2025 Nassau Paradise Island Wine & Meals Competition Met The Hype

The 2025 Nassau Paradise Island Wine & Meals Competition lived as much as the hype, showcasing the Bahamian island’s electrical meals scene and bringing visitors and world-renowned cooks collectively for a weekend of nice vibes. Whereas Shaggy headlined the Saturday evening live performance, it was the fruits of an all-around, days lengthy fantastic time.

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Each evening was filled with meals and spirits, with progressively greater crowds each evening. Thursday night’s Tacos & Tequila was hosted by Michael Symon and featured an brisk Baha Males efficiency, Friday evening was held down by the Bobby Flay-hosted Style of Paradise, which featured native expertise like Bahamian singer Wendi and featured all of the rum you may drink.

The times have been stuffed an assortment of distinctive occasions that included wine-tastings, intimate dinners and Grasp Lessons, like with James Beard Award-winning Chef Alon Shaya at his Silan restaurant that’s situated within the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort’s on line casino. We additionally have been in a position to attend a live-taping of Chef Jose Andres’ Longer Tables podcast, which featured an brisk Michael Symone as his particular visitor (after reportedly enjoying late-night rounds at Atlantis’ new Good Lies Mini Golf. It didn’t harm that the taping was in, and served meals, from Andres’ Fish restaurant on the resort.

As for Saturday evening, Shaggy, the consummate performer, hit all key cuts from his hefty catalog of hits—”Boombastic,” “Oh Carolina” and “It Wasn’t Me,” to call only some—throughout Jerk Jam, which was hosted by Chef’s Kardea Brown and JJ Johnson.

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Attendees couldn’t ask for higher climate—it was within the mid 70’s and sunny all through—whereas the trademark Bahamian vibes of smiles and good cheer have been at all times in full impact. All through the weekend the constant chatter was about how this has develop into a yearly journey for these in attendance and whereas the crowds obtained greater, the intimate vibes have been nonetheless prevalent. And if you could flip issues down from all of the revelry, Brown hosted a pair of Gospel Brunches on Sunday, March 16.

Whereas Atlantis Paradise Island is costly on the subject of kicking it on a resort, think about it an funding and payoff for all of your arduous work getting there.

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Try photographs from the weekend stuffed with festivities within the gallery.

The fourth annual Nassau Paradise Island Wine & Meals Competition is already being scheduled for 2026.

2025 Nassau Paradise Island Wine & Meals Competition Met The Hype & Delivered 
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