SECOND ANNUAL GOLF KITCHEN PUNTA MITA FEATURES FRESH CULINARY EXPERIENCES, GUEST CHEFS, AND GOLF ADVENTURES

Punta Mita is set to host the second edition of Golf Kitchen Punta Mita event on April 25-28, 2019. Golf Kitchen Magazine and Punta Mita developer DINE co-host this special four-day, three-night event that blends the best of the region’s destination golf and gastronomic experiences with the help of a crew of visiting chefs from esteemed golf clubs in the US and Latin America.

“We are thrilled to collaborate once again with Golf Kitchen Magazine’s Diana DeLucia in creating the 2nd Annual Golf Kitchen Punta Mita Gastronomic Extravaganza,” said Carl Emberson, Director of Marketing and Operations at Punta Mita. “This special event showcases the very best cuisine the Golf Club industry offers in the Americas.”

Punta Mita’s own Executive Chef Pato Pérsico will serve as host chef for Golf Kitchen Punta Mita, leading a welcome dinner at the new Pacifico Beach Club that honors “The Cuisine of Latin America” with dishes created by guest chefs from the Americas. Creative mixologists, live music, and house DJ Omar will keep the energy high all night long.

Talented chefs representing many prestigious golf clubs will team up to create unforgettable brunches, lunches, dinners, and tasting menus throughout the course of the event: * Pato Pérsico, Executive Chef of Punta Mita and 2019 Event Host, Mexico

• Anthony Giacoponello & Joseph Klages, Sebonack Golf Club, Southampton, New York
• Michael Ruggiero, Glenarbor Golf Club, Bedford, New York
• Tony Villanueva, Edgewood Country Club, River Vale, New Jersey
• Ricky Motta, Garzon Club, Uruguay
• Doug Blair, Cassique at Kiawah Island Club, South Carolina
• Damian Gilchrist, Sankaty Head Golf Club, Nantucket, Massachusetts
• Lalo Palazuelos, Club de Golf Bosque Real, Mexico
• Gastón Yelicich, Cantegrill Country Club, Punte Del Este, Uruguay
• Yasuo Asai, Asai Kaiseki Cuisine, Mexico * Marcelo Pereyra, Coronel Pringles Restaurant, Argentina * Jose Carles Fabregas, Downtown Boquerón By Chef Jose Carles, Puerto Rico

Dining takes place in some of Punta Mita’s most beautiful settings including the Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita and St. Regis Punta Mita Resort. Click here for the event’s full culinary agenda.

Golf fanatics will enjoy the event’s two-day Golf Kitchen Cup that plays out over Punta Mita’s two Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Courses – Bahia and Pacifico. The cup event kicks off with a Four-Hole Chef Cup Shootout where seven guest chefs escape the kitchen to show off their skills on the links. Click here for the event’s full golf agenda. The event wraps at Kupuri Beach

Club with a delicious gala featuring a dine-around tasting pool party with a silent and live auction to raise funds for local charities Peace and The Fundación Punta de Mita.

Golf Kitchen Punta Mita offers a selection of packages that include the following options for both golf and culinary events:

Stay Golf Kitchen Package:

• 3-night accommodation at St. Regis Punta Mita Resort
• Participation in the two days of Golf Tournament
• Kitchen Experience: access to all featured culinary events
• Complimentary roundtrip airport transfers
• Cost per golfer is $1,888 USD including taxes and service charges
• Cost per non-golfer is $1,699 USD including taxes and service charges
• Play Golf Kitchen Package:
• Participation in two days of Golf Tournament
• Kitchen Experience: access to all featured culinary events
• Cost is $888 USD per person including taxes and service charges

Kitchen Package:

• Participation in the Kitchen Experience including access to all culinary events
• Cost is $588 USD per person including taxes and service charges

For reservations, please contact events@puntamita.com. For more event information, visit golfkitchenpuntamita.com. Here’s an article that features the inaugural event in 2018.

ABOUT PUNTA MITA & DINE

Punta Mita is an ultra-luxurious, 1,500-acre resort and residential community situated in the Riviera Nayarit, north of Puerto Vallarta. It lies on a private spear-shaped peninsula surrounded by white sand beaches, Pacific Ocean waters and lush tropical flora. Punta Mita is home to private villas and residences, two Five-Diamond rated Resorts: The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort and Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, a Tennis Center, four Resident’s Beach Clubs, and two Jack Nicklaus Signature Championship Golf Courses. Pacifico Golf Course is best known for its famous island green, “The Tail of the Whale,” the world’s only natural ocean island green. The Bahia Golf Course in Punta Mita offers more slopes around the greens and heavy contours to create more movement on the fairways and greens. For more information, please visit www.puntamita.com.

DINE, Mexico’s premier real estate development company, is the owner and developer of Punta Mita. DINE’s portfolio includes commercial, residential and master planned communities throughout Mexico. DINE was founded in 1978 to serve the specific needs of

the highest income sectors in Mexico, establishing unprecedented design quality in residential, commercial, leisure and corporate real estate development. For more information, visit www.dine.com.mx.

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Golf Kitchen

Diana DeLucia, Editor In Chief, CEO

diana@golfkitchen.com, tel. 860.406.1782

 

Magazine Punta Mita

Karen Argow, The Argow Agency

Karen@theargowagency.com, tel. 415.602.7836