St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands – St. Croix Foundation for Community Development is excited to announce that Award Winning Chef Digby Stridiron will return to the U.S. Virgin Islands to serve as this year’s Wine in the Warehouse celebrity chef. Wine in the Warehouse, one of the St. Croix Food & Wine Experience(FWE)’s most popular events, will be held at Bohlke International Aviation on Friday, December 6, 2024, from 6:00-9:00 PM.
A native of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Chef Digby Stridiron grew up around what many today call the “slow food” movement—fresh, locally harvested ingredients and proteins gathered from the sea just steps away. Blending West Indian culinary tradition influenced by the African diaspora and a deep focus on food equality, Digby is ultimately inspired by seasonal ingredients and regional recipes but allows history and culture to guide him.
Always “chasing flavors,” Digby has served as Chef and Patron of award-winning restaurants “balter” & “braata” and is a recipient of high marks from the New York Times, Food & Wine, The Wall St. Journal, Departure, Bon Appetit, Plate, Travel & Leisure, The New Yorker, Coastal Living and many more. His cuisine earned balter a spot on USA Today’s 10 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean and an honorable mention in Carib Journal’s Top 50 Best Restaurants in the Caribbean in 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019. Also in 2017, Digby was recognized by the Iconoclast List at the James Beard House as one of the Top 5 Chefs of Color in the World. Carib Journal has also named Chef Digby as their “2018 Chef of the Year” at the World Travel Awards.
“Chef Digby Stridiron’s return to Wine in the Warehouse is a true celebration of our theme, Rooted in Place. As a native son of St. Croix, Chef Digby’s work embodies the essence of our community’s heritage—honoring the flavors of our land and sea and elevating our culinary traditions to the world stage. His dedication to showcasing locally sourced ingredients and championing food equality not only highlights the importance of what’s right here in our own backyard but also strengthens our sense of identity and connection to this beautiful island we call home.” — Deanna J. James, President, St. Croix Foundation for Community Development
Tickets for the event are $150 per person and are available for purchase now at http://www.stxfoodandwine.com, and make the perfect gift for clients, employees, and loved ones. For parties of 10 or more, please reach out to St. Croix Foundation at 340-773-9898 directly to learn about group discounts.
St. Croix Foundation would like to extend its deepest appreciation to sponsors Bohlke International Aviation, CC1, Crucian Point, 1First Bank, The Buccaneer Resort, Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, Bank of St. Croix, Marshall & Sterling, the VI Casino Control Commission, VI Lottery, and International Private Bank. SCF also invites additional corporate and individual citizens to become event partners and sponsors. For more information on how to become a sponsor, please contact 340-773-9898 or email lcox@stxfoundation.org.
For information about tickets, events, and sponsorship visit http://www.stxfoodandwine.com or call the St. Croix Foundation office at 340-773-9898.
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About St. Croix Foundation:
Since its founding in 1990 following the devastation of Hurricane Hugo, St. Croix Foundation for Community Development has been a visionary of social change and holistic community development. For three decades the Foundation has been working with community partners to challenge the status quo and directing strategic investments toward its key priority areas including community and economic development, education reform, public safety, and nonprofit development.
Holding the vision of its founders, the Foundation continues to operate as a place-based hybrid foundation, serving as a grantmaker as well as a project manager and direct service provider. One of the most important components of SCF’s work is providing fiduciary and fiscal sponsorship services to over 250 grassroots organizations, and charitable initiatives throughout the Territory. Today, the Foundation has expanded its programmatic portfolio to include providing support to a growing number of St. Croix’s nonprofits through its Nonprofit Consortium, a project that provides capacity building, technical support, and advocacy on the local and national stage. In total, over the past 34 years, the Foundation has been a conduit of more than $49 million private and public sector dollars invested into the U.S. Virgin Islands.