John Lindo, organiser and director for the Mobay Jerk and Meals Pageant, strikes a pose with the President of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce, Jason Russell.
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica – The beloved MoBay Jerk & Meals Pageant is again for its sixteenth staging, promising to as soon as once more remodel the Catherine Corridor Leisure Centre right into a vibrant showcase of Jamaica’s wealthy culinary traditions, tradition, and group spirit on Friday, August 1, 2025.
This 12 months’s pageant has the thrilling theme “Jamaica: Meals Capital of the World.” It exhibits Jamaica as a spot for actual flavors. It additionally highlights Jamaica’s robust and artistic meals tradition that has influenced the world.
His Worship the Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon (R), shares a smile with John Lindo, organiser and director for the Mobay Jerk and Meals Pageant.
On the official media launch on Wednesday, July 2, His Worship the Mayor, Councillor Richard Vernon underscored the pageant’s cultural and financial significance to Montego Bay:“After 16 years, we’re not merely internet hosting an occasion — we’re constructing a motion: a jerk and meals pageant motion. Jamaica is a flavour you style, a rhythm you are feeling, and a narrative you carry lengthy after the final chew.”
Increase the the Native Financial system
Mayor Vernon additionally praised the pageant’s function in sustaining the local economy and supporting entrepreneurship.“Annually, this occasion helps over 100 distributors, dozens of entertainers, and numerous small companies. What number of occasions do we’ve in Montego Bay that do this for native entrepreneurs? This pageant is greater than a weekend of enjoyable and cooking — it’s a season for alternatives and native financial enhancement.”
Meals Capital of the World
John Lindo, organiser and director for the Mobay Jerk and Meals Pageant provides his closing remarks on the occasion’s media launch on Wednesday, July 2.
Pageant Director, Mr. John Lindo, echoed this sentiment. “This pageant has at all times been about showcasing who we’re as a individuals — resilient, artistic, and able to share our distinctive style of Jamaica with the world. Our theme this 12 months isn’t only a tagline; it’s a problem and an invite for Jamaica to face tall because the Meals Capital of the World,” he stated.
Drawing on centuries-old culinary roots, the pageant’s jerk delicacies celebrates the ingenuity and spirit of Jamaica’s Maroons and indigenous peoples, remodeling historical past into flavour and shortage into soulful dishes which have impressed meals lovers worldwide.
Greater than only a meals truthful, the pageant is deeply linked to Montego Bay’s imaginative and prescient for progress and transformation. As town experiences main infrastructure enhancements, city renewal, and new investments, the MoBay Jerk & Meals Pageant continues to contribute to job creation, group satisfaction, and town’s worldwide attraction.
Superstar Prepare dinner-Off
A spotlight of this 12 months’s occasion is the Superstar Prepare dinner-Off powered by Walkerswood. It’ll function Chef Wenford “Patrick” Simpson. He’s a well-known Jamaican chef. He has cooked for international stars like Barack Obama, Beyoncé, and Bon Jovi.
Pageant organizers invite households, meals lovers, and guests to get pleasure from actual Jamaican flavors. Expertise dwell leisure, native crafts, and the pleasant group of Montego Bay—multi function place.
The MoBay Jerk & Meals Pageant will begin at 10:00 a.m. on August 1. Actions will proceed all day and into the night.
