Chef Debra Sardinha-Metivier is well known throughout the culinary community. She was the first woman executive chef in the Hilton Hotel chain in the Caribbean and the Americas and was the executive chef at the Hilton Trinidad and Conference Center from May 1997 through December 2003.

She is currently the host of Bon Monage, which showcases Caribbean cuisine on Trinidad television, and was featured on The Today Show with Al Roker, representing Trinidad and Tobago’s traditional foods during the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s Caribbean Week in New York City. She also has participated in preparing a Caribbean luncheon for the Duke of Wales and was part of a team of celebrity chefs from Trinidad and Tobago whose responsibilities included preparing hors d’oeuvres for the World Travel Market in London.