Premier Guide Miami

Though born and bred in Jamaica, my journey eventually led me to Brooklyn, New York in 1996 — and then to Miami in 2006. What began as a curiosity quickly transformed into a lifelong passion project. I fell so deeply in love with the rhythm of this city, and the generous way it embraced me, that I founded Premier Guide Miami in 2009 — and have kept it going ever since.

One of my proudest achievements is maintaining this digital timeline independently for over a decade and a half — ensuring that others can experience, navigate, and appreciate the magic of Miami just the way that I do.

Along the way, life has had a beautiful way of intertwining itself. Before PGM, I worked as a flight attendant — a chapter that gave me a front-row seat to the world and, unexpectedly, some of my most memorable encounters. I had already reviewed Michael Bolton in concert at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood when, on a later LAX flight I was working, he walked on board. He was open, warm, and genuinely sweet — we talked about his music, his diet, and life at 35,000 feet. I was completely star-struck. Heidi Klum was another — first a media conference call interview, then a chance meeting on another flight I was working out of LAX. I love how my life intertwines.

Those moments — some on press calls, some in green rooms, some in airplane aisles — are part of over 100 conversations I've had with the world's most remarkable people: Al Gore, Sir Richard Branson, Anthony Bourdain, Hugh Jackman, Joan Rivers, and so many more. I've also logged flight hours as an aspiring pilot, traveled across 6 continents, and found a third home in Denmark. When I'm not covering South Florida, I'm recharging at the Thomasville Estate farm in Jamaica — the place that reminds me where it all began.

Do it for the love of the city.

Denmark-born Jorn Kaae has lived a life defined by movement, curiosity, and an encyclopedic knowledge of how the world eats, sleeps, and plays. He arrived in Chicago in 1985, made his way to Miami in 1993, and has remained a fixture of South Florida's hospitality and travel landscape ever since — quietly becoming one of the most globally connected people in the room at any given moment.

As a principal consultant at Kaae & Associates, Jorn's expertise spans the Americas — with deep roots in the Caribbean and Latin America — as well as Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Few people understand the full arc of luxury travel and hospitality across those regions the way he does, and that perspective shapes everything he brings to Premier Guide Miami.

Away from work, Jorn is a passionate cyclist who treats the Tour de France as a non-negotiable annual event — every stage, without fail. Sport and travel are the twin engines of his life, and he moves through the world with the same intensity he brings to both.

His role at PGM extends well beyond consultation. Jorn has made it something of a personal mission to broaden Daedrian's world — introducing her to the places he has lived and worked across the globe, nudging her toward new cultures, new perspectives, and new stories worth telling. As Daedrian puts it: he's been trying to get her a bit more cultured. It's a work in progress — and the platform is richer for it.

Kadean Vendryes is the kind of person who is always in motion — and always ready. A Jamaican native who commutes fluidly between the island and the USA, she brings a rare combination of financial expertise, cultural depth, and editorial instinct to the Premier Guide Miami team as a freelance contributor and trusted insider.

Her professional foundation was built over two decades at NCB — the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica — where she developed the kind of financial acumen that doesn't come from a textbook. Today she works as a consultant in finance, drawing on that experience while remaining deeply connected to the communities and institutions she has spent a career serving.

But Kadean's world extends well beyond balance sheets. When she's not on assignment for PGM, she's researching pioneers and cultural figures deserving of Jamaica's recognition — the kind of quiet, important work that rarely makes headlines but shapes how a nation remembers itself. She is also a writer and judge for the Jamaica Observer Food Awards, bringing a discerning palate and a journalist's eye to one of the Caribbean's most respected culinary competitions.

She travels the globe — solo, without hesitation — and has built the kind of insider knowledge that only comes from actually showing up. Whether it's a cultural event, a culinary story, a real estate angle, or a finance feature, Kadean arrives prepared, curious, and ready to dig in. For the PGM team, she is exactly that: a real insider.