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Thanksgiving with Dittie and Ken

Published:Sunday | November 27, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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Kyan Henton of the Montego Bay Convention Centre strutting with ease at her boss Dittie Guise's pre-Thanksgiving luncheon.
From left: General Manager of the Montego Bay Convention Centre, Dittie Guise, her brother Denzil Gray and his wife, Alison, share not just family time, but lens time.
The fab Dacia Smith cooling out at the luncheon.
Karron Benjamin (left), Michelle Parkes and Michael Grant are engrossed in cheerful conversation at a pre-Thanksgiving luncheon put on by Montego Bay Convention Centre's General Manager Dittie Guise and her common-law husband, Ken Williams, at their Spring Farm residence in Rose Hall, St James, last Saturday afternoon.
Executive chef Randi Anderson of the Montego Bay Convention Centre jokes with his boss Dittie Guise during her pre-Thanksgiving luncheon at her Spring Farm residence in Rose Hall, St James, on Saturday, November 19.- photos by Janet Silvera
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Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer

WESTERN BUREAU:The general manager of Montego Bay Convention Centre, Dittie Guise, and her beau, Kenneth Williams, opened their Spring Farm, Rose Hall, home to close friends, colleagues and relatives last Saturday afternoon, kick-starting Thanksgiving celebrations Jamaican style.

As fabulous and breathtaking as the view from the couple's hillside house was, it was the succulent American-styled turkey, prepared by Kenneth Williams, which became the conversation piece. The bar was laced with top-shelf Absolut and Grey Goose vodka, the ever-present Wray & Nephew white rum, and the indiscriminate pinot noir and Merlot carefully selected from the cellars of Caribbean Producers Jamaica.

Williams, a self-made chef of no mean order, gave executive chef Randi Anderson some stiff competition in the kitchen, but by the end of the day, the culinary skills were enriched by the magnificent feast that titillated the palates.

Guise also took the opportunity to show she knew a thing or two in the kitchen with her tasty 'seven-cheese' macaroni and cheese dish which danced on the tongue of the affable Michelle Parkes.

On an afternoon that was quite memorable, it will be the turkey that remains on the lips for years to come, or better, until next year when the Jamerican couple will once again open their lush plantation in such an endearing way.

janet.silvera@gleanerjm.com