The twelfth annual Cayman Cookout offered a plentiful supply of the best food, wine and cocktails that Cayman has to offer last weekend, as chefs from all around the world convened at The Ritz-Carlton for what has developed as one of the world’s best culinary weekends.
While industry leaders recognised the importance of being at least partly self-sufficient when it came to growing and rearing food, it was something of an uphill battle with tourism and the financial services industry taking centre stage within Cayman’s economy from the 1960s.
It’s that time of year that we are thankful for cooler weather when fruits and vegetables can be sown in abundance for reaping in a couple of months’ time.
Capping up the Pirates Week Festival Office events on Monday evening (11th November) East End Heritage Committee won the top prize of $1000.00 as the winners of both the day and ‘Illumination’ night parades 2019.
Levi Superville, a member of the youth running club 345 Athletics, won the Pirates Week To Hell and Back 10K on Sunday 6th October. The sixteen-year-old snatched the top spot ahead of 49 other runners with the top time of 38 minutes 45.07 seconds.
Councillor Austin Harris tendered the Minister of Community Affairs’ apologies before delivering an Older Persons Month Message.
The proposed dates by the Ministry are not the solution to realise the full potential of the Cayman Carnival product.
Thousands of people line the streets to watch the spectacle of the Pirates Week "mock invasion" and its good-natured fun which boasts a new twist every year.
Pirates Week in the Cayman Islands has evolved from a modest affair to a full-blown festival stretching over all three islands over a couple of weeks.
This time our series takes a look at how Caymanians have traditionally celebrated as a community throughout the decades.
