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Diana DeLucia created her “Golf Kitchen” brand years ago, to put the focus on the culinary artists inside the worlds’ fabulous private country clubs. That expanded to include some of the worlds’ top resort golf destinations. She didn’t stop there. Her semi-annual magazine, and her coffee table books, bring the top golf kitchens into your home, with fabulous recipes including magnificent desserts for you to make at home. Today she is expanding the reach with the 4th Annual Culinary Excellence Awards at GlenArbor Golf Club. All of the chefs cooking this year are under 40! This industry is wide open for the young. 

Golf Kitchen President and Editor Diana DeLucia joins me in the clubhouse to talk about her forays into the private golf club kitchen's of Round Hill Club, Baltrusrol and Reynolds Lake Oconee to talk about their courses, clubs and the chefs responsible for creating the fine dining experiences for their club members. The "Golf Kitchen Culinary Excellence Awards" will include a wine division. DeLucia continues the pursuit of recognizing excellence with "​The Golf Kitchen Certification of Culinary Excellence", the only internationally recognized certification program for private golf and country club food and beverage teams. The certification is determined by the club's ability to meet and exceed its member's expectations 

Listen here to how incredibly back to the past, to bring farming into the future, "The Chef's Garden" co owner Farmer Lee Jones goes to make the best, most nutritious produce,and edible flowers, possible. And he is sharing his knowledge inside an institute, Culinary Vegetable Institute at The Chef's Garden on his property. Check out the audio. Farmer Lee Jones called in to my golf show from the farm, while he was checking on his crops.

Our conversation from the show on SoundCloud​. Click on photo to get the audio.

Talking Golf Kitchen's Culinary Excellence Awards, her coffee table books, her magazine, the Presidents Cup, Sebonack Golf Club, GlenArbor GC, all featured in her semi-annual magazine, and new projects, with Golf Kitchen Founder Diana DeLucia.

Michael Ruggiero is the Executive Chef at GlenArbor Golf Club, the host of the Golf Kitchen Culinary Excellence Awards and Celebration dinner. He took time out of his busy prep schedule to talk with me on his show about his path to make his dream come true in culinary arts. Ruggiero has had a lifelong passion in Culinary Arts that has spanned over two decades of accomplishments beginning with a degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, then working with a Master Chef, earning a Certified Executive Chef designation from the American Culinary Federation, 2 gold medals in hot food competition and working as an Executive Chef in multiple Private Country Clubs.

Diana DeLucia, in a matter of a few years, has galvanized the private country club culinary community, creating a Golf Kitchen coffee table book series with in-depth interviews and exquisite food photography while featuring the country club scenes, a collector's item Golf Kitchen Magazine, annual Culinary Excellence awards for the top in the industry for private and resort chefs, and others, plus a Golf Kitchen scholarship award that includes the Professional Culinary Arts diploma program at the International Culinary Center in New York and an externship at a private golf or country club in in 2020. This month, her second annual Golf Kitchen Culinary Excellence awards will be presented to the winners at Glenarbor Golf Clubin Bedford Hills, New York. Thrilling to be there by invitation only.

Diana DeLucia, in a matter of a few years, has galvanized the private country club culinary community, creating a Golf Kitchen coffee table book series with in-depth interviews and exquisite food photography while featuring the country club scenes, a collector's item Golf Kitchen Magazine, annual Culinary Excellence awards for the top in the industry for private and resort chefs, and others, plus a Golf Kitchen scholarship award that includes the Professional Culinary Arts diploma program at the International Culinary Center in New York and an externship at a private golf or country club in in 2020. This month, her second annual Golf Kitchen Culinary Excellence awards will be presented to the winners at Glenarbor Golf Clubin Bedford Hills, New York. Thrilling to be there by invitation only.