{"id":318422,"date":"2026-06-24T19:09:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/318422\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T19:09:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:09:19","slug":"west-tampas-chef-rick-is-the-final-cigar-in-food-themed-trilogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/318422\/","title":{"rendered":"West Tampa\u2019s Chef Rick Is The Final Cigar In Food-Themed Trilogy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, there was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cigaraficionado.com\/article\/boliche-blvd-from-west-tampa-tobacco-co-coming-this-month\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boliche Blvd.<\/a> Then came <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cigaraficionado.com\/article\/highlights-from-the-2025-pca-trade-show\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devil Crab<\/a>. Now, West Tampa Tobacco Co. rounds out its food-inspired trilogy with Chef Rick, a new, limited-edition cigar that\u2019s made in Nicaragua.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA great culinary chef requires technical mastery, immense passion and creativity,\u201d said Rick Rodriguez, co-founder of West Tampa Tobacco Co. He looks at blending tobacco in much the same way, and that was the idea behind his food-themed series of cigars. This new release consists of an Ecuador Habano oscuro wrapper, Sumatra-seed binder from Ecuador and an all-Nicaraguan filler with tobacco from Estel\u00ed, Jalapa, Condega and Ometepe.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/mshanken.imgix.net\/cao\/bolt\/2026-06\/chef-rick-cigar-1600.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-img nofollow noopener\" title=\"West Tampa Tobacco Co.\" target=\"_blank\">   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/chef-rick-cigar-1600.jpg\" alt=\"West Tampa Tobacco Co.\"\/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0But West Tampa turned to a new factory to produce Chef Rick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also wanted to take the opportunity to partner with a young, up-and-coming factory, Tabacalera Pages de Nicaragua S.A., to close out this trilogy,\u201d he said. \u201cHaving the opportunity to work alongside Raymond Pages Raffo allowed me to bring something new and unique to my fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Available now, Chef Rick comes in one size, a Toro measuring 6 inches by 52 ring gauge. It has a suggested retail price of $12.99 each and comes in 50-count cabinets. Only 1,000 boxes are being produced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cigaraficionado.com\/article\/guy-fieri-and-erik-espinosa-opening-dominican-cigar-factory\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read Next:\u00a0Guy Fieri And Erik Espinosa Opening Dominican Cigar Factory<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First, there was Boliche Blvd. Then came Devil Crab. Now, West Tampa Tobacco Co. rounds out its food-inspired&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-318422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}