BRING YOUR APPETITE TO THE ANGUILLA CULINARY EXPERIENCE MAY 3 – 6
Anguilla to Host 2nd Annual Epicurean Festival Featuring Local & International Chefs
The Valley, ANGUILLA: MARCH. 2023: Eat local at the Anguilla Culinary Experience (ACE) on the culinary calendar from May 3 – 6. The epicurean festival brings together talented chefs from Anguilla and around the world with food-loving guests at resorts, villas, and restaurants. “Last year’s Anguilla Culinary Experience was a great success. It was a joy to share Anguilla’s history, hospitality, and incredible cuisine with new visitors and long-time island fans, while also raising funds to support the island’s next generation of chefs, ” said ACE co-chair and Villa Alegria owner Wendy Freeman of Chicago. ACE 2023 will open Wednesday, May 3rd with a party hosted by Aurora Anguilla Resort & Golf Club at the resort’s D Richard’s steakhouse overlooking the International Golf Course. “The Anguilla Culinary Experience is a unique and wonderful addition to our island’s event calendar, a fitting tribute to our extraordinary cuisine and exceptional culinary talents,” stated Stacey Liburd, Anguilla’s Director of Tourism. “The variety of epicurean experiences offered from private dinners to barbecue beach parties, from gourmet island tours to traditional culinary practices, with the support and participation of our most popular bars and restaurants all together make ACE the most exciting festival in the Caribbean.” www.anguillaculinaryexperience.com
Savi Beach Club guest chef, Daniele Lippi of Italy’s 2 Michelin-starred Ristorante Acquolina, will alternate courses with the beach club’s resident chef during a seaside dinner reflecting their Italian and Japanese influences. Zemi Beach House will present a Dinner Extravaganza by Jennifer Carroll, of Top Chef USA fame. Zemi’s event guests will start with a beachfront champagne reception, followed by a private cooking demonstration and sunset dinner on top-ranked Shoal Bay Beach. The evening will end with dessert and a curated rum tasting by the resort’s certified Rummelier in Zemi’s artisanal cocktail bar, the Rhum Room. At Aurora Anguilla, guests can enjoy an intimate and luxurious farm-to-table dinner, where each course will highlight ingredients from the resort’s organic farm and hydroponic gardens.
Back by popular demand for 2023 is the ACE Beach BBQ and Basket Battle at the Anguilla Great House Beach Resort on Rendezvous Bay. At the Saturday, May 6th event, local master grillers from Tasty’s/POV Restaurants, Paper’s Barbeque, Roy’s Bayside Grill, and the Anguilla Great House, will serve up fresh fish, tantalizing ribs, traditional Johnny Cakes, and more, as the Anguilla National Culinary Team cooks head-to-head in a mystery basket competition. Also returning is the beach-bar rum crawl by chauffeured Moke, along with salt picking offered through Anguilla’s Quest Experiences. The ACE 2023 schedule is available on the ACE website at www.anguillaculinaryexperience.com.
