Elk and a taste of home on McIlroy's Masters menu
"I felt this time around, I wanted to do something that I would enjoy, but I wanted to do something that all other champions would enjoy, as well. " Before McIlroy and former champions such as Scottie Scheffler, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson sit down, they will have a choice of four appetisers. "My Mum does these really, really nice dates stuffed with goat cheese wrapped in bacon, so I put those on the appetisers list.
So thanks to Rosie for that one. "In the build-up to the Masters last year, I got this big shipment of elk and I was eating a lot of that, and I didn't want elk to be the main course because I didn't know if everyone would like that. "I incorporated that into the appetisers so I'm doing grilled elk sliders, which I think is fun.
" There will also be shrimp tempura and Georgia peach and ricotta flatbread with hot honey. The starter is a nod to McIlroy's favourite New York restaurant, Le Bernardin, where the 36-year-old always orders yellowfin tuna carpaccio. "That's a fun one that the club worked with me on," he added.
"They went up to the restaurant and worked with the chefs, and made sure. They obviously wanted to get it right for the night. " 'A long time coming' - BBC Sport NI's interview with Rory McIlroy The five-time major champion goes back to his roots with Irish champ as a main course side dish to accompany either wagyu filet mignon or seared salmon.
"When I was a kid I used to eat champ by the bowlful, so trying to tie in a little bit of my upbringing there," he said. McIlroy called his choice of sticky toffee pudding a "crowd pleaser" but said he had had most fun selecting the wine. "It's something that I'm really into and passionate about, and I've started to collect wine, probably over the past decade," he added.