The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) has formally launched the inaugural Lambie and Lobster Competition, scheduled for January 2026 on the Sister Isles of Carriacou and Petite Martinique.
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The pageant goals to have a good time the seafood and fishing heritage of the islands whereas highlighting the folks, tradition, and traditions that maintain these important sectors.
The occasion represents a milestone in GTA’s technique to develop Carriacou and Petite Martinique as integral components of Grenada’s nationwide tourism agenda. Whereas Grenada is already acknowledged internationally for its pure magnificence and hospitality, the pageant seeks to spice up the islands’ visibility and create financial alternatives for native communities.
Competition programming will kick off in Carriacou with a welcome ceremony that includes native leisure, conventional string band music, and meals ready by island distributors. Guests may even take pleasure in stay cooking demonstrations and boat excursions showcasing the pure and cultural choices of the islands.
Forward of the pageant, the GTA held a launch occasion to unveil the imaginative and prescient for the Lambie and Lobster Competition and supply a preview of the culinary and cultural experiences to return. Visitors had been handled to stay music by the Tradition Practice String Band and remarks from key stakeholders, together with Ministers Hon. Tevin Andrews, Senator Hon. Adrian Thomas, and GTA Chairman Randall Dolland.
4 distributors from Carriacou, Petite Martinique, and Union Island created distinctive seafood dishes for the launch, together with lobster salad, grilled lobster, cracked lambie, and a mahi-mahi dish with jalapeno and pineapple salsa, reflecting the pageant’s culinary theme.
“Lobster and Lambie Fest is finally going to be a brand new pageant particularly designed for Carriacou and Petite Martinique. We expect it’s an amazing alternative the place we are able to create this new culinary pageant to showcase the perfect that Carriacou and Petite Martinique has to supply,” stated Mr. Randall Dolland. “The general public right here make a residing by the ocean, and that is one thing we observed and perceive while you take a look at the impression of Hurricane Beryl, and now within the rebuilding course of we see that the ocean is how they’re capable of maintain themselves, but in addition drive enterprise and drive tourism, and by that you just’re driving extra guests to the island, you’re making a a lot bigger spinoff impact.”
Minister for Carriacou, Hon. Tevin Andrews, praised the initiatives underway in Carriacou and inspired attendance. “Carriacou is on the fitting path, in the fitting route, there is just one strategy to go from right here, and it’s up. So I invite all of you to Carriacou to the Lobster and Lambie pageant, it’s one thing you undoubtedly don’t need to miss.”
The pageant may even lengthen to Petite Martinique, that includes fishing and filleting competitions, tug-of-war, and the favored grease-the-pole contest. Group-driven and supported by native companions, these occasions goal to highlight the contributions of residents who maintain the seafood and fishing industries on the Sister Isles.
“This pageant which we’re proudly launching right here in the present day, shall be way more than a celebration of meals, will probably be a celebration of identification, a mirrored image of who we’re as a folks. Lobster and Lambie stands out as the headline, however this pageant is about every part seafood, every part that makes Carriacou and Petite Martinique distinctive, tempting and irresistible to the world,” stated Senator Hon. Adrian Thomas, Minister for Tourism.
