Delicious
Destinations
TAKES DINERS ON
CULINARY JOURNEY FOR
GOOD CAUSE
BY ELIZABETH M. STEIF
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or three days in September,
the Ponte Vedra Inn and Club
will host the First Coast’s premiere food and wine event.
Delicious Destinations will
be held Sept. 6-8 and feature gourmet
food from five-star and five-diamond
chefs from around the country, as well
an array of wines.
All proceeds from the event will
benefit St.Vincent’s Community
Health Outreach Programs that provide quality, compassionate medical
care throughout the Jacksonville community, with an emphasis on health
care for the medically underserved.
This year’s event features an exotic
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Arabian Nights theme and includes
a celebrity chef reception with Tony
May (pictured left) and luncheon, a
special sponsor preview and the food
and wine tasting, as well as live and
silent auctions.
Last year’s event raised almost
$300,000 for St.Vincent’s Mobile
Health Outreach Ministry, which
began in 1991 provided care to the
medically underserved in Northeast
Florida.
The organization focuses heavily on
rural, urban and pediatric outreach
by offering services such as blood
pressure screenings, flu shots, immunizations, school physicals and more.