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Levi Roots coming to the Exeter Phoenix (news)

21st January 2010

Reggae Reggae Sauce creator Levi Roots is set to host an evening of cooking, chatting, and music at the Exeter Phoenix as part of the city's Vibraphonic Festival.

The Dragons' Den and Caribbean Food Made Easy star will be playing tunes from his new album, Red Hot; telling stories and anecdotes; and hosting a live cookery demonstration.

Jamaican-born Levi started recording and performing reggae in the Seventies - first as part of a band with his brothers, and then later as a solo artist.

He set up his own record label, Conqueror Records, in 1982 and in the Nineties he started Soundbox Music.

In 1998 he was nominated for Best Reggae Performer at the MOBO awards.

Throughout this time, his interest in Caribbean cuisine never waned. In the early Nineties he perfected the sauce used on the annual food stand that he and his family ran at the Notting Hill Carnival.

In 2006 they sold 4,000 bottles of the sauce on this stall but it was through his appearance on BBC's Dragons' Den that he was able to take the country by storm with the Reggae Reggae Sauce brand.

Levi Roots hits the Phoenix on March 5. Tickets cost £12/£10 on 01392 667 080. The show is suitable for ages 16+.

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