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Did this: Mauka to Makai

Some 1,100 people converged on Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Great Lawn on Saturday for the final night of the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival

By Ed Morita

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Some 1,100 people converged on Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Great Lawn Saturday for the final night of the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival. The event, Mauka to Makai, focused on the farm-to-table movement, emphasizing the use of fresh, locally grown ingredients.

Local and guest chefs used seafood, meat and produce from farms across the state to prepare phenomenal dishes to go with various wines and spirits from around the country. Chefs Ed Kenney of Town, Hilton Hawaiian Village’s Jeffery Vigilla, Dean Fearing of Fearing’s Restaurant in Dallas, Marcel Vigneron of “Marcel’s Quantum Kitchen” and Michael Cimarusti of Providence restaurant were among a field of award-winning chefs that made the first-annual event a huge success, leaving people shouting “hana hou.”

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Chef_Jay 6 pts

Great pics! Nice to finally meet you IRL...

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strobie 56 pts

NOMalicious. Glad Ed Kenney impressed.

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edmorita 71 pts moderator

strobie the whole event was awesome. Wea you wuz?

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johngarcia 180 pts moderator

Awesome coverage, Ed! Food looked amazing!

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edmorita 71 pts moderator

johngarcia wish I could have sampled more of the wine, but I would have been completely sloshed by the end of the night and I had go home to put together the gallery. Next time, I'm getting a room!

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About Ed Morita

Ed Morita spent more than a decade working as a pastry chef at some of the country's premiere resorts and restaurants, including the Halekulani Hotel, The Greenbrier Resort & Spa in West Virginia, Bay Harbor Yacht Club in Michigan and Longhi’s Restaurant in Honolulu. After a near-career-ending injury forced him out of the kitchen, he embarked on a new career as a food writer, photographer and blogger for Metromix Honolulu and Nonstop Honolulu (nonstophonolulu.com), where he now writes the Baker's Hours blog. He's also entered the realm of politics, serving as the photography captain for the Abercrombie for Governor campaign in 2010, then becoming Gov. Abercrombie's official photographer until 2012 when he became the Social Media Director for the Mazie Hirono for U.S. Senate campaign. He's excited and honored to be the official blogger for the 2012 Hawaii Food & Wine Festival. You can follow Ed's adventures online at bakershours.com.