The 2019 edi­tion of the Blue Food Fes­ti­val got off at Bloody Bay, To­ba­go on Sat­ur­day.

The high­light of the first day of the two-day event saw a cur­ry duck riv­er lime cook­out com­pe­ti­tion that fea­tured teams from both is­lands.

George Lea­cock, Fes­ti­vals Di­rec­tor of the To­ba­go Fes­ti­vals Com­mis­sion, said he was hap­py that the weath­er held up for the open­ing of the event.

In 2018 the event had to be can­celled be­cause of heavy rain­fall which caused land­slides in sev­er­al parts of the is­land. Lea­cock said the com­pe­ti­tion was for brag­ging rights.

He said once the event was mar­ket­ed ag­gres­sive­ly in Trinidad he ex­pect­ed greater par­tic­i­pa­tion next year.

Lea­cock said ca­lyp­so vet­er­an David Rud­der, the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice band and oth­er ac­tiv­i­ties are planned for a packed day.