Mario Rigby – the Grand-Turk-born, Toronto-based social-media travel adventurer – is headed back to Africa. Only this time, he won’t be walking. Rigby (who graced our 20th edition cover) made international headlines with his Crossing Africa expedition, a two-year transcontinental walk that started in Cape Town and ended last March in Cairo. His purpose: Introduce…
Nikheel Advani has been pushing the boundaries of luxury travel on Providenciales since 2004. This fall, the Grace Bay Resorts chief operating officer and Turks & Caicos Hotel and Tourism president pushed a different set of boundaries – his own – up the steep slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. The adventure grew out of Advani’s long-time…
The 2018 edition of Providenciales’ celebrated Caribbean Food and Wine Festival will feature a Michelin-starred restaurateur and a MasterChef champion, festival co-chair Nikheel Advani announced, and limited tickets are still available. Five visiting guests will headline another strong roster of chefs, winemakers, tastemakers and culinary innovators at the upcoming festival: Chef and restaurateur Andrew Pern,…
With groundbreaking for its ambitious Beach Enclave Grace Bay project in February, Beach Enclave’s group of privately owned, collectively managed luxury villa developments reached a new milestone. Since opening for guests at its flagship Beach Enclave North Shore property in November 2016, the Beach Enclave group has now grown to three locations. The first of…
22-year-old Wellington Williams has become a ubiquitous young entrepreneur on the island of Providenciales. Greeting you at the airport, not in person but with the handmade jewelry he’s worked to have carried by retailers throughout the country, The Wellington Collection is not just his business but a swift moving vehicle carrying the dreams of an…
Sit down with Coast Architects founders Simon Nicholls and Chris Davies and you’ll get the impression the partners have developed a balanced working relationship after 10 years in business together on Providenciales. Nicholls is Welsh, you see. Davies is English. On the one hand, they’re connected by the United Kingdom and centuries of shared history….
Provo’s Team Panoply punched its ticket to the 2018 Lucas Oil Offshore World Championship last summer with a dramatic worst-to-first victory in the Caicos Classic IGFA Billfish Release Tournament. As unknowns, the newcomers could have approached the Offshore World Championship casually. Instead, the underdog anglers from Panoply Sport Fishing and Luxury Charters took their trademark…
Next on your TCI culinary to-do list: Sample Japanese robatayaki cuisine at Gansevoort T+C’s Zest restaurant. Robatayaki – a phrase often shortened to “robata” – is a Japanese cooking method that involves hot charcoal in a sunken hearth. It’s also Gansevoort Executive Chef Joel Vallar’s latest innovation at the resort’s beachfront restaurant. Vallar previously proved…
For his debut entry in the competition, the chef wanted to create a dish that was fresh, comforting and showcased local ingredients. He came up a simple recipe featuring one part grilled South Caicos lobster, one part homemade pasta, a smooth cream base, and the competition’s most important ingredient: Chocolate. Not only did Brad Townsend’s…
Impressive, architecturally remarkable homes are not an uncommon site in Turks & Caicos, but Bajacu certainly stands out among them. Aptly named, Bajacu means “rising sun” in the language of Caribbean natives, one’s first impression of the villa is that of its striking position and form. A Caribbean masterpiece by renowned Mexican architect Marco Aldaco,…
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