St. Barths Gourmet Festival

Islandwide, November 7-12

Certainly, a visit to St. Barths is a welcome voyage whenever the mercury starts to fall, but a growing international cuisine festival thrown in to boot? Be still my heart – and my palate. Returning for 2023, the approach by the show organizers is to bring the very best of global cuisine to the very best Caribbean playground, by highlighting both local chefs and fare and inviting in some very big guns. Details for this year’s festival are still being finalized but if the 2022 roster of chefs is anything to go by in terms of anticipation, start your tastebuds. Both JeanGeorges Vongerichten and son Cedric took up residence at the Eden Rock hotel, Georgiana Viou of Rouge in Nîmes fame was cooking up a storm at the Le Sereno Hotel, Parisian chef Juan Arbelaez took over the duties at Nikki Beach… basically most venues with a stove on the island will play host to an acclaimed chef. Does it get any better? saintbarthgourmetfestival.com

Antiquorum Geneva

Geneva, November 4-5 antiquorum.swiss

The major watch auctions, by the major auction houses, have already occurred during the spring and summer. But, the under-the-radar Swissbased Antiquorum auction house has grown a decidedly in-the-know reputation for inventive curation and offerings since it first put the hammer down in 1974. Its 1989 Art of Patek Philippe auction, in fact, not only offered up unparalleled lots for sale, but it also spearheaded the very idea of single-watchmaker auctions. Its fall auction in Geneva is always hotly anticipated. While curators are still working on finalizing the lots for the show, its auction this past May in Geneva generated sales of over $10 million. This Gold Rolex Cosmograph Daytona (pictured top left) from 1988 went for $343,761 (at the highend of its estimate) in the spring event, so that gives you a taste of what you can expect in Geneva in November.

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