{"id":171578,"date":"2023-01-17T15:34:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T01:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=171578"},"modified":"2023-01-19T09:46:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T19:46:38","slug":"chef-simeon-cooks-with-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/01\/17\/chef-simeon-cooks-with-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Public radio host, Chef Sheldon Simeon cook with 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_15986\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7JgumQWbLgo?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=\"Public radio host, Chef Sheldon Simeon cook with 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 host of the award-winning National Public Radio (<abbr>NPR, KHPR<\/abbr> in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>) series and podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.splendidtable.org\/\">The Splendid Table<\/a>, Francis Lam, and <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Chef <strong>Sheldon Simeon<\/strong> spoke and cooked with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College<\/a> culinary students in January.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kapiolani-culinary-splendid-table-simeon-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Simeon\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-171612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kapiolani-culinary-splendid-table-simeon-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kapiolani-culinary-splendid-table-simeon-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kapiolani-culinary-splendid-table-simeon.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Culinary Institute of the Pacific at <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> hosted the visit by Lam in collaboration with <abbr>NPR<\/abbr> to tape an episode of The Splendid Table in front of a live audience at the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Simeon, who was a featured guest at the taping, owns and operates Tin Roof on Maui. He competed on season 10 of Top Chef, won the coveted &ldquo;Fan Favorite&rdquo; title and finished as a finalist. He attended Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> and graduated from <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Maui College.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The most important thing, I think, is a deep connection to the ingredients and that everyone has their own food story, and it\u2019s up to them to tell that story,&rdquo; Simeon said.<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen students in Chef <strong>Alan Tsuchiyama<\/strong>\u2019s American Regional Cuisine class prepared dishes from Simeon\u2019s book <em>Cook Real <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/em>. These included:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kapiolani-culinary-splendid-table-students-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Two culinary students preparing food\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-171610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kapiolani-culinary-splendid-table-students-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kapiolani-culinary-splendid-table-students-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kapiolani-culinary-splendid-table-students.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pork belly adobo<\/li>\n<li>Pohole salad<\/li>\n<li>Chili pepper water<\/li>\n<li>Charred fish sinigang<\/li>\n<li>Pinakbet<\/li>\n<li>Huli huli chicken<\/li>\n<li>Pancit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;There\u02bbs no such thing as &lsquo;authentic,&rsquo;&rdquo; said culinary student <strong>Chloe Herbert<\/strong>, following Simeon\u02bbs talk to the class. &ldquo;I think he really shows that in his book that <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> cuisine comes from all different walks of life from all different cultures and different things like that and how in tune he is with nature&#8212;it\u2019s really inspiring to see somebody so close to nature and food.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Splendid Table is broadcast on more than 400 public radio stations and SIRIUS satellite radio. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.splendidtable.org\/bio\/francis-lam\">Lam<\/a> is vice president and editor-in-chief at Clarkson Potter. He is also a contributing writer to <em>Bon Appetit, New York Times Magazine, Food &#38; Wine<\/em> and edited Simeon\u2019s book <em>Cook Real <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You don\u02bbt have to be a storyteller through your food, but that is one thing that [Simeon] has taken on himself to really showcase.&rdquo; said Lam. &ldquo;That\u02bbs something that I want the students of today and the chefs of tomorrow to really understand&#8212;that you have that power.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lam\u2019s and Simeon\u2019s visit at <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> concluded with a group lunch featuring the dishes they cooked together and a talk-story session.<\/p>\n<p>Simeon also had a message for the community: &ldquo;Go out there and support local restaurants, so that these students have a place to go on after culinary school.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kapiolani-culinary-splendid-table-2.jpg\" alt=\"Group of people flashing shaka behind a table of ono looking food\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-171636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kapiolani-culinary-splendid-table-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kapiolani-culinary-splendid-table-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/kapiolani-culinary-splendid-table-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College culinary students cooked with Top Chef finalist and local restaurateur Sheldon Simeon.<\/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":[184,181,63,71,56],"class_list":["post-171578","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-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171578","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=171578"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171641,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171578\/revisions\/171641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}