What started as a simple husband-and-wife adventure has grown into one of Trinidad’s and Tobago’s most loved content creator duos.
In this conversation with Rendel and Melina of Rendelina, we dive into their Useful Creator journey, how they built trust with their audience, grew to over 300,000 followers across platforms, and stayed true to their values while creating content that helps businesses thrive.
👉 In this episode, you’ll hear:
- How Rendelina built an authentic husband-and-wife brand that resonates with thousands.
- Why positivity and trust are at the heart of their content.
- The story behind their viral doubles reviews and the emotional connection people have with food.
- Lessons on working with businesses, building partnerships, and navigating criticism.
- Their future plans beyond food content: Production, storytelling, and maybe even a Caribbean action-comedy film.
💡 Whether you’re a content creator, business owner, or just a fan of doubles and good vibes, this interview is packed with inspiration, real talk, and practical tips (including Rendel’s top editing advice).
Recorded on location at Next Gen Brewing, San Fernando (thanks to Kareem & Priyanka for hosting us!).
🔗 Connect with Rendelina:
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@rendelina1
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Rendelina1
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/rendelina_
Follow me:
📩 Join my newsletter: https://jumabannister.com/newsletter/
💼 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jumabannister
What started as a simple husband-and-wife adventure has grown into one of Trinidad’s and Tobago’s most loved content creator duos.
In this conversation with Rendel and Melina of Rendelina, we dive into their Useful Creator journey, how they built trust with their audience, grew to over 300,000 followers across platforms, and stayed true to their values while creating content that helps businesses thrive.
👉 In this episode, you’ll hear:
- How Rendelina built an authentic husband-and-wife brand that resonates with thousands.
- Why positivity and trust are at the heart of their content.
- The story behind their viral doubles reviews and the emotional connection people have with food.
- Lessons on working with businesses, building partnerships, and navigating criticism.
- Their future plans beyond food content: Production, storytelling, and maybe even a Caribbean action-comedy film.
💡 Whether you’re a content creator, business owner, or just a fan of doubles and good vibes, this interview is packed with inspiration, real talk, and practical tips (including Rendel’s top editing advice).
Recorded on location at Next Gen Brewing, San Fernando (thanks to Kareem & Priyanka for hosting us!).
🔗 Connect with Rendelina:
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@rendelina1
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Rendelina1
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/rendelina_
Follow me:
📩 Join my newsletter: https://jumabannister.com/newsletter/
💼 Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jumabannister
One of the best things you can hear as a podcast host is: "That's a GREAT question!"
But what makes a guest respond like that?
Over the past two years I’ve interviewed 112 guests.
I always ask my guests for feedback:
Here’s what some of them said they liked most about the show:
"𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘁𝗵, 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲."
"𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁, 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝘂𝗻 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸. 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀𝗅"
"𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗹𝘆. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗼. 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱."
"𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗝𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘀, 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀! 𝗜 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱."
"𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵."
"𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀! 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗶𝗱."
"𝗝𝘂𝗺𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗮𝗻𝘁. 𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁. 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲