Food Events
Reserve Now for 4th Annual Hall of Fame Induction & Dine-Around
HRA 2010 Hall of Fame Induction & Chefs of Aloha Dine-Around
Monday, September 27, 2010 ~ 6:00-9:00 pm
Hawaii Prince Hotel ~ Waikiki
Reserve your place – or better yet, your table! Join us as we celebrate the restaurant industry and honor the leaders who will be inducted into the 2010 HRA Hall of Fame. Enjoy feasting at the Dine-Around, featuring the culinary creations of this year’s Chefs of Aloha:
Jesse Kila (The Ranch House), Keith Kong (Duke’s Waikiki), Donald Lakey (Outback Steakhouse), Scott McGill, CEC (Hula Grill Kaanapali), John Memering (Kalapawai Cafe), James Rosenberry (Hula Grill Waikiki), and Kirby Wong (Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki).
For more information, call HRA at 944.9105 or email at hra@RestaurantHI.com.
RESTAURANT WEEK HAWAII
Mahalo to ALL of our sponsors and participants for making HRA’s 3rd Annual Golf Tournament a fantastic success!
One Exceptional Day to Remember! Attendees came from as far away as Maui to celebrate, network, and support HRA’s 3rd Annual Golf Tournament on May 14, 2010, at the Hawaii Prince Golf Club. Showing that even in these economic times, the foodservice industry recognizes there is strength in numbers. Nearly 156 players, countless volunteers, and dozens of donors came together for an event supporting the Hawaii Restaurant Association in its service as the voice of the foodservice industry, and benefiting culinary scholarships that help make dreams come true for aspiring chefs and restaurateurs.
Mahalo to all for helping make it “One Exceptional Day to Remember.”
A Food Network Feast for Island Foodies
By Jo McGarry (MidWeek)
Jo McGarry & Guy Fieri
Set your recorders to the Food Network this Sunday and Monday (April 4 and 5) and you’ll see no fewer than four local restaurants featured on two of the network’s most popular shows.
In a culinary coincidence, cakelava of Kailua will be featured Sunday on Food Network Challenge - the show dedicated to sending bakers where no sane pastry perfectionists have gone before – and Nico’s at Pier 38, Hank’s Haute Dogs and Highway Inn are featured the next day on Guy Fieri’s wildly popular show, Diners Drive-Ins and Dives.
Rick Reichart, owner and pastry maker extraordinaire, is featured on Food Network Challenge airing Sunday, April 4, at 2 p.m. The most challenging parts of the show for him has been to keep the results a secret.
“It’s been really hard telling people that I’m contracted not to say anything,” he says. (You can read more about Reichart and his amazing cakes on Page 6 of this week’s MidWeek).
Fieri has the highest rated program on Food Network. When he came to town last October to film a series of shows (the others, airing in April and June, feature Murphy’s Bar and Grill, Elmer Guzman’s Poke Stop and – incongruously – Germaine’s Luau), he took time to chat with me about the show and his impressions of food in Hawaii.
L’ulu Fundraising Gala at Leeward – May 8, 2010
Invest in culinary education and enjoy an evening of indulgence at L’ulu, Leeward Culinary Arts Gala, on Saturday, May 8, 2010 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm at Leeward Community College. Sign up by April 30 at the General Admission grazing fee of $100 ($125 beginning May 1).
Leaders of Hawaii’s Regional Cuisine, along with LCC’s Culinary Arts Program’s instructors and students, will team up to prepare delectable cuisine. Exceptional entertainment, a silent auction, and an array of wines, beers, spirits and specialty coffees and teas complete the festive atmosphere, amid the Culinary Arts Program’s new dining and kitchen facilities.
The Culinary Arts Program will again highlight the “Hawaii Regional Cuisine Wall of Fame” featuring the twelve founding chefs of the movement that put Hawaii on the culinary map. Chef Philippe Padovani will be honored this year for his achievements and contributions to culinary education.
For information or sponsorship opportunities, contact Fabi Castellano p: 455.0300 e: fabiola@hawaii.edu or Tommylynn Benavente p: 455.0298 e: tlbenave@hawaii.edu.
