Nyam & Trod Podcast: Drink & A Natter with JuicyChef Jacqueline Sinclair

Jacqui sits down with her sister friend and fellow British Jamaican, Odessa Chambers, lifestyle doyenne and daughter of reggae legend, Jimmy Cliff.  Despite her father's fame, Odessa is a personality in her own right and has been involved in modern Jamaican pop culture from being involved in Jamaica's first cable tv channel and a pioneer in the podcast space, she lives and breathes lifestyle as a "music baby". Odessa has worked with Nick Cannon, 50 Cent, Beenie Man and numerous other celebrities as well as being a local producer for overseas crews of networks, shows and documentaries including VICE, the BBC, HGTV and America's Next Top Model. Odessa is pro Africa and an advocate for more collaborative links between that continent and the Caribbean. She shares why we should all add Ghana to our bucket lists, eat fish and chips in England and encourages visits to Negril and Kingston while staying in Jamaica. 

Editor's Note: Better late than never! There were technical challenges and the much delayed season finale is here. Host, JuicyChef also apologises in advance for the amount of "you know's" she drops in the introduction, she had a good laugh about it in post production with her sound engineer Roel. Now that explanation is out of the way, enjoy the season finale. Look forward to connecting with you for Season 4. One Love!

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JuicyChef returns under the gazebo with her friend, top Jamaican film and music producer, Carleene Samuels of The Creative Source. Jamaica is the land of multiple stories, brilliant creatives and stunning landscapes, but why is it so hard to attract the big blockbusters? Carleene breaks it down from budget constraints and tax incentives, but despite it all, international talent are attracted to Jamaica. She has worked with major celebrities and global brands locally and internationally from music videos to documentaries and feature films as well as major concerts worldwide.  According to Carleene, "production brings the world together". In this episode, Carleene shares her story of how she became a producer and dissects the role of a producer and how they differ from directors. She showcases the varying careers available in the production world from script writing to composing music scores, set design and make up. Carleene also stresses why it's important for talent to sign up with an agency for better representation in both theatre and film. As always, food trods are a core discussion point in all episodes. The ladies discuss Carleene's food memories in Sri Lanka and Bali plus special moments around the table on the island. 

Follow Carleene on Instagram @goddessrockstar @linkcreativesource and JuicyChef @nyamandtrod. Also check out the the Nyam & Trod YouTube channel and website www.nyamandtrod.com for food and cocktail inspiration. Drink of the episode: JuicyChef's Nonalcoholic Cherry Soda.

In this extra special podcast episode, on the eve of Jamaica's 60th anniversary of independence, JuicyChef sits down with popular Jamaican academic, author, cultural studies and music scholar, Dr. Sonjah Stanley Niaah, aka "The Culture Doctor". A cultural activist, Dr. Stanley Niaah was the first to study the ecology of Jamaican dancehall music and penned the book "Dancehall: From Slaveship to Ghetto." The ladies discuss the intersectionality of music, dance and spirituality. Rituals, magic and secrecy. The mysticism and soul level awareness that pervades the Jamaican landscape. Dr. Stanley Niaah believes that Jamaica has a way of showing you to yourself. She explains the background of how coined the term "performance geography" and why music evokes ancestral memory at a cellular level. A wanderer, Dr. Stanley Niaah has travelled to over 40 countries and explains why Japan, Australia and Mauritius in particular moved her soul and offers tips on which country per continent a novice traveller should experience first. Follow the ladies on Instagram @culturedoctor and @nyamandtrod. Drink of the episode: Pineapple Daiquiri.

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In this episode dedicated to travel, JuicyChef hosts two of her favourite Jamaican travel bloggers, Heidi Hanna of Where Next Heidi?, who is an adventurous spirit and conscientious globetrotter alongside Jhunelle Jureidini of Simply Local Life, a patriotic Jamaica specialist whose enthusiasm makes you want to explore the island's hidden secrets. The ladies share their travel tips for exploring nooks and crannies around Jamaica in parishes that are outside the normal tourism corridor and the importance of community tourism. Heidi who has 30 countries under her belt, dispenses advice for family travel with children or as a couple. Jhunelle wants overseas visitors to venture outside of the typical tourist locales and seek opportunities for unfiltered local culture in non tourist areas. The women debate the rise of "posing for the gram" travel that can be intimidating for new travellers versus the realistic norms of ordinary nomads out of sight from the peer pressure and glare of social media. They also expound on the merits of repeat travel to countries that connect with your soul and the virtues of exploring them more deeply. We hope this travel episode inspires your next trip whether it be a staycation or lands thousands of miles away. Follow the ladies on Instagram @wherenextheidi @simplylocallife and @nyamandtrod. Drink of the episode: JuicyChef's Sparkling Caribbean Nonalcoholic Cocktail

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Welcome back to the Nyam & Trod podcast, Drink & A Natter with JuicyChef! It's only fitting that our 10th episode is the first for Season 3. Our founder and host, Jacqui Sinclair, aka JuicyChef is back in her garden under the gazebo with her dogs and the birds in the background conversing with guests over delicious drinks. 

The season opener focuses on tea culture. Jacqui is 'potty" about tea, pun fully much intended. Our guests, Patrique Goodall of Likkle Tea, the island's first tea sommelier and Eileen Dunkley Shim of Netty's Farm, are involved with tea and kombucha, beverages not normally associated with the Caribbean. These mavericks are carving a niche for themselves in the ancient arts of tea and kombucha making while injecting intentional and distinctly sophisticated Jamaican twists in the range of flavours they carry.

While sampling Eileen's new range of delightful "in season" flavoured kombucha's and sipping on Patrique's addictive dessert inspired "coconut pone" oolong tea, the ladies discuss how their businesses survive the pandemic in an age of supply chain issues and inflationary costs. Other topics covered include how temperatures, brewing and seeping alter flavour, bush teas, low technology fermentation - SCOBY, Jamaica's unique botany being a source of inspiration for recipe development and educating the public on the health benefits of their products.

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Drinks of the episode: JuicyChef's Skankin' Gin & Tonic featuring Likkle Tea's Rock Steady tea + JuicyChef's Kombucha Collins featuring Netty's Farm Strawberry, Apple & Beet kombucha. 

The season two finale of "Drink & A Natter with JuicyChef" and friends is quite a lively and inebriated one as they discuss climate change from a Caribbean point of view. Plant Jamaica founded by Andrew Bruce is a nonprofit organisation planting food gardens around the island in the inner cities, schools, wealthy suburbs and beyond. Trouble's Brewing is the brainchild of Christian Sale, it is Jamaica's first micro brewing company which produces a premium line of beers, ales, lagers and stouts. Live ECCO is an environmental conservation organisation led by it's founder, Shelly Ann Dunkley, which teaches the public how to "go green" and the instigators behind Caribbean Environment Week. Jacqui, Andrew, Christian and Shelly-Ann discuss the challenges of living on an island and mitigating climate change from individual to corporate responsibility, navigating red tape and funding challenges, choosing sustainable crops and growing vegetables in an urban versus rural environment. A part two conversation is planned for Season Three. 

Drinks of the episode: A flight of Troubles Brewing Beer (watch on the Nyam & Trod YouTube channel) plus honey bourbon and ginger ale.