LOCAL HIGH WYCOMBE GEM WINS DELIVEROO’S ‘BEST UK CARIBBEAN TAKEAWAY’ AT SECOND UK CARIBBEAN FOOD AWARDS

London, UK Tuesday 10th December: Hidden Gem, James Williams Diners has been crowned as ‘Best UK Caribbean Takeaway’ at this year’s UK Caribbean Food Awards 2024, in partnership with Deliveroo and KERB, at a star-studded ceremony at the Clapham Grand in London last night.

The ‘Best UK Caribbean Takeaway Award’, sponsored by Deliveroo, saw three finalist restaurants Jerkbox from Luton, May 10 from London and James Williams Diners from High Wycombe, go head to head in a cook-off to prepare popular dishes from their menus for a panel of judges hosted one of the delivery app’s Editions Kitchens in London.

The panel of judges, which included award co-founders Dawn Burton and Marsha Barnett, Jackson McLarty, founder of Black Eats LDN, and Oke Omoniyi, a food content creator from Deliveroo, were blown away by the authentic taste and bold flavours of the Jerk Chicken and rice dish cooked on the day, as well as the passion of husband-and-wife duo Cynthia and Andrew St Ange, who own and run James Williams Diners.

Since opening in 2022, local neighbourhood legends James Williams Diners—named after owner Andrew's father—have been known by their community for serving authentic and flavourful St Lucian cuisine. With a 4.4-star rating on Deliveroo and 4.7/5 stars on Google Reviews, their customers can’t help but leave positive reviews about their food.

Positive reviews on Deliveroo include:

• “Always love the rotis from here; peppery and tasty. It came piping hot.”
• “Genuinely fantastic food and super well packed for delivery, will defo order from here again!”
• “Absolutely fantastic, food was incredible, amazing portion sizes, flavour was outstanding really happy and will be returning, exactly how Caribbean food should be ❤️🇯🇲”
• “Jerk chicken was on point 👏🏼”
  
  

Cynthia St Ange from James Williams Diners said: “Oh my goodness, we are in shock—we can’t believe we’ve won this prestigious award. What an honour! We put so much time, effort and love into every dish we cook for our customers, and we are proud to represent Caribbean food and culture through our business. We want to thank all of our loyal customers for their ongoing support by ordering our food from apps like Deliveroo. No matter what happens, there will always be a James William Diners!”

Celebrating everything from vibrant food, culture and exceptional talent, the UK Caribbean Food Awards ceremony saw 17 worthy winners take to the stage to collect their awards. In addition to James Williams Diners taking the Best UK Caribbean Takeaway award, sponsored by Deliveroo, Mahalia’s Kitchen from Somerset took Best Street Food Trader, sponsored by KERB, and the most sought-after award, Best Caribbean Restaurant of the Year, was won by Limin from Southbank, London.

The prestigious awards, founded by Dawn Burton and Marsha Barnett, mark one of the most anticipated food events of the year. They offer a platform to honour the best Caribbean restaurants in over twenty unique categories across the UK.

Dawn Burton, Co-Founder and director of the UK Caribbean Food Awards, said: “First of all, on behalf of all of us at the UK Caribbean Food Awards, we wanted to offer a huge congratulations to all of our worthy winners who took home trophies last night, as well as to everyone who was nominated this year. It has been incredible to bring everyone together in one place and celebrate so many talented individuals, entrepreneurs, and businesses pushing the boundaries to elevate Caribbean cuisine and culture across the UK.”

Oke Omoniyi from Deliveroo, a judge for the Best UK Caribbean Takeaway Award 2024, said: “We found picking a winner for this year’s Best UK Caribbean Takeaway Award, sponsored by Deliveroo, incredibly difficult - the talent and heat coming out of the kitchen was next level! However, after careful consideration, we felt James William Diners were our worthy winners. Collectively, they had the whole package—delicious, fresh, hand-cooked Caribbean food bursting with flavour, a great family story, heaps of passion, and a commitment to sustainability. A big congratulations to James William Diners and well done to the other cook-off finalists, May 10 and Jerkbox, for serving us some of the best Caribbean food we’ve ever tasted!”

The UK Caribbean Food Awards founders Dawn Burton and Marsha Barnett are also the founders of The Caribbean Food Collective, which connects, promotes, and supports UK-based Caribbean Food & Drink businesses and is a voice for the UK-based Caribbean Food & Drink sector.

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