A father and daughter who sell their Caribbean sauces around the world have said they were inspired to act due to a lack of diversity in Cardiff's food scene. Charmaine Smikle said she and her father created Earl's Kitchen Caribbean sauces and make every jar from their kitchen after wanting to change the status quo from the capital city Charmaine experienced during her childhood.
Charmaine, 39, grew up in Cardiff with her family and felt that there was a lack of diversity, with her family one of the few Black families in the area. She told MyLondon that she would regularly visit London on weekend trips and come back with countless food and hair products that she struggled to find at home.
She told MyLondon: "The Black community back then was quite small. In terms of visibility to afro-Caribbean products be that hair or food, it was extremely limited. Those normal things that are perceived for that Black experience and life weren't really there. We'd always come back from London with so much stuff, we could have opened a shop."
