Name: Anna Elverson
Position: Artisan baker
Where are you from?
I was born in Jamaica, educated in England and have lived 30-plus years in Cayman.
How long have you participated in the CB Farmers & Artisans market?
I started selling at the Camana Bay farmers market around 15 years ago from the hut where Scotiabank is now, first selling marmalade then adding bread and later adding beaded and leather jewellery.
How would you describe what you do at your job?
As the quantities and varieties of breads I bake have increased over the years, I am now getting up earlier and earlier in the morning to bake it all same-day fresh for market.
What do you enjoy about your job?
I love being able to make my customers happy by baking the breads they love. [I love] making new customers happy by adding them to my Bread Group ordering list and giving them the opportunity to order their choice of fresh bread every week. My sourdough and focaccia both have something of a cult following.
What is your favourite Camana Bay memory?
One of my favourite Camana Bay memories is of the early days when Jeff and his team of staff willingly helped us empty our cars and wheel our produce to our already set-up tables. My, we were treated like royalty and felt so lucky and special. It really made it seem so effortless, and I always looked forward to [the] Wednesday market and called it my "lifestyle day."
What's something we don't know about you that we should?
In July this year, instead of selling at [the] Camana Bay market, I shall be in Tuscany having a busman's holiday working with a friend baking her organic breads and biscuits and selling at a weekly market in Siena. The first time I did this was July last year, and I very much hope this will not be my last time.
This article was first published in the June/July 2025 print edition of Camana Bay Times.
