He now owns five restaurants on the island.Īsked what drew him to St Croix, Chef Todd said: “It's definitely the people I think all the Caribbean islands have their own landscape and beautiful water and beautiful scenery and things like that, but you hit it on the head. Best decision I ever made.”Ĭhef Todd met a Dominican woman in St Croix with whom he fell in love and eventually married. And I started trying to sell my business in the States to move here to the Caribbean. You know, and I was like, that would never happen anywhere else, and then it happened again and it happened again. Croix and the very first day someone invited me to their house for dinner.
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There became a point where I started doing like a lot of TV shows and a lot of tuxedo type events and things like that, which is not me, I like to wear shorts and a t-shirt.”Īs his reputation and business grew, Chef Todd said he would often take members of staff away on vacation, their favourite haunts, he intimated, could be found in the Caribbean. If I create something and someone has a good experience and they have fun and they're smiling, it's kind of instant gratification for doing a good job because I made the food, they ate the food, they love the food, they're smiling, they're happy, they leave and I go home and I'm like, yeah, that was good day… I did very well in the States. People always gather around food, people have a good time around food and for me, at the end of the day, I get to be creative. It’s a creative outlet but it's also a bit of a social thing. While he enjoyed each of these professions there came a time he could no longer deny the allure of his true passion, cooking. Todd Manley is an award-winning American Chef who owns several popular restaurants on the island of St Croix.ĭuring an interview with Loop Caribbean, he shared that before his journey as a Chef he was a musician, a construction worker and a teacher. Thankfully, he was gracious enough to grant us an interview. When we first heard about Mutiny Vodka we were intrigued and had to get to know about this product and the man behind it. Yes, you read that right, breadfruit vodka. There’s roasted breadfruit, oil down and even yummy breadfruit chips.īut one award-winning chef has pushed the envelope, using breadfruit as the base for a vodka. This popular provision is used to make a number of treats. There’s a $10 entry fee.There’s no shortage of breadfruit here in the Caribbean. 5 from 2-5pm featuring live music with Jerico Rockabilly Quartet. There’s a launch party at Grimal Grove Feb. "I cannot wait to see breadfruit agriculture expand throughout Florida to create food security, and improve the economy through agriculture, all while benefiting the environment." It truly demonstrates how we can enjoy a better cocktail and a better planet," says Todd Manley, co-founder of Mutiny Island Vodka. In Florida, Mutiny Island Vodka is distributed by Breakthru Beverage. In partnership, Mutiny Island Vodka and Grimal Grove produced 200 bottles of the reserve and will be available February 2023 in select Key West stores, including Conch Town Liquors, Summerland Wine and Spirits and Tipsy Rooster. "When the breadfruit trees start bearing fruit, there's no stopping them! We get so much, we don't even know what to do with them.” "The summer season proved to be very fruitful at Grimal Grove, with an overabundance of breadfruit to harvest,” says Patrick Garvey of Grimal Grove. The limited-edition, small-batch vodka, made from fruit sourced from the Big Pine Key farm and botanical garden, is currently the only spirit distilled from Florida Keys agricultural products. Grimal Grove’s organic breadfruit is debuting in the form of handcrafted Mutiny Island Vodka.
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