Our Experiences

SIGNATURE EXPERIENCES

at Rockfield

This is green cuisine featuring purposeful cooking & culinary journeys that are built around the island’s changing seasons and local flora and fauna. Expect generous servings, honest flavours and dishes best passed along tables alive with conversation. Gather your nearest and dearest, pull up a chair and make yourself at home. Please review our schedule to see what we’re offering this season.

CELEBRATORY LIVE-FIRE DINING

These are pure dining experiences where we cook live in front of guests on a traditional Outdoor Kitchen and serve (more like a restaurant’s Chef’s Table)... they can watch and engage with us throughout. We come to the table and speak from time to time.

  • An alfresco dining experience featuring elevated rural Jamaican cooking prepared entirely over live fire on a 300-year-old pimento BBQ

  • A celebration of freshly harvested local ingredients simply and elegantly prepared, served family-style at communal tables to encourage conversation and connection

HANDS ON - TASTINGS & CLASSES

These tastings, workshops and classes are taught in person by either the sisters or a renowned expert. The tastings and workshops are of shorter duration and designed to explore culture, terroir and traditions of the island.

  • A spirited journey through the history of Caribbean rum, exploring nuances of flavors, aromas, and legacy behind each bottle, paired with complementary foods.

  • Island-hopping mixology class featuring different islands' rum punch traditions, accompanied by classic Jamaican bar food.

  • A tasting journey through Jamaica's world-class Blue Mountain coffee and chocolate, including history, preparation demonstrations, and sampling of premium local products.

Join us at Rockfield for elevated rural Jamaican cooking, from community to plate, great produce, grown in our kitchen garden foraged, farmed or locally sourced, simply & freshly prepared over live fire served by us…

Flavors of the Jamaican Soul 

These involve some level of instruction, demonstration & historical or heritage narrative but guests are more treated as observers so they are not obligated to participate - but can if they so wish. After the demo portion they sit to dine - These are full service meals that will be served family style at long tables by professional wait staff

  • An elevated gastro-jerk exploration that traces the authentic history and techniques of Jamaica's most famous culinary tradition, from its origins to modern interpretations

  • An energizing walk through the verdant hills surrounding Rockfield, culminating in a classic Jamaican country breakfast cooked over live fire

MASTER CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

These all take place on site at Rockfield and are centered around reviving or preserving old time traditions with local or regional experts or alternately, master classes with the sisters.

  • Caribbean Potluck & Provisions 101: Learn modern Jamaican interpretations of traditional dishes based on their award-winning cookbook.

  • Dive into traditional techniques for classic Jamaican family dishes including pressed plantain, saltfish preparation, homestyle rice and peas, and traditional desserts

PRIVATE EXPERIENCES

Off-Site

These curated experiences explore Jamaica like never before, creating a sense of wonder and discovery for all guests. With new eyes and inspired vision we visit the homes, gardens, estates and galleries of friends for one-of-a-kind immersive Jamaican cultural and culinary journeys.

Perfect for any special occasion, group event, wedding rehearsal, corporate retreat, incentive trip or friends and family excursion, whether for locals or visitors. These experiences can be planned to your schedule are ideal for groups of 10-30.

Museum of Signs and Old Time Country Cooking

Explore Jamaican "outsider art" and dancehall culture at a historic hillside home, with classic country dishes like curry goat and oxtail

Brer Anansi Garden Tea Party

Enjoy Jamaican folklore, music, and a traditional tea party with authentic pastries, patties, and pies at a 300-year-old former rectory

Blue Mountain Coffee Walk & Botanical Brunch

Tour a 400-year-old coffee estate, explore coffee history, and enjoy an alfresco lunch featuring mountain produce

Whispers of the Land

Visit the farm gallery of sculptor Laura Facey, followed by a country-style picnic in an old chicken coop featuring Jamaican classics

Jazz Supper Club

Experience Caribbean Jazz with musical curator Herbie Miller in a historic mansion, with Mediterranean-style bites from a garden grill

CUSTOM EXPERIENCES

Effortless Entertaining

Whether at Rockfield or offsite at one of our signature locations, we have all you need for any kind of event. Let us help you plan a one-of-a-kind experience.

We will work with you to design the perfect experience, whether a custom class, a private dinner, or a full weekend of activities.