This yr at Hawaiian Airways Presents Decanted, the Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant’s signature wine occasion, 20 winemakers, sommeliers and wine professionals can be pouring wine alongside 17 of the countryʻs high cooks. Picture courtesy of Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant.
It’s that point of yr once more, when over 100 culinary, wine and cocktail professionals collect throughout Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Oʻahu for Hawaiʻi’s largest meals pageant.
This yr marks the 15th annual Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant (HFWF), an occasion devoted to supporting native agriculture, rising the hospitality business and positioning Hawaiʻi as a world-class culinary vacation spot.
The theme of this yr’s pageant is FEAST — an acronym for Meals, Training, Agriculture, Sustainability and Tourism. Occasions will discover the connection between these sectors, highlighting every as a foundational pillar of the pageant.
Able to be taught one thing new, get impressed and eat and drink your means by means of Hawaiʻi? Right here’s all the pieces it’s good to learn about this yr’s Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant.
When is that this yr’s Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant?
HFWF spans three weekends from October 17 to November 2, throughout three islands—Hawaiʻi Island, Maui, and Oʻahu.
Waimea, Hawaiʻi Island – Oct. 17-18
Kāʻanapali, Maui – Oct. 24-26
Honolulu, Oʻahu Oct. 30-Nov. 2
In line with HFWF, occasion proceeds have contributed over $5 million over the previous 15 years to culinary training, agriculture and sustainability initiatives in Hawaiʻi, in addition to supporting hospitality employees throughout occasions of want. Courtesy of Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant. Picture by Keoni Fernandez.
The place is the Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant held?
Put together to be wined and dined in a number of locations throughout Hawaiʻi. Listed below are the occasion places by island:
Hawaiʻi Island: Mauna Kea Golf Course and Mauna Kea Seashore Resort.
Maui: Kāʻanapali Golf Course, Roy’s Kaanapali, Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa and Royal Lahaina Resort & Bungalows.
Oʻahu: ʻAlohilani Resort Waikīkī Seashore, Sheraton Waikiki Seashore Resort, Hawaiʻi Conference Heart, Hyatt Regency Waikiki Seashore Resort and Spa and Halekulani Resort.
How do I purchase tickets for the Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant?
Tickets are bought by occasion. Go to the hyperlink under and choose the occasion you have an interest in attending to buy tickets for that occasion.
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Final yr’s occasion at Royal Lahaina Resort & Bungalows featured BBQ. This yr’s theme can be Southern-style seafood hosted by chef Aarón Sánchez. Courtesy of Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant. Picture by Keoni Fernandez.
How a lot are tickets for Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant?
The price of tickets for HFWF varies by occasion. See our record of scheduled occasions under to learn the way a lot every one prices.
Who’re the cooks at Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant?
This yr’s culinary lineup consists of over 100 world-renowned cooks and culinary leaders, together with Aarón Sánchez, Chris Cosentino, Andrew Le, Robynne Maii, Masaharu Morimoto, Sheldon Simeon, Nancy Silverton and Marcel Vigneron. Moreover, Grasp sommeliers Chris Ramelb and Chuck Furuya can be pouring a few of their favourite wines and native mixologists can be shaking up their newest cocktails.
Chefs, Sommeliers, Mixologists and Speakers Lineup
Over 100 world-renowned cooks collect every year for HFWF. Pictured right here is James Beard Award-winning chef Robynne Maiʻi and crew final yr on Hawaiʻi Island. Picture courtesy of Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant.
Can youngsters attend the Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant?
Company should be 21 years or older to attend HFWF occasions. There are not any youngsters of any age permitted.
What ought to I put on to the Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant?
It relies upon, some occasions are walk-around tastings, whereas others are sit down brunches and gala dinners. There are each informal occasions held within the afternoon and night occasions with alternatives to decorate up. See our record of scheduled occasions under with costume codes.
34 mixologists from throughout the nation will be a part of this yr’s HFWF roster. Pictured right here is Kuulei Akuna, mixologist and co-owner of Girl Elaine and Little Plum, final yr on Oʻahu.
What are one of the best occasions on the Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant?
Highlights this yr embody a tribute to the late Chef Charles Phan – a pioneer of recent Vietnamese delicacies and a Southern-style seafood brunch hosted by superstar chef Aarón Sánchez. That is additionally the primary yr HFWF can be providing a one-day convention for business professionals with 56 high thought leaders throughout all sectors of the hospitality, agriculture and culinary industries.
Who hosts the Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant?
James Beard Award-winning cooks Roy Yamaguchi and Alan Wong co-founded the The Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant® in 2011. HFWF is a program of the Hawaii Ag & Culinary Alliance, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group devoted to creating world-class culinary occasions to assist culinary training in neighborhood schools and four-year universities in Hawaiʻi. Its mission is to “elevate Hawai‘i’s culinary and agricultural sectors, enriching each the customer business and local people.”
HFWF founders Roy and Denise Yamaguchi and Alan Wong finally yr’s pickleball match. Picture courtesy of Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant.
The place do the proceeds from the Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant go?
Proceeds from HFWF assist to fund culinary scholarships, hands-on coaching applications and sustainable agricultural initiatives that join college students with native farmers. Final month, The Hawai‘i Ag & Culinary Alliance – the mother or father group of HFWF – introduced it awarded $143,805 in proceeds from HFWF “to assist culinary, agricultural and neighborhood organizations throughout the state” bringing its whole funding to over $5 million for the reason that pageant launched in 2011.
In line with an August press launch, in 2024 HFWF supported the College of Hawai‘i Group Faculties Culinary Packages at six campuses throughout the state, Imua Household Companies, the Maui County Farm Bureau, the Hawai‘i Agricultural Basis, the James Beard Basis, Central Kitchen, the Cottage Trade to Business Enterprise Scholarship, the Wahiawā Worth-Added Product Growth Heart’s ‘Āina to Mākeke program, CIP x CIA Workforce Growth Scholarship Fund and Kōkua Restaurant & Hospitality Fund.
Do the cooks at Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant use native elements?
Sure, all cooks are supplied entry to native elements to make use of of their dishes for every occasion. This yr HFWF, in collaboration with ‘Ōuli Farms, additionally launched its new Chefʻs Backyard on Hawaiʻi Island—a seed-to-table initiative which may even present elements for occasions. ʻŌuli Farms’ grows over 1,077 natural crops, has planted 325 bushes for reforestation efforts and has donated over 6,000 kilos of contemporary produce to the neighborhood since its inception.
Cooks collaborating within the Chefʻs Backyard initiative embody:
• Peter Abarcar, Jr., Mauna Kea Seashore Resort
• Allen Hess, FORC
• Brian Hirata, Na‘au Hilo
• Jayson Kanekoa, Waikoloa Seashore Marriott Resort & Spa
• Roy Yamaguchi, Roy Yamaguchi Group of Eating places
HFWF partnered with ʻŌuli Farms this yr as a dedication to accountable land stewardship. The “Chef’s Backyard” is the imaginative and prescient of 5 of Hawai‘i’s high cooks. Picture courtesy of Hawaii Meals & Wine Pageant.
Schedule of Occasions
Waimea, Hawaiʻi Island
Friday, Oct. 17 – First Annual Cuisines of the Solar® Golf Basic Hosted by Alan Wong
Location: Mauna Kea Golf Course
Gown: Golf apparel
SOLD OUT
Saturday, Oct. 18 – Cucina: From Mauka to Makai
Location: Mauna Kea Seashore Resort
Gown: Resort informal (occasion is outdoor)
Tickets: Normal admission – SOLD OUT, Precedence seating – $400 per particular person
Kaʻanapali, Maui
Friday, Oct. 24 – First Hawaiian Financial institution Presents 27th Annual Roy Yamaguchi Golf Basic
Location: Kāʻanapali Golf Course
Gown: Golf apparel
SOLD OUT
Saturday, Oct. 25 – World of Wagyu, Wine & Whiskey
Location: Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa
Gown: Resort informal (occasion is outdoor)
SOLD OUT
Sunday, Oct. 26 – Southern Seafood Sunday Hosted by Aarón Sánchez
Location: Royal Lahaina Resort & Bungalows
Gown: Resort informal (occasion is outdoor)
Tickets: $125 per particular person
Honolulu, Oʻahu
Thursday, Oct. 30 – Slanted & Phan-tastic: A Celebration of Charles Phan
Location: ʻAlohilani Resort Waikiki Seashore
Gown: Resort informal (occasion is outdoor)
Tickets: Normal admission – $350 per particular person, Precedence – $400 per particular person, Cabanas – SOLD OUT
Friday, Oct. 31 – FEAST Summit
Location: Sheraton Waikiki Seashore Resort
Gown: Enterprise informal
Tickets: $250 per particular person, Company packages can be found
Saturday, Nov. 1 – Hawaiian Airways Presents Decanted
Location: Hawaiʻi Conference Heart
Gown: Semi-formal
SOLD OUT
Sunday, Nov. 2 – MatCHA Chai Brunch
Location: Hyatt Regency Waikiki Seashore Resort and Spa
Gown: Brunch stylish
Tickets: $125 per particular person
Sunday, Nov. 2 – Washoku to the World (profit dinner)
Location: Halekulani Resort
Gown: Cocktail apparel
Tickets: $3000 for two individuals, $15000 for 10 individuals
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