This year’s annual Noble Chef benefit for the Maui Culinary Academy at the University of Hawaii Maui College exceeded its goals with nearly $100,000 in funds raised. The 17th annual fundraiser, held Oct. 26 in Wailea, amassed the money to help support program development and growth of the award-winning Culinary Academy. The money also will […]
How Events Like Kaanapali Fresh Help Stimulate The Growth Of Agritourism On Maui
Ever toured a farm or picked your own strawberries in Kula? That’s called agritourism, and on Maui, it’s really growing. Statistically, agriculture jobs are on the decline everywhere, and here on Maui they’re projected to drop by 12 percent by 2018. But with increasing popular interest in food transparency, self sufficiency, 100-mile lifestyles and agritainment, […]
2013 MauiTime Food Issue – Top Maui Restaurants 2013
Where food is concerned, Maui is a veritable supermarket. Fresh, delicious fruits and vegetables dot the landscape. Giant, succulent fish live in the ocean. Grass-fed cattle and elk roam sprawling Upcountry and East Maui ranches. Farmers markets pop up everywhere. In other words, it’s no mystery why the island is home to some of the […]
Kaanapali Fresh Is A New World Class Culinary Event Bringing Together The Best Farmers And Chefs On Maui
Kaanapali is humming with excitement over its upcoming three-day culinary event called Kaanapali Fresh. For the first time, 11 hotels and condominiums as well as restaurants, chefs and an oceanfront shopping center will combine with local farms and farmers, non-profits, local beer and spirits producers and culinary enthusiasts in one world class event. On Friday, […]
For Our 2012 MauiTime Food Issue We Talk With The Chefs And Growers And Ranchers Who Bring You The Best In Local Maui Cuisine
Read this text with photos and links at MauiDish Click Here There was a time when restaurant owners hid their kitchens behind closed doors and high walls. They bought their ingredients from factory farms and big agri-businesses, which traded relatively low prices for food grown under industrial conditions with https://mauitime.com/mastereditorialtext.lasso?-token.gpwerror=0&-token.actioncheck=&-token.transdone=done&-token.passref=3f83fca926708b1a&-token.passref=3f83fca926708b1a#lpmgmttoppesticides, hormones and, ultimately, genetic […]
Amasia, a new restaurant on Maui at Grand Wailea, and an interview with Chef Alan Wong
Alan Wong is a household name on Oahu. It’s synonymous with amazing translations of our local dishes into fine dining. He’s managed to manipulate the local plate flavors and presentations into beautiful creations using fresh island ingredients. His cookbook New Wave Luau captures that so well, and tells his story about growing up in Hawaii […]
Outstanding in the Field and Chef Jim Denevan Come to Maui for a Kupaa Farm pop up dinner with Guest Chef Justin Pardo of Market Fresh Bistro
Chef Jim Denevan was still at his Outstanding in the Field dinner on the Lake Meadow Naturals chicken farm, held on a lake under the full moon, when I got him on the phone. You would think that after 10 years of doing these dinners around the world, with around 400 now under his belt, […]
Food Network is looking for Hawaii Chefs for their Show
Are you looking for a new experience? This just might be for you….. MAJOR CABLE NETWORK IS LOOKING FOR ADVENTUROUS EXECUTIVE CHEFS WHO ARE DARING, SKILLED, COMPETITIVE, FEARLESS AND HAVE OUTGOING, CHARISMATIC PERSONALITIES You already have what it takes to create a mouth-watering work of culinary art from the comfort of your own restaurant – […]