When golf’s elite gather at Augusta National Golf Club in April for the 2024 Masters Tournament, Jon Rahm will have the honor of judging the former Masters winners at the Champions Dinner. The champions in green can expect a menu full of Spanish specialties, as announced by the defending champion and Augusta National.
The Masters Tournament 2024: Jon Rahms Champions Dinner
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Rahm explained about his menu: “With the help of José Andres, the chef who I feel like needs no introduction for a lot of people, we made what would be a northern Spanish Basque country Bilbao menu and basically put in all of my favorites and even included a dish from my grandma. He called my grandma for the recipe. If somebody doesn’t like it, please just don’t tell me. Don’t tell anyone actually. It means a little bit too much to me to hear it.”
A selection of tapas and pinchos will be served as appetizers during the cocktail reception: Iberico ham, Idiazabal cheese with black truffle, tortilla de patatas (omelette with potatoes), chistorra sausage with potatoes, chicken croquettes and Mama Rahm’s traditional lentil stew.
The first course will consist of a Basque crab salad with potatoes, followed by a main course of either Basque ribeye steak with salad and piquillo peppers or pil-pil style turbot with white asparagus.
Rahm had already decided on the dessert last summer: milhojas. “The translation from Spanish would be 1,000 leaves”, he explained. “It’s basically a puff pastry with custard and just very little layers. It was basically Kelley and I’s wedding cake. It varies a little bit where you’re doing it in Spain, but it’s absolutely one of my favorites.”
“Then with the wine selection, we have a Basque white wine from Vizcaya which is called Txakoli. It’s not regular white wine. It’s a little bit drier. Then the red wine, it’s called Imperial. It’s pretty much the same — actually I can do you a favor and show you right here. That’s the name right there. Definitely a different year, obviously.”