Culinary & Weddings

May 1- October 25

$1,000 plus tax

Golf & Tennis, Pool & Clubhouse

$300 plus tax
Tennis, Pool & Clubhouse

(Not available to former members)

Call Faust Wertz at 941.993.8016 or email
membershipsales@laureloak.com

Culinary Team

Our culinary team will offer you a cutting edge experience from our monthly wine dinners to tasting menus with wine flights, tapas nights and themes parties. We only use the best quality and freshest ingredients that are indigenous to our region. We are trendy and cook many different cultural cuisines, as well as fusion. Our food is bold, edgy, innovative and new and we strive to be great no matter if the occasion is casual or elegant, big or small.

Jeff was born and raised in a small town in Ohio. His first venture in the restaurant business was at age 16. After four years of working his way up, he moved to Florida to start a Classical French apprenticeship. At the conclusion of his training he started working as a chef in several restaurants before becoming a country club chef. This was perfect as he had a love for golf! He met the love of his life, Andrea, at Innisbrook Golf Resort in Palm Harbor, FL and they have been married since 1998.

His career has involved working in Colorado, Atlanta, Georgia for the Olympics and Las Vegas. He reached Sarasota in 1999. He says his career path led him to the best - Laurel Oak Country Club. He loves working in a club atmosphere because it’s different everyday and he strives to use the highest quality ingredients. As Executive Chef of Laurel Oak Country Club his goal is providing its members and guests with the best experience in food and beverage in Sarasota.

Jeffrey Parson
Executive Chef

Daniel Ittleman
Sous Chef

Daniel is a Florida Native, born and raised in Lakeland. Daniel began helping his mother by preparing dinner for the family after his parent’s divorce. From then on his passion for food grew day by day. At 18 he decided to make it his career. He was formally trained in Classic French techniques at Le Cordon Bleu.

Daniel has worked all over the state of Florida and has an eclectic repertoire. He enjoys cooking anything and everything. He says “There is no better feeling in the world than creating memories for great people with food.” Daniel has been a member of the Laurel Oak family for the last four years and has made it his mission to give normal Country Club fare a “face-lift”. He plans to bring even more innovative techniques and exotic cuisine to Laurel Oak in the near future.