Art Basil 2017 – Taste of the Islands “Walk Tall, Irie Man”.
Jamaican Chef Irie is a native of the cosmopolitan hub Kingston and grew up in St. Catherine on Caymanas Estates, a sugar estate in Jamaica. After graduating from high school in Jamaica and the University of Florida where he received a BA in Design of Architecture he went onto receive a degree in Culinary Arts from Johnson & Wales University in North Miami. Chef Irie lives in South Florida and is currently the host of the national Caribbean cooking show on PBS, Taste the Islands
