04/13/2015 - Slowing Down with Good Food and Golf at Silverado Resort and Spa

Chef Pablo Jacinto

A native of Oaxaca, Jacinto is one of eight siblings in a family where there were two terrific cooks — “my grandmother and my mother. With eight children, my mother was cooking all the time. I recall all the great moles and sauces … and I learned from that time.”

Pablo was raised in Mexico City, along with brother Erasto, who also decided to poke his nose in Napa Valley kitchens. The Jacinto brothers hooked up with restaurateur/chef Cindy Pawlcyn and her former business partners, with Erasto joining Pawlcyn in the kitchen at Mustards Grill for nearly two decades, and Pablo manning the stoves at Buckeye Roadhouse in Marin County. He also opened Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen with the noted valley restaurateur a decade ago.The brothers have worked side by side over the years as well. In Napa, they designed menus for both Tuscany and C Casa. Today, Erasto is executive chef at Napkins in downtown Napa, and brother Pablo is chef de cuisine at The Grill at Silverado Resort and Spa.

  

Chris Costas

Chris has been the Food and Beverage Director at Silverado Resort and Spa for one year.  He oversees all food and beverage operations including The Grill, The Mansion Lounge, the Banquets Department.  He is also the liaison for the Thomas Keller pop up restaurant Ad Lib that will be at Silverado through late October.

Costas has certification as a Sommelier.  He was previously Director of Restaurants at the Omni Montelucia and General Manager of the Sancturary Resort and Spa, both located in Paradise, Arizonia.  Chris also was Head Sommelier for Princess Cruises Alaska and Hawaii cruise ships.

 

Tim Geesey

 

A five year veteran of Silverado Resort and Spa, Tim is the Director of Golf at Silverado Resort and Spa, managed by Troon Golf.  Tim oversees all aspects of golf operations including course maintenance, membership, lessons, retail.  He also oversees the Frys.com PGA Tournament coming back to Silverado Oct. 12-18.

Geesey comes to us from the world famous Ocotillo Golf Resort in Chandler, Arizona where he has been instrumental in managing this 27 hole championship course. 

From 2003 to 2008 Tim was the General Manager of Arizona’s finest private resort club the Seville Golf and Country Club. There he provided the leadership of daily operations which included a private golf membership, private sports club, public restaurants and banquet space. His team consisted of 180 associates.

 At the Greystone Golf and Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama Tim served as the Membership Marketing Director responsible for overseeing all membership as sales and club marketing activities for a membership of 750 members of this private equity country club.

Tim attended University of Auburn where he majored in marketing.