The Jamaica Culinary Arts Competition will this year showcase various dishes with the inclusion of the coconut as the featured local produce.
The culinary arts competition which is a staple on the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) annual calendar of events is encouraging all entrants to utilize the coconut in a creative way as part of the dishes they will prepare.
Acting Executive Director of the JCDC, Marjorie Leyden-Kirton, said the JCDC is actively seeking to promote creative dishes using the coconut.
“We want to see things you can create this year in culinary, using the good old coconut. We know the traditional things we can do. We want you to enter and show us some creative new things that we can do with the coconut,” she said.
Each year the competition selects one local produce that forms part of the creativity of the culinary experience.
Participants can enter the Culinary Competition in seven categories, such as Batters and Doughs, Wedding and Celebration Cakes, Traditional Jamaican Dishes, Knife Skills Technique, Recipe Writing, Preserves and Condiments, Wines and Liquors.
Interested persons may register and submit entries online via the JCDC’s website, www.jcdc.gov.jm, or visit any of the 14 JCDC parish offices islandwide to complete and submit their entry forms.
Deadline for entries is Friday, April 28, 2023.
