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Sheldon Simeon
Sheldon Simeon’s Tiffany’s Maui Is a Homecoming for Palate and Soul
The Top Chef alum and James Beard Award nominee turns a local sports bar into his family restaurant.
We Tried It: 9 Recipes from Sheldon Simeon’s New Cookbook
Pork belly adobo, nori chicken, chocolate birthday cake butter mochi: Sheldon Simeon is proudest of the people, places and poke of his home—and we found all of these in Cook Real Hawai‘i.
Lineage Maui reopens with a new post-Sheldon Simeon menu
With dine-in options limited on Maui, I was especially excited for one of my favorite restaurants to reopen. Lineage, which closed for dine-in in March, is back with a new menu by chef de cuisine MiJin Kang Toride. Toride took…
#BTS with Top Chef fan fave Sheldon Simeon
Could the timing be any better? On March 1, Hawaiian Airlines continued its guest chef series and rotated Maui’s Sheldon Simeon in for the next few months with a domestic first class menu that showcases his talent. Sheldon with daughter Peyton…
Hot new restaurants coming in 2017
You thought 2016 was a smoking hot year for restaurant openings? Well, 2017 is looking no less stellar. From local star chef-driven places to national and international chains, here are the spots that have us drooling already. Bethel Union What:…
Something new: Tin Roof Maui
It’s been a long time in the making, but chef Sheldon Simeon of Top Chef fame has finally opened a place of his own, Tin Roof Maui, in Kahului. Janice and Sheldon Simeon in front of the door that she…
Ed’s Top 3: Cyber Monday foodie gift ideas
The madness of Black Friday behind us, we come now to my preferred shopping day, Cyber Monday, where people go online to look for deals. Here are my top three gift recommendations for the foodie in your life. Hedley &…
Knife Fight: Sheldon Simeon vs. Lyndon Honda
Chef Lyndon Honda and Chef Sheldon Simeon getting ready for their #KnifeFight tilapia battle It was expected to be an exciting and noteworthy duel… private chef, caterer and restaurant consultant Lyndon Honda taking on award-winning, “Top Chef” finalist/fan favorite Sheldon…
Get ready to kampai — Joy of Sake’s coming
Ah, summer! Languid days, south shore swells … and here in Honolulu, the musical crackle of 370 sake bottles being opened. The Joy of Sake returns to the Hawaii Convention Center on July 18 with 370 sakes from all over…
Maui: Dine-around in Wailea
I’m finally catching back up to my Maui trip last weekend! As part of the Maui Agricultural Festival activities, the media and visiting chefs were treated to a dine-around at top Wailea restaurants: Capishe? has been around for more than…
Where’s Sheldon?
“Where’s Sheldon?” That’s been the question on everyone’s mind after news that “Top Chef: Seattle” standout Sheldon Simeon had left Star Noodle on Maui.I was able to catch up with Simeon for an interview while he was in Honolulu for…
Hello, Sheldon!
It’s official: Sheldon Simeon, Top Chef season 10 finalist, is unleashing his bold, contemporary Filipino flavors in Honolulu for the first time at a four-night collaboration at Vintage Cave.If you watched Top Chef, you know Simeon (and why I couldn’t…
Weekend in Hana
This past weekend, I had a great opportunity to stay at the Travaasa Hana hotel and cover the first ever Spring Harvest dinner featuring Travaasa chef, Barry Villiarimo, guest chefs, Sheldon Simeon and Mark Noguchi, along with barman, Dave Power.Neither…
Hana Harvest dinner
Chefs Sheldon Simeon, Mark Noguchi and Barry Villiarimo shared their combined their creative cooking talents for a tasting dinner held at Travaasa Hana’s turn-of-the-century Plantation Guest House.The event, which benefited Mahele Farm and the Hana Youth Center, featured six course…
Harvest day at Mahele Farm
Wet weather didn’t discourage Sheldon Simeon of “Top Chef: Seattle,” Mark Noguchi of Pili Hawaii and Dave Power of the Feral Pig from visiting Mahele Farm in Hana, Maui.Farm manager, Mikala Minn guided Simeon, Noguchi and Power through an eclectic…
Thanks, Sheldon
Dear Sheldon, I wish you’d won. I know many Top Chef fans in Hawaii who feel the same way, and more beyond these shores. From the beginning of season 10 you brought the show home, flashing the shaka with a…
Did this: StarChefs.com’s Rising Stars gala
StarChefs.com brought its star power to Hawaii Tuesday night, shining the spotlight on a new-generation crop of 13 chefs and one mixologist at a tasting gala that sold out at $95 a ticket. All were picked from a field of…
Foodscene: December
Dec. 1: Midnight Madness with Lee Anne WongTASTE667 Auahi St.7 to 10 p.m.Tickets: $45 onlineUnique Eats’ Lee Anne Wong is back to join forces with Mark Noguchi in the second Drunch (“You drink you munch, it’s dinner it’s lunch”) event…
What’s new at Star Noodle
I can’t believe it’s been two years since I last officially ate at Star Noodle in Lahaina. It’s probably one of my favorite spots, and my neighbors, Dawn and Derek Paiva, say they try to eat there as many times…
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