Like a tried and tested well-known culinary tradition, the Gourmet Drive needs the right ingredients, equipment, know-how, and lovers of the finer things in life. This assuredly original event, dreamed up sixteen years ago now, continues to attract lovers of the great game and discerning gourmets. If the formula is a hit, it is because it combines sport and gastronomy in a way that no one would have thought would work. For three days in magnificient surroundings, golfers savour the skiful play and the imaginative dishes produced by the valley's top chefs. The Gourmet Drive has its die-hard fans : hedonists, gastronomes and long-standing friends. Althought golf remains that common denominator, there is a great temptation to give in to delights of the festive food and good company.