotel.com

Seatons, Antigua T: (268) 561 2003 or (268) 720 8637 E: info@ellenbaycottages.com www.ellenbaycottages.com

Old Road Village, Morris Bay, Antigua T: (268) 481 1544 or (268) 726 1309 USA: +1(954) 322 0450 E: fortshelley@gmail.com

Five Islands, Antigua T: (268) 460 6060 E: bgregs@candw.ag www.innlagalleria.com

Colonial Caribbean with a twist! The hotel consists of 14 suites or studios, each named after one of Lord Nelson's ships.

A place to stay where you can enjoy the natural environment and be a part of Antiguan life, Ellen Bay offers you a unique little taste.

Situated at the top of Fort Shelley Peak are two modern, spacious 5-bedroom villas with spectacular views of the south-west coastline.

An intimate hillside Bed & Breakfast Inn with lovely sea views. 7 guest rooms and 5 studios all with a/c, cable TV, and Internet access.

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Penny Lane, off Fort Rd, St. John’s, Antigua T: (268) 784 9676 or (268) 786 2671 T: (268) 562 6909 E: conniesuites@gmail.com www.conniescomfortsuites.com

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Heritage Quay, St. John’s, Antigua T: (268) 462 1247 | F: (268) 462 1179 E: heritagehotel@candw.ag

Freemans Main Rd, Belleview Est., Antigua T: (268) 562 6642 or (268) 764 2642 E: info@lamblionapt.com www.lamblionapt.com

Delightful 1-bed holiday apartments offer a great choice for any traveller, near the airport and some of Antigua’s finest beaches.

ELS short-term rentals is a newly completed four storey apartment block featuring 16 fully furnished 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom suites.

An attractive and convenient hotel with excellent business facilities located in the heart of the capital near the cruise ship dock, retail centres and restaurants.

Situated just 10-20 mins from any beach is the Lamblion Holiday Apartments offering 11 self-contained apartments in varying sizes.

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LORD VIEW MANOR

Paradise View, nr. Dickenson Bay, Antigua T: (268) 764 1126 E: lordviewmanor@gmail.com

A contemporary approach to Caribbean life and living with 4 stylish condo apartments that give you all the luxuries of being at home and more…

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Freemans Village, Antigua T: (268) 562 6905 / 5723 E: okiba_8@hotmail.com www.oceanicviewantigua.com

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A picturesque vacation spot with tropically A romantic, intimate, suite hotel located coloured 2 & 3 bedroom gingerbread on the turquoise waters and white sand cottages set in a tranquil and secure beach of Dickenson Bay, Antigua. environment.

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Brooks Estate, Cades Bay, St. Mary’s, Antigua T: (268) 560 4933 www.southcoastoceanviewapartments.com

SCOVA has 4 apartments and a pretty detached cottage nestled among palm trees and pineapple fields. Fully air-conditioned with free WiFi.

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Potter’s New Extension, St. John’s, Antigua T: (268) 772 6919 and (268) 784 3415 E: sunriseviewantigua@gmail.com www.sunriseviewantigua.net

Affordable rooms with an exceptional glimpse of Antigua’s historic Nelson’s Dockyard and luxury yachts moored in English Harbour.

Our location takes guests into the heartland of Antigua, overlooking an important ecological rainforest area called Body Pond.

The fully self-contained bungalows and studios blend perfectly with the unhurried ambiance, leaving you relaxed and refreshed.

A 6 unit apartment complex just minutes from the capital city’s shopping district and the V.C Bird Intl. Airport.

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A modern hideaway estate of 5 fully equipped two-bedroomed villas set in a scenic landscaped garden, only a one minute stroll from the beach.

Fabulous 3-bedroom luxury, self-catering beach villa, built with total relaxation in mind. Solar-powered and footsteps from the beach.

Gerald’s Guest House is located on beautiful unspoiled Barbuda and consists of three bedrooms.

Cerene Deazle’s popular guest house has 8 spacious ensuite double rooms.

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A 10 room adults-only Luxury Boutique Hotel with breathtaking views of the tranquil Caribbean Sea around sugary white beaches.

Lynton Thomas' lively guest house is located near the centre of Codrington village. There are 3 double rooms, each with a private bathroom and free internet.

Overlooking the centre of Codrington village, it is easy to find this popular inn. The 4 bright guest rooms have comfortable queen beds.

Terracotta House is nestled amid lush vegetation at a convenient midpoint between Barbuda's main village and its sprawling coastline.

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SUITE VACATION LIVING AT THE GUNPOWDER HOUSE Gunpowder House is idyllically set with worldclass views on a 2-acre headland, a short 100yard water crossing from the historic Nelson’s Dockyard. It is a fabulous new extension to the equally historic and graceful Admiral’s Inn Hotel.

The Deeth family has created a destination of unrivalled charm and inspirational design by converting an 18th century gunpowder magazine into four deluxe junior suites with unparalleled views, all modern amenities and an art gallery housing photographic and painting exhibitions.

Overlooking the still waters of English Harbour and magnificent yachts at anchor, this fascinating, restored building is exceptional, with its 18 inch thick walls, barrel vaulted roof and original offset ventilation slits designed to thwart attacking foes. Spacious, airy suites are thoughtfully furnished with four-poster beds, ensuite bathroom facilities, air-conditioning, ceiling fans, minibars, free WiFi, lounge area and a private balcony. Each is seductive and private.

Guests are invited to relax in their surrounds, enjoying impressive views of Nelson’s Dockyard. Every aspect is designed to promote serenity and wellbeing: the landscaped waterside gardens, the sun terrace with daybeds, hammocks and loungers and the infinity edged pool. Boom, the gourmet poolside restaurant, is receiving rave reviews for its fresh, locally sourced food. Invigorating, calming and rejuvenating spa and beauty treatments are offered on-site at the Powder Room Spa. Private tuition or small group yoga classes can also be arranged on-site.

Gunpowder House offers a unique, sophisticated and serene retreat for unwinding but is only minutes away from activities such as tennis, sailing and nightlife if desired. Guests can access the Gunpowder House by road or by private water ferry from Admiral’s Inn – it’s just a couple of minutes away. The boat can also take guests to and from the nearby beach or on snorkelling trips.

Antigua has some stunning and original accommodation options and the Gunpowder House is one of the island’s finest. For travellers looking to combine old-world charm with 21st century facilities and sophistication, the Gunpowder Suites and Boom restaurant are very hard to beat.

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EXCELLENCE IN CUSTOMER SERVICES MEET OUR AMAZING BEHIND THE SCENES STAFF

Photo: The Inn at English Harbour

Visitors come to Antigua and Barbuda for the beaches, the sea and the wonderful scenery. But they also come, and keep on coming, because of the exceptional service they receive from dedicated staff at our hotels, resorts and businesses.

This makes our islands supreme in the Caribbean – we set a standard few others can match – and it is why the Antigua and Barbuda experience is second to none. We take you to meet some of the amazing people who are behind this great achievement in hospitality standards.

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P ROPERT I ES & ACCOM M ODAT I ON MEET CARLEEN Carleen Bucknor started her hospitality career working at the St. James’s Club Resort. In the early days she could hardly manage a tray of drinks without spilling it but as time went on she practised until she became proficient and was soon promoted to a bar tender. She learned how to make cocktails, she remembered her customers’ preferred drinks and how they liked them mixed, and soon became an expert mixologist. Carleen’s warm and bubbly personality shone and guests would choose to wait for her to become free to mix their cocktails.

Carleen is now a waitress at Sugar Ridge where she puts her popularity down to simply ‘being herself’.

“Once you love yourself, life is easy,” she says, “And it’s up to me to make visitors enjoy their stay in Antigua and Barbuda as much as possible.”

On one occasion Carleen recalls, she secretly decorated a breakfast table for a resident couple – it was the wife’s birthday. Only later, when the wife became overwhelmed by her beautiful gesture did Carleen learn that her guest had only just recovered from a serious illness. “You don’t know the reason people take a holiday, so each one must be perfect. And that way they may return.”

Sugar Ridge receives many repeat guests, and Carleen makes a point of remembering her customers, so if and when they come again she is quickly able to establish a rapport with them. “I came to work at Sugar Ridge to shine, and I want this hotel to shine too,” she says. “I want people to know that when they come here they are in good hands. I have no time for negatives.

There are only positive vibes in my life and in my work.

I’m too blessed to be stressed.”

is a strong and charismatic leader with an exceptional knowledge of food and wine. Since the opening of Carlisle Bay when he was the Indigo Restaurant manager, Michael has had a deep affinity for Antigua, its culture, scenery and people. His new promotion is indicative of how dedicated he is to the development of premium hospitality standards.

Michael believes in high quality service and he brings his international experience with him every day.

He endeavours to teach ‘maximum hospitality etiquette’ to the new generation of staff so that this industry can grow from within. His mantra is ‘passion’ when it comes to serving and interacting with guests.

Recognized for his knowledge and skills, Michael is often called upon by others within the industry to consult and offer opinions and advice. “I believe in superior service,” he says. “And Antigua is the perfect place to develop service to its highest possible level.”

MEET SHIRALYN ‘Star Employee’ Shiralyn Richards greets all guests of the Terrace Restaurant at The Inn at English Harbour hotel with a bubbling personality and a beaming smile.

Known for her dedication, hard work and attention to detail, Shiralyn is the consummate professional; reliable, punctual, personable and extremely hard-working. And it is not just on the restaurant floor that she shines. Behind the scenes she is an effective team leader, always setting a great example to colleagues; her attention to detail adds to the restaurant’s dining experience, even ensuring every guest’s individual needs are properly attended to.

“Shiralyn epitomizes what it means to be a star employee,” says The Inn’s owner Susanna Addari. “And it is no accident that she is regularly our Employee of the Month.”

MEET DAVID David Browne is sous-chef at Galley Bay Resort & Spa. He has spent the last 14 years working his way up through the ranks, occasionally spending time at Palm Island Resort to cover staff vacations. Although he was already a trained and qualified chef when he joined Galley Bay – he went to Wingate College in New York – he worked as a line cook for the experience until an opening became available.

David grew up in and around restaurants, he is from a culinary family, though he is the only sibling to go on and become a chef. He recalls his parents’ encouragement as he takes pleasure in watching guests enjoy the food he has cooked. “It gives me a sense of pride,” he says.

“When they marvel at the dishes in front of them I think it makes them feel special.”

David enjoys culinary competitions - he was the winner of Antigua’s first annual Mango Festival Chef’s Competition – and he spends a lot of time mentoring Galley Bay’s new and young members of staff. He even tries to involve the dishwashers, ensuring they also learn new things. Recently David established the twoday Young Masters of Culinary competition for young line cooks, testing both their cooking skills as well as their general proficiency in the kitchen.

David makes every effort to ensure his guests’ needs are catered for, especially if they are dietary or medical in the form of allergies. He goes through menus with such guests on a one-to-one basis, ensuring that what he prepares is safe as well as delicious, and in doing so he provides peace of mind and relaxation for all of Galley Bay’s visiting holidaymakers.

MEET MICHAEL Before his recent promotion to guest and public relations director, Michael Eutrope was the food and beverage manager at the Carlisle Bay Resort. Prior to coming to Antigua, he worked in Europe and even opened an English pub in his childhood home in France.

Multi-lingual and with over 20 years experience, Michael

MEET KIMSHEBA Kimsheba Vouzan has worked for the Trade Winds Hotel for 15 years. She loves her work and prides herself on her standard of service. “Customers can see that I love what I’m doing,” she says. “I’m always as pleasant as possible, even if I’m having a bad day personally. You can’t let this come across. It’s quite easy for me because SI M P L Y A N T I GUA B A R B UD A

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Kimsheba is usually the first face that guests see when they arrive at Trade Winds. “You have to bear in mind people may have had a long or disrupted journey. So I give them a big warm smile. It’s a real boost to me when people are happy with the service they receive. I was raised that way.”

Although her main job is working at the front Desk, Kimsheba has taught herself other skills. She has learned how to dress rooms for a honeymoon, even how to make a ‘love swan’ from a towel.

“I’m not just a receptionist, I psychoanalyse my guests! It’s important to understand and cater to their individual needs. I like to go that extra mile and get a smile out of each and every customer.”

MEET NATASHA AND CALVIN The Island Provision Group of Companies (IPL) understands the importance of excellence in customer service. Committed to a timely and efficient service, the IPL staff do not simply deal in face-to-face encounters with their customers, they offer an experience and strive to not only meet, but exceed expectations.

Natasha Burton-Joseph has worked for IPL for over 16 years. Her career began on the Gourmet Basket supermarket floor and now she works in the sales team within the wholesale division.

“When I was learning the ropes I used to stay late just to familiarize myself with our merchandise, sometimes I am the first person in office and the last to leave if I need to stay abreast of an order and provide updates to a client,” she says. “I also like to learn greater product insight from brand representatives when they come to visit. This is knowledge I can pass on to my customers.”

Natasha and her colleagues express genuine care and concern for their business and their clientele.

Seeing each client satisfied and knowing that they’ve made every effort to meet the client’s needs makes them happy to have accomplished an excellent level of customer service. “My main goal is to make customers happy,” she says.

Calvin Lockhart is a sales and customer service representative who recalls that one of his proudest moments at work happened when a captain of a visiting yacht didn’t receive his goods because the delivery team went to the wrong dock on account of an error in communication. Time restraints saw the delivery team returning to base with the goods not having been delivered and needless to say the boat captain was not happy.

Unable to let this error rest, Calvin sprung into action; placed the goods into his own car and raced to the correct dock. He made it in time and the captain and crew - who were spending their final day in Antigua - were absolutely delighted by his extraordinary effort.

“You should have seen the happiness on their faces”, he says. “It was a most satisfying moment”.

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This is just a snapshot of what takes place behind the scenes and in the minds of those dedicated to exemplary service standards within the Antigua and Barbuda hospitality sector.

Customer service in our beautiful destination continues to be number one in the region and, thanks to people like Carleen, David, Kimsheba, Michael, Shiralyn, Natasha and Calvin, visitors continue to return again and again.

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(Formerly Club Colonna Beach Hotel), Hodge’s Bay, St. John’s T: (268) 562 8330 | T: (268) 720 0134 E: info@oceanpointantigua.com www.oceanpointantigua.com Ocean Point Resort & Spa is a Mediterranean styled, newly renovated oceanfront hotel with hospitality, courtesy and quality at it’s heart. The well-situated property has fully equipped, air-conditioned rooms, a secluded beach, large swimming pool, a Spa, free WiFi and parking. Multi-lingual staff are on hand to make your stay comfortable, help you to rent a car/scooter or organize excursions. The enchanting beachfront Italian Restaurant & Bar is open to the public. Ocean Point Resort & Spa is only 3 km from Cedar Valley Golf Course and 5 minutes drive from V. C. Bird International Airport. No children under 16 allowed.

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VANISHING SAIL THE STORY OF A CARIBBEAN TRADITION Written by Paul Crask, Images by Alexis Andrews

Calisha, Alwyn’s granddaughter filming in the forest.

The moving spectacle of the annual Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta is one of traditional craft spurred on by the trade winds and crewed by competitors who have as much passion for maritime heritage as they do for the spirit of the race itself. It is thanks in part to such people that Caribbean boat building skills have survived, albeit it by a fragile thread; a story that has been thoughtfully narrated and artistically portrayed in Alexis Andrews’ film, Vanishing Sail.

“After 12 years of photographing yachts of all descriptions in the West Indies and beyond, I had reached a pivotal moment in my career and was searching for something with deeper meaning,” says Alexis. “I found this in the simple lines of a Carriacou fishing sloop in Antigua. A friend and I rebuilt Summer Wind over several months and then sailed the vessel back to her birthplace in order to meet her creator. I later learned by coincidence that my wife’s grandfather came from the same island!”

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Film still of Alwyn Enoe, Master Boatbuilder.

was home to Scottish boat builders as far back as the 1830s. Small wooden sailboats that were primarily used for fishing soon became something larger and far more significant to the region. A boat building industry was born here and, from the 1830s to the mid 1900s, boats were being constructed by master craftsmen all over the island. According to records, in 1929 alone, a total of 129 trading sloops and schooners were constructed and launched by the skilled boat builders of little Carriacou.

Vintage clips, dramatic cinematography and interviews with seasoned Kayaks (the name these islanders give themselves) weave through Alexis’ film and help us to understand this heritage, to witness how these vessels were built for a thriving inter-island trade, and to hear about how they were often filled with everything from cows to cement, as well as regular stashes of smuggled contraband.

Buying alcohol and tobacco on St. Barths and then offloading on a beach in the southern Grenadines was just one way in which the islands of this region were connected by people, trade, wood and sail. By

Vanishing Sail producer, Justin Sihera recording audio on the bayside.

the mid 1900s, as it became ever more common for ships to be constructed of steel, the boat building industry of this small Caribbean island slid into decline until all that was left were the memories, the breeze blowing through silent tool sheds, and the stories of how things used to be.

Yet just when Carriacou’s boat building heritage seemed to have been permanently consigned to the history books, a fresh wind of hope arrived in the shape of Caribbean sailing regattas that embraced the participation of traditional wooden vessels alongside their modern counterparts.

At the heart of Vanishing Sail is Alwyn Enoe, one of the few remaining Carriacou boat builders of his generation, and the story of how he sets himself the target of building his final boat, a sloop for the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, in the hope that his sons will help him complete it in time and thereby inherit and continue to apply the skills he hands down to them. And so the shoreline of Windward bears witness to the transfer of knowledge from one generation to another, to the sound of sawing

SECT I ONS Vintage clips, dramatic cinematography and interviews with seasoned Kayaks (the name these islanders give themselves) weave through Alexis’ film and help us to understand this heritage, to witness how these vessels were built for a thriving inter-island trade...

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Film still of Jassie Compton, Carriacou’s greatest boatbuilder and Alwyn’s mentor.

The house of Vessel Man, Hope McLawrence.

and hammering echoing across the stillness of the island, and to the appearance along the water’s edge of the skeletal frame of a wooden sloop like a ghostly apparition from the distant past.

“If this thing gone from here, everything gone you know,” says Alwyn, reminding us how important and how fragile the preservation of traditional skills has become in the modern age.

The film follows the trials of the old master boat builder and his two sons right up to the traditional launching ceremony when people from all corners of the island turn up to enjoy and participate in the event. Meats, provisions and traditional coucou (a corn and coconut milk dish) are cooked in large iron pots over open fires, rum and beer flow freely, and songs are sung to the accompaniment of guitars and fiddles, once again reminding us of the islanders’ Scottish ancestry. When the moment of truth finally arrives, rum is splashed on the ground 126

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Film still of the Carriacou Sloop Good Expectation.

for luck, the boat is formally named, the wooden props supporting the vessel on land are cut down with axes, and men gather to heave the boat over rollers until it slides silently into the sea.

It took several years to make this film and for Alexis it wasn’t all plain sailing.

“No-one in Carriacou was keen on being filmed,” he says. “Trust was built gradually over the years, spending time together fishing and racing in the annual regatta. On more than one occasion I was severely admonished by my crew for trying to film a competitor while helming my own vessel as they overtook us with wide grins.”

Thanks to crowd funding efforts to complete the film, Vanishing Sail was premiered at the 20th St. Barth Film Festival on April 30th 2015, and then subsequently screened at the Dover Primary School in Windward, Carriacou. The entire community came out to watch.

Vanishing Sail, The Story of a Caribbean Tradition is currently screening at international film festivals.

For further information and film updates, please visit www.vanishingsail.com Vanishing Sail Filmaker Alexis Andrews.

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Villa Touloulou ...paradise regained Cobbs Cross, Off Dockyard Drive Falmouth Harbour, St. Paul’s, Antigua T: (268) 561 6395 or 764 6358 E: reservations@villatouloulou.com www.villatouloulou.com If you’ve ever needed one compelling reason to visit Antigua, then here’s one, Villa Touloulou. Located on an English Harbour facing hillside within tranquil Caribbean inspired gardens overlooking the marina bay, beach and sea you will find an inspiring Caribbean home away from home.

Villa Touloulou promotes rest and relaxation. Choose to stay in a studio apartment or one of their two 1-bedroom apartments.

Yepton Estate Holiday Rental Cottages Yepton Estates, Five Islands, Antigua T: (268) 727 3239 | E: reservations@yepton.com www.yepton.com

An award-winning hideaway of six self-catering cottages of various sizes, set in a tropical garden with lagoon views and the Caribbean Sea beyond. There is a small swimming pool and the nearest white sand beach is within a 6-minute walk. Free WIFI, patio BBQ and Cable TV. Enjoy soothing tranquillity as you swing in your hammock listening to the birds by day and tree frogs by night.

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Every day at Trade Winds Hotel starts with a good morning, and a genuinely warm Caribbean welcome.

Leave the crowds behind and be seduced by one of Antigua’s quietest, prettiest, and best-kept, secret hideaways. With a hilltop property of just fifty tranquil rooms designed for sheer tropical comfort it is perfect for newlyweds, couples and business travellers. Be seduced by our lush landscaped gardens set against the azure blue of the Caribbean sky and sea by day, and dramatic sunsets by evening. Soothe yourself in our gorgeous fresh water swimming pool. Dine in our first rate restaurant, The Bay House. Stroll to the closest beach, and then explore our island’s other 364.

Enjoy all our diverse amenities each delivered with excellent service and care.

Book now and enjoy one of the best hotels in Antigua.

Telephone for Hotel or Restaurant Reservations: (268) 462-1223 Trade Winds Hotel, Dickenson Bay, Antigua

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Barbuda Cottages Coral Group Bay, Barbuda T: (268) 722 3050 or Canada: +1 (416) 699-1067 E: info@barbudacottages.com www.barbudacottages.com Get away from it all with miles of unspoiled beach all to yourself. Barbuda’s ecofriendly hideaway is situated on the southwestern coast. The 3 (one 3-bedroom & two 1-bedroom) cottages have been built with your comfort and enjoyment in mind.

Each cottage has a well equipped kitchen including fridge/freezer, gas stove and microwave oven. Pots, pans and cutlery are provided, as well as a coffee maker and toaster. There’s an ocean view from every room, even the closet! The cottages are solar powered. With all the sunshine how could we not take advantage!

Stoneyhill Studio Rental Apartments Ffryes Estate, Nr. Jolly Harbour, Antigua T: (268) 732 8290 or 783 3257 E: karol_stewart@yahoo.com www.stoneyhillstudioapartments.com Nestled in a lush garden on the hillsides of the southwest coast, Stoneyhill offers quaint, self-catering cottages for couples. Each cottage-apartment has a fully equipped kitchen, air-conditioning, a large private patio, a separate living area, and a flat-screen TV. There is also a communal swimming pool.

Your paradise awaits at under $100US per night, with unbelievable sunsets above the turquoise Caribbean Sea. Beautiful beaches are within viewing and walking distance.

Diamond Point Holiday Rental Cabanas Above Dennis Bar & Restaurant Between Ffryes & Little Ffryes Bay, St Mary’s T: (268) 728 5086 E: dennisthomas1_food@hotmail.com Absolutely off the tourist beaten path, poised above the water’s edge of a southwestern Caribbean beach sit 3 rustic hideaway cabanas. Each of the newly completed wooden cabins has a cozy double occupancy bedroom, sea facing porch and private bathroom. This is the ideal couples retreat. Immerse yourself in tranquillity, privacy and nature. Your personable host Dennis will be on hand to assist with any requests.

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"Ideally located on the captivating southern coast of Antigua, The Inn at English Harbour combines picturesque beauty and historic legend in an intimate boutique resort."

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It’s Timmy Time - Angostura Rum. Bush Teas A. S. Bryden & Sons (Antigua).

Trending Now in the Wine & Spirit World.

Night Bites After Dark Street Food Vendors & Venues.

Rising To Perfection Nadia Robinson - Chef Profile.

Fresh Milk - Straight From The Cow. A Year In The Life Of...

Chef Christopher Terry.

Young Masters of Culinary.

Rodrick Beazer Cooking Cup of the Caribbean.

Caribbean Superfoods.

IPL in the Community.

YAO - What’s in a Name?

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Antigua and Barbuda’s most comprehensive guide to locating food and drink venues across our beautiful islands. We introduce you to our delicious establishments, from fine food and wine purveyors to internationally renowned restaurants and their talented chefs and bartenders.

Discover tempting street food, rustic rum shops and become friends with our local farming communities that add so much freshness and variety to our diet.

OPENING IMAGE A special thank you to the excellent F&V fruit & vegetable stall along the Potters Main Road, St. John’s for supplying most of the beautiful produce on the opening image.

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Inspiration- Millers by the Sea La Bussola Le Bistro French Rest.

Nigel’s Restaurant Premier Cru Russell’s Seafood Rest.

Sottovento on the Beach

Ali Baba Alligators Antiguan Black Rum Cakes Bacchus Wines Best Cellars Wines & Spirits Big Banana 17º 61º Pizza Brydens Buba’s Hideout Café Bella Café Shattoo C & C Wine Bar Cheers Antigua Chef-4-Rent-Events Chef’s World Colesome Farmers Market Dan’s Bar & Grill Delightful Chinese F & V Fruit & Veg Stall Fragolosa Italian Gelato Francisco’s Indian Rest.

Fred’s Waffles & Ice Cream Fresh to Order Harbour View Bar & Café Honey Cutter’s Ilan Chefs Restaurant Indies Greens In The Backyard Island B-Hive Island Gourmet Boutique Island Provision Ltd. Jacky’s Fruit & Veg Joe Mike’s Hotel Kennedy’s Classic Kennedy’s Wine Boutique Kerry’s Hot Spot La Flamboyant Restaurant

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Poor People’s Palace Premier Cru Quin Farara Company Ltd. Rehab Bar & Lounge Roti King Spices of India Stoute Fisheries Sweet Dreams Cakes Ticchio Italian Importers The Captain’s Table The Larder Touloulou Asian Restaurant Tucker on the Grill Verna’s Roti Hut

Upper Long Street Friars Hill Road Nugent Avenue Townhouse Plaza St. Mary’s Street Village Walk Mall Islandwide St. John’s Woods Centre Point Fishery Wharf Royal Palm Place Off Marble Hill Road New Winthropes Off Brown’s Avenue

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Castaways Beach Bar Carlisle Bay Carmichael’s Carvell’s Cook Shop Curtain Bluff-Sea Grape Curtain Bluff-Tamarind Tree Darkwood Beach Bar Dennis Bar & Restaurant Hezzy Homegrown Farm OJ’s Bar & Restaurant Miracle’s Sheer Rocks Restaurant Sugar Club The Nest Beach Bar Turners Beach Restaurant

Jolly Harbour Old Road Jolly Harbour Crabbe Hill Old Road Village Old Road Village Darkwood Beach Little Ffryes & Ffryes Bay Jennings Main Road Crabbe Hill Jolly Harbour Main Road Cocobay Resort Jolly Harbour Valley Church Beach Johnson’s Point

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Afro Sushi Ana’s on the Beach Bay House Restaurant

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Boom Bumpkins Cambusa Cap Horn Catherine’s Café Plage Cloggy’s

Admiral’s Inn, Nelson’s Dockyard Pigeon Beach Falmouth Harbour Dockyard Drive, English Harbour Pigeon Beach Antigua Yacht Club

460-1027 562-2522 562-2226 460-1194 460-5050 460-6910

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Galley Bar Grace Before Meals Harmony Hall Island Fusion Jane’s BBQ La Mia Cucina Life on the Corner Papa’s Pillars Restaurant Pirate’s Pizza Road House Seafood Fridays Sun Ra The Captain’s Quarters Trappas Bar & Rest.

Tropical Time Out VJ’s Bakery

Nelson’s Dockyard Dockyard Drive Brown’s Bay Liberta Village Main Road Falmouth Main Road Falmouth Main Road English Harbour Falmouth Harbour Admiral’s Inn, Nelson’s Dockyard Dockyard Drive, English Harbour New Field Main Road Nelson’s Dockyard Falmouth Main Road Falmouth Harbour Dockyard Drive, English Harbour Wilikies Main Road Liberta Village

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Gambles Medical Centre, Friar’s Hill Rd, St. John’s. Tel: +1-268-560-CHEF (2433) Cell: +1-268-726-3233 Email: julian@candw.ag

We have the perfect recipe for making life easier in the kitchen. We’re Antigua’s first and only one-stop store for the professional hotelier, restaurateur and home cook.

We’re available 24/7 for those unavoidable emergencies, breakages or unexpected dinner guests.

From kitchen design to slicing the steak on your plate.

If you love cooking, you’ll love Chef’s World.

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Chef’s World has the perfect recipe for making life easier in the kitchen. We’re Antigua’s first and only one-stop store for the professional hotelier, restaurateur and home cook. We’re available 24/7 for those unavoidable emergencies, breakages or unexpected dinner guests. From kitchen design to slicing the steak on your plate. If you love cooking, you’ll love Chef’s World.

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Wine Bar & Coffee Shop Bacchus Divine Wines is an intimate and professional wine merchant, owned and run by French-Antiguan Paul Noury. They provide a fine range of exquisite wines for individual customers, the professional yacht market and Antigua's most exclusive restaurants and hotels. Retail and Wholesale Wines & Nespresso Coffee.

Next to Gazebo, Abbotts Farm Road, Off Friars Hill Road, St. John’s t/f: (268) 562-8739 | c: (268) 464-4589 | e: polon99@yahoo.com

As you travel around our islands keep an eye out for great local spots and shops along the way

Tilagro Farm Antigua

Jane’s BBQ English Harbour

Bring your fishing rod and try to catch your own Tilapia fish! A great spot for relaxing by the pond, kids parties, events and you can also pick up salad vegetables Lightfoot, Off Factory Road, St. John’s - T: (268) 771 6136

Enjoy excellent home-cooked local lunches like oxtail, fresh fish, curry goat at great prices, at this popular waterfront, pop-up eatery.

Call ahead to order in advance.

Harbourside, Falmouth Main Road, St. Paul’s - T: (268) 728-8325

Elaine’s Culture Shop

Tropical Time Out - Ice Parlor

Visit Elaine’s roadside stall selling fresh fruit, hot sauces, preserves and honey.

The Culture Shop, Fig Tree Drive - Winter Season Airport Road, By Henderson’s - Summer Season

Hezzy’s Homegrown Farm

Stop off at Hezzy’s roadside fruit and vegetable market and pick up whatever is in season.

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On your way to or from Long Bay or Devil’s Bridge stop for a delicious ice cream, light bite or cold drink at this cute neighbourhood snackette.

Wilikies Main Road, St. Philips - T: (268) 774-6511

Poor People’s Palace - Vegan Eatery

Sister INandi Amina and her team serve excellent Ital meals flavoured with coconut milk, fresh herbs and spices.

Open Mon-Fri from 11:00am-8:00pm. Call ahead.

Upper Long Street, St. John’s - T: (268) 724-2158

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Carvell’s Cook Shop

Grace Before Meals

Local style lunches with rice or ground provision. Amazing seafood soups and dishes, especially on Saturdays.

Open lunchtimes Monday-Saturday. T: (268) 783 0384 Crabbe Hill, Opp. Jacqui O’s, St. Mary’s

Don’t just read about Grace’s on Tripadvisor! Visit Grace for yourself and enjoy great Caribbean food in the harbour.

Open lunchtimes Monday-Saturday. T: (268) 460-1298 Dockyard Drive, Next to Cap Horn, English Harbour

Buba’s Hideout

Roasted Corn

Check out this great little bar & eatery with breathtaking views of Mount Obama and Body Pond. Open Thurs-Sun 5:00pm until late. Buckley’s Village Buba’s Ave. T: (268) 732-1213, 771-0919, 460-2573

F & V Fruit & Veg Stall

Buy locally grown produce from Francine’s she has a huge range of healthy foods for your wellbeing.

Potters Main Road, St. John’s T: (268) 776-4425, 784-2637

Keep your eyes peeled for vendors selling roast corn on the sides of the road. One regular corn stand vendor is located opposite the St. John’s public market on Market Street just by the West Bus station. Another can be found on the side street between Lower Redcliffe Street and Lower Nevis Street.

Lion Pavilion Ital Restaurant

Enjoy the ital delights this family run vegetarian restaurant which serves fabulous dishes created from all grown locally produce from Colesome Farmers Market.

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Timmy collects his trophy and cheque from Angostura reps, Marlon Boysielal (Area Manager), Raymond Edwards (Angostura’s Chief Mixologist) and Lisa & David Farara of Quin Farara Co. Ltd., Angostura’s Distributor in Antigua.

At the recently concluded Antigua leg of the Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge (AGCC) which took place at the Antigua and Barbuda Hospitality Training Institute, Daniel “Timmy” Thomas of Nonsuch Bay Resort emerged as victor out of a group of eleven dynamic, innovative and enthusiastic competitors.

Timmy, as he is best known, is head bartender at the very popular Nonsuch Bay Resort where he has been employed for the past 5 years. Timmy believes in hard work and dedication as he started his career as a bar hand nineteen years ago.

Timmy lists among his influencers Mr Trevor Isaac, a man who Timmy believes is still as great a bartender as can be found on the island.

While Timmy’s job description says “bartender”, he has now entered the realm of Brand Ambassador, a role he will assume for The House of Angostura, makers of the world famous ANGOSTURA® aromatic bitters and ANGOSTURA® orange bitters among a list of fine Caribbean rums such as Angostura 1824, Angostura 1919, Angostura 7 year old and Angostura 5 year old. He will also represent White Oak rum, Fernandes Black Label and Angostura LLB, favourites in Antigua.

“Timmy’s role as brand ambassador will be to grow the Angostura brand in Antigua while working along with the local distributor, Quin Farara’s. This will be done through a series of appearances, workshops and even bartender challenges that will take place around the island in the coming months” so says Marlon Boysielal, Area Manager for The House of Angostura. Timmy can be contacted for events through Quin Farara’s on (268) 462-3198 or you can come into the Quin Farara Village Walk Store for further information. If you are so inclined, mix Timmy’s winning cocktail called ‘Old Time Something’ for yourself. Cocktail recipe overleaf.

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Old Time Something Angostura 1919 Rum Cocktail SERVES 1 INGREDIENTS: 2 tea bags 2 oz Angostura 1919 Rum ½ fresh local lemon, juiced 4 oz mixed tea infused with local honey 1 oz brown sugar syrup 2 dashes Angostura® Orange Bitters GARNISH: Lemon peel and a sprig of basil METHOD: Place tea bags into empty glass with Angostura 1919 Rum to infuse, pour infused mixture into cocktail shaker along with all other ingredients.

Shake, then pour into highball glass filled with ice.

Garnish with lemon peel and basil.

BUSH TEAS

Bartender DANIEL “TIMMY” THOMAS Nonsuch Bay Resort Angostura Brand Ambassador

Bitter Bush

NOT JUST YOUR REGULAR BREW

Literally steeped in tradition, the tea drinking culture of the West Indies is not just limited to regular tea-in-a-bag beverages. But freshly picked leaf infusions have traditionally been part of our daily drinking habit and seen as a first line of defence to ward off any ailments. With all the prescriptions and over the counter remedies we use, it is hard to imagine that cures for all our ills once came from the bush. Our parents even insisted that some foul tasting concoctions were good for us. As Bob Marley said, “Herb is the healing of the nation”. Some bush teas actually do bring health benefits, but be warned, some should be used occasionally and with caution.

Soursop leaves are used to calm and induce sleep. Also used for fever, bladder problems, diarrhoea, coughs and indigestion.

Fever grass, (Lemongrass) traditionally drunk in the morning can aid digestion and help to lower blood pressure.

Hibiscus tea made from the flower has potent antioxidants essential in our diet.

This tea may be served either hot or as an iced tea.

Angostura 1919 Rum and Angostura® Orange Bitters

Bitter bush, (Foul batty or Cerasee) is a powerful and bitter herb which should be used with restraint. With occasional use it can be beneficial for detoxification, rheumatism and menstrual problems among other ailments.

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Home Care & Personal Care

Health & Wellness Pharmaceutical

Wines,Spirits & Beer

Food Services

A. S. Bryden & Sons (Antigua) Ltd. has been in business since 1964 and is Antigua’s largest marketing and distribution company. With a business reputation second to none, Brydens supplies the island with high quality consumer, food, health & wellness products and is a major player in the spirit, wine and beer markets.

The late Mr. William “Bill” Minors laid the foundation for the Brydens company and though its original focus was on consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and spirits, the food service division was added in August 2000 under the leadership of its general manager, Gregory Mazely. Mr Mazely instilled a sharp focus on a high level of customer service, transparent and reputable business dealings, and consistently competitive pricing, which still remains unrivalled. Nowadays, the Food Service Division offers same day deliveries and guarantees high quality food products.

In 2007 Ms. Frances-Ann Minors became Managing Director of the company and her new role was cemented after the sudden passing of her father.

Frances-Ann remained true to the founding values imparted by her father and has continued on the journey to develop Brydens to be an enterprising player within the industry, servicing its customers with a broad range of high quality products and international well-loved brands such as Bacardi, Patron, El Dorado, Kraft, Mondolez and Kimberley Clarke.

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Wine Division to Brydens in 2012. Its growing reputation for fine wines and liqueurs has enabled the company to successfully align itself with many deluxe hotels, guesthouses, private villas, high-end restaurants, and major supermarkets.

In a continuous quest for excellence, Brydens Wine Club ‘Cuvee’ was created and its extensive wine collection covers most wine regions of the globe, from established European vineyards to those of the New World. Well known names include E. & J. Gallo and the Barefoot family, Robert Mondavi, Masi, Beni Di Batasiolo, Fantinel, Planeta, and the list goes on and on.

Brydens also represents Champagne Billecart-Salmon, which is reputedly one of the wine trade’s best kept secrets, producing some of the most tantalizing and elegant Champagnes. Brydens also carries Champagne Duval-Leroy which is one of the last boutique Champagne houses to remain family-owned.

A company that began with just five employees and ten product lines, Brydens can now boast 152 employees and over one hundred different brands and product lines. Their consumer-centric approach to business combined with an unparalleled portfolio of high quality commercial products, means customers continue to come back to them again and again.

A better future, a brighter day, from humble beginnings to one of Antigua’s most successful business enterprises, this has been and will continue to be the Brydens way.

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Brydens Wine Club

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Corner Fort & Anchorage Roads, St. John’s, Antigua E. asbryden@candw.ag T: (268) 462-1810 / 11 F: (268) 462-1591 facebook.com/brydensantigua

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PROSECCO Fantinel: One & Only Brut and Rosé Prosecco

BAROLO You had me at Barolo…

Prosecco, the new kid on the block, is wildly outstripping sales of Champagne. A fresh and excellent Italian sparkling wine, Prosecco is not only the most fashionable bubbly out there; it’s also more affordable. The familyowned 40 year-old Fantinel winery enjoys the cool air of the Alps and the warm sunshine of the Adriatic Sea, making Fantinel’s Prosecco fresh, crisp, and a pure expression of its origins.

One & Only is Fantinel’s latest offering. Limited edition, sophisticated and perfect for the Prosecco connoisseur, this new wine has a supremely pleasurable feel. The Rosé, intense pink from a combination of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, has a stimulating bouquet and is delicately dry, with notes of fresh berries.

Like anything worthwhile in life Barolo wines aren’t for everyone, but they are among the great red wines of The Piedmont region of Italy. The words luxury, opulence, and exceptional come to mind when discussing Beni di Batasiolo’s wines. A fine range symbolic of the bond between farmer and vineyard. The Cru of Batasiolo is award-winning and magnificent. Fiorenzo Dogliani, owner of the Beni di Batasiolo winery, travels the globe hosting Barolo white truffle dinners, one of which will be hosted in Antigua early in 2016.

MOSCATO Batasiolo Moscato D’Asti and Moscato Moscato, Italian word for “Muscat” is an aromatic white grape varietal that is taking the US by storm. It is deemed to be the offspring of the fashionable Prosecco.

Floral, often with tones of orange blossom and peach, this sweet wine can be anything from still to sparkling. The award-winning Batasiolo Moscato d’Asti is a golden dessert wine, with a slight fizz which has tones of peach and apricot. It’s a splendid accompaniment to fruit desserts and stuffed pastry. Californian wine giant E. & J. Gallo is also putting its weight behind Moscato wines and its Barefoot Moscato range epitomizes California cool and relaxed easy drinking.

Ultra Premium Tequila Patron Tequilla Using the highest quality rich blue agave in Jalisco, Mexico, which takes seven years to mature and sweeten, Patron, makers of the world’s highest quality ultra premium tequila, pays so much attention to detail and craftsmanship during the production process, that each bottle of Patron Tequila is inspected and even hand polished. A passion for excellence, quality and perfection guides everything they do.

A. S. Bryden & Sons (Antigua) Ltd. is the sole distributor of Patrón Spirits and their tequila portfolio includes Gran Patrón Platinum, Patrón Silver, Patrón Reposado and Patrón Añejo. The range also extends to Patrón XO Café liqueurs and Patrón Citrónge liqueurs.

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Le Bistro

French Restaurant Hodges Bay, St. John’s, T: (268) 462 3881 | F: (268) 461 5543 E: pgbistro@candw.ag www.antigualebistro.com Experience a real sense of occasion...

Le Bistro, Antigua’s first authentic French restaurant, was opened in 1981.

Since then, their popularity, with both visitors and locals, has never waned.

Today, Le Bistro is, and remains one of Antigua’s most frequented restaurants.

Dining here is close to luxurious perfection

Your evening will be filled with French chic and Caribbean zest, as Le Bistro always puts luxury on a plate.

Opening Hours: Tuesday - Sunday from 6:30pm with last orders at 10:30pm.

Closed on Mondays. $$$

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Coconut Grove Antigua Restaurant & Bar Dickenson Bay, St. John’s T: (268) 462 1538 | F: (268) 462 2162 E: coconut@candw.ag www.coconutgroveantigua.com For 15 years Coconut Grove has been serving excellent breakfast, lunch and dinner on Dickenson Bay Beach. With its enviable position, this time-honoured beachfront bar and restaurant is a must on your agenda. Enjoy the setting for 365 days and evenings, as Coconut Grove never closes.

It has been said that Coconut Grove is, “Every visitor’s dream of what a Caribbean restaurant should be...”

Opening Hours: Open for Breakfast from 7:00am, Lunch & Dinner 7 days a week. Coconut Grove is open all year round, they never close. $$$

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BEACHLIMERZ...ABSOLUTELY! BeachLimerZ welcomes you to paradise. Located on the beach, footsteps from the sea at Antigua’s historic Fort James. Here you will experience a celebration of Antiguan culture and Caribbean cuisine, live music and entertainment. Wearing an easy smile the bar staff will serve your favourite tipple in next to no time. BeachLimerZ is the place where good food, good company, and good music come together in a perfect beach setting.

Fort James Beach, St. John’s, Antigua Tel. 268.562.8574 • Email. info@beachlimerz.com

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Russell’s

Bar & Seafood Restaurant Fort James Beach, St. John’s T: (268) 462 5479 | C: (268) 726 5242 E: russellsfortjames@gmail.com

Steeped in history, Fort James is home to the sympathetically renovated Russell’s Bar & Seafood Restaurant. Russell Hodge, whose untimely passing rocked the nation, founded the restaurant, but his charming daughter Danielle continues to run this legendary establishment. On Saturdays enjoy traditional local dishes. Sample their cockles, fritters and black pudding.

Opening Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10.30-until. Sunday & Monday closed.

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By day or night, a most stunning venue. Russell’s can be booked for weddings and private events.

Chippy Antigua Fish & Chip Van Dickenson Bay, Between Buccaneer Beach Club & Marina Bay Apartments, St. John’s T: (268) 724 1166 or 721 2343 or 734-8945 E: chippyantigua@msn.com Why not enjoy a fun family experience eating British style fish and chips like at the seaside in England – only with a Caribbean twist and a warmer location.

David and Jane your friendly hosts run Chippy Antigua and provide a quick and easy take-out or dine underneath the stars service from their colourful chippy food truck next to the beach at Dickenson Bay. Opening Hours: Open all year round. Wednesday and Friday evenings between 4:00pm-9:00pm. Can be hired for private functions. $$

Have Fish Will Travel... to Dave & Jane’s famous Chippy Van. Always a jovial atmosphere and friendly welcome to all customers.

Inspiration Miller’s By the Sea Fort James Beach, St. John’s T: (268) 462 9414 E: deborah2868@gmail.com

An ever-popular bastion of entertainment, the new and reformed Inspiration at Miller’s by the Sea offers a new dining experience. Inspiration hosts various regular attractions such as Poetry Passion on Wednesday nights from 7pm, West Indian breakfast and all you can eat lunch on Sundays and various music events. Enjoy beach volleyball, sun loungers, beach umbrellas, shade and more.

Opening Hours: Open Daily. Monday-Saturday 10.00am-until. Sunday 8:30am onwards for West Indian Breakfast, Brunch or All-you-can-eat until 3pm. $$

Come by and be inspired at the all new Miller’s by the Sea.

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RECIPE

Squid stuffed with Lobster-Chorizo Risotto served on Fried Plantain SERVES 4 INGREDIENTS: RISOTTO 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 small onion (or two shallots), finely diced 100g chorizo, diced 1 cups Arborio rice ¼ cup dry white wine 3 cups hot chicken broth ¼ cup butter Meat from 1 cooked lobster, diced ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese Freshly ground black pepper to taste

Executive Chef JEAN FRANÇOIS BELLANGER Coconut Grove Restaurant

INGREDIENTS: SQUID 8 medium whole squid, cleaned ½ tsp fresh thyme leaves 1 tsp seasoned salt ¼ tsp ground cayenne pepper ¼ cup olive oil 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced Freshly ground pepper & salt 1 lemon, juiced and zest grated

METHOD FOR RISOTTO: Fry the diced chorizo in a small frying pan. Set aside. In a large skillet, sauté the garlic and onion in olive oil until translucent, then add the rice and stir quickly until it is well-coated and opaque, about 1 minute. Stir in the wine and cook until it is nearly all evaporated. Add the chicken broth ½ cup at a time, slowly stirring on a med-low heat and making sure the rice doesn’t stick to the sides of the pan. Continue to cook and stir, 150

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allowing the rice to absorb each portion of broth until the risotto is slightly firm and creamy, or al dente. This takes about 20 minutes. Add the butter, grated Parmesan, lobster and chorizo. Set aside

In a large frying pan, heat the olive oil and add the garlic. Cook for about 1 minute on mediumhigh heat. Add the stuffed squid and cook until the meat starts changing colour and becomes slightly golden.

METHOD FOR SQUID: Combine the three seasonings in a small bowl.

Season squid, then gently stuff each one with the risotto mixture. Seal the opening with a toothpick.

TO SERVE: Remove squid from pan and season to taste.

Serve on top of fried plantain. Drizzle with lemon juice and sprinkle with zest.

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Sweet Mango & Soursop Spring Rolls with West Indian Cherry Syrup

Executive Chef JEAN FRANÇOIS BELLANGER Coconut Grove Restaurant

SERVES 4 INGREDIENTS: CHERRY SYRUP ½ lb West Indian cherries, washed 2 cups water ½ cup sugar ¼ cup lemon juice, freshly squeezed ¼ cup orange juice INGREDIENTS: SPRING ROLLS 12 small spring roll wrappers 12 slices mango, about 1-inch in length by ½ inch thick 1 ripe soursop, peeled deseeded 1 egg white, lightly whisked 4 tbsp vegetable oil GARNISH Honey, for brushing ¼ cup fresh coconut flakes, toasted

METHOD FOR CHERRY SYRUP: Place the cherries in saucepan with water and bring to the boil. Cover and remove from the heat.

When cool strain through muslin or fine sieve. Set aside juice. Place the sugar, lemon juice and orange juice into a saucepan. Bring to the boil. Boil for five minutes to reduce the mixture by half. Reduce to a simmer and add the cherry juice. Simmer and reduce to syrup consistency. Stir regularly to prevent sticking. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.

corners of the wrapper toward the middle, fold up the bottom corner and then roll up. Seal the top of the wrapper by brushing the edges with a little egg white to help it seal. Place onto a plate seam-side down while preparing the remaining spring rolls.

Heat a wok or small skillet over medium-high heat and add 1 tbsp vegetable oil. Add the rolls a few at a time and shallow fry, turning them as they become golden brown; do not overcrowd the wok. Remove from the wok and drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining rolls, adding extra oil as required.

METHOD FOR SPRING ROLLS: Place a spring roll wrapper in front of you, in the shape of a diamond. Lay a slice of mango and a spoonful of soursop in each wrapper. Fold in the side

TO SERVE: Brush the fried rolls with honey and sprinkle with toasted coconut. Serve immediately with a drizzle of cherry syrup.

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Bay House Restaurant & Bar

Trade Winds Hotel Trade Winds, Dickenson Bay, St. John’s T: (268) 462 1223 | E: info@twhantigua.com www.twhantigua.com Bay House Restaurant at the Trade Winds Hotel is a haven of tropical peace and tranquillity with excellent food. Whether you’re travelling to Antigua for business or leisure expect a heartfelt, homely welcome. The perfect setting with breathtaking views across pretty Dickenson Bay, serving international and regional cuisine overlooking the Caribbean Sea. Romantic dining atmosphere and first class cuisine.

Quality runs through the entire operation at Bay House.

Their passion is reflected in every mouthful.

Opening Hours: Breakfast & Lunch served all day 7:00am -11:00pm. Tapas menu & happy hour daily between 5:00-7:00pm. Dinner menu is served from 6:00pm. $$-$$$

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Nigel’s Restaurant & Bar Trade Winds Drive Halcyon Heights above Dickenson Bay, St. John’s T: (268) 462 1501 | C: (268) 785 3785 E: nigel_joseph2000@yahoo.com Bringing a local vibe to the Dickenson Bay area the former chef from Blu Pineapple has taken up the mantle and reopened the restaurant under his name…“Nigel’s”.

This longstanding restaurant has been where locals and visitors have mingled for almost 30 years. Chef Nigel Joseph is expert at blending superb choice with great affordability. Weddings, parties and private events are catered for in-house.

Join Nigel and his team for a great variety of food with warm service. Chef Gina remains the most amazing pizza chef in Antigua.

Opening Hours: Lunch served Mon-Sat. Dinner served Tues-Sun. Open:10:3010:30pm.Closed on Mondays at 4:30pm. Open on Sundays from 4:00pm. $$

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Afro Sushi Delivery & Catering Paradise View, St. John’s T: (268) 720 2229 or 789 0770 E: afrosushicatering@gmail.com www.facebook.com/AfroSushiAnu Afro Sushi offers fine quality, affordable sushi rolls with an Afro twist! Their signature roll, The Afro, is garnered with roasted chicken. The Sho Nuff with smoked salmon, Tekka Tuna with sushi-grade tuna, the Cali Love, an ode to the California roll, and for hungry eaters, the Mampie doubles up on fish. They also have vegetarian-friendly Veggie roll and the vegan Guava.

Catered orders require at least 48 hours notice so they can provide Sushi For Your Soul!

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Ana’s on the Beach Beachfront Restaurant & Bar

Dickenson Bay Beach Dickenson Bay, P.O. Box 734, St. John’s T: (268) 562 8562 | E: info@anas.ag www.anas.ag True to its name, Ana’s is a spirited and sumptuous beachfront restaurant and art gallery that celebrates one of Antigua’s finest offerings – the beach. Everything at Ana’s gels harmoniously: from the magical setting framed by the Caribbean Sea, to the opulent beachfront cabanas and daybeds for lounging. Dine alfresco on the beachfront, or relax in the Orchid room for a more traditional dining experience.

Opening Hours: Open 7 days a week featuring signature menus & luxury service from 10:00am-Midnight. Daily happy hour 6:00pm-8:00pm. $$$

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“A touch of class hits the beach... This is the type of place you might find on South Beach, Florida,” notes a happy guest.

Cecilia’s High Point Café Dutchman’s Bay Coolidge, Nr. V.C. Bird Intl. Airport, St. John’s T: (268) 562 7070 | E: cecilias@highpointantigua.com www.highpointantigua.com Perched on a pretty outcrop on the water’s edge of the North Atlantic coast, Cecilia’s will capture your imagination and your taste buds. Relax to ambient music and artistic touches in the new garden gazebo or recline with your rosé wine in hand as you enjoy front row ocean views across a soft sandy beach. Take time to savour the fantastic bistro-menu as you linger over a delicious lunch or dinner.

Opening Hours: Open Thursday-Monday from 12:00pm for Lunch. Dinner Monday & Thursday evenings. Closed Tuesdays & Wednesdays. Book in advance. $$$

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By day or night Cecilia’s has a fabulous atmosphere and setting. Only 2 minutes from the airport with free WiFi and beach loungers.

Sottovento Beach Club Hodge’s Bay, St. John’s T: (268) 562 8378 / 8330 | E: info@oceanpointantigua.com www.sottoventoantigua.com

Italian ‘style’ is world famous as is their discerning attitude to ‘service’. At Sottovento guests receive both style, and service at this enchanting beachfront restaurant. Retreat into fabulous surrounds as you relax or swim at the beach or by the pool; receive a massage in the spa overlooking the sea, the perfect place to sip a drink before a delicious lunch or gourmet dinner. Sottovento is a sanctuary where guests may arrive by boat to the private pier.

Opening Hours: Open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner service. $$$

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A divine experience for a business lunch, romantic-moonlit dinner or private wedding.

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Table D’Hôte Garden Restaurant

Friar’s Hill Development, St. John’s T: (268) 560 3534 | C: (268) 764 3534 E: tabledhoteantigua@gmail.com www.tabledhoteantigua.com Tranquil, Exquisite and Affordable dining. A genuinely different culinary experience set in the exquisite surroundings with delicately screened private dining booths, in a lush tropical garden. Literally translated Table D’Hôte means “host’s table”, a French term derived from a meal served to guests at a homely gathering. This dining event allows for a serene, charming and inexpensive meal that doesn’t compromise on quality or service.

Ideal for intimate private events, weddings and functions. The restaurant is intimate. Advance bookings are requested.

Opening Hours: Open Monday-Saturday for dinner from 6:30pm. $$

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La Bussola Italian Restaurant • Pizzeria • Bar Dutchman’s Bay T: (268) 462 8433 | C: (268) 785 5436 or 722 7709 E: labussolantigua@hotmail.com www.labussolarestaurant.net La Bussola has relocated to the site of the old Tides Restaurant on the beachfront at Dutchman’s Bay. Family-run by brothers, Chef Omar and Host Cristian Tagliaventi who grew up in the Umbrian countryside of Italy. Their passion ensures every dish is prepared with the spirit of authentic Italian cooking and culture. La Bussola’s good value à la carte lunch and dinner menus mix tradition with innovation.

Enticing customers with chilled Italian hospitality, great quality cuisine and warm inviting surroundings. La Bussola won’t dissapoint.

Opening Hours: Lunch and Dinner served year round, 6 days a week, MondaySaturday. Reservations recommended. Closed Sundays. $$$

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DUTY-FREE STORE

PREMIER CRU has a duty-free store located in the airport Departures Area which carries many of the same brands as our Friar’s Hill store, along with a wider selection of Caribbean rums, fine cognacs, local rum cakes and confectionery items. The wine selection concentrates on those vintages most popular with travellers, who can sample the wines during our daily tastings offered in the foyer area just outside the store. The store also offers Cuban cigars and a diverse selection of liquors in miniature bottles for ease in carrying on the airplanes.

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THE TAILOR’S DAUGHTER : BED : BATH : DECOR ACCESSORIES : DINE : ENTERTAIN : KITCHEN : FOOD

THE CARIBBEAN’S FINEST ARTISANS & PRODUCTS STORE

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Hospitality Drive, Dutchman’s Bay, P.O. Box 434, St. John’s, Antigua T: (268) 462 3066 or 562 4154/55 F: (268) 462 8782 hospitality@antigua.gov.ag

NEW AIRPORT STORE OPENING SOON! No.1 Redcliffe Quay, Redcliffe Street, St. John’s, Antigua +1 (268) 734 2080 • islandgourmetboutique@gmail.com

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Cream of Sweet Potato Soup with Fresh Root Ginger and Green Onions SERVES 8-10 GUESTS, OR MORE IN MINI PORTIONS

Executive Chef COLLEEN SIMPSON National School Meals Programme

INGREDIENTS 10 lbs sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed ¼ lb fresh ginger, grated ½ lb onion, finely diced ½ head of garlic, cloves crushed ¼ ltr heavy cream 4 tbsps brown sugar (to taste) 4 stems green (spring) onions, sliced Salt and pepper to taste GARNISH: Fragrant fresh thyme sprigs

METHOD: Place potatoes, ginger, onions and garlic in a large stock pot. Pour in enough water to cover potatoes. Bring to the boil and cook until very soft.

Remove soup from heat, and add green onions.

Blend in batches until smooth and creamy, adjust taste with sugar, salt and black pepper. Stir in the heavy cream and serve immediately.

Sweet Potato There are thought to be over 400 varieties of sweet potato around the world! The Caribbean Agriculture Research Development Institute (CARDI) conducted trials in Antigua & Barbuda on 10 of our most common varieties to see which had the best performance rates.

Ginger Roots and Garlic Cloves These two herbs possess many therapeutic and health benefits even outside of the kitchen. Both have been studied for their effectiveness in fighting infections, preventing cancer and reducing inflammation.

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Here’s an inspirational way to serve soup if you are having an informal pot luck dinner party which will involve lots of courses. Serve your soup in large shot glasses.

They’re convenient because guests can carry them around. Pretty seasonal herb garnishes make your soups look stylish.

Butternut Squash Punch A Nutritious Power Punch Executive Chef COLLEEN SIMPSON National School Meals Programme

MAKES 10-15 SERVINGS INGREDIENTS 5 lbs butternut squash, peeled and deseeded ½ gallon water ¼ lb fresh ginger, grated ½ tsp cinnamon 2 cans evaporated milk ½ can condensed milk ½ lb sugar (to taste) GARNISH: Cinnamon sticks

Butternut Squash Technically this is a fruit because it contains seeds. It is low in calories and contains high levels of Vitamins A, C, B6 and fibre.

METHOD: Small dice the butternut squash. Blend with water, ginger and cinnamon and leave to soak for 24 hours or overnight. Strain the punch into a large bowl.

Add evaporated milk, condensed milk and sugar to taste. Refrigerate and serve cold with ice. Add cinnamon sticks to garnish.

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Touloulou

Asian Restaurant & Bar Next to Xtreme Gym, Marble Hill Road, McKinnon’s, St. John’s T: (268) 764 6358 | E: reservations@villatouloulou.com www.touloulourestaurant.com Touloulou invites you to join its culinary pilgrimage to Asia. Follow along as its menus journey around South-East Asia, taking in Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines, with a touch of China forging a fusion of specialty and classic recipes that offer a bold depth of natural flavours. For anyone who loves Asian food or splendid international fare this is a must visit destination.

Enjoy the vibe. Private dining, business meetings and gourmet events catered for on request. Call to enquire.

Opening Hours: Brunch through Lunch and Dinner. All Day Dining - MondaySaturday 10:00am-11:00pm $$-$$$

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pizzas in paradise / big banana’s 17°61° pizzas in paradise - Redcliffe Quay, St. John’s | T: (268) 480 6985 big banana’s 17°61° - V.C. Bird Int’l Airport, Coolidge | T: (268) 480 6979 E: info@bigbanana-antigua.com www.bigbanana-antigua.com ‘Pizzas’, as it is affectionately known by locals has established itself over the last 30 years as a legendary Antiguan casual-dining rendezvous and hot spot.

A visit to Big Banana’s Pizzas in Paradise is a must for visitors to Antigua.

Refresh, revive and refuel in comfort at Big Banana’s air-conditioned 80-seater restaurant 17°61º. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

pizzas in paradise and Big Banana’s 17°61° are iconic restaurants and are must visit venues whether it’s your first trip here or not.

Opening Hours: pizzas in paradise - Monday to Saturday, 11:00am-until late. big banana’s 17°61° - Open daily from 7:00am - 9:30pm $$-$$$

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the larder Gourmet Deli, Café & Sushi Bar Royal Palm Place Friars Hill Road, St. John’s T: (268) 562 7880 | E: info@thelarderantigua.com www.thelarderantigua.com The larder is a unique deli-café and gastronomic retail store that is a relaxed and popular gathering spot for locals and visitors in search of great food and service.

Renowned as Antigua’s best sushi bar and deli-cafe, the larder focuses on epicurean prepared meals to eat-in, and also offers upscale takeaway and catering. The larder also caters for parties, yacht services, private aircraft, picnics and special events.

Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday 7:00am-9:30pm Breakfast served: 7:00am11:00am.Deli-café, Sushi bar, Salad bar, Pizza, Gelato served from 11:00am onwards. $$-$$$ 158

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Ticchio

Italian Food and Wine Woods Centre Mall, Friar’s Hill Road St. John’s T: (268) 562 8673 | E: ticchiofood@gmail.com www.ticchiofood.com Welcome to a stunning new concept store and restaurant filled with the authentic taste of Italy. The beautifully designed store sells a wide range of deli produce from Italy. Relax in the airy restaurant and sample real Italian cuisine, then visit the specially designed wine cellar and acquaint yourself with a wide range of distinctive wines from across Italy.

Opening Hours: Deli/Store: Mon to Sat 10:00am-6:00pm. Lunch: Mon to Sat 11.30am-3:00pm. Dinner: Thurs, Fri & Sat 7.30pm-10:00pm. Closed on Sunday. $$-$$$

“Ticchio” Italian Food & Wine is a new, refreshing, upscale venue.

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Spices of India Indian Restaurant VIllage Walk Shopping Centre, Friars Hill Road, St. John’s T: (268) 562 8761 / 734 8087 E: info@spicesofindiaantigua.com www.spicesofindiaantigua.com Valuable spices were among the goods Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus sought on the trade route to India. Saffron, turmeric, ginger and coriander have become the tastes that define Indian food. If you’re craving tandoori, tikka masala, spicy curries or any of the cuisine’s other vibrant, artfully prepared dishes, try Antigua’s newest restaurant of 2015.

Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday 11:00am-10:00pm $$

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Let us guide you through a memorable dining experience, with little bit of heaven in every bite!

Café Bella Village Walk Mall, Friars Hill Road, St. John’s T: (268) 46-BELLA (462 3552)

Great value lunches are Café Bella’s big draw, especially during weekdays when business owners, office workers, tourists and students converge for soup specials, healthy salads and home-baked baguette sandwiches. Not forgetting the excellent daily lunch specials. The all-day availability of omelettes, pancakes and a full Bella breakfast is fantastic, especially for a lazy Saturday afternoon.

Opening Hours: Monday–Friday 8:00am–5:30pm. Saturday until 4:00pm.

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Air-conditioned dining lounge, outdoor terrace, easy parking.

WiFi internet.

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Head Chef CRISTIAN CRISTICCHI Ticchio Italian Food and Wine

Graziella Peeled Tomatoes Carefully cultivated tomatoes grown on the slopes of Vesuvius for over 60 years.

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Il Casolare Extra Virgin Olive Oil Unfiltered Extra Virgin Olive Oil has the grassy fragrance of freshly pressed olives and is bottled as soon as it leaves the mill.

2013 Jermann Sauvignon Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy Intense, fruity aroma with a pleasant hint of elderflower.

Exceptional with seafood.

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Fettuccine Con Gamberoni All’italiana Italian Fettuccine with Jumbo Shrimp SERVES 4 INGREDIENTS 16 king prawns, shells and heads on 2 cloves of garlic 40 fresh basil leaves 1 cup extra virgin olive oil 1 tsp chilli pepper flakes 32 cherry tomatoes, halved 1 cup pre-cooked tomato sauce base 80g bread, crust removed, cubed 400g Fresh homemade Fettuccine pasta or dried Fettuccine pasta 2 spring onions, finely diced Zest of 1 lemon Salt and ground black pepper to taste

METHOD FOR PRAWNS: Remove the shells from 8 prawns, but leave the heads and tails intact. With a toothpick remove the intestines. Remove the head, shells and intestines from the remaining 8 prawns, but leave the tails intact. Reserve heads. Set aside.

METHOD FOR SAUCE: Crush the garlic cloves in a mortar with 4 finely chopped basil leaves and a dash of extra virgin olive oil. In a large saucepan over a medium heat, heat the cup of extra virgin olive oil. Add the garlic, basil and chilli pepper flakes. When the ingredients start to slightly brown, add the 8 prawn heads. Crush the heads to release the flavours. Add cherry tomatoes. Cover and reduce the heat to low. Cook for a few minutes.

Season to taste. Add the 8 prawns with intact tails. Add the tomato sauce and spring onions, replace the lid continue to cook on low heat for a few minutes, until sauce is thick. Remove the crushed prawn heads from the tomato sauce and discard. Remove the whole prawns from the tomato sauce and set aside.

METHOD FOR GARNISH: Process the bread in a food processor until finely chopped. Set aside. Heat 4 bsp of olive oil over a medium-high heat in a large frying pan. Add the remaining basil leaves and fry quickly for a few seconds. Remove basil from pan and set aside for garnish. Add the breadcrumbs to the remaining oil and fry carefully, tossing frequently until golden brown. Remove breadcrumbs from the pan and drain excess oil on paper towels.

METHOD FOR PASTA: Boil the pasta in salted water with 2 tbsps olive oil (1 litre of water with 10g. of salt per 100g. of pasta).

Drain the cooked pasta. Reserve 1 cup of pasta water. Stir the pasta into the saucepan containing the tomato sauce. Season to taste.

Once fully combined add a little pasta water to thin the sauce.

TO SERVE: Divide the pasta in tomato sauce between four plates. Add 4 prawns to each plate. Garnish with the breadcrumbs, lemon zest and fried basil leaves.

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NIGHT BITES

After Dark Street Food Vendors & Venues

Enjoy the lively spirit of night feasting, get out and about and discover local food after dark. Some street food venues are small, sometimes a makeshift roadside stall or a few picnic benches under the stars, or even a mobile food truck, the variety is endless. It is the aromas, flavours and sheer theatre of each vendor that will entice you and leave you longing for more.

KERRY’S HOT SPOT GRAB2GOGRILL Lower Old Parham Road, Café Shattoo adjacent to the Antigua Grammar School T: (268) 725 1393 Opening Hours: Mon-Sat 11:00 am until…

Telephone lunch orders start from 10:00am.

Super-friendly Kerry and her mum are the sweetest faces to be found behind any BBQ grill in Antigua. Grab a drink or two at the neighbouring bar while your order is lovingly prepared with a smile. Evening BBQ specials include – Daily: Jerk and BBQ Pork or Chicken, Grilled fish, Thursday Seafood night, Friday Pork & Lime night, Saturday Caribbean night.

IN THE BACKYARD BAR & RESTAURANT Sir Vivian Richards Street, St. John’s T: (268) 723 9440 or 461 0995 Opening Hours: Friday from 5:00pm. Saturday from 1:00pm.

Fun, laughter, excellent company and a real flavour of the Caribbean are just a few key ingredients that make this such a cool place. Feast on affordable fried fish, seafood water, jerk chicken and pork, conch fritters and burgers over spirited conversation. Take-away service available, call ahead.

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ALI BABA HOOKAH • BAR • GRILL Old Parham Road, Next to Outdoor World, St. John’s T: (268) 785 2525 or 776 8996 Opening Hours: Mon-Sat until 9:00 or 10:00pm While waiting for your food order of delicious Lebanese cuisine at Ali Baba’s why not try a favourite Lebanese pastime and wind down your evening. Hookah pipe smoking uses water to cool and vaporise tobacco.

There are many different flavours to try from vanilla to chocolate, watermelon, apple and peach.

SECT I ONS ORIGINAL JERK MASTER Old Parham Road, next to Grammar School, near Antigua Recreation Grounds, St. John’s T: (268) 728 0819 Open Nightly You can rely on the Original Jerk Master to pick up some succulent, fall off the bone charcoal-smoked Jerk and BBQ Chicken or Pork, BBQ Pigtail or yummy burgers. Served from traditional oil drum grills just look out for the puffs of bbq smoke ascending into the night sky.

HONEY CUTTER’S MOBILE VAN AND BURGERS & GRILL JOINT Van - Cnr. Lower Nevis & Market Streets, Burger Grill - Independence Drive, St. John’s T: (268) 734 3361 or 728 3661 Open Nightly

VJ’S BAKERY Liberta, St. Pauls T: (268) 460 3465 Opening Hours: Mon-Thurs 6:15am-Midnight.

Fri 6:15am-5:30pm. Sat 8:00pm-Sun Midnight

Pick up delicious fast food to curb your cravings all night long at the Honey Cutter’s Van, with a choice of pasta, subs, hotdogs, chicken wings and burgers. Also try healthy, hot, local fish water soup. At Honey Cutter’s grill on Independence Drive, experience a novel street food venue where burgers are made your way using a wide choice of toppings. They are created by staff conveyor belt style for fast service. You won’t have a long wait, but you can get to watch movies all night on their billboard screen. Look out for the Honey Cutter’s Van on the go at various late night fetes, parties and events.

Every small town or village in Antigua has a local bakery serving their community. Many start baking around midnight and will serve hot-baked bread with cheese or other fillings all night long. VJ’s Bakery is famous for its buttery hot bread and pastries served round the clock on Saturday and Sunday.

DAN’S BAR & GRILL Buckleys Main Road, Buckleys Village, St. John’s T: (268) 561 2057 Opening Hours: Thurs 3:00pm-10:00pm, Fri from 2:00pm- until.

Sat from10:00am-until.

Take a leisurely drive to Buckleys, we guarantee you won’t regret a trip to Dan’s Bar. Try extremely tasty food hot off the grill or out the pot! Fridays treat yourself to conch or goat water, souse, baked chicken and steamed or fried fish. Saturdays enjoy steamed fish, jerk pork, BBQ chicken, burgers, steak and more. Good vibes, good times, for good people.

TUCKER ON THE GRILL Main Road, New Winthropes, St. John’s T: (268) 786 2321 T: (268) 720 2321 Friday and Saturday evenings are made for Tuckers and his Caribbean grill feast with stacks of pork ribs, sweet and fiery jerk meats or zingy salmon and seafood – for an extra special night succulent grilled lobster is the number 1 choice.

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Crispy Deep-Fried Louisiana Gulf Shrimp with Avocado Aioli, Red Onion Gastrique and Wadadli Beer BBQ Sauce SERVES 6-8

INGREDIENTS: WADADLI BEER LOUISIANA BBQ SAUCE 1 bottle Wadadli beer 1 onion, finely diced 4 sprigs rosemary, finely chopped ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce 3 cloves fresh garlic, crushed ½ bunch parsley, chopped ¼ cup heavy cream 1 lb butter

INGREDIENTS: RED ONION GASTRIQUE ½ medium red onion, diced 1 ½ cup white sugar ½ cup vinegar 1 cinnamon stick

METHOD FOR AVOCADO AIOLI DIP: In a bowl coarsely mash the avocado with a fork, add remaining ingredients and combine. Set aside and refrigerate.

METHOD FOR RED ONION GASTRIQUE: Add all ingredients to a sauté pan over medium-high heat, reduce until it reaches a thick consistency. Set aside.

TO SERVE: Divide the shrimp between all serving plates. Add a spoonful of red onion gastrique and avocado aioli to each plate. Drizzle the plates with BBQ sauce.

METHOD FOR WADADLI BEER BBQ SAUCE: In a saucepan over a medium-high heat reduce the Wadadli beer with onions, rosemary, garlic, parsley and Worcestershire sauce to a quarter. Lower heat and add heavy cream, reduce by half. Remove from stove and fold in butter. Set aside, keep warm.

METHOD FOR SHRIMP: Place clean shrimp in large mixing bowl. In two small bowls add flour and crystal hot sauce separately.

Dip shrimp first in the flour, then the hot sauce and then back into the flour. Deep-fry with medium-hot oil for 2 minutes.

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INGREDIENTS: AVOCADO AIOLI DIP 1 whole ripe avocado, peeled, diced 1 tsp garlic, crushed 1 tsp onion, grated ¼ cup homemade mayonnaise 2 tbsp lime juice Salt & pepper to taste

INGREDIENTS: SHRIMP 1 lb large Gulf shrimp, peeled & deveined 1 bottle Crystal hot sauce (or mild hot sauce) 6 cups all-purpose flour

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PERFECTION Specialist Pastry Chef NADIA ROBINSON Monroe College, New York, USA

When you first meet Nadia Robinson you are struck by her strong willed personality that probably comes with the lifestyle of being a pastry chef, (creativity, precision, patience and organisation). But you’ll soon be carried away by her fun character along with her infectious enthusiasm for what she does to raise the bar on the quality of the desserts, breads and cakes she serves.

Nadia always knew that she wanted to be in the hospitality industry, so on finishing school she completed a 2 year Culinary Management Associates degree in Trinidad & Tobago, where she excelled in pastry and baking.

After she finished her course she was lucky enough to receive a scholarship from the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) through the Antigua Hotel & Tourist Association to enrol on 3 month specialist courses in patisserie and bread making at the Culinary Institute of America, New York.

On completion Nadia headed back to Antigua and put her newly learned skills into practice by gaining a seasonal job at the prestigious Jumby Bay resort.

She then moved on to Curtain Bluff Hotel, another top class establishment, to join their pastry team. While there she introduced specialty breads and was influential in modernizing the pastry menu. Nadia enjoyed the challenge and says, “working at Curtain Bluff was special, it was more like a small family”.

Never one to let the grass grow under her feet and to progress her career Nadia moved to Sugar Ridge Hotel, where she and her three assistants oversaw the dessert menus for both Sugar Club and Carmichael’s restaurants.

Whilst there she started an online BA degree in hospitality at Monroe College, New York supported by a CHTA scholarship. Amazingly during all this she has also found time to complete a short course in Italian.

Along the way Nadia has won a few accolades including first place pastry and most innovative chef at the Mango Festival Competition. In recognition of her career progression in 2012 she was asked to be a Mango Festival kitchen judge. In her spare time, she makes occasion cakes for parties, and caters for small events. She admits that she is inspired by Buddy Valastro’s, of the Cake Boss TV series, and is amazed by all the food creations that he conjures up.

What’s next for Nadia... when she has completed her degree she plans to start her Masters in hospitality management before reaching her ultimate goal which is to open her own bistro cafe with a lounge and book corner serving fresh, locally inspired pastries and sandwiches.

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One Stone Ital Shack Vegetarian Eatery

Opp. Country Pond Independence Drive Falmouth Branch- Cobbs Cross, English Harbour T: (268) 785 6065 / 770 3786 / 722 8661 Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday, 11:00am – 4:00pm Shoy Southwell, better known as One Stone, is the owner of Antigua’s veteran ital eatery. “Ital food is food prepared with coconut milk. People would come from all over the island just for a taste of our food. Tourists to the island literally track down the restaurant” says Shoy. The menu includes daily Ital specials, also vegetarian lasagne, pizza, peas balls, fried cauliflower, fritters, egg-less cakes, puddings and lots more.

Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday, 11:00am – 4:00pm

Delicious vegetarian food and good for you. It will be an instant hit if you’re trying it for the first time.

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Ilan Chefs Restaurant & Events Catering Lower Redcliffe Street, above House of Vitamins, St. John’s T: (268) 734 4874 or 720 4701 E: Ilanchefsanu@gmail.com

Ilan Chefs is a great place to stop off for a quality local Antiguan breakfast or lunch with a little international influence. Chicken, snapper fish, pepperpot, ducana & salt fish, jerk pork, served with rice, steamed veg. and salad – all for between $1520ecd! Also try their traditional conch or goat water. Ilan Chefs catering service is used by some major clients which testifies to the level of their standards.

Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday 8:30am-5:00pm

Stop in here for affordable, top quality Antiguan food with an unforgettable taste of the Caribbean.

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Stoute Fisheries Seafood Distribution Islandwide Deliveries T: (268) 727 2445 E: daleestoute@gmail.com

Dale Stoute runs a reliable seafood distribution service which specialises in the delivery of fresh local seafood island wide. His most requested catches are Tuna, Mahi-Mahi, Wahoo, Red Snapper, Grouper and Lobster. Leaving no stone unturned Dale ensures Lobsters are available on demand, while most “big” fish orders are regularly available. Stoute Fisheries also source shrimp and squid.

Opening Hours: Locally caught fish and seafood available daily call ahead to order your fresh catch-of-the-day!

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Harbour View Bar & Café

Waterfront at Redcliffe Quay Redcliffe Street, Downtown, St. John’s T: (268) 462 2972 | E: exoticantigua@gmail.com

Bringing fun and satisfying dining to St. John’s, Harbour View is the only waterfront bar and café downtown and its elevated position. It allows patrons to spend time in the lounge area enjoying the cooling trade breezes, while watching the world go by.

From its vantage point above the Caribbean’s #1 shop ‘Exotic Antigua’, Harbour View serves a great breakfast and lunch that is pretty hard to beat.

Opening Hours: Daily from 9:00am-5:00pm

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Fred’s Belgian Waffles & Ice Cream Redcliffe Quay, Redcliffe Street, St. John’s T: (268) 462 1941 E: ccwinehouse@hotmail.com

Be warned; Fred’s is totally addictive. You must stop by to indulge in the best Belgian ice creams and waffles, which are out of this world! They serve the most amazing handmade ice creams with waffle cones, tangy lactose-free sorbets, smooth frozen yoghurt, topped waffles, yummy milkshakes and big gooey chocolate brownies, coffees and cappuccinos.

Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday 10:00am-10:00 pm.

Sundays 2:00-9:00 pm $

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Situated in a quiet garden precinct by the cruise ship dock, this is a great place to relax for a treat.

C & C’s Wine Bar Redcliffe Quay, Redcliffe Street, St. John’s T: (268) 460 7025 or 464 3975 E: claudine@ccwinehouse.com

This is the place for wine lovers in Antigua, and a great spot to soak up a little historic ambiance. Old stone walls and a flagstone terrace set the scene for this longstanding wine cellar which has been serving fine South African wines for over a decade. The owners Cutie & Claudine and their staff are hands-on and knowledgeable ensuring everyone walks away happy. Evenings can be busy, so book a table in advance.

Opening Hours: Monday 11:00am-5:00pm. Tuesday-Friday 11:00am-11:00pm.

Saturday 11:00am-until $$

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What’s great about C&C’s is it attracts a wide range of people creating an invigorating atmosphere.

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La Flamboyant Restaurant

The Heritage Hotel, Heritage Quay, St. John’s T: (268) 481 7531 or 462 1247 E: heritagehotel@candw.ag

Whether you need to dine for business or for leisure, for a meeting, luncheon or dinner, the Heritage Hotel’s La Flamboyant restaurant is your quality dining option. Located on the waterfront right in the heart of St. John’s amid breathtaking panoramic views, dining on the fourth floor of the cozy and intimate La Flamboyant Restaurant is an exceptional experience to savour time and again.

Opening Hours: Daily for lunch.

All the charm and intrigue of an exotic Caribbean experience, with a uniquely Antiguan welcome.

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Cheers Antigua Seafood & Rum Capital Heritage Quay, St. John’s T: (268) 725 9797 or 562 5360

Cheers Antigua may not be the Cheers bar from the hit American TV sitcom, but it’s equally as friendly, inviting and fun. The bar and sidewalk restaurant are a big hit with cruise ship passengers who gravitate here to drink, relax, eat and socialize. Breakfast and lunch draw hungry diners. Scrambled eggs & steak and Spanish omelettes are hearty options for superb breakfasts. For lunch, be impressed by the Cheers specialty – fresh Antiguan lobster.

“Where people find happiness”, also great food, drinks and free WiFi thrown in for good measure.

Opening Hours: Daily during high-season 8:00am-6:00pm. $$$

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Maxwell H. Francis DDS. FICOI & Associates

“WHERE A BEAUTIFUL SMILE IS ALWAYS IN STYLE” Total Cosmetic Mercury Free Fillings Only • Sedation • Sealants Invisalign Braces • Bleaching • Gum Treatment • Crowns Dental Implants • Wisdom Teeth Extraction

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Ali Baba

Hookah • Bar • Grill Old Parham Road Next to Outdoor World, St. John’s T: (268) 785 2525 | T: (268) 776 8996 facebook.com/pages/Ali-baba-antigua instagram.com/alibaba268 If you are on the quest for a venue where all cultures gather to experience excellent Lebanese cuisine, then you’ll be well placed at Ali Baba’s. Chef/proprietors Joyce & Bachir Aflak prepare silky homemade Hummus, tangy Tabbouli salad and really excellent Kibbeh (wheat and meat stuffed) balls that are full of flavour. They are also known for their irresistible, health conscious Kebabs and daily Lebanese specials.

Opening Hours: Mon-Thurs 11:00am-9:00pm. Fri until 10:00pm, Sat 12:0010:00pm. Dine-in, Take-away, International dinner specials and Occasion Catering. $$-$$$

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In the evenings, relaxed patrons enjoy a meal or converse over elegant hookah pipes.

Antiguan Black Rum Cakes Occasion Moist Fruit Cakes

Melee an’ Tings Ltd., P.O. Box 2778, St. John’s T: (268) 461 8359 | C: (268) 720 5789 E: meleeantingsltd@gmail.com Denise Stamers Doherty is by no means a novice to the business of baking. She produces Antiguan Black (moist) Rum Cakes in beautiful 4oz. gift packages, available from fine supermarkets, hotel gift shops, liquor shops in Heritage Quay and stores at the V.C. Bird Int’l Airport. Denise also makes elaborate wedding and special occasion cakes, using her Antiguan family recipe.

Available: Island-wide in major supermarkets and gifts stores. $

Enjoy the taste of Denise’s secret family recipe! Rum laced cakes made with dried fruits, spices & wine.

Café Shattoo Bar & Grill Old Parham Road, St. John’s, Opposite Antigua Grammar School, close to the Antigua Recreation Ground T: (268) 734 8977 or 720 4278

Café Shattoo is a popular hangout and an authentic Caribbean liming spot where friendly owners Cimone and Kenny treat everyone like family. Tourists, students and locals from all walks of life pop by for a drink and a bite to eat. During carnival and cricket this becomes an essential meeting and ‘jump-up spot’. Home of the coldest beer and ‘wickedest wickedest fries’ the menu is simple, consistent and tasty.

Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday Midday-Midnight. Sundays Closed.

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Alligators Bar & Restaurant

Lower High Street Next to RBTT Bank, St. John’s T: (268) 562 6289 www.alligatorsbarandrestaurant.com There’s a lot going on beyond the modest entrance to Alligators. Step inside and enjoy fresh, authentic Caribbean food in a lovely setting. You might forget that you’re in St. John’s, at this secluded retreat away from the heat and bustle. Chef Dasworth Samuel’s dishes are perfectly seasoned; his guests often remark on his wonderful Caribbean dishes.Tourists and local patrons mingle happily at this peaceful, openair restaurant. Catch up with friends at Alligators cocktail evenings.

Casual dining with a great atmosphere. Dasworth promises to wow you with his food and spoil you with his divine service.

Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner from 11:00am-11:00pm $$

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Island B-Hive Sports Bar & Restaurant Heritage Quay Duty Free Shopping Area, St. John’s T: (268) 481 1322 E: beehivesportsbar@kennedysclub.com

The Island B-Hive is a lively venue where you can relax in bright and airy, open-plan seating areas to soak up the island atmosphere. Friendly staff are happy to tell you all about Antigua, suggest things to do and of course serve ice-cold beverages and great food. Freshly prepared daily lunch specials are served alongside burgers, chicken wings, quesadillas, salads, wraps and kebabs, pastas and sandwiches.

A lively meeting spot, and a great location for people-watching.

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Opening Hours: Open 8.00am-until Mon-Sat. Open cruise ship Sundays. Daily happy hours: 12:00pm-2:00pm & 5:00pm-9:00pm. $$

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The Captain’s Table Seafood Restaurant

Point Fishery Wharf, Harmonites Steel Pan Yard, St. John’s T: (268) 779 7207 or 562 3474

This delicious eatery is one of only a couple indigenous lunchtime seafood specialists. From the grill try mahi mahi, swordfish, wahoo and other choice locally caught fish, as well as imported salmon. In the kettles delicious vegetable, clam chowder or conch soup. Wednesday is buss-up-shot (paratha-roti) day, with curried meats or seafood. Come Fridays, it’s a total seafood menu. Stuffed shellfish come out of the oven at 4pm on Saturdays and disappear quickly!

Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday from 11:00am-4:00pm $

“Fish to die for”, is what the patrons of The Captain’s Table told me when I first visited. And I have to agree they were right!

Verna’s Roti Hut Off Brown’s Avenue, Off All Saints Road, Ottos, St. John’s T: (268) 734 5082

Dubbed by patrons as the No.1 roti spot on island, Verna’s Roti Hut offers up the best in chicken, liver, goat, vegetable, conch and shrimp rotis and buss-up-shots served with your choice of homemade kuchela, tamarind sauce, mango sour, or mango chutney. Try their delicious newly introduced Doubles with cucumber chutney and all the trimmings. Roti, buss-up-shot skins made to order.

Opening Hours: Monday-Friday from 11:00am-4:30pm $

The Trini-to-de-bone customers have authenticated their mouthwatering curried chickpeas Doubles as “de real thing!”

HOTEL • RESTAURANT • CASINO • CATERING ntly located in the hear t of St. Joe Mike’s Hotel Plaza is convenie mercial and visitor facilities as John’s. Providing easy access to com d. Offering 12 air-conditioned well as beaches and sites of the Islan le rates. The restaurant serves rooms with cable TV at very reasonab a daily changing menu as well up Antigua’s finest local cuisine with g. The Casino, which is as buffet style and á la carte dinin ’s, hosts the widest variety of conveniently located within Joe Mike ts book with live horse racing. slot machines, table games and spor

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FRESH MILK STRAIGHT FROM THE COW

Fresh milk has become such a rarity in our pasteurized, slickly packaged world that most of us have forgotten the rich, sweet taste of milk sampled straight from the cow. At the Hall Valley Farm on Smith’s Estate, along the Valley Road, just before the village of Jennings, Adrian Hall and his wife Vicky have developed a small dairy herd of cows to produce fresh milk.

Adrian’s dairy herd is a suckling herd, and he milks his 15 cows by hand every other day, leaving the calves plenty of food between milkings. In the days when Adrian’s grandfather, Robert Hall, ran the farm, the dairy herd was Holstein crossed with Zebu. Now that the farm is producing milk again, they are planning improvements, perhaps by crossing with a milking breed like Jersey.

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through Facebook, to the members of the Antigua Real Food Network, and by word of mouth. They have found that the demand for their milk is seasonal, and in the summer when they have more than they can sell, Vicky makes a tangy yoghurt cheese and creamy lemon ricotta cheese. Fresh farm eggs from genuine scratching chickens will soon be available, as their flock of 40 chickens will start laying soon.

Contact The Hall Valley Farm T: +1 (268) 720 3595 • Facebook: Hall Valley Farm Facebook Group: Antigua Real Food Network

CHEF CHRISTOPHER TERRY A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF

SEPTEMBER 2014 Started my first university year. I’m studying for a BA in Culinary Arts & Food Service Management at Johnson & Wales University (JWU) in the USA. It’s a dream come true for me.

APRIL 2015

The academic year is going well, I’m enjoying it and I’ve been taking part in culinary competitions. This month I competed in the Skills USA competition and won gold with my team at the DECA National Culinary Management Competition in Orlando, Florida. Amazing! This has been the highlight of my year so far. Not only was I able to represent my university, but also I was able to fly a flag for Antigua & Barbuda in an international setting.

JUNE 2015

Chef & BBQ Pit Master CHRISTOPHER TERRY

INGREDIENTS FOR TART 1 Graham Cracker crust (6oz) 2 cups whole milk 4 large eggs ½ cup white sugar 3 tbsp cornstarch 2 tsp vanilla essence ½ cup dried fruits, chopped Pinch of salt INGREDIENTS FOR ENGLISH HARBOUR RUM SAUCE ½ cup heavy cream 2 tbsp sugar 2 tsp cornstarch ¼ cup English Harbour 5 year old Rum GARNISH Fresh fruits and berries

English Harbour 5 Year Old Rum Antigua’s awardwinning, favourite island spirit for drinking, cooking and socialising.

AUGUST 2015

Through July and into August I helped a friend launch La Vista Smokehouse restaurant in Puerto Rico. What a way to spend the summer!

I was Head Chef for the grand opening and really let loose with my skills preparing some of my very best BBQ dishes for the event. I think my passion for food shone as bright as the sun.

SEPTEMBER 2015

I’m starting to get a bit of a culinary reputation. I was completely taken aback when ZING (LIAT in-flight) magazine wanted to feature me in their October-December issue. For the article I prepared my version of a Christmas fruit tart, a recipe I derived from the traditional Christmas fruitcake recipe. It went down well so now I’m sharing it with you too.

I’m about to start my second and final year at university and I have already learned and experienced so much. My passion for the culinary arts will continue to drive me on to be the best chef I can ever be.

METHOD FOR TART: In a saucepan over medium heat, warm milk until bubbles appear on the edge. Remove from heat. In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, cornstarch and salt. Slowly add the hot milk while whisking. Pour mixture back into pan whisking constantly until mixture comes to a boil and starts to thicken.

Remove from heat, leave to cool, then refrigerate 2-4 hours. Fold in chopped fruits and spoon into Graham Cracker crust. Refrigerate until set.

METHOD FOR RUM SAUCE: In a small saucepan combine cream, sugar and rum. Whisk in the cornstarch until the sauce starts to thicken.

TO SERVE: Pour rum sauce over tart and garnish with sliced fruits and berries.

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Photographs courtesy © Yendie Lynch and Rachel Tanner 2015.

Yet again I had a chance to represent Antigua & Barbuda on a world stage. This time it was at Caribbean Week in New York. I even made an appearance on PIX 11 News displaying my culinary skills and bringing a taste of my islands to the Big Apple with my pan-seared red snapper and fungee with okra.

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Roti King

Trinidadian Restaurant Cnr. Upper St. Mary’s Street & Corn Alley, St. John’s T: (268) 462 2328

Roti King’s specialty dish is Roti - made with a curried filling of either beef, chicken, shrimp, conch or vegetables, wrapped in a floured chapatti (Roti skin). Other bites include ‘Doubles’ made with a curried chickpea filling, fried bakes, fried pholourie, and the lightly seasoned potato pie. The tofu burger are suitable for vegetarians.

Daily local lunches, homemade juices and burgers & fries add to the choice.

Excite your taste buds with some Roti King fare, the full Trini experience here in Antigua.

Opening Hours: Monday-Thursday 9:30am-12:30am and until 2:30am Friday and Saturday nights. $

Francisco’s Indian Restaurant & Bar 40 Upper St. Mary’s Street, Opposite Roti King, St. John’s T: (268) 789 4066 or 721 6226

Francisco’s serves great tasting, authentic Indian fare and flavourful Chinese food cooked for you by Chef Raju and his wife Rita. Starters such as crispy eggplant, vegetable bhajiyas and lollipop chicken wings are scrumptious. For mains try the chana masala or tawa chicken cooked in a cashew nut sauce. Add some naan bread baked in a clay oven and try Raju’s Chinese style sweet & sour chicken.

Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday from 11:00am until.

Students, tourists & locals love this down to earth Indian restaurant. They also cater for events, birthdays and gatherings.

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Paradise Café Caribbean Restaurant 17 Piggot’s Mall, Cnr. Market & Redcliffe Streets Opp. Antigua Jewellery, St. John’s T: (268) 562 1232 | E: simone_sinclair@hotmail.com

This husband and wife operation offers great customer service in the heart of town.

Chef/Owner Simone smiles as she states, “Paradise Café doesn’t serve international cuisine, we serve affordable, honest food cooked with passion.” Breakfast costs just 5ECD! At lunchtime, staples like chicken, fish, beef, lamb, pork & turkey are served various styles with delicious sides. Also try the healthy fish soup. You can have your meal to take away, or dine in our open-air courtyard with local flavour.

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Fragolosa Italian Gelato

St. Mary’s Street, St. John’s T: (268) 783 3786 E: fragolosagelato@hotmail.com

Gelato is Italian for ice cream. It starts out similar to custard-based ice cream, but has more milk, less fat and no eggs. It’s churned slower, to incorporate less air leaving the gelato denser. Fragolosa makes over 20 flavours, plus guest flavours all in-store. The taste is supreme, with sugar, gluten or lactose free varieties. The secret to the delicious flavours are great selection of yummy Italian toppings. Try fruit smoothies, ice cream milkshakes and frozen yogurts.

Opening Hours: Mon-Thurs 10am-9pm, Fri-Sat until 10pm, Sun 5pm-10pm $$

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Fresh to Order 9 Townhouse Plaza, Cnr. American & All Saints Roads, St. John’s T: (268) 463 2020 E: f2oanu@gmail.com

Freshen up your dining experience at any time of the day with the quality you deserve, at the price, and speed you want at Fresh To Order. Get your day off to an energising start with fresh ground coffee and baked pastries. At lunchtime grab a meal from their freshly cooked daily specials served with healthy sides and salads, or if you have time relax in the modern air-conditioned surroundings and try pizzas, pasta, grilled wraps or chicken wings. Open late into the evening.

Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday 8:00am-10:00pm $$

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Friendly staff, freshly prepared food, adjoining bar and easy parking. It’s all at Fresh to Order.

Rehab Bar & Lounge 9 Townhouse Plaza, Cnr. American & All Saints Roads, St. John’s T: (268) 463 2020 E: rehabbaranu@gmail.com

Come check yourself into Rehab Bar for a dose of much-needed liquid therapy.

The awesome mixologists will keep you chilled out with an endless supply of liquid medicine in the form of recovery shots and rehab punch. This is where you come for a cool cocktail and a hot night out. Tasty bar snacks, platters, pizzas, chicken wings and more keep you in fuelled up. Each evening the theme changes with karaoke and party nights, but you can be sure cool DJ’s will keep the joint pumping.

Opening Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 6:00pm- until you say when... $$$

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New Thriving Chinese Restaurant

Main Restaurant: Sir George H. Walter Highway, St. John’s - T: (268) 562 0046 City Branch: Upper Long Street, St. John’s - T: (268) 462 4611

At New Thriving restaurant, enter into the kingdom of Szechuan and Cantonese oriental dining styles. Proprietor Raymond Yhap and his wife Anna have offered their fantastic Chinese cuisine since 1998.The chefs at New Thriving bring their broad cooking talents to the table for all to enjoy. Eat-in and takeaway service.

Parties and banquets are catered for as well as VIP reservations.

Opening Hours: All year round. Monday-Saturday from 10:30am-10:30pm.

Sundays 12:00pm-8:00pm.

Welcome to a new experience in Chinese Cuisine.

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Oriental Choice Supermarket Lower All Saints Road, St. John’s T: (268) 562 6968 / 6918 | F: (268) 561 3988

Oriental Choice Supermarket is a great local convenience store and grocery with customer parking and fantastic, affordable everyday products. We carry an extensive range of quality brand non-alcoholic beverages, liquors, wines, beers and alcoholicstouts. Always a large supply of fresh fruits, vegetables and provisions also a good range of dairy products, meats, seafood and a full range of Chinese products.

Oriental Choice can supply all goods on a wholesale basis.

They provide a Top-up service for all cellular phone networks.

Opening Hours: 7 days a week, all year round including public holidays from 7:30am-9:00pm.

www.premierbev.biz

PREMIER CRU retail stores, offering the most convenient way to purchase fine wines, quality brand liquors, beer, water and cigars. Located near downtown St. John’s our city store features an incredible collection of spirits, including top international brands for single-malt whiskeys, gin, vodka and Armagnac brandy, as well as a selection of rums from Antigua, Martinique and Cuba. The wine selection carefully chosen by our winemaster Christian Graveleau includes bottles from well known and boutique wineries from around the world.

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Colesome Farmers Market Fresh Produce

Jonas Road, St. Peter’s T: (268) 782 0150 or 560 7861 | E: info@colesome.com www.colesomefarmersmarket.com

With over 30 years experience in farming the natural way, Delrie Cole, his family and staff are dedicated to providing fresh produce with stringent agricultural practices to ensure quality is never compromised. At Colesome, expect to find an amazing variety of local crops, as well as global soya beans, salad greens and herbs.Stop in for a free farm tour. You’ll be pleasantly surprised to learn about where your food comes from. Colesome is wholesome, we “Keep it fresh, to keep them coming.”

Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday 7:00am-7:00pm. Sunday 7:00am-2:00pm. $

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Indies Greens Organic Aquaponics Farm Off All Saint’s Road, Upper Renfrew, St. John’s T: (268) 720 3474 or 726 3532 E: sales@indiesgreens.com

Indies Greens is a locally owned and operated organic farm that produces Tilapia fish and organic vegetables using aquaponics technologies. Aquaponics is an ecofriendly food production system which uses natural processes. Customers are welcome to visit and purchase fresh Tilapia fish and handpick your own garden salad vegetables. Jazz up salads with fresh, tasty, crunchy, organically grown lettuce. Choose your own fish on Fish Fry Saturdays until 9:00pm.

Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday from 8:00am-5:00pm $

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Look out for Indies Greens branded organic lettuce in supermarkets islandwide. All visitors are welcome.

Jacky’s the best of

Fruit & Veg

Supplying the leading Hotels, Yachts, and those in the know... Jacky’s is where some of the best island restaurant and home chefs on island gather to replenish their stocks. Once you shop with Jacky you will never shop in a regular supermarket again.

MON-TUE 6AM - 6PM • SAT 6AM - 8PM SUN 6AM -1PM ORDER BY EMAIL • jackyfruitandveg@cw.blackberry.net

Shop #7 (1st Floor) Heritage Market, St John’s, Antigua Tel/Fax: (268) 562-0153 Cell: (268) 728-1952

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Prize Winners (left to right) Tamyan Nedd, Brian Watkins, Jason Richards

YOUNG MASTERS OF CULINARY DAVID BROWNE SOUS CHEF AT GALLEY BAY RESORT & SPA STARTS AN ASPIRING CHEF’S COMPETITION

A new opportunity to encourage culinary creativity amongst young culinary professionals was conceived by Sous Chef David Browne at Galley Bay Resort & Spa through his ‘Young Masters of Culinary’ competition. David set about organizing and arranging a two day competition that would not only challenge competitors’ cooking skills, but also test their working practices in a professional kitchen.

Day 1: The qualifying freestyle round. Six hotels each entered four in-house contestants. The winning six contestants, one from each hotel went through to the finals.

Day 2: The ‘Cook Off’ finals were a mystery basket contest and the finalists had to plan an imaginative entrée course using all the ingredients supplied.

Each basket contained mangoes, cilantro, green tea bags, plantains, flank steak, shrimps, cassava and green onions.

The judging panel was made up of four local industry experts: Kitchen Judge – Colleen Simpson, Executive Chef National School Meals Programme and chef of 17 years. Tasting Judges: Chef Julian Waterer - owner of Chef’s World; Shirlene Nibbs, Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Consultant and Carla Gonsalves-Barreiro, Commercial Business Manager of Island Provision Group of Companies.

After two tough days of judging the winner was declared as 29 year old Commis Chef, Brian Watkins from Carlisle Bay Resort, with 2nd place going to Kitchen Supervisor, Jason Richards, (24), of Sandals Grande Resort and 3rd place to Head Cook, Tamyan Nedd, (26), from St. James’s Club.

The competition was deemed a resounding success; David hopes to expand on it in 2016, opening it up to a broader field of participants. He states, “Personally, for a first time event it was out of this world, I do believe that it brought hotels, head chefs, cooks and local people together. Life long industry partners have been made, and I would like to give thanks for the support from friends, family, participating hotels, competitors and our sponsors.”

Carlisle Bay Antigua: Demesha Andrew, Bryan Smith, Brian Watkins (1st Place), Ezekiel Bright. Sandals Grande Antigua Resort & Spa: Jason Richards (2nd Place), Sharon Christian, Casmore Joseph, Andre Scott. St. James’s Club Antigua: Andre Bennett, Althea Brooks, Tamyan Nedd (3rd Place), Glenroy Maxim. Sugar Ridge Hotel: Steven Hilton, Yasimba Aska, Michael Anthony, Devin Nicolous. Hermitage Bay Antigua: Sammantha James, Franklyn Shaw, Mario Belle, Kerry Simmons. Galley Bay Resort & Spa: Mellisa Hill, Alicia Wilson, Kersey McDougal, Kenroy Smith.

The event sponsors included: Galley Bay Resort & Spa, Food & Drink Guide, International Purchasing Associates, Townhouse Megastore, Signpro, ABS TV, Chefs Helping Chefs, Chef’s World, Ministry of Tourism, Star Car Rentals, Best Cellars Wines, Scotia Bank.

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Sugar Club Sugar Ridge Hotel

Tottenham Park, St. Mary’s, Antigua T: (268) 562-7700 or 484 3702 | F: (268) 562 7701 E: reservations@sugarridgeantigua.com www.sugarclubantigua.com Sugar Club is the social heartbeat of the highly popular Sugar Ridge Hotel. The chic restaurant and bar overlooks two of the resort’s swimming pools and dining is available both indoors and outdoors under covered verandahs. From early morning until late evening, patrons can expect to enjoy a wide variety of dining options as friendly staff keep the food flowing from breakfast, through lunch and dinner.

Make a day of it. Be pampered at the Aveda Concept Spa, enjoy lunch and linger to enjoy cocktails around the two swimming pools.

Opening Hours: Daily from 7:00am for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Bar snacks available until late most nights. $$$

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Carmichael’s Sugar Ridge Hotel Tottenham Park, St. Mary’s, Antigua T: (268) 562-7700 | F: (268) 562 7701 E: reservations@sugarridgeantigua.com www.sugarclubantigua.com To say that the sunset scenes from Carmichael’s restaurant are sensational would be an understatement. The commanding ridge-top position is second to no other restaurant in Antigua and there are views literally everywhere you look. Andrew Jean the new head chef has designed a new international menu to compliment Carmichael’s ethos which is to serve fusion dishes where the Caribbean meets and greets different continents.

Seeing is believing...quite literally Carmichael’s has the most spectacular restaurant view in Antigua & Barbuda.

Opening Hours: Evenings from 6:00pm.Table reservations are recommended. $$$

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Miracle’s South Coast Restaurant & Bar

Harbour View Estate Jolly Harbour Main Road, Jolly Harbour, St. Mary’s T: (268) 734 1682

It can be a challenge to pinpoint restaurants that serve Caribbean food in Jolly Harbour, so let us point you to Miracle’s where you can savour tropical flavours at this delightful roadside restaurant. Chef Lucretia and her lively team headed by Megan will tempt you with their main lure – melt-in-the-mouth Antiguan lobster.

Many of the dishes are cooked to order, so grab a drink at the bar while you wait.

Opening Hours: Daily from 12:00 noon-midnight. Great venue for kids and groups. Weekly karaoke & live entertainment. Reservations recommended. $$

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OJ’s Bar & Restaurant Crabbe Hill Beach South-west coast, St. Mary’s T: (268) 460 0184 or 462 8651 E: ojsbeachbar1@hotmail.com Grab yourself a huge bite of the authentic taste of Antigua at OJ’s Bar & Restaurant.

For many years this family-run venue has been a cornerstone beach restaurant. Each year it receives a decorative, organic makeover with items washed up on the beach or retrieved from the sea. Work up an appetite with an energizing swim or walk along the deserted beach. Famed for their legendary Grilled Red Snapper and Lobster dishes.

Opening Hours: Daily year round from 10:00am-10:00pm. Jazz extravaganza on Friday and Sunday evenings, live entertainment on Saturday evenings. $$$

OJ’s is the full package. Fantastic seafood, Roland Prince & Val playing sweet jazz sounds directly on the beach. Paradise!

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MONDAY NIGHTS CARIBBEAN NIGHT Live Bands & exciting Food Specials.

Featuring cuisine from across the Caribbean.

OPEN FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER Castaways brings it all to the beach... Lapping turquoise sea, powdery white sand, delectable Caribbean and international cuisine and thirst quenching cocktails. Enjoy free sun loungers, volleyball and showers. Available for Private Party bookings and Events.

FREE GUEST WIFI. Sunset Happy Hour Everyday 4.30-6.30pm.

Great family location with children’s play area.

(268)-562-4446/45

Castaways Antigua

FRIDAY NIGHTS BBQ BONFIRE BEACH PARTY Live Bands & DJ’s Specials All Night Long

castaways.antigua@gmail.com

South Beach, Jolly Harbour

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The Nest Beach Bar & Restaurant Valley Church Beach, St. Mary’s T: (268) 562 7958

The Nest is situated at the pristine, half-mile long Valley Church beach. Put your feet up on a sun lounger and make a wish, and like magic, at your side you’ll find a frosted rum cocktail and a fabulous serving of freshly grilled lobster or the restaurant’s signature Chef’s special, coconut shrimp. Our motto says it all, “There is no US without YOU enjoying our service”.

Come for a swim, stay for a delicious lunch, but absolutely come for the view & the stunning sunset.

Opening Hours: High-season 11:00am until sunset.

Summer season Monday-Saturday noon until sunset. $$

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Danielle George-John Cake Designer modern, unique and elegant cakes with colours that pop and compliment any décor.

www.danzsweetdreams.com

“Cake is my Passion.”

Crosbies, Antigua & Barbuda 268-464-7981 e: daniellegeorgejohn@gmail.com fb: Danielle.gjsweetdreams

DENNIS

COCKTAIL BAR RESTAURANT BEACH RESTAURANT

Keeping the Wadadli spirit alive, Dennis’ Caribbean beach bar and restaurant has one of the most amazing 360º views in Antigua. From dream to reality, the man from Bolans village goes from strength to strength. The main hillside restaurant allows guests to absorb the mesmerising sea and hill views, while the shaded beachfront restaurant is only footsteps from the sea. Feast on great Caribbean food with locally grown vegetables and provisions picked fresh from Dennis’ garden farm. The Ffryes Bay shrimp, lobster, shrimp and chicken medley and Dennis’ tender bbq ribs are just the best. Also try locally reared suckling pig roasts on Sundays and the Friday BBQ & Fish Fry with a reggae vibe is a great night out. Dennis celebrates international and local events, including St Patrick’s Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Carnival. Dennis’ is also a stunning venue for private functions including weddings, parties and BBQs. Whether you come for lunch, dinner or drinks your visit will be memorable.

Open all year round 6 days a week.

Closed Mondays (Open Bank Holidays) • Happy Hour 4:00 - 6:30pm.

T: (268) 462-6740 or (268) 728-5086 • E: dennisthomas1_food@hotmail.com

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Sheer Rocks Restaurant Bar • Lounge

Cocobay Resort, Valley Church and Little Ffryes Bay, St. Mary’s T: (268) 464 5283 or 562 4510 E: reservations@sheer-rocks.com www.sheer-rocks.com For a 2nd year running, Sheer Rocks is headlining as the only restaurant in Antigua to have made it into the TripAdvisor’s Top 10 Traveller’s Choice Restaurants in the Caribbean. Driven by spirited owners Kate & Alex Grimley, they have created a swish open-air venue that begs to be discovered. Poised artfully on the edge of a remarkable west facing bluff, Sheer Rocks accentuates the glory of the Caribbean Sea. Opening Hours: Tapas Lunch served daily from 12:00pm. Dinner served every evening except Sunday from 6:00pm. Reservations strongly recommended. $$$

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Sheer Rocks is available for private hire and weddings. They also cater for outside events and can design bespoke menus for your occasion

The Sea Grape Curtain Bluff Resort Old Road, St. Mary’s T: (268) 462 8400/1/2 | F: (268) 462 8409 E: curtainbluff@curtainbluff.com www.curtainbluff.com The Sea Grape restaurant is open to the public for dinner. Sitting at the far end of the Bay Beach, open to the sea breezes, it is right on the sand and just footsteps from the sea. The understated elegance of crisp table linens and well-heeled guests are teamed with flickering tiki torches, which line the water’s edge, setting an enchanting mood in lush surroundings.

Opening Hours: Guests arriving by yacht may dock at Bay Beach. Advance reservations required. Dinner served daily from 7:00pm, Cocktails from 6:30pm. $$$

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Imaginative, varied and simply delicious, Curtain Bluff’s food has been praised by culinary magazines from Gourmet to Northeast Flavor.

The Tamarind Tree Curtain Bluff Resort Old Road, St. Mary’s T: (268) 462 8400/1/2 | F: (268) 462 8409 E: curtainbluff@curtainbluff.com www.curtainbluff.com The Tamarind Tree is Curtain Bluff’s main restaurant headed by Executive Chef Christophe Blatz. Open-walled, in traditional plantation style, the restaurant terrace is shaded by a majestic tamarind tree. Shut your eyes, think about romantic dining, and the chances are you will picture this… By night the dining room tables flicker with candlelight and the terrace sparkles with decorative lights.

Opening Hours: Guests arriving by yacht may dock at Bay Beach. Advance reservations required. Dinner served daily from 7:00pm, Cocktails from 6:30pm. $$$

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Laid-back luxury and outstanding service. Voted #1 for Best Service in the Caribbean by Travel + Leisure magazine.

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Turner’s Beach Restaurant Caribbean Restaurant & Bar

Turner’s Beach Johnson’s Point, St. Mary’s T: (268) 462 9133 | F: (268) 560 8114

Turner’s is a great place to unwind all day long. It serves a fab lunch, is right on the beach, and has a car park, restrooms and showers. The powdery beach is simply breathtaking, the sand is ideal for volleyball or just relaxing in the shade with a Turner’s picnic. Watersports activities include reef trips, snorkelling and jet skis. Equipment for activities can be rented at the bar.

Sundays are made for long, lazy afternoons on one of Antigua’s most stunning white sand beaches.

Opening Hours: Daily for lunch and dinner all year round. Closed public holidays. $$

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Darkwood Beach Bar & Restaurant Darkwood Beach, St. Mary’s T: (268) 462 8240 or 728 4301 E: shelmore0414@hotmail.com

Darkwood Beach is an exceptionally beautiful bay with pristine clear blue sea. At the southern end of the beach you’ll find Darkwood Beach Bar, an institution in its own right. Antiguan owners Clyde and Coralita George and family have served cruise ship visitors, tourists and locals for many years. Settle in for the day, start with breakfast, rent a sun lounger, beach umbrella and snorkelling gear.

Opening Hours: Daily from 9:00am until sunset.

Just offshore is a shallow reef that makes Darkwood beach an ideal snorkellers playground.

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LUXURY

Dining at Carlisle Bay is all about choosing the right restaurant to suit your mood, from a relaxed, foot-in-the-sand lunch delivered to your lounger in the Coconut Grove, to a romantic dinner for two at East, which is considered one of the island's finest Asian restaurants.

Some of our restaurants appeal to families; others have a more sophisticated feel for honeymooners. Flexibility and variety define all of our bars and restaurants, along with simple, fresh produce which is the foundation on which all our menus are built.

Carlisle Bay, Old Road, St. Mary's, Antigua Email: info@carlisle-bay.com | Hotel Phone: +1 268 484 0000 | US Toll Free: +1 866 502 2855 | www.carlisle-bay.com

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Rodrick BEAZER

at the COOKING CUP OF THE CARIBBEAN

All photographs courtesy © Cory Silken 2015.

The 28th Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta was held in April, 2015, and this year there was an added attraction to the world class sailing event. San Pellegrino, a sponsor of the event since 2012, hosted the inaugural San Pellegrino Cooking Cup of the Caribbean, collaborating with the organizers of the exclusive EFG Bank Owners Party to introduce four outstanding Caribbean chefs, who were each invited to serve their signature dish to the discerning guests.

The San Pellegrino Cooking Cup was established in Venice, Italy, 15 years ago, and it has become a unique international event welcoming sailors, chefs and lovers of fine dining from all over the world. Linking this prestigious culinary challenge with the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta provided a golden opportunity for Caribbean chefs to demonstrate their talent.

The four chefs who took part in the San Pellegrino Cooking Cup of the Caribbean were Dino Jagtiani from Temptation Restaurant in St. Maarten, Rene Klop from Baoase Luxury Resort in Curacao, Elijah Jules from Jade Mountain Club Resort in St. Lucia, and the hosting chef, Rodrick Beazer, from Curtain Bluff Resort in Antigua. On the evening of their arrival they were hosted for dinner at the Admiral’s Inn, where they met the representatives of their sponsors, San Pellegrino, Acqua Panna, and our local distributors Best Cellars Wines and Spirits.

On the following day, Friday 17th April, the chefs were invited to participate in that day’s race on the impressive 38 metre two-masted schooner Kairos. Each chef was assigned a crew station, hoisted sails and revelled in the race. Kairos won its category that day, and the chefs celebrated with dinner at Catherine’s Café Plage.

Saturday 18th April was the day of the EFG Bank Owners Party, when each chef had to prepare over 100 covers of a dish of their choice, to be served to guests at the party. Each dish had to represent their island, using locally sourced

ingredients. The menu was an exciting mix of three unusual fish dishes, and a spectacular dessert. Elijah Jules of St. Lucia presented a green banana salad with grilled fish, citrus souscaille and Caribbean slaw. Rene Klop from Curacao served tuna with sesame seeds, garnished with many different island flavours, including a tart tamarind puree. Executive Sous Chef for Curtain Bluff Resort, Rodrick Beazer prepared a delectable pan-seared red snapper, served with Antiguan pepperpot, banana ketchup, plantain crisp and locally grown sundried tomatoes.

And the dazzling dessert that won the competition, presented by Dino Jagtiani of St. Maarten, was a delicious virgin olive oil pound cake with rosemary scented tempura apple, lemon crème “en pipette”, garnished with vanilla panna cotta and pistachio brittle. The evening was a triumph for everyone.

Rodrick Beazer, who was a successful chef in his native Barbuda before coming to Antigua, said: “The cool thing about the event was getting to interact with the other chefs outside the kitchen, to relax with them sailing and at dinner. The camaraderie among the chefs was great, and the applause and praise from the guests gave us an adrenalin rush that was terrific. Winning or losing was not the point. I was very proud of my dish because it represented Antigua and Barbuda. It was a composition of ingredients that we use at Curtain Bluff. So it was not only a dish of my own construction, but one which represented me, my country and my resort.”

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Executive Sous Chef RODRICK BEAZER Curtain Bluff Resort

Red Snapper Fish is one of the most popular of all white fish in the Caribbean.

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Green Plantains are a staple food in the tropical regions. Green plantains are firmer and starchy.

San Pellegrino is the finest sparkling natural mineral water. Acqua Panna The still water of fine dining.

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Pan-seared Red Snapper with Banana Ketchup with Vegetarian Pepperpot served in Green Plantain Crisps SERVES 4 INGREDIENTS: PEPPERPOT 2 tbsp vegetable oil ½ cup yellow onion, finely diced 1 tsp thyme leaves 1 stalk celery, finely diced 4 cloves garlic, crushed 1 each small yellow, red, green sweet peppers, finely diced 2 tomatoes, diced 1 tbsp tomato paste 3 oz zucchini, diced 3 oz yellow squash, diced 2 oz butternut squash, peeled and diced 1 cup eggplant, diced 1 cup okra, sliced 2 cups spinach (frozen), chopped 2 oz pumpkin, peeled and diced 1½ cups sweet potato, peeled and diced Salt & pepper to taste INGREDIENTS: BANANA KETCHUP 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp shallots, finely diced 2 cloves garlic 1 tbsp fresh ginger, grated 1 tsp ground turmeric ¼ tsp ground Allspice 2 ripe bananas, mashed 1 tbsp white vinegar 1 tsp honey 1 tbsp Cavalier Rum 2 tbsp soy sauce Kosher salt to taste INGREDIENTS: PLANTAIN CRISPS & RED SNAPPER 2 green plantains, peeled Oil for frying 4 red snapper fillets 2 tbsp olive oil 1 cup rice flour Salt and pepper to taste GARNISH 4 sprigs of micro salad greens

METHOD FOR VEGETARIAN PEPPERPOT: In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add the onion, thyme, celery and garlic.

Cook, stirring often, until the onion and celery have softened, about 4 minutes. Stir in the peppers, tomatoes, tomato paste, zucchini, and squashes. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 10 minutes. Increase heat and stir in the eggplant, okra, spinach, pumpkin, and sweet potato. Bring to a boil, cook for 5 minutes.

Reduce heat and simmer, stirring often, until the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes.

Season to taste.

METHOD FOR BANANA KETCHUP: Heat oil in saucepan over medium heat. Add onions and cook until softened. Add garlic, ginger, turmeric, and allspice and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in bananas, vinegar, honey, rum, soy sauce, and salt; bring to simmer. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook for 15 minutes, stirring often. Remove from heat and let cool. Transfer ketchup to a food processor and process until smooth. Thin with water if needed to achieve ketchup-like consistency. Adjust seasoning to taste.

METHOD FOR GREEN PLANTAINS: Thinly slice plantains lengthwise on a mandoline.

Join two slices together by pressing the ends together. Wrap into a circle and join the other two ends. Repeat process to form 4 plantain circles. Deep fry plantain until crispy.

METHOD FOR RED SNAPPER: Season snapper fillets and set aside. Heat olive oil in a skillet over a medium heat. Coat snapper fillets both sides in rice flour. Fry starting skin side down for 2-3 minutes each side.

TO SERVE: Place one plantain circle in the centre of each plate. Use like a mould and fill with ½ cup of pepperpot. Top circle with red snapper and spoon on banana ketchup. Garnish with micro greens.

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SUPERFOODS AND THE WAY WE EAT

The Oxford Dictionary definition of a superfood is “a nutrient-rich food considered to be especially beneficial to health and wellbeing.”

The most frequently used buzzwords attached to superfoods are “free radicals”, which are bad chemicals produced in the body through stress or by exposure to environmental toxins, and their antidotes, which are known as antioxidants. Vitamin C is considered to be a powerful antioxidant, and many foods grown in the Caribbean contain exceptionally high amounts of this nutrient. Here are five of the best, which, as part of a well balanced diet, may help improve your health and the quality of your life.

THE MORINGA TREE grows wild in the Caribbean, although its nutritional value has never been fully exploited. Its leaves can be used fresh in salads, or cooked. They provide high levels of protein, calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, and vitamins A and C. Ounce for ounce, Moringa leaves contain seven times the vitamin C of oranges, four times the calcium and twice the protein found in milk, four times the vitamin A of carrots and three times the potassium found in bananas. The pod seeds are also highly nutritious, and can be prepared like green beans or shelled and eaten raw.

THE SOURSOP tree bears large fruit with soft white flesh that is smooth and tangy-sweet with a distinctive flavour. It provides carbohydrate and also contains abundant vitamin C and several of the B vitamins along with calcium, phosphorus and a small amount of iron. Its fruit and leaves are known to relieve stomach upsets, fever, pain and respiratory ailments. The leaves can be steeped to make a tea that is used throughout the islands. The Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center, New York has indicated that some compounds in soursop may be naturally antiviral and antiparasitic, and may suppress inflammation in the body.

WEST INDIAN CHERRY, also known as Barbados cherry or Acerola, is a tart, juicy cherry that is used to make a delicious and fragrant red drink. Its vitamin C content is much higher than an equivalent amount of peeled oranges. It will give you a good dose of vitamin A, as well as the Bs, thiamine, riboflavin and niacin. Other benefits include calcium, iron and bioflavonoids. The fruit contains protein, fibre, lipids and fatty acids.

The cherry will deteriorate quickly once it has been picked, and the best way to preserve this highly nutritious fruit for future use is to freeze it.

THE COCONUT, familiar throughout the Caribbean as a welcome addition to our diet, is considered in Asia to be a complete food. The important saturated fatty acid in coconut flesh is lauric acid, which is believed to increase the good-HDL cholesterol levels in the blood. Coconut water contains a higher concentration of electrolytes than any other food in nature. It helps lower blood pressure, and relieves kidney and urinary bladder problems. The flesh of the coconut is a very good source of copper, calcium, iron, manganese, magnesium and zinc. It is also an excellent source of the B vitamins.

TURMERIC is a plant that belongs to the ginger family. The root and the leaves have been used in traditional Indian and Chinese medicine for centuries for their antiinflammatory and antioxidant properties. Used as a culinary herb, turmeric gives bright colour and warm assertive flavour to savoury dishes, especially curries. The fresh root contains very high levels of vitamin C, and it is a rich source of essential B vitamins. It also contains good amounts of such minerals as calcium, iron, potassium, manganese, copper, zinc and magnesium. It is readily available in root form and as a finely ground powder, and should be a staple in your kitchen.

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VJ’s-Bakery Liberta, St. Paul’s T: (268) 460 3465 E: vjsbakeryanu@gmail.com www.facebook.com/VJsBakery Indulge your taste buds in a scrumptious surprise nestled in a lush valley of Liberta. VJ’s-Bakery, established in 1989, offers a wide array of breads, pastries, cakes, cheesecakes and other delectable treats. Every day is a blessed day at VJ’s, but the most fun times are arguably Sunday Mornings when traditional hot and buttery “Sunday” bread is sold.

Opening Hours: Monday-Thursday 6:15am-Midnight. Fridays 6:15am-5:30pm Saturdays evenings 8:00pm through till Sunday Midnight $-$$

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VJ’s family leads with inspiration from the almighty, competitive pricing, and a no philosophy compromise on using quality raw ingredients.

Island Fusion Restaurant Liberta Village Main Road, St. Paul’s T: (268) 734 5671 or 772 5671

Sandra is a personable restaurant host who cannot fail to please. She says, “Our food is flavourful, aromatic, pleasing to the taste buds because it’s cooked and served with a warm smile.” Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. From early morning salt fish, red herring and liver with spinach, to afternoon curry goat with coconut rice & peas, and into the evening with pizzas, pastas, steak or try an all day grab ‘n’ go option for a meal on the move. It’s a vacationer’s favourite pit stop, with a very reasonable bar.

Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday 8:00am-until. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner $-$$

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This is where the rest of the world meets the Caribbean.

Feel the warmth of our smile.

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IPL in the Community www.island-provision.com

(268) 480-5151

(268) 480-5180

(268) 480-5180

It’s been a busy 365 days for the Island Provision Ltd. (IPL) group of companies – Gourmet Basket Supermarket, Best Cellars Wines and Spirits and Island Provision Food Distribution, they have been extending their reach beyond the confines of their complex on the Sir George Walter Highway. The company’s staff and the brands they represent have been reaching out to their consumers through a wide range of community initiatives, cultural programmes and events. It is widely accepted that companies and brands which place social responsibility objectives at the heart of their business and communications are best-placed to succeed, and IPL certainly take grass roots initiatives seriously. In return, the community support they receive from their consumers confirms that they are more positively minded toward a company if they feel that it is delivering or contributing something positive towards local individuals and communities.

In full community spirit, the IPL’s sponsorship activities are designed to create social as well as commercial value. The Banks beer team work year round as one family towards the betterment of the community bringing liquid vibes to the entire island. Banks Beer the Caribbean Lager is a major sponsor of carnival bands & events, local parties and comedy shows. West Indies cricket and the Da Next Level Racing Team are powered by Banks Beer. During February Mount Gay rum and Banks beer sponsored Antigua’s Valentine’s Day Regatta which was held at 190

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the Jolly Harbour Yacht Club. Mount Gay Rum is a longstanding sponsor of the Antigua Sailing Week. This year they were also sponsors of the two-day Antigua Music Festival and they continued their traditional hosting of the Mount Gay Rum Red Cap Party where guests receive limited edition Mount Gay Antigua Race Week red caps. IPL’s internationally recognised San Pellegrino brand has been a sponsor of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta since 2012. This year was no exception as they added a new angle to their sponsorship by bringing the San Pellegrino Cooking Cup chef’s competition to Antigua.

In 2015, PINEHILL (fruit juices) pledged support to the Antigua Sailability programme which offers sailing experience to up to 30 disabled or mentally challenged children and adults each week. They provided new sails to help upgrade their boats. During June and July shoppers were given the opportunity to enter the PINEHILL Juices competition. Purchasing any 4 (1 litre bottle) PINEHILL Juices enabled patrons to enter a prize draw with a grand prize of a 60” RCA LCD TV, each week five lucky winners won many consolation prizes in this fun islandwide competition. PINEHILL (juices) also sponsor many sports and schools programmes to increase consumer participation in striving for a healthier lifestyle. To top off the year in style, life at the brand new V.C. Bird International Airport just got brighter with Island Provision Group of Companies sponsoring new taxi driver shirts.

An Italian Tradition Since 1932 www.facebook.com/SanPellegrinoFruitBeverages

Opening Times: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm. Sat 8am-12pm. T: (268) 480 5180 Distributed by Best Cellars Wines & Spirits. Part of the Island Provision Group of Companies. Sir George H. Walter Highway, Antigua

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The Captain’s Quarters Restaurant

Beside the Catamaran Hotel, Falmouth Harbour, St. Paul’s T: (268) 460 1036 | E: catclub@candw.ag www.catamaran-antigua.com

If you are a visitor to our island, vegetarian, a yacht crewmember, businessperson, student, or sportsman, as long as you are hungry, The Captain’s Quarters will make you happy. Relax and unwind in the comfort of our beachfront restaurant, while sipping one of our locally blended signature coffees. Surf the web with our complimentary WiFi or just simply kick back and watch your favourite sports in our fully-stocked sports bar. All-Morning-Long-Breakfast” served 6:30am-11:00pm.

We specialize in hosting and coordinating onsite weddings and provide private catering for events.

Opening Hours: Daily from 6:30am-11:00pm. $$

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Bumpkin’s Beach Bar & Restaurant Pigeon Point Beach Falmouth Harbour, St. Paul’s T: (268) 562 2522

If you are in the English Harbour vicinity and in need of a refreshing swim, a laidback bar and an inexpensive meal, then Bumpkins will definitely satisfy all your needs and more. The menu is uncomplicated with a great selection of crisp salads for the health-conscious and juicy burgers for hungry souls. This traditional Caribbean beach bar serves ice-cold beers, good wines and a wide choice of rum cocktails.

Bumpkins is a gorgeous setting for children’s (kids menu) or company parties and private events.

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Opening Hours: 7 days a week, 11:00am until. Evening menu served 6:0010:00pm Thursday-Sunday, call for reservations. $$

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La Mia Cucina Restaurant

Falmouth Harbour, St. Paul’s T: (268) 562 8773 or 764 4639 E: davideanfi@yahoo.com

La Mia Cucina is exactly as it says, Davide’s open kitchen. Hailing from 4 generations of restaurateurs, and sharing his culinary skills in Antigua’s top kitchens, Davide now welcomes you to his new casual-gourmet restaurant. Everything is cooked fresh, from the homemade focaccia and banana breads to the pasta, and the antipasto style portions of carpaccio and seafood through to whole lobster.

Opening Hours: Daily All Day Menu 8:00am-10:00pm. available to Private Villas and Yachts $$$

Delivery service

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Davide’s past kitchens include: Abracadabra, Harmony Hall, Antigua Yacht Club Marina, Mill Reef and Galley Bay.

Life on the Corner Dockyard Drive, English Harbour, St. Paul’s T: (268) 562 8073 | C: (268) 723 3502 or 722 0020 E: lifebarantigua@aol.com

Life on the Corner is a casual, laidback spot styled on a British Pub & Grub restaurant. It has everything for a great night out; a friendly, well-stocked bar and a big deck with handmade benches and colourful umbrellas. Inexpensive, tasty and fresh, home cooked pub food is served up promptly. Enjoy daily specials and a selection of local fish, lobster, steak, homemade burgers, and kebabs from the BBQ. Their fabulous curries are a must, as is Life’s highly recommended Sunday Roast.

Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday from 11:00am. Closed Wednesday. $$

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Happy hour 5pm-7pm and 2nd chance happy hour 10pm-11pm.

Free WI-FI.

Pirate’s Pizza Dockyard Drive, English Harbour, St. Paul’s T: (268) 788 3496 or 726 2757

Come down to Pirate’s Pizza restaurant where Stefano serves you top quality pizzas. Enjoy your pizza under the stars on the lovely alfresco dining deck. Stoneoven thin crust pizzas, baked the Italian way with fresh quality toppings are made to perfection. The range of handcrafted pizzas is always extending. Also available salads, pastas, two delicious Calzones and a good assortment of beverages.

Opening Hours: Daily in season from 5:30pm-10:30pm. Also lunchtime opening during peak season $$

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Pillars Restaurant at The Admiral’s Inn

Nelson’s Dockyard National Park, English Harbour, St. Paul’s T: (268) 460 1027 / 1153 E: pillars@admiralsinnantigua.com www.admiralsinnantigua.com Set within the timeworn walls of the 18th century Nelson’s Dockyard at the lovingly restored Admiral’s Inn, the Pillars Restaurant is not to be missed. Delectable dishes emphasize the use of local ingredients, freshly picked or caught that day. Seafood specialties include Tuna Tartare, Catch of the Day and Fresh Grilled Lobster Au Gratin.

The Pillars Restaurant is also available to host private events.

Step back in time as you dine at this elegant alfresco restaurant perched on the picturesque water’s edge within Nelson’s Dockyard.

Opening Hours: Daily in season for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner from 7:00am11:00pm. Wednesday Caribbean Night and Saturday Jazz & Special Menu $$-$$$

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Boom at Gunpowder House Nelson’s Dockyard National Park, English Harbour, St. Paul’s T: (268) 460 1027 / 1153 E: boom@gunpowderhouse.com www.admiralsinnantigua.com It is hard to beat the elevated harbourside position of Boom at Gunpowder House for a scenic dining venue. The vast outdoor terrace boasts an infinity edged pool where you may bask on luxurious sunbeds overlooking the spectacular Nelson’s Dockyard.

Boom has a wonderful upscale setting to enjoy delicious lunches and a special dinner menu with a guest chef on Thursdays.

Opening Hours: Daily in season from 11:00am-6:00pm for lunch and drinks.

Dinner on Thursday evenings during high-season features guest chefs with special menus. Reservations are preferred.

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Falmouth Main Road t. 720.3826 or 562.6581 sunrantigua@gmail.com sunrantigua.blogspot.com

RESTAURANT

open for dinner 19:00/22:00 Closed Sundays

The place where a comforting welcome, a love of food, a soothing ambiance and music are harmonised together in "diverso" fusion of taste.

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Cloggy’s AYC Marina

Antigua Yacht Club Marina, 1st Floor Falmouth Harbour, St. Paul’s T: (268) 460 6910 or 764 8083 | E: cloggyscafe@yahoo.com Facebook.com/cloggysantigua They may have relocated, but the menu remains supremely consistent, just one of the reasons for Cloggy’s longevity. It delivers everything from flavoursome sandwiches to fresh fish, lobster, salads, grilled meats and vegetarian dishes. There’s also a groovy kids menu. The all-day Tappas menu is served at the bar and lounge area, and all are relieved that their celebrated Sunday Brunch remains unchanged.

Opening Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 12:00-4:00pm for Lunch and 6:00-10:00pm for Dinner. Tappas until 7:00pm. Sunday Brunch 11:00am-4:00pm. Closed Mondays. $$$

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Galley Bar & Restaurant Nelson’s Dockyard National Park English Harbour, St. Paul’s T: (268) 460 1533 | E: afmarsh@hotmail.com

“Ahoy me hearties”, join all the crew for breakfast, lunch or an evening bite at the Galley Bar, once the site of Nelson’s kitchen in the dockyard. Now it’s a hive of entertainment for captains, crew, backpackers, locals, tourists and professionals from all corners of the globe. Take full advantage of the harbour views and marvel at the impressive yachts, especially magical as the sun goes down.

Opening Hours: Year round 8:00am-7:00pm $$

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Gather one and all to this historic harbour front bar, a thirst quenching institution in Nelson’s Dockyard.

Crab Hole Liquors & Crab Hole Too Main Branch - Cobbs Cross Main Rd, Falmouth Harbour Also, Nelson’s Dockyard National Park, English Harbour T: (268) 460 1212 or 460 8930 E: crabholeliquors@candw.ag Crab Hole Liquor stores as the undisputed best choice for replenishing your homes, stores or yachts. With over 20 years of success you can be sure to find all that you want at your convenience. Champagnes, wines, gins, rums, vodkas, sodas and a large selection of beers can be packed and boxed as you wish. The stores have a great selection of snacks and party favourites, alongside fine cigars and tobacco.

Free local delivery, the lowest prices and the best service are guaranteed.

Opening Hours: Daily 7:00am-9:00pm

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RECIPE

Pan-seared Red Snapper with Parmesan Risotto, Tomato Salsa and Arugula Pesto SERVES 4 INGREDIENTS: TOMATO SALSA 6 ripe tomatoes, finely diced 1 large bunch coriander, chopped including stalks 1 onion, finely diced 1 large clove of garlic, finely grated Juice of 1-2 limes 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil Milled sea salt INGREDIENTS: ARUGULA PESTO 1 ½ cups arugula, roughly chopped

1 ½ cups basil 2 cloves garlic, finely diced 1 ⁄3 cup pine nuts Kosher salt and pepper to taste ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil

1 celery stalk, finely diced 400 g risotto rice 2 wine glasses, dry white wine Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 knob of butter 90 g Parmesan cheese, freshly grated

INGREDIENTS: PARMESAN RISOTTO 1 ltr vegetable stock 2 tbsp olive oil 1 small knob butter 1 large onion, finely diced 2 cloves garlic, finely diced

INGREDIENTS: RED SNAPPER 2 fresh caught red snapper, scaled, cleaned and filleted Salt and pepper to taste Oil for frying

Head Chef ANGELLA JOSEPH Boom at Gunpowder House

Risotto Rice Properly cooked risotto is rich and creamy, but still with some resistance or bite.

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Arugula (Rocket) Traditionally used in Italian cuisine, several varieties of spicy arugula are grown locally in Antigua.

Red Snapper Fillets suit exciting flavours like ginger, chilli, spices, cilantro and coconut.

Prepare roasted, pan-fried, steamed and grilled.

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Lobster Au Gratin served with Fresh Coconut Milk Rice METHOD FOR TOMATO SALSA: Add the first 4 ingredients to a medium bowl and combine. Add the juice from 1 lime and the oil. Mix well, then season to taste with salt and adjust lime juice if needed. Refrigerate until service.

METHOD FOR ARUGULA PESTO: To a blender, add the arugula, basil, garlic, pine nuts, salt and pepper to taste and olive oil. Blend for at least 30 seconds. Add the Parmesan and pulse to combine. Set aside.

METHOD FOR PARMESAN RISOTTO: Heat stock in a saucepan. In a separate pan, heat the olive oil and butter. Add onions, garlic and celery; fry very slowly for about 15 minutes until softened and translucent over a medium heat.

Increase heat, add the rice to the pan and keep stirring. After a minute the rice will look slightly translucent. Add the wine and continue to stir.

Once the rice absorbs the wine, stir in 1 ladle of hot stock and a pinch of salt. Reduce heat to a simmer so the rice doesn’t cook too quickly on the outside. Keep adding stock 1 ladle at a time, continuously stirring the creamy starch out of the rice. Allow the stock to be absorbed before adding the next ladle full. Continue to add stock until rice is cooked, but al dente. Adjust seasoning. Remove pan from heat stir in butter and Parmesan. Place lid on pan; allow to sweat for 2 minutes.

METHOD FOR RED SNAPPER: Heat a 12-inch nonstick skillet drizzled with oil over very high heat. Just before searing, season the fish fillets with salt and pepper. Sear fillet, flesh side down for 2 minutes in the pan. Flip and cook for a further 2 minutes. Both sides should be golden brown and slightly crispy. Serve each fillet on a bed of risotto, top fillet with tomato salsa and drizzle with pesto.

SERVES 2 INGREDIENTS: LOBSTER 1 large (2 ½ lb) cooked spiny lobster 2 tbsp butter 1 shallot, finely chopped 1 ½ cups fresh lobster stock ¼ cup white wine ¼ cup double cream 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley ¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese Salt and pepper to taste INGREDIENTS: COCONUT RICE 1 fresh coconut (grated) 2 cups warm water 1 cup Basmati rice 2 sprigs thyme 1 clove garlic, crushed ½ small onion, finely diced ½ stem celery stalk, finely diced Salt to taste

METHOD FOR LOBSTER: Cut the lobster in half lengthwise, and remove the meat from the tail. Remove any meat from the head and set aside. Clean the lobster shell of any impurities. Reserve shell. Cut the meat up into pieces. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the shallots; cook and stir until transparent. Stir in the lobster stock, white wine and double cream. Add lobster meat, bring to a boil, and cook until reduced by half. Mix in the parsley, salt and pepper.

Preheat oven broiler to medium-high heat.

Place reserved lobster shells on a broiling pan or baking sheet. Spoon the lobster mixture into shells.

Sprinkle with a topping of Parmesan cheese. Broil for 3 to 4 minutes, just until golden brown.

METHOD FOR COCONUT RICE: Extract the milk from the coconut by letting sit in warm water for 30 minutes, then strain. Use coconut milk to boil rice and add thyme, garlic, onion, celery and salt. Bring to boil, lower heat and simmer until liquids have evaporated and rice grains are cooked. Fluff with a fork before serving.

TO SERVE: Serve rice immediately with lobster au gratin and pan roasted vegetables.

Spiny Lobster To help conserve spiny lobster resources Antigua & Barbuda has introduced closed fishing seasons for this species.

Fresh Coconut Milk is derived from the white flesh of the coconut, not the water inside it. It is immensely rich in vitamins and minerals.

Parmesan Cheese or Parmigiano Reggiano if it is produced in the correct provinces in Italy is known as the King of Cheeses.

Head Chef WENTWORTH BARNES Pillars Restaurant, Admiral’s Inn

S O UTH & EAST COA ST S

Road House Restaurant & Bar

New Field Main Road, St. Philip’s T: (268) 764 8090 / 724 9292 E: roadhouserest@hotmail.com

Road House Restaurant & Bar is a family friendly stop off on the way to or from Half Moon Bay. They serve tasty lunches during the week, but Fridays and Sundays are when this venue comes into it’s own. Every week enjoy superb $5 Friday specials on everything; entry, food and drinks, keeping after work ‘limers’ happy. The menu includes light bites, soups and main meals, all extremely nice. Call to book a table.

Every Sunday party from 4pm onwards to old & new reggae music live with the Hardcore Reggae Band.

Opening Hours: Monday-Thursday 6:30am-3:00pm. Friday and Sunday - All Day & Late Night $

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Cambusa Italian Restaurant Catamaran Marina, Falmouth, Harbour Waterfront.

T: (268) 562 2226 E: cambusa@cambusantigua.com www.cambusantigua.com Situated in the quiet atmosphere of the Catamaran Marina, the oceanfront Cambusa Italian Restaurant is special for its show kitchen. With great Italian flair, this restaurant offers delicious “comfort food” from ancient Italian tradition. Try tantalizing, Mediterranean flavoured fish and vegetables locally sourced, traveling ‘Zero Food Miles’. Cambusa’s two Italian chefs will prepare fine food for you, from appetizers to dinner, right in front of you. Also enjoy the chilled-out bar-lounge.

Cambusa offers an excellent Italian yacht catering service. Call for further details.

CAP & HORN

Opening Hours: Daily for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner. $$$

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Island Bistro Pizzeria Grill Bistro 7:00-10:00pm Pizzeria 6:00-11:00pm Closed Thursdays

Reservations: +1 (268) 460-1194 Email: lecaphornantigua@hotmail.com Dockyard Drive, English Harbour, St. Paul’s 198

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Harmony Hall Antigua

Brown’s Bay, St, Philip’s, Antigua T: (268) 460 4120 | F: (268) 460 4406 E: harmony.antigua@gmail.com www.harmonyhallantigua.com A secluded retreat located near the beautiful Half Moon Bay that soothes and charms the soul with stunning vistas over Nonsuch Bay. The Harmony Hall Yacht Club has a historic sugar mill at its heart, surrounded by the open areas, the Restaurant which serves eclectic Italian cuisine, and the famous Art Gallery. The Boutique Hotel has 6 spacious guest suites offering comfort and tranquillity.

The solitude they offer is unique...

Opening Hours: Daily for Lunch. Wednesday to Saturday for Dinner. $$$

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Trappas Bar & Restaurant Dockyard Drive, English Harbour, St. Paul’s T: (268) 562 3534 | C: (268) 728 2880 E: trappasantigua@hotmail.com

Trappas in English Harbour greets their guests with a sexy open-front bar that creates a dynamic atmosphere for people-watching at the heart of their street-side terrace. The famous set price menu has a fantastic starters and main courses to satisfy every appetite. In addition, there is a weekly specials menu and a kids menu.

You won’t break the bank to find a good bottle of wine and the bar is well stocked.

Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday 6:00pm-10:00pm Open year round.

Reservations strongly recommended during winter-season. $$

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Consistently very good food at great value for money.

Trappas serves a fantastic global range of cuisine.

A brand new venue... The management of Trappas invite you to experience Papa’s. Great entertainment, food, wine, cocktails, DJ’s, dinghy dock, massages and yoga. This is the future of entertainment.

For Reservations Call: +1 (268) 464-0764

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YAO Yao. It’s an unusual and slightly mysterious name, but what does it mean? In Antigua it means delicious creamy yogurt, and has done since the mid 1990s when Antoine and Lily Bavay anchored in English Harbour from Brittany on a compact catamaran, and decided to stay. While making a living by chartering their boat, the Bavays began to make yogurt and goat’s cheese for their own use.

As word spread in English Harbour that a French couple where making excellent quality yogurt, they found they were making bigger and bigger batches every week to satisfy demand.

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The chef at Blue Waters Hotel placed an order, and soon after Sandals Grande Resort began to show an interest. Antoine realized that if they wanted to seize this opportunity they would have to find production space ashore. They found a small house in Piccadilly, not far from Falmouth, and considered selling the catamaran to finance the purchase of production equipment. But the boat belonged to their friend Philippe Dupuis, who was still in Brittany. So Philippe and his wife Marisse came to Antigua to see what all the fuss was about.

When Philippe Dupuis was a young man he was travelling in North Africa when one day he strolled into a village and saw a sign on an old building that read “Yao Dupuis”. Enchanted by the strange name coupled with his own, he promised himself that he would name his boat “Yao”. So here were the four friends putting the “Yao” up for sale, and Philippe suggested that the name for the yogurt should be Yao too. By the year 2000 the company, Antigua Dairy Industries, was established and the new production equipment was installed in 450 sq. ft. of crowded but highly organized space in Piccadilly. Space was so limited that they sat on overturned buckets to scrub down their equipment each evening. In spite of this constraint, they soon added ice cream to their product line, using the same equipment and some of the same milk-based ingredients. They hired their first local employee, a driver to make deliveries, and he is still with the company which now has 15 knowledgeable and productive employees, including well-trained supervisors Desiree Thomas for yogurt and Michael Joseph for ice cream. When their friends the Dupuis went back to France, Antoine found a local investor and their new partner is content to let

them run the business as they see fit.

Sales of Yao yogurt have grown approximately 20% each year since the early days, except for an almost universal downturn in 2007. The Bavays offer many flavours of yogurt as well as their very first product, plain yogurt, and they have recently introduced a rich, extra-creamy Greek yogurt, which is made by draining the whey from the regular product. They also make yogurt drinks, including a nutritious and healthy Kefir.

Ice Cream sales are a growing market and the Bavays keep experimenting with new flavours, and have introduced wonderful combinations like Cream and Cookies, Coffee Beans, and Cavalier Rum and Raisin. Their newest offerings are Cherry Vanilla, Strawberry Cheesecake and Maple Walnut. They also produce zingy fruit sorbets made with tropical fruit such as mango, pineapple and passion fruit. And they will make up special orders for weddings and large parties, based on customers’ requests. They will even customize labels, which they print on-site, and do so for several of the international yachts that return every winter to English Harbour. The Leander, for instance, orders its yogurt with its own Leander label. And for airline customers like British Airways, they order preprinted packaging designed for the airline.

Good hygiene is an essential part of any food production facility, and Antigua Dairy is no exception.

Samples of every product are sent to the Government laboratory at Dunbars each month for testing, and the site is inspected regularly. The production staff wear clean overalls and hairnets, and clean hands are an absolute requirement of the daily production routine.

Antigua Dairy eventually outgrew their Piccadilly

site, and in July 2014 they moved to a relatively spacious (4 times larger) building in an industrial park on Factory Road. Here the company has a compact business office, a large production room, a warm room for fermenting yogurt, cold rooms for storing both yogurt and ice cream, and warehouse space at the back for imported pre-packaged gourmet products such as cheese, cured meats and fish, and dried fruit and nuts that they have introduced to grow their product line. After years of experimentation with ingredients for their yogurt and ice cream products, they import a rich, high quality powdered milk from Ireland, fruit jams and preserves from Europe and India, and various sugars, gels and chocolate from the best sources they can find. They encourage walkin sales, and offer friendly and very informal service to everyone who drops by.

Yao products are sold to supermarkets in a variety of containers, to hotels and restaurants in individual and bulk containers, and to yachts and other catering establishments in containers of their choosing.

Antoine and Lily Bavay are proud of their “Made in Antigua” products, and of their record as one of only a handful of local companies that can make this claim.

They have begun to export their Yao products to other islands, beginning with the Grenadines in 2015, with planned shipments to Tortola in 2016.

Antoine and Lily cannot resist developing new products, and hope to introduce their locally brewed beer, which they have dubbed “Bone Idle Blond Ale”, by the end of 2015. The search for new, compatible products continues with no end in sight, because the Bavays have faith in their own abilities, and in their staff. View the complete product line on their website, www.yaoantigua.com.

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Uncle Roddy’s Beach Bar & Grill Eco-friendly Solar Powered

Coral Group Bay, Barbuda T: (268) 785 3268 | E: info@uncleroddys.com www.uncleroddys.com

Uncle Roddy’s is Barbuda’s only fully solar powered beach bar and grill. Situated on a wide pristine stretch of white powdery sand, this is definitely one of the best spots to enjoy a beach day and a delightful lunch by the ocean. Uncle Roddy’s is open every day and specialises in lobster and local catch of the day dishes. The fully stocked bar includes ice cold local and imported beers, wines and spirits.

A must visit destination for the freshest lobster and fish when in Barbuda.

Opening Hours: Monday-Saturday 11:00am-10:00pm. Sunday lunch by reservation only. $$

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A. J’s Restaurant Buffalo Road, North of Madison Square Codrington Village, Barbuda T: (268) 728 4334

A. J’s restaurant in Barbuda is a successful husband and wife team operation which has grown into a beautifully landscaped garden restaurant with lots of seating. A. J’s serves a wide selection of delicious light meals, pizzas, hot dogs, burgers and kebabs. The restaurant also serves a unique Syrian dish called a Toshka - it is a Mid-Eastern kebab made with flat bread stuffed with ground beef, white cheese, vegetables and a special sauce.

A. J’s restaurant has pretty candle lit lanterns, and it’s a lovely place to spend an evening dining out in Barbuda.

Opening Hours: Monday-Saturdays. Call for times. $

Fancyway Store Codrington Village, Barbuda T: (268) 460 0099

Barbuda is a resourceful island and so are its people. Proprietor Francilla Francis, known to many as Fancy, began selling clothes from her mother’s front room in 1968. The store continues to serve the community and passing tourists with a multitude of goods. Fancyway is a store for essential groceries, but you will also find the odd line of t-shirts, linen and toiletries.

Opening Hours: Monday-Saturdays. Call for times.

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BARBUDAN STREET & LOCAL FOOD SPOTS

A. J’s Restaurant

Buffalo Road, North of Madison Sq. (268) 728-4334

Extra Man’s Bar

River Road, Codrington Village Thursday, Friday & Saturday evenings

Kelcina Sports Bar

Madison Square.

Open daily from 6pm (268) 722-3050 E: kelcina@yahoo.com

Lilrose Burton Fish Fry

Portsmouth Snackette & Grill

Pat’s Grill

The Block Club

Saturday mornings, Madison Square.

(268) 460-0103

Corner of Webber & Hokins, Madison Square. (268) 772-1336

Pink Sands Beach Bar Martello Tower, River.

(268) 783-8624 E: freestonthomas@hotmail.com

Village lagoon wharf. Breakfast, food and drink served Mon-Sat. (268) 783-7243 or 734-1893

Friday & Saturday evenings, Codrington Village

Wanda Desouza’s BBQ Most evenings - Madison Square.

(268) 724-7270

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Mint-Mango Fusion Gin based cocktail

Ginger-Papaya Sunrise Tequila based cocktail

Indulge in an almost guilt-free drinking experience with two flavourlicious cocktails that are loaded with the goodness of fresh Caribbean fruits packed with vitamins. The Ginger-Papaya Sunrise has a hint of a margarita to it with a tequila base which pairs well with the delicately flavoured fruit. The Mint-Mango Fusion is light and sweet with intense flavours which makes it perfect for hot days and balmy nights.

Mixologist TROY S. GEORGE Carmichael’s Restaurant

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INGREDIENTS: MINT-MANGO FUSION Make ahead to allow time to chill.

Juice from 1 smooth, fresh mango 10 mint leaves 3-4 oz sugar depending on sweetness of mango

INGREDIENTS: GINGER-PAPAYA SUNRISE 3 thin slices of fresh ginger 2 oz Tequila 2 oz fresh papaya purée ½ oz freshly squeezed lime juice ½ oz sugar syrup 1 oz fresh pineapple juice Few drops of grenadine

INGREDIENTS: COCKTAIL 2 oz Gin 2 oz mint & mango fusion ½ oz fresh lime juice ½ oz fresh mango juice METHOD FOR MINT & MANGO FUSION: Squeeze the juice from the mango into a saucepan over a medium heat. Add the sugar and stir until it has dissolved. Add the mint leaves and simmer for half an hour. Set aside to cool to room temperature, then refrigerate.

METHOD TO MIX COCKTAIL: Chill a Martini glass with ice. Combine all ingredients in shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain cocktail into the chilled glass.

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METHOD: Chill a Martini glass with ice. Place the ginger slices into a shaker without ice and muddle. Pour the next 5 ingredients into the shaker with ice and shake vigorously to combine flavours. Strain cocktail into chilled glass. Carefully pour a few drops of grenadine through the cocktail so it settles at the bottom of the glass.

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