Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf 2026: Fifteen years, seventeen chefs and two Nicklaus courses
The fifteenth edition runs Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 November inside Punta Mita, with a poker night on Wednesday the 4th. Mauro Colagreco of Mirazur heads seventeen guest chefs, and the Golf Cup is played over two days on both Jack Nicklaus courses. Here is the programme day by day, who is cooking, how it is sold and where to stay.
By Oliver Weickardt, founder of Villa Experience · Checked 27 October 2026 · 13-minute readFor four days a year, five this time with the poker night, the peninsula sets one long table. The guest chefs come from Menton, Napa Valley, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Mexico City and the Valle de Guadalupe; the golf is played on both of Punta Mita’s Jack Nicklaus courses; and the evenings move from the beach clubs to the Four Seasons.
This is the fifteenth edition, and it changes more than most. It moves from December to early November, opens with a new poker night, and brings Mauro Colagreco of Mirazur, the World’s Best Restaurant of 2019, as its headliner.
Everything happens inside the gates, and everything is sold by Punta Mita as a package. That makes two decisions for anyone planning a trip around it: which package, and which house. Below, the programme on a map, day by day; the seventeen chefs; how the Golf Cup is played; what each package includes; and three of our houses inside the gates, each with its own chef.
Five days, one map
Scroll through the week and the map follows each day to its venues; the diamonds are our three houses. Punta Mita has published the days, not the hours.
Poker & Paradise
A poker night at Kupuri Beach Club on Litibú Bay, with dinner. Larry Brown, the Super Bowl XXX MVP, hosts, and Lorena Ochoa is the special guest.
- Where
- Kupuri Beach Club, Litibú Bay
- Host
- Larry Brown; special guest Lorena Ochoa
- Included in
- Only the four-night stay at the St. Regis or Four Seasons
A clinic, then the opening cocktail
The golf starts with a warm-up clinic and an exhibition match on the Pacífico course. In the evening comes the Aeromexico–Delta Opening Cocktail at Pacífico Beach Club, where, in the organiser’s words, “the full culinary roster gathers.”
- Golf
- Clinic and exhibition match, Pacífico course
- Evening
- Opening cocktail, Pacífico Beach Club
- Included in
- All packages
Shotgun start, lunch with wine, dinner
Day one of the Punta Mita Golf Cup, with breakfast at the driving range for the players and food and drink stations around the course. Then a lunch with wines paired by the event’s guest sommelier, and dinner in the evening. Punta Mita has not named the venues for the lunch or the dinner yet.
- Golf
- Golf Cup, day one
- Lunch
- With wine pairings; venue not yet named
- Included in
- Dinner: all packages. Lunch: Gourmet & Golf and the hotel stays
The final round and the closing dinner
The second day of the Golf Cup, a lunch for those who do not play, then the American Express Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf 2026 Closing Dinner at Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, “prepared by an exceptional lineup of chefs,” with the awards.
- Golf
- Golf Cup day two
- Evening
- Closing and awards dinner, Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita
- Included in
- Dinner: all packages. Lunch: Gourmet & Golf and the hotel stays
Farewell brunch above the Tail of the Whale
Brunch at Pacífico Beach Club, hosted by Punta Mita Properties, looking over the Tail of the Whale, the island green, for the last view of the week.
- Where
- Pacífico Beach Club
- Host
- Punta Mita Properties
- Included in
- Gourmet & Golf and the hotel stays
Seventeen guest chefs, two winemakers
The roster as Punta Mita publishes it, with the credential line it gives each chef. Eight of them cooked here in 2025; Mauro Colagreco is new and tops the bill.
Mauro Colagreco
- World’s Best Restaurant 2019
- Three Michelin stars
- UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity
The headliner of the fifteenth edition, and new to Gourmet & Golf in 2026. Mirazur, on the French Riviera at Menton, was named the World’s Best Restaurant in 2019 and holds three Michelin stars; Colagreco is also a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Biodiversity.
Christopher Kostow
James Beard Award, Best Chef: West. Formerly executive chef of The Restaurant at Meadowood.
Photo: Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf
Kazuo Harada
A Michelin star, 2024–2026; Chef of the Year 2023/2024.
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Abraham Salum
In the organiser’s words, “a longtime champion” of the event.
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César de la Parra
A Michelin star. Also Santo Taco in New York.
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Federico Fernandez
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Fernando Trocca
The founder of Sucre.
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Héctor Leyva
Born in Oaxaca; both his restaurants are on Avenida El Anclote in the village.
Back from 2025Photo: Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf
Leslie Durso
Vegan chef for Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita and Four Seasons The Biltmore, Santa Barbara; a Four Seasons Master Chef in 2019.
Back from 2025Photo: Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf
Rodrigo Cardenas
Executive chef since 2022; a James Beard Foundation nomination.
Back from 2025Photo: Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf
Sam Choy
“True Hawaiian heritage cooking”; the press release calls him the Godfather of Poke.
Back from 2025Photo: Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf
Thierry Blouet
Opened Café des Artistes in 1990, and Tuna Blanca on El Anclote in 2008.
Back from 2025Photo: Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf
Vanessa Blouet
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Yasuo Asai
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Xavier Salomon
Culinary Director of Montage International; Maître Cuisinier de France since 2004.
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David Castro Hussong and Maribel Aldaco
On The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list.
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Two winemakers
From Mendoza and from the wine country of Baja California, on the roster for 2026.
Hans Backhoff
CEO of Monte Xanic since 2008.
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Laura Catena
Managing Director of Catena Zapata.
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Cooking alongside them are Punta Mita’s own host chefs: Juan Manuel Guizzo, the culinary director of Punta Mita; David Vidales, its executive chef; Jorge Gonzalez, executive chef of The St. Regis Punta Mita; and Carla Leal of El Surf Club.
The Tail of the Whale: an optional par 3, 180 yards over the water.
Photo: Punta MitaThe Punta Mita Golf Cup
Two days, two courses, shotgun starts both days. Breakfast is at the driving range, and food and drink stations stand around the course. The formats come from the event’s own Golf page:
Pacífico
Seven holes on the ocean, and the Tail of the Whale: an optional par 3 of 180 yards to a natural island green, hole 3B.
Bahía
Opened in late 2008, with five ocean holes, from 5,180 to 7,030 yards.
Not playing? The full Gourmet & Golf package swaps the Golf Cup for whale watching, a cooking class, tastings “and more,” and adds a Saturday lunch for non-golfers. For the courses themselves, read our guide to the two Jack Nicklaus courses.
Four special guests
Lorena Ochoa
The former world number one, and special guest at the poker night.
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Rafael Alarcón
Ochoa’s long-time coach, who directs the golf academy at Punta Mita.
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Larry Brown
A guest for the second time, and host of the Wednesday poker night.
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Virgil Herring
Two-time Tennessee PGA Teacher of the Year.
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2025 against 2026
| Item | 2025, the 14th | 2026, the 15th |
|---|---|---|
| Dates | 4–7 December 2025 | 5–8 November 2026 |
| Name | American Express Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf | Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf 2026; American Express presents the closing dinner |
| The night before | — | Poker & Paradise at Kupuri Beach Club, Wed 4 Nov |
| Opening golf | The Punta Mita Golf Challenge by Golf.com, Ochoa against Alarcón | Warm-up clinic and exhibition match on Pacífico |
| Opening cocktail | The St. Regis Punta Mita | Pacífico Beach Club |
| Closing dinner | Open air, by the Montage and Pendry teams | Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita |
| Headliner | Daniela Soto-Innes of Rubra | Mauro Colagreco of Mirazur |
Three packages, from dinners to a hotel stay
Punta Mita sells the event as packages, through the reservation form on its page or by email to events@puntamita.com. What each one includes, as the organiser lists it:
| Event | Dinners OnlyUSD 800 | Gourmet & GolfUSD 1,799 | Stay at the St. Regis or Four Seasons, 3 nightsUSD 3,599 | Stay at the St. Regis or Four Seasons, 4 nightsUSD 4,399 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poker night and dinner, Wed 4 Nov | not included | not included | not included | included |
| Welcome kit | not included | included | included | included |
| Opening cocktail, Thu 5 Nov | included | included | included | included |
| Golf Cup, Fri and Sat, with range breakfast (or the non-golfer programme) | not included | included | included | included |
| Food and drink stations on the course | not included | included | included | included |
| Lunch with wine pairings, Fri 6 Nov | not included | included | included | included |
| Dinner, Fri 6 Nov | included | included | included | included |
| Lunch for non-golfers, Sat 7 Nov | not included | included | included | included |
| Closing and awards dinner, Sat 7 Nov | included | included | included | included |
| Farewell brunch, Sun 8 Nov | not included | included | included | included |
| Hotel nights at the St. Regis or Four Seasons, airport transfers, daily breakfast | not included | not included | included | included |
- Opening cocktail, Thu 5 Nov
- Dinner, Fri 6 Nov
- Closing and awards dinner, Sat 7 Nov
- Welcome kit
- Opening cocktail, Thu 5 Nov
- Golf Cup, Fri and Sat, with range breakfast (or the non-golfer programme)
- Food and drink stations on the course
- Lunch with wine pairings, Fri 6 Nov
- Dinner, Fri 6 Nov
- Lunch for non-golfers, Sat 7 Nov
- Closing and awards dinner, Sat 7 Nov
- Farewell brunch, Sun 8 Nov
- Everything in Gourmet & Golf
- Hotel nights at the St. Regis or Four Seasons, airport transfers, daily breakfast
- Everything in Gourmet & Golf
- Poker night and dinner, Wed 4 Nov
- Hotel nights at the St. Regis or Four Seasons, airport transfers, daily breakfast
Prices per person, tax and service included; the hotel stays at The St. Regis Punta Mita or Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita are priced per person in a double room, for three or four nights, and add airport transfers and daily breakfast.
Staying in one of our houses? Punta Mita sells the packages separately from the house. Tell your advisor which package each guest wants when you book, and they will help you request it.
Three houses inside the gates, each with a chef
Every event is inside Punta Mita, so the house decides how far you are from the first tee and the last dinner. Three of ours that fit the week.
Casa Alba
Six suites for up to fourteen guests in Kupuri Estates, with ocean views from every bedroom and Litibú Bay below. The poker night at Kupuri Beach Club is a five-minute walk.
The chef cooks breakfast and lunch and leaves the evenings to the festival; dinner service can be added at extra cost. A six-passenger golf cart and a Premier Golf Membership, with the beach clubs and both courses, come with the house.
Villa Pacifica
An 11,000-square-foot compound steps from the sand, with direct access to a private beach, a heated pool and a jacuzzi, for up to fourteen guests.
The only one of the three with a chef for breakfast, lunch and dinner, who cooks for all kinds of dietary needs, plus a house manager and a concierge. Stays include a Premier Golf Membership and access to Club Punta Mita.
Casa Kalika
A palapa-roofed house built from local, natural materials on the ninth fairway of the Pacífico course: the closest of the three to the Tail of the Whale and Pacífico Beach Club, and 1.5 km from the Four Seasons closing dinner.
For up to twelve guests, with a chef for breakfast and lunch, an estate manager and a concierge.
How far from each venue
| House | Tail of the Whale | Pacífico Beach Club | Four Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casa Alba | 2.5 km | 2.2 km | 1.7 km |
| Villa Pacifica | 3.6 km | 3.5 km | 3.1 km |
| Casa Kalika | 1.4 km | 1.4 km | 1.5 km |
Straight lines on the map, from each house’s own coordinates; Pacífico Beach Club’s position is approximate. Kupuri Beach Club, the poker-night venue, is a five-minute walk from Casa Alba.
Before you go
When is Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf 2026?
Thursday 5 to Sunday 8 November 2026, the fifteenth edition, inside Punta Mita. A poker night at Kupuri Beach Club opens it on Wednesday 4 November. The organiser has not published clock times yet.
Which chefs are cooking?
Seventeen guest chefs headed by Mauro Colagreco of Mirazur, with Christopher Kostow, Kazuo Harada, Abraham Salum, César de la Parra, David Castro Hussong and Maribel Aldaco of Fauna, Federico Fernandez, Fernando Trocca, Héctor Leyva, Leslie Durso, Rodrigo Cardenas, Sam Choy, Thierry and Vanessa Blouet, Yasuo Asai and Xavier Salomon. Hans Backhoff of Monte Xanic and Laura Catena of Catena Zapata are on wine.
Where does it take place?
All inside the gates of Punta Mita: golf on the Pacífico and Bahía courses, the opening cocktail and the farewell brunch at Pacífico Beach Club, the closing dinner at Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita and the poker night at Kupuri Beach Club.
How is the golf played?
The Punta Mita Golf Cup runs over two days with shotgun starts: one best ball of two players on Pacífico and a two-person scramble on Bahía, with breakfast at the driving range and food stations on the course.
Can you go without playing golf?
Yes. The Dinners Only package covers the opening cocktail, the Friday dinner and the closing dinner, and the full package offers non-golfers whale watching, a cooking class, tastings and a Saturday lunch instead of the Golf Cup.
How do you book, and what does it cost?
Through the reservation form on puntamita.com/gourmetandgolf or by email to events@puntamita.com. The organiser lists Dinners Only at USD 800, the full Gourmet & Golf programme at USD 1,799 and Stay packages at the St. Regis or Four Seasons from USD 3,599 per person, tax and service included.
Where should you stay?
Inside the gates, close to the venues. Casa Alba is a five-minute walk from Kupuri Beach Club, Villa Pacifica is on a private beach with a chef for three meals, and Casa Kalika sits on the ninth fairway of the Pacífico course.
Sources
Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf, the organiser’s page, checked 27 Oct 2026
Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf, the event’s own site (chefs, golf format), checked 27 Oct 2026
“Punta Mita To Celebrate 15th Annual Gourmet and Golf”, press release, 20 August 2026, checked 27 Oct 2026
Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf 2025 press kit, the organiser’s (the 2025 programme), checked 27 Oct 2026
Punta Mita newsletter, November 2025 (the 2025 dates), checked 27 Oct 2026
Photos
Event, course, chef and guest photos: Punta Mita and Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf, from the organiser’s pages and press release. Kupuri and Pacífico Beach Club photos: the clubs’ own listings. House photos: Villa Experience. The 2025 dinner photo is cropped.
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