The World's Biggest Caribbean Food Festival Adds Spice to Southeast Queens on Sunday

Thirty-five years ago, Vincent and Patricia Chin relocated their business, VP Records, from Kingston, Jamaica to Jamaica, Queens. It was a good move as VP quickly grew to become the largest reggae company in the world. This Sunday, VP will add spice to the Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival New York with a storyboard installation featuring a detailed map exploring reggae’s impact in every continent and an illustrative timeline covering each era. This seems like the perfect addition to this fourth annual event, which is now the biggest Caribbean food festival in the world, attracting roughly 20,000 visitors last year. They come for the tremendous cuisine, live music acts, shopping, and even a cultural stage, which will host folk dances, poetry readings, storytelling and creative fashions. Meanwhile, chefs will compete to win cash, bragging rights as the “Jerk Champion” and the coveted Dutch Pot Trophy as decided by a panel of distinguished judges.

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Details: The Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival New  York, Roy Wilkins Park, 177-01 Baisley Boulevard, Jamaica, July 20th, noon to 8 pm, $30 in advance/$40 at the gate.

Photos: Jamaican Jerk Festival FB