Janelle Guerra has always loved to cook. When her baby son was perilously ill in hospital she took solace in time spent in the kitchen trying out new recipes. Her sister Cherrisse Shallow encouraged Guerra to turn her hobby into a career, and in 2016 A Trini Thing was founded, specialising in traditional food from Trinidad and Tobago.
Two years ago the fledgling foodie firm found a shopfront at Pop Brixton, a fun if haphazard container city on Brixton Station Road that is home to dozens of other small businesses, from tech start-ups to cocktail bars.
