{"id":70202,"date":"2017-10-31T11:49:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T21:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=70202"},"modified":"2020-03-05T15:42:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T01:42:32","slug":"michelle-bernstein-leahi-concept-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/10\/31\/michelle-bernstein-leahi-concept-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"James Beard Award winner brings amazing flavors to Le\u2018ahi Concept Kitchen"},"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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_70225\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70225\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kapioloani-chef-bernstein.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kapioloani-chef-bernstein.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kapioloani-chef-bernstein-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-70225\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michelle Bernstein<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As part of its Global Master Chef Series, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College<\/a> will feature the acclaimed haute cuisine of Chef Michelle Bernstein, November 7 and 8, at the college&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/leahiattheparc.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/master-chef-series-chef-michelle-bernstein\/\"><span aria-label=\"Leahi\">L\u0113&#699;ahi<\/span> Concept Kitchen<\/a>, located in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waikikiparc.com\/\">Waik\u012bk\u012b Parc Hotel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A James Beard Award Winner (Best Chef South 2008), Bernstein&#8217;s cooking is described as sublime.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You don&#8217;t need heavy handed technique and over the top presentations to make a dish work,&rdquo; Bernstein says. &ldquo;It&#8217;s about amazing ingredients, layered flavors and simplicity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Event information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date<\/strong>: November 7 and 8. Doors open at 6 p.m. and seating is from 6:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Price<\/strong>: Cost per person is $125, or $150 with beer and wine pairing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reservations<\/strong>: please call or <a href=\"mailto:PPM@hawaii.edu\">email<\/a> Priscilla Mathewson at (808) 971-6302.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Miami native of Jewish and Latin descent, Bernstein graduated from high school at a young age of 16 and moved to New York City to study dance. When an injury cut her career short as a ballerina, she returned to Miami to study culinary arts at Johnson and Wales University.<\/p>\n<p>Bernstein says, &ldquo;My style of cooking is inspired by my own food memories and it&#8217;s the simple, soulful cooking that I remember from my travels. I cook the food I love and I think that love translates to the diners.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>The price fixe menu<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Canape: Rabo encendido tostada, pickled vegetable salad<\/li>\n<li>First course: Octopus on the plancha, sopa de almendras, fennel and orange salad<\/li>\n<li>Fish course: &#699;\u014cpakapaka, shishito peppers, leeks braised with chorizo, mojo de ajo<\/li>\n<li>Main course: Roast free range chicken roulade; apple and foie gras filling, cider gastric, crunchy brussels<\/li>\n<li>Dessert: Banana tres leches, bourbon gel, candied corn flakes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/article.php?aId=8888\">news release<\/a>. For additional information, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/leahiattheparc.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/master-chef-series-chef-michelle-bernstein\/\"><span aria-label=\"Leahi\">L\u0113&#699;ahi<\/span> Concept Kitchen website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Louise Yamamoto<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of its Global Master Chef Series, <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> will feature the acclaimed haute cuisine of Chef Michelle Bernstein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":70225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,1],"tags":[184,63,71],"class_list":["post-70202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-news","tag-culinary","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kapioloani-chef-bernstein.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70202","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=70202"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112578,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70202\/revisions\/112578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}