Some Central Texas cooks are taking a fall journey out to Horseshoe Bay Resort to have fun its twentieth anniversary with wine, music, and extra. On November 7, San Antonio chef Jesse “Kirk” Kuykendall of Milpa and the now-shuttered Ocho at Lodge Havana will be a part of 4 different culinary execs on the Wine, Dine & Jazz Competition for a collaborative five-course dinner. Then on November 8, the music performs on and the wine flows.
Kuykendall was the manager chef of pan-Latin gem Ocho till it closed in late June, however has all the time been one in every of Alamo Metropolis’s most booked cooks. Along with operating taco facet undertaking Milpa, he continuously holds pop-ups round city. He has additionally represented town on the worldwide stage as a UNESCO culinary ambassador and gained Meals Community cooking competitors Chopped in 2020.
His touring collaborators might be Austin chef Sarah Heard of Overseas & Home and the Atlanta-based “touring chef” Shawn Osbey. The three of them will work with Horseshoe Bay Resort culinary director Invoice Osloond and govt chef Gilbert Moore. The 5 cooks will every take management of one of many programs, and the evening will embrace musical performances by vocalist Monte Seward, vocalist Rebecca Jade, and saxophonist Michael Paulo.
This can function a kick-off dinner for the remainder of the pageant, which can embrace cooking demonstrations and Q&As with the visitor cooks, plus tastings from 14 Hill Nation wineries, meals samples from cooks and eating places within the area, and dwell jazz. Performers will embrace keyboardist Gregg Karukas, BPM Tremendous Group with Bassist Brian Bromberg, guitarist Paul Brown with saxophonist Michael Paulo, vocalist Rebecca Jade, trumpeter Ilya Serov, and bassist Darryll Williams.
Company will have the ability to attend the pageant even when they do not have a room on the resort, however packages wrap the entire expertise up with a one- or two-night keep. For only a Saturday day cross to the pageant, the worth is $105.32 together with charges for adults, and $44.67 for youths. A two-night bundle comes out to $351.65 per evening earlier than taxes or charges, and particulars on a single evening aren’t presently obtainable on-line.
Whereas on the property, and generally for an extra charge, visitors can take pleasure in further facilities together with a spa, a pool, tennis, pickleball, and an illuminated 18-hole placing course (that approaches ecosystem standing with water, rose gardens, and even unique birds).
Horseshoe Bay Resort is thought for extravagant festivals, together with the favored Balloons Over Horseshoe Bay Resort, which brings collectively scorching air balloons, dwell eating, a retail market, and extra over Easter weekend. The resort is situated at 200 Hello Circle North, Horseshoe Bay, about two hours from San Antonio.
