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Celebrate Caribbean Flavours – nominate your favourite today

Nominations for the 2025 UK Caribbean Food Awards (UKCFA) will close on Monday 1 September. Now in its third year, the event features twenty categories …
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Grace Foods UK celebrates 100 years

Grace Foods UK celebrated its 100th year as the leading Caribbean foods supplier by partnering with British soul music radio station Mi-Soul. The anniversary...

Cummin Up and UpTown Cuisine Spread Christmas cheer

It's Christmastime ‑ a season of love, celebration and giving. There’s no better way to show you care than by supporting our two featured...

Machel and the Chocolate Factory

Trinbagonian soca star Machel Montano has proven that his creativity extends well beyond solely making music. The Wedding Album crooner has made his mark...

Black Cake

Black Cake is one thing you are sure to find in most Caribbean homes during the Christmas season. Here is a tried and tested...

Applications are open for The Great British Bake Off

Applications are now open for the thirteenth series of The Great British Bake Off, which is accessible to anyone who has a passion for...

Become a roti making master

Loved by many, but not well-crafted by all, roti is a very popular dish in the Caribbean, especially in the twin island Republic of...
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Kano launches Duppy White 100% Jamaican Rum

British rapper, songwriter, producer and actor from East Ham in London, Kano, has launched a new rum. Created and founded in partnership with Duppy Share...

Rhythm Kitchen is a traveller’s choice

The Walthamstow branch of Rhythm Kitchen is celebrating its status as a 2021 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice. Travellers’ Choice was established in 2002 and is the...

Brian Danclair takes Brixton dining upmarket

Fish, Wings and Tings has been firmly established on the Brixton landscape for nine years now. Owner Brian Danclair spoke to Soca News about...

The Spice Isle is the World’s First ‘Culinary Capital’

The World Food Travel Association (WFTA) has chosen Grenada to be the world's first ‘Culinary Capital’, along with its sister islands Carriacou and Petite...

Island Food With Saint Lucian Vibes

A glance at the Instagram page of @islandfoodwithvibes will reveal a mouth-watering variety of Caribbean dishes to cater for any palate, it seemed appropriate...

The British Library wants you to share your Caribbean food stories

The British Library has a plate with your name on it and is looking for individuals to relive their stories and memories of Caribbean...

Rare Guyanese coffee now available to buy online

Rum and its gold are two things we associate with Guyana – but coffee? Guyanese coffee is so rare that few people even know...

IslandSlice Rum, born in Saint Lucia distilled in Scotland

You can take a man out of the Caribbean, but you can’t take the Caribbean out of that man. And so, when Sylvester Herman...

Cauliflower soup with fennel

Recipe Courtesy Marcus Barnes @ Facebook Soup ingredientsFor the roasted cauliflower:1 head of cauliflower, cut into small florets.1 tsp of smoked paprika1 tsp of garlic...
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Homemade Ginger Beer recipe

Ingredients 30g piece of fresh ginger root, about 1½ inches long and 1-inch diameter, peeled and crushed with theflat side of a cleaver or large,...

A legacy in chocolate

Despite his humble beginnings, Duane Dove, founder and owner of Tobago Cocoa Estate, has created a tremendous foundation for a legacy in cocoa and...

New Gin from Grenada

Blue Light Distillery launched its Blue Light Caribbean Gin on 1 June, to celebrate World Oceans Day. The event was streamed live across social...

Chicken Pelau

Ingredients 3lb chicken pieces, skin removed, washed in lime/lemon and water, seasoned in a marinade of chopped onions, chive, thyme, garlic, mustard, ketchup, salt and...

ANGOSTURA® launches Cocoa Bitters

Angostura’s latest product, ANGOSTURA® Cocoa Bitters, was launched on 29 July in Port of Spain, Trinidad, after years of continuous research and trials. The...

Equiano – the world’s first African and Caribbean rum

Global Rum Ambassador, Ian Burrell, and Foursquare’s Richard Seale are on a mission to redefine a four-century-old industry with unique blends of rum from...

Reggae Rum Punch

Ingredients 50ml Wray and Nephew rum 100ml pineapple juice 100ml orange juice 25ml Grenadine syrup 10ml lime juice. Method Shake all the ingredients, together with plenty of ice, until cold. Pour into...

Your Own Delicious Caribbean Food

The London Cooking Project in Battersea was the setting for, Tantie Lorraine's Carnival Party Food workshop which proved to be a beneficial investment in...

Even More Limin’

Initially intended as a ten week 'pop-up' in London's Spitalfields Market, Limin’ - the Caribbean rum shop, bar and general hangout spot - the...
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Trini food to make you smile in the Square Mile

Although officially launched on Wednesday 24 October, Soca News was treated to an exclusive tasting session the day before at Limin’, the new Caribbean restaurant on...

Salt Fish Accra

Ingredients 500g boneless saltfish 500g onions, finely chopped 1 tsp coarsely ground black pepper ½ small bunch fresh thyme (without stalks) 2 large Scotch Bonnet peppers, finely chopped 250g plain...

Ackee a Caribbean delight for vegans worldwide!

As plant-based diets and lifestyles become more widespread and the depth of vegan and vegetarian cooking becomes better understood, people are expanding their horizons...

The Spirit of Christmas

Christmas, as we know, celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, on whom Christianity in its myriad forms was founded

Trinidadian Chocolate a sweet success story

London’s prestigious department store, Harrods, has started selling some very special chocolate from Trinidad

Tropical Sun celebrates 21st birthday with new classrooms for Jamaica’s children

World foods specialist Tropical Sun is celebrating its 21st birthday by investing £21,000 towards community projects in Jamaica and the UK
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