It was really his mother s dream to open a Jamaican restaurant.
Her son Marvin Ferguson has made it a reality first from a popular food truck and now to a weekend stint as the guest chef at the NoHi Pop-up in Akron s North Hill neighborhood.
Born in St. Catherine Parish, Jamaica, Ferguson said he learned his way around the kitchen watching his mother cook.
Her dream was to move to America and open a restaurant here.
She even attended business school to help prepare. Sadly, she became sick soon after she graduated and the doctors told her that she would not be able to work due to her condition, he said. Her dream was shattered.