The hosts Mark and Rosie are so welcoming and the staff are absolutely fabulous.
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Big Chef Steak House, St. Lucia, is the flagship licensed restaurant of Certified Angus Beef L.L.C.
Chef Rosie Joinville was a top student at London’s Cordon Bleu Cooking School; with her diploma in her pocket, she travelled the world, cooking on a floating hotel in France, hotels in Hong Kong and even on a sheep farm in Australia. On return to London, Rosie taught at the Cordon Bleu, until one of her students offered her a job – he was a restaurateur in St. Lucia. Her wanderlust tempted again, Rosie packed her bags and set off to begin a new career in the Caribbean. She ran several restaurants in St. Lucia, including the legendary San Antoine, and taught Culinary Arts at Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, where she helped to set the Associate Degree programme. From the prestigious resort kitchens of Windjammer Landing, to the pages of SHE Caribbean Magazine, Chef Rosie Joinville has proven she can do just about anything in the kitchen; at Big Chef Steak House she makes all the wickedly rich desserts.
Culinary talents aside, Chef Rosie is also a convivial and warm hostess, and her friends will tell you that is not confined to the realms of Big Chef. Rosie is a true people-person. ‘It’s not just about eating well,’ she says. ‘People must have a good time too’. With her sense of humour and fun, Chef Rosie Joinville cultivates a welcoming, friendly atmosphere at the always fully-booked Big Chef; she knows every customer, at least after the first time, and truly excellent service is at the heart of her success.
A self-proclaimed perfectionist, Marc Joinville’s management of the Big Chef machinery looks effortless, but is the result of many years in the wider hospitality industry. Marc studied at Cesar Ritz School of Hotel Management in Switzerland and first worked at The Baur Au Lac Hotel in Zurich. After a post-graduate degree in Halifax Nova Scotia, he returned to his native St. Lucia, and went on to hold senior hotel management and General Manager positions at Jalousie Plantation, Sandals Resorts, Windjammer Landing and Coconut Bay; Marc also spent time in Sandals Turks & Caicos before teaming up with his wife, Chef Rosie, to purchase and re-vamp Big Chef Steak House. The rest, as they say, is history!
Although you’ll find him steering the Big Chef ship most evenings, Marc also finds time to serve on several local boards including the St. Lucia Employers Federation.
Big Chef Steak House is located in Rodney Bay Village, St. Lucia's tourism hub, renowned for its beaches, shopping and nightlife. The restaurant is within walking distance of many of the top hotels, and a short drive from the majority of the others. Diners wishing to work off some of the calories after dinner have a choice of a number of bars and nightclubs in the area that are open until late at night.
