{"id":165804,"date":"2022-09-23T14:25:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T00:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=165804"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:13:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T01:13:54","slug":"top-chefs-inspire-culinary-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/23\/top-chefs-inspire-culinary-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Top chefs inspire <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community College culinary students"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_15866\"  width=\"676\" height=\"676\"  data-origwidth=\"676\" data-origheight=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4D0gMzNKtQY?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Top chefs inspire Â鶹´«Ã½Community College culinary students\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The next generation of local chefs got a special opportunity to hear from and engage with internationally prominent chefs, influencers and innovators at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College<\/a> and Culinary Institute of the Pacific (<abbr>CIP<\/abbr>) <a href=\"https:\/\/culinaryinstitute.hawaii.edu\/nearandfar2022-student-day\/\">student conference<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/culinaryinstitute.hawaii.edu\/nearandfar2022\/\">Near and Far 2022: Cool Ideas and Hot Food in September<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_165822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165822\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/kapiolani-cip-conference-prep.jpg\" alt=\"Chef working with food\" width=\"250\" height=\"350\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/kapiolani-cip-conference-prep.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/kapiolani-cip-conference-prep-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/kapiolani-cip-conference-prep-93x130.jpg 93w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Tu David Phu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 100 culinary students had the opportunity to ask questions and taste foods prepared by luminaries such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tu David Phu&#8212;The filmmaker of the Emmy-nominated <em>Bloodline<\/em> and <em>Top Chef<\/em> contestant shared his food journey and the importance of knowing who you are and where you come from.<\/li>\n<li>Eric Kim&#8212;The <em>New York Times<\/em> writer and author of <em>Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home<\/em> discussed culture and identity.<\/li>\n<li>Rich Shih and Jeremy Umansky&#8212;The coauthors of <em>Koji Alchemy: Rediscovering the Magic of Mold-Based Fermentation (Soy Sauce, Miso, Sake, Mirin, Amazake, Charcuterie)<\/em> shared their experiences and tastings of koji (a substance made by combining a cultivated mold with rice, soy or other foodstuffs, used to make fermented foods and drinks).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;I learned that even though you may just have food scraps, you can still make many, many dishes that can become something awesome like [Tu David Phu\u2019s] summer roll,&rdquo; said <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> culinary student <strong>Phong Jr. Huynh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You can become a chef from any experience and you don\u2019t have to be from a place of privilege to become an amazing chef and inspire others.<br \/>&#8212;culinary student Senala Poe<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This was day two of the conference and was held to benefit the next generation of culinary professionals at the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges.<\/p>\n<p>Day one of the inaugural conference, hosted by <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> and <abbr>CIP<\/abbr>, was held on September 21 at the Queen <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Hotel and was open to the public.<\/p>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Culinary Arts Department Chair <strong>Grant Itomitsu<\/strong> said the goal is to involve all <abbr>UH<\/abbr> culinary programs in the student conference in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the first step in looking towards what we may be able to do to bring a culinary food summit, where we can bring educators from all around the world, bring all our students from across the state, meet for several days and have this different format in which we do education,&rdquo; Itomitsu said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_165821\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165821\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/kapiolani-cip-conference-talk-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Two people addressing a class\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-165821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/kapiolani-cip-conference-talk-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/kapiolani-cip-conference-talk-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/kapiolani-cip-conference-talk.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165821\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeremy Umansky and Rich Shih discuss koji<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The student conference is already on its way to accomplishing something special in culinary education.<\/p>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> culinary student <strong>Senala Poe<\/strong> said, &ldquo;You can become a chef from any experience and you don\u2019t have to be from a place of privilege to become an amazing chef and inspire others.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;By <em>Kelli Abe Trifonovitch<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_165820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-165820\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/kapiolani-cip-conference.jpg\" alt=\"appetizers\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-165820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/kapiolani-cip-conference.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/kapiolani-cip-conference-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/kapiolani-cip-conference-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-165820\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ikura topped summer roll bites with Chef Tu David Phu&#8217;s fish sauce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internationally prominent chefs and innovators shared insights and their food with <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community College culinary students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,12],"tags":[184,181,63,71,947,56],"class_list":["post-165804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-video","tag-culinary","tag-culinary-institute-of-the-pacific","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-system","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165804"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165950,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/165804\/revisions\/165950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=165804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}