{"id":53504,"date":"2016-11-29T08:58:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T18:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=53504"},"modified":"2020-03-05T16:00:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T02:00:29","slug":"culinary-talent-tested-at-hawaii-culinary-competition-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/11\/29\/culinary-talent-tested-at-hawaii-culinary-competition-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"Culinary talent tested at Hawai\u02bbi Culinary Competition Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College culinary students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The state’s best culinary students and professionals will be competing in the biennial Hawaiʻi<\/span> Culinary Competition Expo and Salon on December 8 and 9 at Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College<\/a>. The event showcases culinary competitions in cold food, hot food and pastry categories. <\/p>\n

The chair for this event is Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> Chef Alan Tsuchiyama<\/strong><\/a>. The competition is sanctioned by the American Culinary Federation (ACF)<\/a>, and ACF<\/abbr> certified chefs will be flown to Hawaiʻi<\/span> to serve as judges. The lead judge will be Stafford DeCambra, who will be assisted by Douglas Fisher and Derek Spendlove.<\/p>\n

John Richards<\/strong>, Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr> dean of culinary, hospitality, business, legal and technology education programs, observes that the competition challenges the skills and knowledge students learn in the classroom. <\/p>\n

The winning team will be named state winner and go on to compete in the ACF<\/abbr> Western Regional Culinary Salon Competition. The winning team from each region then earns the right to compete for the national title and the coveted ACF<\/abbr> Gold Medal.<\/p>\n

“We encourage competition because it brings participants to the highest level in the culinary world,” said Ron Takahashi<\/strong><\/a>, department chair for culinary arts. “Competition provides the best experience and it raises the bar for everyone.”<\/p>\n

Program and competition support<\/h2>\n

The competition is part of the Lyle L. Guslander Distinguished 糖心视频ors Program in Advanced Food Service and Hospitality Education. The late Lyle and Grace Guslander recognized that while Hawaiʻi<\/span> was geographically isolated, the islands offered incredible talent in the culinary and hospitality industries.<\/p>\n

In 1989, the Guslanders made a generous donation to Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College to nurture a program that would attract world-renown culinary arts and hospitality leaders to Hawaiʻi<\/span> to allow students and faculty to sharpen their skills and become global leaders in the fast-paced and rapidly changing industry.<\/p>\n

—By Louise Yamamoto<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The best culinary students and professionals will be competing in the biennial Hawaiʻi<\/span> Culinary Competition Expo and Salon at Kapiʻolani<\/span> Community College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[184,63,71],"class_list":["post-53504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-culinary","tag-kapiolani-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\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