HONOLULU (HI Now) - Meet the Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival®'s new Executive Chef, Kevin Nakata! The veteran Hawai‘i chef joins HI Now Daily to share more about his new full-time role with the Hawai‘i Ag & Culinary Alliance and how he’ll help connect the Festival’s culinary programming with education and workforce development year-round.
In the kitchen, Kevin revisits his Pier 38 Catch with Hawaiian chili pepper, tsukudani, uni & yuzu—a dish he originally presented at HFWF as a participating chef and one deeply connected to his upbringing and the influence of his father. Plus, get a taste of what’s ahead as the Sixteenth Annual Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival celebrates Traditions & Heritage, October 16 through November 8.
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