Goa­to­ber, the an­nu­al “Fes­ti­val of Goat” is back to ex­cite food lovers for yet an­oth­er year.

In Goat We Trust is the theme for the fourth edi­tion of this culi­nary event, which cel­e­brates one of the na­tion’s favourite meats.

In Goat We Trust takes place on Oc­to­ber 25 and takes the form of a cock­tail-styled brunch par­ty with two of the coun­try’s top chefs at the helm—Brigette Joseph and Ron­dell Thomp­son.

Goa­to­berTT founder Fran­ka Philip says this Goa­to­ber cel­e­bra­tion will be dif­fer­ent from those in the past. “We’re used to our sig­na­ture event be­ing a some­what for­mal din­ing oc­ca­sion, but I re­al­ly en­joyed the vi­brant at­mos­phere at our lunch last year and want­ed to in­cor­po­rate more mu­sic this time, so I de­cid­ed to give Goa­to­ber more of a par­ty vibe.

“This year’s venue at NA­PA Ho­tel is per­fect for that. The food brings every­one to­geth­er, but the mu­sic and the at­mos­phere should make them want to stay.”

The theme In Goat We Trust, is a fun play on a well-known say­ing and the op­er­a­tive word is in­deed trust.

“First, we trust our prod­uct. There’s a sig­nif­i­cant amount of qual­i­ty lo­cal goat in our menu, which shows the trust in our farm­ers. And more im­por­tant­ly, we trust chefs Ron­dell and Brigette to de­liv­er a culi­nary ex­pe­ri­ence in­spired by our own lo­cal tra­di­tions and their ex­cel­lent stan­dards.”

Ron­dell Thomp­son is the head chef at the Chaud Restau­rant Group and has been qui­et­ly mak­ing his mark on the lo­cal culi­nary land­scape and is known for his imag­i­na­tive com­bi­na­tions and eye-catch­ing pre­sen­ta­tion.

A pro­tege of lo­cal icon Chef Khalid Mo­hammed, Thomp­son has al­ready proved his worth against the re­gion’s top chefs with a win in 2025’s Mag­gi Food Court Caribbean com­pe­ti­tion.

Chef Brigette is a Goa­to­ber orig­i­nal. Her rep­u­ta­tion as a chef and culi­nary sto­ry­teller con­tin­ues to grow. She re­cent­ly re­turned from Toron­to, where she served her sev­en-course Sa­van­nah Sup­per to sold-out au­di­ences at Miss Likkle­more’s restau­rant.

Joseph will al­so be host­ing her pop­u­lar Cheat Night as a part of Goa­to­ber cel­e­bra­tions. Cheat Night, is a pop-up event that she’s been host­ing for sev­er­al years, since the days of her food truck, The G Spot. Street­food items like cur­ry spring rolls and Mex­i­can-in­flu­enced goat bir­ria aranci­ni are at the heart of this big flavoured menu pop-up at Sound­forge in Mu­cu­rapo.