Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita (Mexico) announced a culinary partnership with celebrated vegan chef and healthy living educator Leslie Durso to create new plant-based offerings at the resort’s three dining destinations – Aramara, Bahia by Richard Sandoval and Ketsi. Inspired by a commitment to fresh, local ingredients and a desire to cater to an array of healthy lifestyles, the resort is elevating its vegan dining with the addition of 25 new innovative, plant-based dishes designed by Durso, including appetizers, soups, salads, entrees and desserts.
“Through our partnership with the talented Leslie Durso we are setting a new standard in healthy resort dining with elevated vegan offerings across our entire restaurant portfolio,” said John O’Sullivan, GM, Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita. “Working alongside our team of chefs, Durso has created plant-based dishes that are both nourishing and delicious, infused with flavors and ingredients authentic to the paradise destination of Punta Mita.”
The locally inspired vegan dishes created by Durso are available at the resort’s signature dining destinations, Aramara, Bahia by Richard Sandoval and Ketsi, and through in-room dining:
- Aramara: Featuring Asian influences blended with a taste of Mexico, new vegan dishes at Aramara include green coconut milk curry, stir fried quinoa with crispy tofu and sundried tomato sushi rolls; served daily for dinner.
- Bahia by Richard Sandoval: At the resort’s contemporary seafood-centric grill located on Las Cuevas beach, new inventive vegan dishes include confit cherry tomato with zucchini satay and eggplant cannelloni; served daily for dinner.
- Ketsi: Boasting breathtaking ocean views and modern décor, the resort’s casual all-day dining restaurant Ketsi will serve new plant-based additions such as crispy tofu tacos and portobello asado fajitas; served daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
“Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita is truly paradise so it was important to create dishes from locally sourced ingredients in a way that honors Mexican culture and also brings it into the plant-based world,” Durso said. “I wanted to ensure the recipes would seamlessly align with the resort’s current offerings at each restaurant and worked closely with the wonderful team of chefs to create dishes that are tasty, healthy and familiar.”
A globally recognized chef and healthy living educator, Durso is known for creating cuisine that reflects a fresh plant-based movement and refuses to compromise style for sustainability. She has worked as a private chef for New York socialites, catered to the Hollywood elite and appeared on national television networks including Food Network and CBS. An avid world traveler, Durso has immersed herself in some of the most inspired kitchens in the world, from Thailand to Peru to Italy, and boasts a unique ability to create vegan dishes that are familiar, yet strikingly creative and different.