August 24, 2012
Second Annual Mexican Culinary Festival to Be Held in Los Cabos
Mark Thompson READ TIME: 3 MIN.
LOS CABOS, Mexico - One&Only Palmilla will host its Second Annual Mexican Culinary Festival November 7-11, 2012, featuring some of Mexico's most talented chefs and highlighting wines from the Guadalupe Valley. Last year the resort's First Annual Mexican Culinary Festival showcased the talents of Mexico City-based celebrity chefs Enrique Olveda from Pujol, Daniel Ovad�a from Paxia, and Edgar Nunez from Sud777.
Guests of the Second Annual Mexican Culinary Festival will enjoy daily cooking demonstrations hosted by visiting chefs in the resort's new Outdoor Kitchen and Herb Garden. The intimate new garden venue will serve as the culinary hub for the festival and boasts a variety of fresh produce, including a collection of indigenous chilies such as habanero, pequin, and poblano, and herbs such as cilantro, epazote, sweet basil, and the hibiscus tea plant.
In addition to daily chef demonstrations in the Outdoor Kitchen, festival participants will be treated to three custom dinners, each designed by a different visiting chef. A selection of wines sourced from the award-winning vineyards of Guadalupe Valley will be paired with the eclectic Mexican cuisine by One&Only Palmilla's Head Sommelier, Manuel Arteaga.
Returning as culinary host will be Executive Chef Larbi Dahrouch of One&Only Palmilla's Agua restaurant. The full roster of Mexican guest chefs for the Second Annual Mexican Culinary Festival will be unveiled in the coming weeks.
The Moroccan-born Dahrouch, a former prot�g� of the legendary French chef Jean-Louis Palladin, traveled throughout Mexico prior to the resort's opening to discover authentic Mexican cuisine by sampling its diverse markets and food stands.�
As a result, Agua's menu features classic Mediterranean fare with decidedly Mexican influences and ingredients throughout. The finest local produce, fish and seafood and game are used throughout the menu, delivered daily by Dahrouch's hand-picked roster of local purveyors.
Dahrouch began his culinary career at the age of 13 in France when he was an apprentice for the late French chef Jean-Louis Palladin in Gascony.� He continued to work with Chef Palladin at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC as well as that city's Citronelle restaurant with Chef Michel Richard.� Dahrouch has also worked in kitchens throughout the world including Paris, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Boston.
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DETAILS: Daily Culinary Schedule of Events
Thursday, November 7, 2012 - Saturday, November 9, 2012
Chef Demonstration in the Herb Garden including canap�s and wine
Optional: Tequila Tasting Seminar at Agua Bar
Dinner prepared by guest chef paired with a selection of Mexican Wines
For more information or reservations, please visit www.oneandonlyresorts.com
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A long-term New Yorker and a member of New York Travel Writers Association, Mark Thompson has also lived in San Francisco, Boston, Provincetown, D.C., Miami Beach and the south of France. The author of the novels WOLFCHILD and MY HAWAIIAN PENTHOUSE, he has a PhD in American Studies and is the recipient of fellowships at MacDowell, Yaddo, and Blue Mountain Center. His work has appeared in numerous publications.
