Maui Kuia Estate Chocolate: Hot Chocolate
Hot Chocolate by Maui Kuia Estate Chocolate
COVID Conversations: Chris Cosentino
Chef Chris Cosentino is a four-year veteran of the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival, and co-owner of San Francisco’s Cockscomb restaurant, Jackrabbit in Portland, OR, and Acacia House at Las Alcobas, a Luxury Collection Hotel in Napa Valley, with partner Oliver Wharton and parent company Delicious MFG & CO. He is a master in the art of hand-crafted cured meats and helps raise awareness about utilizing the entire animal. Cosentino won season four of BRAVO’s “Top Chef Masters,” earning over $140,000 for The Michael J. Fox Foundation, and is a member of Chefs Cycle, a 300-mile annual bicycle ride that raises funds and awareness in support of No Kid Hungry.
Chris Cosentino: Dungeness Crab Fra Diavolo
Dungeness Crab Fra Diavolo by Chris Cosentino
M by Chef Mavro: Pesto and Vegetable Pasta
Pesto and Vegetable Pasta by M by Chef Mavro
Beyond the Kitchen: Chefs share their passions
Originally published in the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival 2014 program.Chef Cat Cora co-founded the charity Chefs for Humanity to fight hungry and obesity. Photo: courtesy of Cat CoraIN THE KITCHENTry Cat Cora's Salmon Skewers with Romesco SauceImagine managing...
Michael Ginor: Seared Hudson Valley Duck Breast with Israeli Couscous
Seared Hudson Valley Duck Breast with Israeli Couscous by Hudson Valley Foie Gras’ Michael Ginor
Donations Through Chocolate
Maui Kuia Estate Chocolate “exists solely to give back to the nonprofit community,” said CEO Gunars Valkirs, who, in the absence of profit due to COVID-19 shutdowns, found a new way to give back. Many nonprofit organizations have lost funding due to a lack of gatherings where they could ask for donations. Noticing this, Maui Kuia Estate Chocolate created the Chocolate Laulima cooperative program to ensure that “100% of their net profit goes to the Hawaii nonprofit community.”
Lee Anne Wong: Poi Vegetable Tart
Poi Vegetable Tart by Koko Head Cafe’s Lee Anne Wong
We’re Ready – Let the Good Times Roll
As Hawaii opens its doors for transpacific travel this week, Hawaii Food & Wine Festival also prepares for three weeks of hybrid Festival events in November to support our restaurant and hospitality industries. While our events will look and feel different from years past, they will be conducted in the same spirit to uplift and put a spotlight on Hawaii as a culinary destination featuring local and national celebrity chefs cooking with our local agricultural and seafood products.