Celebrate good, clean, and fair food for all at the Slow Food Barbados Festival — a full day of cooking, culture, education, prizes, and family fun! Support local farmers, food producers, and sustainable living while enjoying an exciting lineup of demos, games, and community activities.
🌱 Highlights of the Day
🎁 Prize Draw — Win Incredible Local Experiences!
Every attendee has a chance to win amazing prizes, including:
- Sugar Cane Club Hotel & Spa Staycation (2 nights for 2 adults)
- Vibe Lifestyle & Fitness 1-year Gym Membership
- Full Body Skin Cancer Assessment from Bioconnect
- Cool Runnings Catamaran Lunch Cruise for 2
- Forest Tour for 4 at Coco Hill Forest
- Barbados Museum & Historical Society Bus & Museum Tours
- Pottery Tour & Demo for 2 at Hamiltons Pottery
- Buds & Blooms Gift Certificate
- Gift baskets, handmade jewelry, vouchers & more from local businesses
Prize announcements at 4:50 PM!
🍳 Main Stage Schedule
12:00 PM — Welcome with MC Kirk Brown
12:10 PM — Cooking Demo: Chef Adrian Cumberbatch
12:30 PM — BERP with Dr. Sonia Peter: Cooling Teas & Medicinal Plants
12:45–5:30 PM — Slow Food Cook-Off (3 Rounds, 2 Chefs at a time)
1:05 PM — Diabetes Foundation: Diet & NCD Prevention
1:30 PM — Cook-Off Judging (Round 1)
2:00 PM — Ministry of Education: Nutritional Policy & Recipe Competition
2:30 PM — Vibe Lifestyle & Fitness
2:45 PM — Cook-Off Judging (Round 2)
3:15 PM — UNICEF Youth Ambassador Maria Marshall
3:45 PM — Slow Food Barbados: Soups & Reaching Our Goal
4:00 PM — Cook-Off Judging (Round 3)
4:35 PM — Heart & Stroke COPC
4:50 PM — Prize Draw Winners Announced
5:00 PM — Cook-Off Final Judging & Winner Declared
6:00–7:30 PM — Food Sovereignty Jeopardy by Flying Fish Games
🎉 Festival Activities
Back Deck
- 12:30–4:00 PM — MASSY Watermelon Eating Contest
- 4:00–7:30 PM — Open Musical Jam Session
Main Level
- 12:00–4:00 PM — Spin the Wheel Game
- 12:00–1:30 PM — Kids’ Cooking Class
- 1 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM — Conkie Making Classes at Hayman’s Social Kitchen
🥁 Evening Finale
6:00–7:30 PM — Join the Musical Jam Session on the Back Deck
