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
Vikram Garg
Friday - November 18, 2009
Job Title: Executive Chef, Halekulani
Is cooking an art or science? Equally art and science for me, 50/50. You can be a very good cook without any artistic talent, but you do eat with your eyes first, so the art part is important. Beauty and admiration are an essential part of the process.
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Jim Weisiger
Friday - November 11, 2009
Job Title: General Manager Azure
Favorite dish on the menu at Azure? It depends on what the fresh fish of the day are, but the high-heat herb-roasted onaga with a little white wine and Meyer lemon is simplicity at its finest.
Read More >>Wanida Tienchai
Friday - November 04, 2009
Wanida Tienchai
Job Title: Owner, Blue Ocean Thai Restaurant
What are some of your favorite dishes? Chicken with Thai basil is a favorite.
Favorite dish there? Kimchee stew.
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Robbyn Shim
Friday - October 28, 2009
Job Title: Executive Assistant to Roy Yamaguchi
Anyone leave a lasting impression? I’ve had the privilege of meeting some of the finest chefs, from Charlie Trotter to Iron Chef Hiroyuki Sakai.
Read More >>Francois Bougard
Friday - October 21, 2009
Job Title: Executive Chef, Bali By The Sea, Hilton Hawaiian Village
I had the best abalone of my life at the Anuenue Room in 1999. (laughs) I was there! I’m doing abalone here now on the menu.
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Randy Schoch
Friday - October 14, 2009
Title: CEO Desert Island Restaurants
That must have been satisfying. It was kind of neat. I was a busboy, waiter, captain, assistant manager and then I went to open Raffles at Wailea for Westin, then came back to run Nick’s Fishmarket.
Read More >>Robert Bauer
Friday - October 07, 2009
Robert BauerJob Title: Restaurant Manager, Kani Ka Pila Grille, Outrigger Reef on the Beach Waikiki.
Who’d you most like to see come to Kani Ka Pila Grille? Jack Johnson. We have some great musicians here every night. We have a great venue.
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Don Assam
Friday - September 30, 2009
Title: General Manager, Ruth’s Chris Steak House at Restaurant Row
What’s your favorite dish on the menu at Ruth’s Chris? The Cowboy Ribeye.
Read More >>Toni Kitamura
Friday - September 09, 2009
Job Title: Sous chef, Michel’s At The Colony Surf
What started your interest in food and beverage? My parents always liked to cook. We have a small store back home in Hilo, Itsu’s Fishing and Supply store.
Read More >>Mark Taylor
Friday - September 02, 2009
Title: General Manager, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Ala Moana Center
Bubba Gump’s is unusual in that it emerged because of a movie. What’s the full story behind the restaurant? Paramount Pictures was looking for great restaurant ideas.
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