New Naples Lakes Chefs Focus on Healthy Dining

New Naples Lakes Chefs Focus on Healthy Dining

| Naples, FL – March 2022 / Newsmaker Alert: Naples Lakes Country Club has recently announced the selection of Executive Chef Chris Mark and Sous Chef Paul Baledes to the positions of top culinary professionals for the East Naples golf community. Their challenge is to prepare not only delicious food, but also healthy, nutritious offerings in concert with recognition of the community’s HOA as a Blue Zones Project participant.

Added Naples Lakes GM Bryon Roe, “Our food and beverage department has always served nutritious food, but with knowledge gained from the Blue Zones project, we are committed to serving more Organic and plant-based foods and cooking events. Our chefs now offer educational Blue Zones nutrition classes and seminars, helping to spread better health and well-being throughout the community.”
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Executive Chef Chris Mark enjoys creating dishes that focus on local organic produce and proteins to highlight a healthy lifestyle. At Naples Lakes, he has introduced innovative menus, cooking classes and special celebratory events for the membership. Prior to joining Naples Lakes, Chef Chris served eight years as Executive Chef at Grey Oaks Country Club in Naples and was instrumental in the kitchen design and grand opening of the Pool Cafe for Grey Oaks. His extensive experience in working with country clubs and large hotels contributed to his culinary leadership and tenure at The Greenbrier Hotel in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Other career opportunities led him to Palmetto Dunes Resort and Sea Pines Country Club, both on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina and as Executive Chef at the Country Club of Sapphire Valley in North Carolina.

Sous Chef Paul Baledes’ 16 years of culinary positions include serving as Chef de Cuisine at Grey Oaks, plus work at the Gasparilla Inn on Boca Grande. The two chefs enjoy working in at Naples Lakes because of the genuine appreciation shown by the members, who constantly thank them for their creativity in the kitchen.

Naples Lakes 24,000-square-foot clubhouse features a 280-seat restaurant, grille room, main dining room and outside terrace. The new $4.1million poolside Cabana Cafe is scheduled for completion in April.

Naples Lakes is Collier county’s only Arnold Palmer Signature Golf Course. The $3.2 million “wall-to-wall” course renovation in 2018 not only added to home values, but also enhanced the golfing lifestyle for the community’s very active residents. This was the last course renovation reviewed by Arnold Palmer before his passing.
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About Naples Lakes Country Club
Located at 4784 Naples Lakes Boulevard, Naples Lakes Country Club (NaplesLakesFL.com) is a private 490-acre gated golf course and country club community where “bundled” golf membership is included with every residence. It is the only Arnold Palmer Signature Golf Course in Collier County. The community contains more than 200 acres of lakes and protected nature preserves and has been designated as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary, one of only 114 in Florida.

For more information, visit NaplesLakesFL.com. Twitter | Facebook

NLCC Contact:
Barb Anderson
Administration
239-919-1151

Media Contact:
Marge@LennonCommunications.com
for Naples Lakes Country Club
239-841-0553

About Blue Zones
Introduced to Southwest Florida by NCH Healthcare System, in collaboration with Sharecare®, Inc. and Blue Zones, LLC, Blue Zones Project is a vital part of Southwest Florida’s well-being improvement initiative that encourages changes in the community that lead to healthier options. Principles are based on lifestyles in Blue Zones® areas, which are pockets of the world where people live longer with less chronic disease and higher quality of life.

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Publishing Dates: 03/10/22 – 05/10/22
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