Though the Mango Walk Café and Wine Bar has only been opened for a little over a month, its owners Fiona Benny-Higgins, and her husband Kieron Higgins have been treating their customers to a fusion of Caribbean, French and American cuisines.
Despite the ongoing pandemic, business has been “very good”, Fiona said, though they are hoping for it to pick up some more. Kieron, a Trinidadian, has over 23 years of experience as a chef, while Fiona has been a chef for more than 10 years now.
Fiona, who is originally from New Amsterdam, Berbice, met her husband in 2015 in Trinidad when they worked together as chefs at a restaurant there. They went from being colleagues to falling for each other and shared a mutual desire to one day open their own business. So much so that they often sat down together and made plans on how they would make it a reality.