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Daniyel Jones (Bartender)
National Culinary Team wins again It’s almost expected now. T&T’s National Culinary Team again dominated the field at the Taste of the Caribbean 2011, winning 11 awards and medals including Overall Best Team of the Year. Much is made of the stellar food that the team produces at these competitions, but this year the team’s bartender candidate, Daniyel Jones, also ran away with gold medals for both the rum and vodka cocktail competitions with a blend of internationally known alcohol brands and rustic Trini flavours. Jones also won the Best Cocktail award for his vodka concoction and the Mystery Bar award. We’ve managed to wrestle away his secret rum and vodka cocktail recipes for you to try out and enjoy at home. Bon appetit! ‘Doo Doo Darling’ Vodka Cocktail Ingredients 1 ½ oz Ketel One vodka 1 ½ oz Ruby Red port 5 shrimp 3 shadon beni leaves ½ cup fresh cucumber 2 bar spoons 100% cane sugar Method Flavour the port with shadon beni leaves and shrimp in a heated sauté pan, then add remaining ingredients, muddle and shake on ice. Pour into a cocktail or martini glass and garnish with slices of cucumber and a cooked shrimp.
‘Mystery Man’ rum cocktail Ingredients 1 ½ oz Zacapa 15-year-old rum ¾ oz Navan Liqueur (Vanilla Liqueur) ¼ oz aniseed liqueur 2 oz freshly brewed mauby 2 whole bay leaves 2 bar spoons 100% cane sugar Method Shake all ingredients together on ice. Pour into a cocktail glass and garnish with stick of sugar cane and a bay leaf.
T&T 2011 National Culinary Team Raymond Joseph (Captain) – Courtyard by Marriott Devon Joseph (Chef) – Chaud Restaurant Jeremy Lovell (Chef) – Courtyard by Marriott Adrian Cumberbatch (Chef) – CrewsInn Hotel Ltd Ryan Bailey (Junior Chef) – Hyatt Regency Trinidad Cheryl-Ann Shortt-Charles (Pastry Chef) – Trinidad and Tobago Hospitality and Tourism Institute Daniyel Jones (Bartender) – Martini Makers Abiola Jules (alternate Bartender) – Hyatt Regency Trinidad T&T’s Culinary Team won 11 awards at the Taste of the Caribbean 2011 contest, including: 1. Seafood Mystery Basket Competition - Bronze Medal - Adrian Cumberbatch 2. Beef Mystery Basket Competition - Bronze Medal - Jeremy Lovell 3. Pastry Chef of the Year Competition - Silver Medal - Cheryl Shortt-Charles 4. Bartender Competition - Vodka Category - First Place Winner - Daniyel Jones 5. Bartender Competition - Rum Category - First Place Winner - Daniyel Jones 6. Bartender Competition - Best Cocktail - First Place Winner - Daniyel Jones 7. Bartender Competition - Mystery Bar Category - Gold Medal - Daniyel Jones 8. Junior Chef of the Year Competition - Silver Medal - Ryan Bailey 9. Chef of the Year Competition - Gold Medal - Devon Joseph 10. Team of the Year Competition - Gold Medal 11. OVERALL BEST TEAM OF THE YEAR 2011 - Trinidad and Tobago
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