Aurora Anguilla Resort hosting culinary event in May

The Anguilla Culinary Experience will take place from May 23 to 26. Photo Credit: Tyrique Alexander
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The Aurora Anguilla Resort & Golf Club will host the annual Anguilla Culinary Experience on May 23 to 26.

The four-day event will offer chefs' dinners, resort parties, beach barbecues and cooking competitions. The festival, in its third year, kicks off with A Taste of Aurora on May 23 at the resort's D Richard's Steakhouse and will include offerings from the resort's six restaurants: Tokyo Bay, Oliva, D Richard's, Chef's Table, Breezes and C Level.

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Tickets for the event are priced at $180 per person. The following day, the festival will host a Barefoot Beach Dinner at Maundays Bay that will include live music and interactive food stations by Bruno Carvalho, executive chef at Cap Juluca, a Belmond Hotel that enable guests to customize their food selections. Tickets for that event are $250 per person.

Chefs from other resorts on the island -- the Four Seasons Resort & Residences Anguilla, Zemi Beach House, Malliouhana and Villa Alegria -- as well as the restaurants Veya Anguilla and Savi Beach Club will also participate.

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The ACE Beach BBQ and Basket Battle will take place on May 26 at the Anguilla Great House Beach Resort on Rendezvous Beach. Contestants will cook head-to-head in a mystery basket competition, while local master grillers serve up signature barbecue. Tickets are $25 for guests age 13 and older ($10 for ages 6 to 12; free for 5 and younger) and include one free rum punch or soft drink. Optional food and drink tickets are available online.

Other activities include a johnny cake-making class ($55 per person) and a tour of seaside bars via open-air Moke vehicle with a driver ($160, includes one drink per stop).

A portion of the festival's proceeds will be used to fund educational programming for the island's next generation of chefs, bartenders and hospitality professionals and the Anguilla National Culinary Team.

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