CARIBBEAN CUISINE COOK BOOK
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Chef Ricardo is on a mission to promote Caribbean Cuisine
Ricardo Campbell, more popularly known as Chef Ricardo is not the kind of individual who waits for good things to happen, he makes them happen.
Not content with being able to prepare first class Caribbean dishes, he has to share his passion for food with the world and has written two books on Caribbean cuisine which are available in stores and online.
Chef Ricardo was born in Jamaica. He grew up in and around the busy hotels and restaurants of Ocho Rios, one of Jamaican’s main tourist resort areas.
As a young boy, he had a keen interest in cooking, spending a lot of time watching his elders cook many different dishes. He learnt a lot of trade secrets from his grandmother and his father who both loved cooking. His interest grew into a passion, after leaving school.
He applied to be a kitchen assistant at a popular restaurant doing basic kitchen duties like preparing vegetables. Due to his eagerness he was given the opportunity to help prepare simple dishes like ackee and salt fish, rice and peas and brown stew chicken. After a short period he was making these dishes independently.
He told Jamaican Times: “I stayed in this restaurant for two years and moved on to work in one of the top hotel resorts where I excelled and progressed into becoming a range chef. My duties included cooking, temperature control officer and ensuring that the presentation of the dishes was maintained to a high standard. I remained in this employment for ten years and obtained a chef certificate.”
In 2008 he moved to London to pursue further studies. He now works in the education sector as a chef at two institutions. He has more promotional projects in the pipeline and his work can be viewed at his website WWW.CHEFRICARDO.CO.UK.
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