Golden chefs back home

TO rousing cheers from family and friends, the Barbados culinary team returned home yesterday from the 2011 Taste Of The Caribbean competition in Miami laden with a record 11 gold medals and a number of individual awards, including Chef Of The Year.
The Chef Of The Year award was captured by Mitchell Husbands, who said that his achievement had not yet sunk in.
“The competition was very high, and this guy placed a dome on the table which emitted smoke and wowed the judges. But I said, ‘He has the smoke but I have the taste’,” Husbands stated.  
The champion was also inducted into the Caribbean Chefs Of The Year gallery yesterday. (KB)