Kuzoba ne-twist ekhethekile ye-Caribbean kulo nyaka komunye wemikhosi yewayini, i-spirit kanye nokudla ehamba phambili eNew York, i-Toast of Brooklyn, ezoba ngoMgqibelo 10 November e-futuristic William Vale Hotel e-Williamsburg, e-Brooklyn.
Abahleli baveze ukuthi isici esikhethekile se-Toast of Brooklyn 2018 kuzoba ukuphromotha kwe-Caribbean cuisine nokuvakasha kubahambeli abacishe babe ngu-3,000, okungeze i-twist eyingqayizivele ye-Caribbean kuzethameli ezivamile kuyilapho kugcinwa isimo esiyinkimbinkimbi.
I-Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) ibisebenzisana nabagqugquzeli ukuvikela ukubamba iqhaza kwamazwe angamalungu, okuzothi, ngaphandle kwenkokhiso, inikezwe isiteshi lapho abapheki bayo bezohlanganyela khona amasampula ezitsha zabo ezisayiniwe, nakuba kumele bakhokhe imali encane uma befisa ukusabalalisa izinto zokukhangisa.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-CTO Foundation, ehlinzeka ngemifundaze kanye nezibonelelo kubantu baseCaribbean abaphishekela izifundo zezokuvakasha nezihloko ezihlobene nayo, izokwethula indali ehlanganisa namaholide aseCaribbean e-Toast of Brooklyn ukusiza ukuqoqa imali yohlelo lokufunda. Abahleli baphinde bakhetha i-CTO Foundation njengomunye wabahlomulile.
“Ukukhetha kwethu i-CTO Foundation njengomhlomuli womcimbi we-11th Annual Toast of Brooklyn kuhambisana nenjongo yethu yokuhlonza izinhlangano ezinezimiso eziyisisekelo ezisekelwe ekukhuthazeni impumelelo yezemfundo nobuholi,” kusho u-Toast womsunguli waseBrooklyn u-Edmon Braithwaite.
“Ukukhuthazwa kwale mibono manje sekujule ngokwengeziwe ngemva kokubona izinhlekelele zemvelo zangonyaka odlule eCaribbean. Kuyancomeka ukuthi i-CTO Foundation izibophezele ekukhuliseni intsha ephumelele namuhla ukuthi ibe ngabaholi bakusasa embonini yokwamukela izihambi enenselelo enkulu futhi enamandla. Sikholelwa futhi ukuthi okuhambisana nokweseka kwethu i-CTO Foundation ukukhuthaza isiko elicebile, elihlukahlukene laseCaribbean kubabukeli baseBrooklyn abakhangayo. Sibheke ngabomvu umcimbi nobudlelwano obuhle.”
Lokhu kubonakaliswa kokweseka isisekelo kukhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi izinkampani kanye nabantu abavela eCaribbean Diaspora bamagange ukufaka isandla emibonweni yabo ngokusebenzisana nabo futhi banikeze ukufinyelela emicimbini yabo ezimakethe ukuze basize i-CTO Foundation ekufezeni inhloso yayo, ngokusho kukaSylma. Brown ophethe ihhovisi le-CTO' New York.
“Leli yithuba elihle kakhulu le-CTO kanye nesisekelo sokuxhumana ngokuqondile nabantu abasha, abasezingeni eliphezulu abanekhono kanye nezindlela zokuya eCaribbean. Leli futhi kuyithuba lethu lokubamema ukuba basekele imisebenzi yethu phakathi Nesonto LeCaribbean eNew York,” kusho uBrown.
"Siyabonga kuMnu. Braithwaite ngokudlulisa isimemo ku-foundation futhi wasinikeza enye indlela eyengeziwe yokuqongelela imali kanye nokuphromotha isifunda."
Manje onyakeni wayo we-11, i-Toast of Brooklyn inenhlanganisela yabakhiqizi bewayini bomhlaba wonke kanye ne-spirit kanye nezitolo ezincane ze-batch boutique kanye nemimoya yezandla. Ukupheka okungavamile okuvela ezindaweni ezithandwa kakhulu kwezokuvakasha emhlabeni wonke, abapheki abadumile abavela ku-Food Network nezingcweti zasendaweni nabo babamba iqhaza kulokhu okuhlangenwe nakho okukhethekile okuhlanganisa ukuhlukahluka kwamasiko okuhlukile kwase-Brooklyn.
