The Great Mossaic
Owner of SVG Caribbean
Bakery still rests on faith
By Nelson A. King
Just over a year after proclaiming
that she rested the
survival of her business on
faith, amid the coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic, Zita
Telemaque-Williams, the Vincentian
born co-owner of SVG
Caribbean Bakery and Restaurant
on Nostrand Avenue in
Brooklyn, is still very upbeat in
her belief.
“With God’s help and hard
work, our faithful customers
continue to support us,” said
Telemaque-Williams, a Born-
Again Christian, who co-owns
the bakery with her compatriot
husband, Samuel “Lennox”
Williams, told Caribbean Life
in an exclusive interview on
Wednesday.
SVG Caribbean Bakery and
Restaurant is located at 1621
Nostrand Ave., between Tilden
Avenue and Beverly Road, in
East Flatbush.
“They continue coming
and sending their families
and friends to support us,”
said Telemaque-Williams —
who worships at Miracle Temple
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Ministries, an evangelical
church, whose parishioners are
primarily Jamaicans and Vincentians,
in the Brownsville
section of Brooklyn – referring
to customers. “I want to thank
them, and I really appreciate
their support.
“Throughout everything that
we were going through, with
the pandemic, they stayed with
us,” she added. “They never
gave up on us; they continued.
They really, really supported
us through the pandemic, the
winter, La Soufriere volcanic
eruptions (in St. Vincent and
the Grenadines). They have
been so supportive to us.”
Telemaque-Williams – who
migrated to New York in 1987
from Canouan in the southern
St. Vincent Grenadine islands
— said that though her “business
is not back to 100 percent
— I will say 95 percent —
we’re doing good.
“I continue to believe in
God, continue to trust in Him;
and everything I do, I put Him
Signage at SVG-Caribbean Bakery. Photo by Nelson A. King
first,” she said. “Because of
Him, my doors remained open
during the pandemic.”
Telemaque-Williams said
that when La Soufriere volcano
in St. Vincent and the
Grenadines erupted in April,
she was able to ship 10 barrels
of relief supplies, comprising
food items, clothing, books
and toys, among other things,
for churches and families.
“Customers also supported
us from different islands, such
as Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada,
St. Lucia, Jamaica, Guyana
and Barbados,” she said. “I
also reached out to Jamaican
Pastor Skeen (of Sons of God
Deliverance Ministries at 34
Blasson Rd., Valley Stream,
Long Is.), who immediately
donated toys, clothing, toiletries
and monetary gifts.”
Zita Telemaque-Williams,
co-owner of SVG-Caribbean
Bakery stands behind the
counter at her bakery. Photo
by Nelson A. King
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