Culture & Flavor

Episode 8 Aired: Sunday, May 21st 2023

Nico Reynolds | Stir it Up: Ireland to Jamaica

From a young age Nico had a head in the cupboard and an eye over the shoulder of his grandmother learning about the depth of flavour and the variety of spice in Caribbean cooking and soul food. Bringing this knowledge to Latin America, he ran a catered event company and a small restaurant in Buenos Aires for 6 years. Combing the depth of the flavours & aromas from the Caribbean with south American zests, the menus began to take more influences from Peru, Colombia, Argentina and Mexico. Caribbean cooking with Latin influences via Ireland.  Since then he makes regular appearances on Irish TV in cooking segments like RTEs "Today Show" and Virgin medias "Ireland AM" and was in house chef for the TV programme "Lodging with Lucy" Along with Articles published in the Sunday Times and Independent and award winning recipes. On today's episode Zella and Nico talk about Nico's journey in food rooted in his Irish and Jamaican heritage.

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