Paulette Wedderburn or “Miss Paulette” as we know her
is the heart of The Reef's kitchen. The mother of four children,
she has been cooking her whole life.

Miss Paulette was born in Kingston, Jamaica and attended
Alpha Academy girls boarding school during the sixties where she
excelled in cooking classes. But it was her mother who taught
her the secrets of making fantastic curries with “a little bit of
this and a little bit of that” and a whole lot of soul.
In the late 1980's, she came to Canada and ultimately
settled in Vancouver. Along with her mother and sister, she ran
Pee Gee's Family Jamaican Restaurant for five years.

Simon and Liz met Miss Paulette when The Reef was first
getting started. This union resulted in the infusion of her
Jamaican family recipes into the wider range of Caribbean
cooking that embodies the Reef philosophy.
Over the years, we have had cooks from Trinidad, Barbados,
Dominica, Cuba & Guyana who have graced us with a little piece
of their island. But it is Paulette who provides the soul that
brings it together.