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Simply Sustainable Culinary Getaway

Simply Sustainable Culinary Getaway

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Simply Sustainable Culinary Getaway
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A Luxurious Getaway Created for the Eco-Conscious Bon Vivant

3 days | 2 nights
Pricing: $1,672 (For Two People, Double Occupancy)
Availability: Year Round Based on Your Travel Dates

Package includes:

  • 2 Nights, Sawgrass Marriott Resort - King Bed (or Two Beds)
  • Coastal Florida Breakfast Each Morning
  • Chef's Tasting Dinner & Wine Pairing at Augustine Grille
  • Behind The Scenes Culinary Tour
  • Full Participation Savory Cooking Class
  • What’s the Buzz?
  • Optional Spa Treatments
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Simply Sustainable Gourmet Getaway - Ponte Vedra
360 Degrees of Sustainability:  Let the chefs’ passion for caring about the land and working responsibly with the local farm community, entertain and delight you as they share a bit of their world with you. Begin with a fabulous five course Chef’s Tasting Dinner and Wine Pairing at the award winning Augustine Grille. Next morning, enjoy an educational tour of the beehives and herb gardens as an introduction into how the chefs are truly using nature’s bounty everyday in a direct way. Learn how they involve the farm community in their bio-friendly plan and if you’re there on a weekend, you’ll even meet some farm partners at the market! Next, you’ll have a privileged behind the scenes tour and see how a huge operation like this runs, and then, it’s on to your hands-on class. Your hard work will produce five star results and it will definitely be worth the effort! Don’t forget to reward yourself with the generous Spa discount too!

 

Sawgrass Marriott Resort

Sawgrass Marriott Resort - King Bed (or Two Beds) mapmore lodging info

The casual luxury of the Sawgrass Marriott showcases a breath taking natural setting where waves kiss the gleaming beach and moss-draped oaks and magnolias frame impossibly blue lagoons. From the private Cabana Beach Club to the full service Spa, to the seven world-class championship golf courses, you can retreat into whatever level of relaxation you desire. Your recently transformed soft earth-toned accommodations are brimming with luxury amenities. Sumptuous bedding, plush downy comforters and pillows, granite counter tops, sleek contemporary furnishings, wide screen plasma TVs, and high speed Internet. It’s a quick 15 minutes from Jacksonville and 22 miles from St. Augustine- the perfect base to use to explore this charming part of Florida.
Coastal Florida Breakfast Each Morning

Coastal Florida Breakfast Each Morning

Mornings begin as you awaken to the aroma of freshly brewed coffee. The view from Café on the Green is stunning as it overlooks waterfalls and impossibly perfect landscaping. Start with fresh squeezed juice, and then choose your favorite type of eggs: what will it be, Benedict, scrambled, poached? Add in apple smoked bacon or sausage, or perhaps you’d like some Crunchy French Toast...decisions, decisions. Your gourmet breakfast is served at a leisurely hour between 6:30 AM and 10:00 AM.
Chef's Tasting Dinner & Wine Pairing at Augustine Grille

Chef's Tasting Dinner & Wine Pairing at Augustine Grille

After meeting with you to discuss your preferences, the chef leaves to begin your evening of pleasure, which begins with his gift from the kitchen to awaken your taste buds. Your sommelier begins the night’s trysts with perfect wine pairings. Perhaps first, will be lobster on zucchini blossoms with shaved truffles. Next, vine ripened tomato and simple greens with aged Dragon’s Breath cheese and aged balsamic vinegar. Your third course may be Mayport spotted skate wing served in the pan, crisp and sizzling. Next, to cleanse, frozen Moscato grapes bathed in Champagne. The main event is glistening slices of rendered duck and flash seared scallops. Dessert is a deconstructed Key Lime pie: layers of huckleberry almond teacake with passion fruit curd filling crowned in Key Lime mousse sauce with raspberry fori de Sicily, topped with a crunch of gold feuilletine… Welcome to the Augustine Grille.
Behind The Scenes Culinary Tour

Behind The Scenes Culinary Tour

Join Mark, the Food and Beverage Director for a peek into the mystery of the world usually hidden to the diner in restaurants. He’ll gladly share the secret as to why the meats used in the award winning Augustine Grille are melt-in-your-mouth tender: the special way the meat is aged. You’ll visit “the line” and prep areas and see just what it takes to run a multi-function five star establishment efficiently. You’ve become part of The Team.
Full Participation Savory Cooking Class

Full Participation Savory Cooking Class

When you use the freshest organic ingredients, the aromas that fill the kitchen envelope you and fill your senses. Fragrant thyme, crisp citrus notes, sweet basil just picked in the herb garden, the datil peppers that Chef loves to add to his dishes: all await as if paints on your culinary palette. Classically trained Chefs will lead you through a wonderful step by step hands-on cooking class. Don’t be afraid to ask about how the chefs work closely with their farmers ; you’ll love the answers. You’ll savor your wonderful meal accompanied by a wine pairing, of course, once you’ve finished, then you’ll be ready for sweet dreams.
What’s the Buzz?

What’s the Buzz?

The apiary, located a short distance away, on a sheltered hillside, is home to thousands of gentle Italian honey bees. The bounty from the hives has inspired Executive Chef David Scalise and Food and Beverage Director Mark Butcher to create specialty items on the bar and restaurant menus as well as have them appear in the Spa treatments. They are now expert bee keepers and are quick to share their love of the art and to teach you about the health benefits of the products produced by their “girls”. You will be educated as you grow to appreciate the efforts of the passionate team here at the hotel to help the environment and the community.
Optional Spa Treatments

Optional Spa Treatments

Exclusive Discount on Spa Services: Reserving the Simply Sustainable Gourmet Getaway entitles you to an exclusive 10% discount on all Spa services at the finest coastal day spa in North Florida. Why not take a journey of pampering for yourself? You’ve certainly worked hard in the kitchen, Chef! Remember, they use wonderful organic products from the beehives that you visited! Let them take you places you’ve never been, but will surely want to see again.
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