{"id":1768,"date":"2011-11-09T10:41:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T20:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=1768"},"modified":"2021-12-16T16:42:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T02:42:50","slug":"pearl-is-critics-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2011\/11\/09\/pearl-is-critics-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pearl is a critic\u2019s choice culinary favorite"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Chef Instructor Ian Risely with Leeward culinary students at the 2011 ʻIlima<\/span> Awards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leeward Community College’s<\/a> fine dining restaurant, The Pearl<\/a>, was recently recognized as a critics’ choice favorite for the Honolulu Star Advertiser’s<\/em> annual ʻIlima<\/span> Awards.<\/p>\n

It is the first time that a restaurant run by a University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> community college culinary program has been recognized in the annual guide to Oʻahu<\/span>’s top restaurants.<\/p>\n

Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/em> columnist Betty Shimabukuro selected The Pearl as one of her top picks.<\/p>\n

“You will eat well and spend little,” she writes. ”The students in the kitchen are trying out advanced skills on a menu fine-tuned by chef-instructor Ian Risely, so we’re talking true fine dining. The slow-cooked roulade of chicken breast featured in early September was world-class, fork-tender and delicately flavored.”<\/p>\n

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Leeward students prepare award-winning dishes at The Pearl<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Located on the Leeward Community College campus, The Pearl is a learning lab for the college’s culinary arts program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It allows students in Dining Room Operations and Contemporary Cuisine courses to practice hospitality and service skills and create and prepare contemporary cuisine typically featured in today’s restaurants.<\/p>\n

“The restaurant is popular with the community and provides real-world experiences that allow students to prepare for jobs in upscale food operations,” said Culinary Arts Program Coordinator Tommylynn Benavente.<\/p>\n

About the Honolulu Star-Advertiser ʻIlima<\/span> Awards<\/h2>\n

To compile the annual guide, a team of five food and dining experts from the Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/em> selected more than 200 establishments to be featured in the 2011–12 ʻIlima<\/span> Guide to Oʻahu<\/span>’s Top Restaurants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leeward Community College’s restaurant is featured in an annual guide to Oʻahu<\/span>’s top restaurants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":1913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[184,181,65,71],"class_list":["post-1768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-culinary","tag-culinary-institute-of-the-pacific","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t