The BBC journalist, who now anchors the Six o’Clock News, met politicians, business leaders and members of the Jersey Fairtrade Island Group.
He was the guest of honour at a vin d’honneur at the Town Hall in the afternoon, followed by a meal in his honour at Hotel L’Horizon, at which Mr Alagiah spoke about his experiences as a foreign correspondent visiting some of the poorest parts of the globe.
As a patron of Fairtrade Foundation, he also presented Jersey with a certificate officially recognising the award to the Island of Fairtrade Island Status earlier this year.
