The fifth annual Hawaii Wine & Food Festival at Ko Olina on Oahu will feature a Thursday evening of premier wine pairings followed by more primo vino and fashion shows on Friday and Saturday evenings. Oh, and plenty of delish dishes and music.
Among the chefs is the “Stiletto Chef,” model-turned-chef Candice Kumai, who is a judge on the Iron Chef America television series and a cookbook author. Kumai is based in New York City. Another visiting chef, Pao-yuan Huang, is an award-winning chef and educator in Taiwan. The Hawaii chefs in the lineup range from Kevin Haney of 12th Ave Grill and SALT to Scott Higa of the JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa. For the festival’s full list of chefs, click here.
The festival is a fundraiser for educational and scholarship programs tied to the Kapolei Foundation, which assists youth on leeward Oahu.click here.
