The An­chor­age in Ch­aguara­mas was trans­formed in­to a de­li­cious trea­sure trove of good things to eat and drink as Guardian Life of the Caribbean host­ed its sec­ond fund-rais­ing Food Fes­ti­val on Sep­tem­ber 10. As the com­pa­ny con­tin­u­ous­ly as­pires to give back and make a great con­tri­bu­tion to our com­mu­ni­ties, all pro­ceeds from the fes­ti­val went to­wards the Big Broth­er, Big Sis­ter Pro­gramme of The He­roes Foun­da­tion-a non-prof­it or­gan­i­sa­tion that seeks to nur­ture the next gen­er­a­tion of he­roes through the cre­ation and pro­mo­tion of men­tor­ship ac­tiv­i­ties.

The event brought to­geth­er a fan­tas­tic ar­ray of dish­es all pre­pared by 13 teams, 11 of which com­prised Guardian Life agents and staff, one rep­re­sent­ing Unit­ed Way Trinidad and To­ba­go, and an­oth­er rep­re­sent­ing The He­roes Foun­da­tion. All teams showed off their de­lec­table culi­nary skills, with an ar­ray of mouth­wa­ter­ing temp­ta­tions, in­clud­ing duck, pork, fish, soup, lamb, chick­en and pas­ta. This year's fes­ti­val com­pe­ti­tion even brought new culi­nary sur­pris­es to the fore, putting the spot­light on in­no­v­a­tive dish­es and an at­mos­phere of fun and ami­ty. Prizes in dif­fer­ent cat­e­gories were pre­sent­ed to the win­ners by vice pres­i­dent of Sales, Michael Austin, af­ter the dish­es were judged by pa­trons.

Cap­tain Hook and the Cut Throat Cooks emerged win­ners with the prizes for Best Dec­o­rat­ed Tent and Most Cre­ative Team Name, while Fin­ger­lickin' Fin­gal Five won the prize for the Best Meat/Fish Dish. The Best Side Dish ti­tle was won by Steamy Soup Señori­tas, and Cooks on Cur­few walked away with the prize for Best Team Uni­form. Ra­dio per­son­al­i­ty Blaze added en­joy­ment to the event in his role as MC, and as the evening drew to a close guests were en­ter­tained by the ex­tra­or­di­nary tal­ents of Zig­gy Rankin, ISas­ha and King David, who en­cour­aged guests to dance and sing along in cel­e­bra­tion and fel­low­ship.