Friday, December 4 to Sunday, December 6, 2026 · Negril, Jamaica
This December, The Cliff becomes the setting for a celebration of Jamaican jerk culture unlike anything the island has hosted before. Acclaimed pitmasters from Jamaica and the diaspora will cook over fire, compete for a national title, and help define what excellence looks like on Jamaican ground.
This is more than admission to Championship Day. Your VIP ticket opens the full weekend: hosted dining, sunset receptions, reserved evening access, the awards ceremony, live roots reggae, and the kind of conversations that only happen when exceptional people gather around something genuinely worth celebrating.
Come for the fire. Stay for the people, the setting, and the conversations that continue long after the final award is presented.
Your VIP ticket brings you into the full Championship weekend, from Friday’s welcome reception through Sunday’s farewell dinner. Move through each experience with reserved access, hosted dining, premium receptions, and time to enjoy The Cliff between programs.
This is the weekend for guests who want the complete VIP experience while arranging their own accommodations.
The VIP experience is offered as one complete three-day journey. One- and two-day VIP tickets are not available, because each day has been designed to build naturally on the one before it, from Friday’s welcome reception through Sunday’s farewell dinner. To preserve the continuity, service, and sense of occasion that define the weekend, VIP access is reserved for guests joining us for the full experience.
Collect your VIP credentials and receive a personal orientation to the weekend’s programming, gathering points, and reserved-access areas across The Cliff.
Gather at the edge of the Caribbean for premium Jamaican rums, a curated rosé selection, and the kind of sunset that makes the transition from travel to celebration feel effortless.
An intimate, multi-course dinner built around great food, storytelling, and connection. There is no agenda beyond placing the right people around the same table.
Championship Day unfolds across The Cliff with cultural conversations exploring jerk’s Maroon origins, live-fire demonstrations, guided tastings and pairings, culinary presentations, and a showcase of Jamaican-made spirits, spices, and artisan products. The competition runs alongside the public program throughout the day, giving you the freedom to move between experiences and follow the fire wherever it leads.
After the daytime program closes, the atmosphere shifts. VIP guests remain on property for a golden-hour transition into the evening’s private program.
Meet at the Founders Club on the Helipad for cocktails as the sun finishes its descent over the Caribbean.
A seated dinner on the Wedding Lawn brings competitors and VIP guests together before the results are revealed.
The main stage comes to life for the moment the weekend has been building toward. Champion, Reserve Champion, People’s Choice, Best Traditional Expression, and Best Innovation are awarded as a new standard is set on Jamaican ground.
With the awards presented and the Caribbean night overhead, the Championship closes with a live roots reggae performance on the main stage.
Gather one final time over a relaxed, unhurried brunch. There is no stage and no agenda, only time to let the weekend settle.
A DJ sets the tone poolside while the grill stays lit and guest chefs step in to cook for the room. This is the weekend unwinding on its own terms.
As production begins to come down and The Cliff returns to itself, gather for one more private sunset over the Caribbean.
Your VIP weekend concludes with an unhurried final dinner at the table with the people who shared the experience with you. It is less a farewell than the closing chapter of a weekend worth returning for.
Arrive at The Cliff ready to follow the weekend from the first table to the final dinner. The fire, the food, the music, and the sea are all waiting.