Tru Bahamian Food Tours

14/09/2024

We’re proud to announce that we’ve been named as one of Viator’s Top 20 Experiences in The Caribbean for 2023. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Following the pandemic, we averaged around 10 guests a month for almost a year and a half - but slowly and patiently we have climbed back up. The road was long these past few years, and we’re so thankful to receive this.

Big cheers to our tour guides & restaurant partners who weathered the storm and came out on top!

Are you ready to experience a taste of The Bahamas? 🇧🇸 We’ll have a cocktail waiting for you.. 🍹



https://www.viator.com/collections/Viator-Experience-Awards-2023-Top-20-for-the-Caribbean/c98570

23/10/2023

Tru Bahamian Food Tours offers unique food tasting and cultural walking tours showcasing Nassau's mo

06/09/2022

"Next year, it will have been 50 years since Enrico and Anna Maria Garzaroli purchased a centuries-old private home in Nassau and turned it into the Caribbean’s first five-star restaurant.

With Graycliff Restaurant’s debut, Nassau immediately vaulted into the global consciousness of foodies, who began flocking to the island for what was and remains one of the world’s most legendary dining experiences.

Nassau and Paradise Island has always been a haven for food, particularly seafood lovers, it’s in the last few years that the twin-island destination has seen its culinary movement leap to another level."

It's in the last few years that the twin-island destination of Nassau Paradise Island has seen its culinary movement leap to another level..

11/08/2022

A happy guest on our food tour! Come join us for a delicious 3 hour foodie tour of Nassau, Bahamas 🇧🇸 ⁣
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26/07/2022

The perfect bite. You can’t leave The Bahamas without trying Conch Fritters! ⁣
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23/06/2022

Bay Street, Main Street. 🌞 Here you’ll find shops, and some of our favorite restaurants in downtown! ⁣
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13/06/2022

We're hiring for a part-time Food Tour Guide! Please read below for details on how to apply:

Tru Bahamian Food Tours offers unique, internationally recognized walking food tours of historic downtown Nassau and is seeking passionate, highly energetic, and empathetic people as Tour Guides. Positions are part-time, and/or on-call. Applicants must possess strong leadership abilities, charisma, a sense of humour, excellent communication skills, and a deep passion for the city of Nassau, The Bahamas as a country, and its food.

Leading a food tour is a combination of quick thinking on your feet, advanced storytelling, and herding eager, curious guests from one location to the next. We provide intensive training to get you up to speed on your missing knowledge of Nassau’s history, and its incredible foods.

If you think you have the “improv” and leadership skills required, then please apply before all available Tour Guide Positions are filled.

WHAT TO KNOW: Only applicants living in Nassau with Bahamian citizenship, residency and/or a valid work permit will be considered. Self-employed individuals and/or flexible schedules preferred. A combination of daily, part-weekly, and/or weekend positions are available. Tours are 3-3.5 hours in duration and generally depart every hour between 10:30AM and 2:30PM. Depending on starting time, tours end between 1:30PM and 5:30PM.

TRAINING: Tour guide training lasts approximately 4-6 weeks. Training is paid.

COMPENSATION: Once hired and trained, Tour Guides receive on average between $30-$50 per hour. Inclusive of gratuities, most Tour Guides average between $90-$120 per full tour.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Please send a single email to [email protected] with ALL of the following information:

A witty explanation (max 500 words) of why you’d make the perfect tour guide

Full resume as simple text inside the body of the email; NO resume attachments

One recent photograph of yourself (an attachment) and/or provide a video sample (as a website link, NOT an attachment)

Indicate which day(s) of the week (including weekends) and times you are available to lead tours

Any international travel experience(s)

Use following format in the email subject line: Your Last Name, Your First Name- Tour Guide Application 2022

If you do not complete the six (6) steps above, we will not consider your application. Please do not send more than one email or inquire as to whether we’ve received your application. Similarly, please do not call or email us to check on your status. We will review every application submitted. We will only contact applicants who meet our criteria for an interview.

NEXT STEPS: If we determine that you are a good fit, we will email you with information on your interview (date, time, location), what you can expect when we meet, and more details on training and eventual employment.

OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION: You are required to own a mobile phone that has regularly occurring cellular connectivity, have desktop/laptop-based Internet access in your place of residence, and check your email at least once a day. Also, reliable transportation to and from downtown for each scheduled tour is essential.

20/05/2022

Follow our tour guide Captain Ron to the good eats! He won’t lead you astray..

14/04/2022

Ingredients:�2 cups coconut water (4 green coconuts or 16oz canned/bottled juice)�1 cup gin (or white rum, if preferred)�1 cup sweetened condensed milk�¼ tsp nutmeg�¼ tsp cinnamon

Directions:�If using fresh coconuts, carefully poke a large hole in each shell with a hammer and screwdriver to retrieve water. Drain the water through a sieve to get rid of broken shell residue and pulp. Add the coconut water to a 1-2 liter pitcher along with gin and condensed milk. You may add more of gin and/or condensed milk to fit your preference. Add nutmeg and cinnamon, then mix well. Set pitcher in the refrigerator to chill for 1-2 hours. Serve over ice.