Gladys: Pirates Point's Leader

Gladys Howard is the owner/manager of Pirates Point Resort. She’s a 78-year-old Texas tornado. She’s also an award-winning cookbook author, who studied cooking with Julia Child, James Beard and Jacques Pepin. And she operated a cooking school and gourmet catering service for more than 20 years before coming to Little Cayman.

In 2003, Gladys was awarded the Queen's "Badge of Honor" by Prince Edward during the Cayman Islands Quincentennial for her volunteer work in environmental conservation with the National Trust in Little Cayman.

And Gladys is going strong – next year will be Pirates Point’s 25th anniversary. Guests will find Gladys greeting them at the dinner buffet, organizing bird watching outings, playing dominoes into the evening or costumed for a party. Gladys LOVES any excuse for a party. She’s pictured here in a dining room portrait and at this year’s Halloween Party – she called herself “Princess Laos” and she’s wearing a headdress from Laos, which she picked up on her tour of Southern Asia this fall. Despite two knee replacements, she also made 23 dives around Komodo and took the two-hour dragon walk on Rinca Island.