Food & Beverage Focus is a short profile on a person in the food & Beverage industry in Hawaii in a question and answer format. Jo McGarry has been writing about food and wine for more than a decade in Hawaii. Former editor of Gusto Magazine she began working as restaurant specialist for the Honolulu Star Bulletin in 2001 and writing a food column for MidWeek the same year. She is the host of a long running lifestyle radio program, Table Talk, that airs Saturday mornings on KHVH 830 AM from 10 – 11AM. She is the author of The Hawaii Tailgate Cookbook and the 'voice' of tailgating on radio. Visit her website: WineAndDineHawaii.com
Below are the last 10 Food & Beverage Focus columns
Miya Nishimura
Friday - July 01, 2009
Job Title: Chef de Partie, Alan Wong’s Restaurant.
What started your interest in cooking? I’ve always loved eating and I literally grew up in restaurants.
Jeffrey Vigilla
Friday - June 24, 2009
Title: Executive Chef, Hilton Hawaiian Village
Do you have a favorite dish of your grandmother’s? Oh, her Hawaiian short rib ginger stew. It was such a great dish.
Melanie Boudar
Friday - June 17, 2009
Age: 54
Job title: Owner Sweet Paradise Chocolatier, Kailua.
Does chocolate really make your mood better? Chocolate does have substances that alter mood and mimic the feeling of being in love.
Randy Ching
Friday - June 10, 2009
Age: 53
Job title: Halekulani wine manager
Most memorable glass of wine ... or two? A 1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc with the late Ms. Tanimoto
Dell Valdez
Friday - June 03, 2009
Title: Executive Chef, Sergio’s Italian Restaurant, Kapahulu Avenue
John Lederer
Friday - May 27, 2009
Occupation: Radiation Oncologist.
Any food in there? Cottage cheese, protein drinks and tofu.
Jay Kaneshiro
Friday - May 20, 2009
Age: 36
Title: Regional General Manager-Oahu, based at Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Waikiki.
Read More >>Erika Kauffman
Friday - May 13, 2009
Title: Director of Public Relations, Halekulani Hotel
Favorite dish at Halekulani? Oh, too many to mention ... I love duck, so the duck and pear salad at Orchids is a favorite at lunch.
Harold Beltran
Friday - April 29, 2009
Harold BeltranOccupation: Kitchen Manager, Outrigger Reef on the Beach Waikiki.
