Jerkfest @ Centennial Park, Etobicoke, ON - Sat Aug 10th & Sun Aug 11th!

JerkFest 2013

August 10th & August 11th
Time:  11a - 11p

Canada's Jerk Food Festival
This Saturday August 10th
and Sunday August 11th
inside Centennial Park, Etobicoke, ON, base of ski hills
Visit the Kids’ Zone and the Craft Village

Challenge your bellies and taste buds
at the
Hot & Spicy Jerk Chicken Eating Competition
Enjoy a mouth watering jerk chicken meal
inside the VIP Garden – A Blue & White affair!
Refresh yourself with your choice of a non alcoholic beverage
as you enjoy live performances by

Lukie D
Steele
Nu Evolution Band
Destiny Band
Joy Davis
and many more.

Hosted by
the Juiceman
Jonathan Shaw

Music By
Stylus DJ Finalist
Miss Boom
From G987 FM

Plus, one lucky patron will walk away with a 7 night’s trip for 2 to Sunset Beach Resort Jamaica, compliments of Sunset Beach Resort & Caribbean Promotions Arts & Culture Inc.

General admission is by donation.

For VIP $25 tickets
visit JerkFestival.ca or
call 905-488-5345!

Caribbean Cook-off Competition 2012 @ Burnamthorpe Community Centre, Mississauga, ON - Sat Nov 10th!

Come and satisfy your taste buds from sampling over 20 chefs Caribbean cuisines and help us determine who is GTA's finest chef!

Saturday November 10, 2012
Round 1: 4:00pm – 6:30pm
Round 2: 7:30pm – 10:00pm

Where

Burnamthorpe Community Centre
1500 Gulleden Drive,
Mississauga, Ontario

Adult Tickets
Advance: $20.00
At the door: $25.00
gives you 5 sample coupons

Child Tickets
Advance: $10.00
At the door: $15.00
gives you 2 sample coupons

For more info and tickets visit:  http://jerkfestival.ca/caribbean-cook-off-competition-2012/

JerkFest 2011 @ Centennial Park, Etobicoke, ON - Sat Aug 6th & Sun Aug 7th!

JerkFest 2011 will be even bigger and better! It will once again be staged at the beautiful Centennial Park in Etobicoke offering great jerk food, fun for the entire family, more prizes and surprises.

Entertainment Schedule

CULTURE— SATURDAY, AUGUST 06, 2011

2:00 pm…………….Kashka Caribbean Folk Dancers

3:00 pm…………….Kendrum Youth Steel Orchestra

4:00 pm…………… Fashion Show

5:15 pm…….………Little Bit More Reggae Band

6:00 pm………..….Baby Boyz Dancers

6:15 pm…………….Fuzion Reggae Band

6:45 pm…………….Blizz (Reggae)

7:00 pm……………Nnika Francis -Grenada Soca Queen

8:00 pm………..….George Nooks


JAZZ—SUNDAY, AUGUST 07, 2011

3:00 pm …………Two Scoops Jazz

4:00 pm………… Vickie van Dyke

6:00 pm………….Eddie Bullen

7:00 pm…………Chris Smith

Admission: Donation of a toonie will be appreciated

VIP INFO

Step into the VIP Garden oasis, here you will be served with your choice of alcoholic & non alcoholic beverages, delicious, hors d'oeuvres - jerked to perfection by an international renowned chef out of Jamaica, W.I. Located immediately in front of the stage, sit back, relax, chitchat and take pictures with the artistes, who will be on hand to meet and greet.

VIP Cover charge: $25.00
Ticket Special until Aug 5, 2011: Buy two V.I.P. tickets online for $50.00 and get the third one free.

Time: 11am - 10pm

Location: Centennial Park, 256 Centennial Park Rd, On the corner of Rathburn Road and Renforth Drive, Etobicoke, ON

http://jerkfestival.ca/

Jerkfest 2010 @ Centennial Park, Etobicoke, ON - Sat Aug 7th & Sun Aug 8th!

JERKFEST celebrates the internationally renowned ‘Jerk Cuisine’ immersed in a rich 2-day celebration of Caribbean food and culture. The picturesque Centennial Park is home to the festival again this year. This free outdoor event will showcase twenty vendors all cooking up their best versions of jerk chicken, pork, beef, lamb, seafood and vegetables. One ultimate winner will be chosen by our celebrity judges.

What is Jerk Food?

The term jerk is said to come from the word charqui, a Spanish term for jerked or dried meat, which eventually became jerky in English. Another origin is linked to the jerking or poking of the meat with a sharp object to make holes in the meat and then filling it with the spice and slow roasting over a wood fire. Jerk spiced food is popular in Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean.

Jerk All Over

When Anthony Plummer immigrated to Toronto ten years ago, he asked his friends what there was to do in this city. “They told me about Taste of the Danforth, which features Greek food. And I asked, what about Jerk food?” That’s when Plummer decided to start the JerkFest.

Now in its 9th year, the JerkFest brings the flavors of the Caribbean to Toronto. “Jerk food is loved by so many different cultures because the flavours are so powerful. Everyone loves a great juicy taste. And there’s a whole culture attached to it. It’s just the same way reggae music, Bob Marley or Jamaica as a destination has captured the world… there’s a mystique to it all, to the spice, it’s hot, it’s sexy!”

A Good Jerk?

“You really have to use potent seasonings, natural seasonings. The best jerk is left to sit and marinate. Then it is cooked very slowly over real firewood. A good jerk spice has pimento, hot pepper, scallion, garlic and thyme. It uses the different flavours of the Caribbean like nutmeg to captivate the taste buds,” says Plummer.

Food for all, fun for all!

There’s something for everyone at the JerkFest. From live stage performances, to the kid zone, to our celebrity tasting competition and our fine dining tent. Free entrance, free parking and free fun, it’s a can’t miss event!

Proceeds from JerkFest will go to the Negril Education Environment Trust, an organization in Jamaica that aims to put a book in every child’s hand and a computer in every classroom. At home here in Toronto, JerkFest has partnered with the Jamaican Canadian Association to provide a full scholarship for post secondary studies in the field of arts to a student demonstrating excellence every year.

JerkFest 2010

August 7th, 8th

Centennial Park, Toronto

For more details on the festival, please visit http://www.jerkfestival.ca.