Mango jam, pepper jelly, sticky toffee pudding, Cayman brewed larger, drunken rum cake and fresh honey, are just a few of our favourite Caymanian specialty foods.
Tortuga Rum Company (Tel: (345) 623 7701) manufactures delicious rum cakes that you can watch them make.
Cayman Spirits Co. (Tel: (345) 943 4786) produces locally distilled Seven Fathoms Rum, matured seven fathoms underwater! Call for a tour of the 5,000 sq ft facility or email: tours@rum.ky.
Cayman Sea Salt sells their locally produced sea salt in most supermarkets and gift shops. Email: caymanseasalt@candw.ky. Their sister company, Cayman Cookie
Company, produces gourmet artisanal cookies with a hint of Cayman sea salt. Find them at most supermarkets.
Cayman Islands Brewery (Tel: (345) 947 6699) produces twelve locally brewed beers which people can sample at their factory in Prospect.
Kombucha tea is brewed on Island at Jessie’s Juice Bar and by Elizabeth Chisholm who can deliver a range of flavours, including decaf varieties. Email: kombuchabyelizabeth@gmail.com.
Saucha (Tel: (345) 926 0508), a vegan meal delivery company, delivers artisan sourdough and a variety of house brewed kombucha in two bottle sizes.
For over 30 years, Cayman Honey (Tel: (345) 947 1255) has been produced by bees owned by Sybil and Otto Watler and is well known as a local delicacy. They operate out of a house in Savannah and are very welcoming to visitors who would like to sample and buy their honey. They also sell it in the local grocery stores.
Cayman Islands Sauce Company (Tel: (345) 516 2467) produces a hot sauce from the extremely hot scotch bonnet pepper.
Carol Hay of Cayman Pepper Patch makes Gourmet Pepper Jelly that can be bought at supermarkets and select gift shops on Grand Cayman and at Mary Lou’s liquor shop in Cayman Brac.
From April to October, Hank Ebanks can be found on the roadside outside the Mango Tree restaurant selling live white land crabs.
Tomfoodery Kitchen’s locally made and bottled line of ‘Fiyah’ hot sauces are very popular. Available in 5oz bottles, they vary in heat and seasoning and can be delivered straight to your home or purchased at Cayman Spirits Co., various supermarkets and even direct from their bricks-and-mortar location in Camana Bay.