NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The smells of the Caribbean filled the air for the Jamaica benefit dinner at Paradigm Gardens.

All proceeds will go towards Hurricane Melissa relief in Jamaica.

The venue's owner, Joel Hitchcock says he knows it's a drop in the bucket, but he's happy to help however he can.

"Each drop for an individual person goes a long way, and since this money is going to a direct contact on the ground for flooding in the community, Jamaica, those drops will make a big difference for the people that get the funds and their immediate community," Hitchcock said.

Co-owner of Johnny's Jamaican grill, Adam Haughton, cooked at the event. He has family in Jamaica and says he has been nervous for them ever since he first heard of Hurricane Melissa.

"I was up for thinking a lot because

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