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Captain's to open restaurant in Ocho Rios, buy private jet
By Julian Richardson
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Captain's Bakery, the restaurant chain owned by businessman Captain Horace Burrell, will open its first outlet in Ocho Rios in December, bringing the number of restaurants throughout the island to eight.
The project represents an investment of approximately $18 million (US$200,000), said Burrell, following his address to Observer reporters and editors at the newspaper's weekly Monday Exchange this week.
"It's going to be a bakery and grill where we are going to provide freshly baked products for the hotel industry and the local population," said Burrell.
The restaurant, he added, will have 70 employees and is to be located on Graham Street near Jamaica National Building Society. He said that it was strategically positioned in Ocho Rios to not only benefit from a vibrant local consumer market, but markets from adjoining communities as well.
"Ocho Rios has been waiting for us for a very long time and the type of business that we plan to put there is really going to be a hit because we will not only get the support from the townspeople but from St Mary, the Eastern and North Coast, Brown's Town, Guys Hill et al."
Meanwhile, Captain Burrell, who owns his own helicopter and started operating a commercial airlift service in 2007, also disclosed that he has plans to invest in a jet.
"I have worked hard and I saw the need to get my own aircraft," said Captain Burrell. "The next task that I'm concentrating on, not far from now, is to get a jet. This is a way, certainly, that I want to travel," he declared.
By Julian Richardson
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Captain's Bakery, the restaurant chain owned by businessman Captain Horace Burrell, will open its first outlet in Ocho Rios in December, bringing the number of restaurants throughout the island to eight.
The project represents an investment of approximately $18 million (US$200,000), said Burrell, following his address to Observer reporters and editors at the newspaper's weekly Monday Exchange this week.
"It's going to be a bakery and grill where we are going to provide freshly baked products for the hotel industry and the local population," said Burrell.
The restaurant, he added, will have 70 employees and is to be located on Graham Street near Jamaica National Building Society. He said that it was strategically positioned in Ocho Rios to not only benefit from a vibrant local consumer market, but markets from adjoining communities as well.
"Ocho Rios has been waiting for us for a very long time and the type of business that we plan to put there is really going to be a hit because we will not only get the support from the townspeople but from St Mary, the Eastern and North Coast, Brown's Town, Guys Hill et al."
Meanwhile, Captain Burrell, who owns his own helicopter and started operating a commercial airlift service in 2007, also disclosed that he has plans to invest in a jet.
"I have worked hard and I saw the need to get my own aircraft," said Captain Burrell. "The next task that I'm concentrating on, not far from now, is to get a jet. This is a way, certainly, that I want to travel," he declared.
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