One&Only Palmilla to Host Second Annual Mexican Culinary Festival

Last year the resort’s First Annual Mexican Culinary Festival showcased the talents of Mexico City-based celebrity chefs Enrique Olveda from Pujol, Daniel Ovadía 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.

Culinary Schedule of Events

Thursday, November 7, 2012
• Chef Demonstration in the Herb Garden including canapés and wine
• Optional: Tequila Tasting Seminar at Agua Bar
• Dinner prepared by guest chef paired with a selection of Mexican Wines

Friday, November 8, 2012
• Chef Demonstration in the Herb Garden including canapés and wine
• Optional: Tequila Tasting Seminar at Agua Bar
• Dinner prepared by guest chef paired with a selection of Mexican Wines

Saturday, November 9, 2012
• Chef Demonstration in the Herb Garden including canapés and wine
• Optional: Tequila Tasting Seminar at Agua Bar
• Dinner prepared by guest chef paired with a selection of Mexican Wines

The Culinary Talent

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.

Larbi Dahrouch, AGUA

The Moroccan-born Dahrouch, a former protégé 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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