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A Spirited Tasting of the Finest Wines

Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Sourthern Wine & Spirits of North Florida, Delicious Destinations has developed a reputation for serving exceptional wines that are beautifully paired with the diverse dishes ...

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Join us in 2013 for the 12th Annual Delicious Destinations

The 12th Annual Delicious Destinations returns September 5-7, 2013. This year’s theme is La Florida, in honor of  500 years of history and diverse cultural heritage in our state–a claim ...

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Delicious Destinations 2013 Headlined by Norman Van Aken

Delicious Destinations is thrilled to announce that renowned chef and culinary genius Norman Van Aken, owner of the award-winning restaurant NORMAN’S, will be the Celebrity Chef for Delicious Destinations 2013. ...

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Viva La Florida!

2013 marks 500 years of history and diverse cultural heritage in Florida ...
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A Cause to Celebrate

One hundred percent of the net proceeds from Delicious Destinations benefit the St. Vincent’s Mobile Health ...
The 2011 Live Auction included an unforgetable weekend for two at Donald Trump's superlative Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach.

Tempting Auction Items

The Delicious Destinations team is hard at work gathering together another great collection ...

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Auction Highlight: Dinner Party of a Lifetime

Hermann Muller, Executive Chef of the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club, is known for his innovative New American Fusion cuisine. His professional career has taken him from Austria to the Bahamas to New Orleans to Washington. D.C., and finally to Ponte Vedra Beach, where he supervises a staff of 52 chefs preparing food for six […]

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Food and Philanthropy Taste Great!

Delicious Destinations, the gourmet food and wine event that brings some of the culinary world’s biggest names to Jacksonville, returns this September to the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club. Over the past decade, renowned chefs from Paul Prudhomme and John Ash to White House chefs Walter Scheib and Neil Connonly have joined executive chefs from exclusive […]

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Southern Classics and Deep Flavors

For the past five years, Chef Darin Sehnert of Savannah’s Mansion On Forsyth Park, has been a gracious and enthusiastic participant in our Delicious Destinations event, and he never fails to blog about it! At the 2011 Gala, he prepared fantastic Fried Green Tomatoes with Crab Salad and Chow Chow Relish, and we’re still being asked for […]

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Norman Van Aken to be 2013 Celebrity Guest Chef

Delicious Destinations is thrilled to announce that renowned chef and culinary genius Norman Van Aken, owner of the award-winning restaurant NORMAN’S, will be the Celebrity Chef for Delicious Destinations 2013. Norman Van Aken is the Director of Restaurants at the Miami Culinary Institute as well as the Chef-Owner of NORMAN’S at the Ritz-Carlton, Orlando.  He […]

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Delicious Destinations 2012 Another Smashing Success!

Thank you to eveyone–the chefs, the club staff, the dozens of volunteers, and, of course, the guests!–who helped make this year’s Delicious Destinations weekend such a fabulous success. The event attracted over 300 guests at the Celebrity Chef by the Sea Luncheon, 181 guests at the Sponsor’s Preview Party, and nearly 450 guests at the […]

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