Maui Food & Dining

Get a sampling of Latin America without leaving Maui at the Noble Chef benefit on Saturday, Oct. 17, the largest annual event supporting Maui Culinary Academy.

You could say it’s pretty much been “smooth sailing” since Nalu’s opened on July 4th in Kihei, offering local food, healthy options, and a canoe with history.

Chef Alex Stanislaw, with 30+ years of culinary experience on Maui, has been named Executive Chef at the award-winning Sea House Restaurant on Napili Bay.

Families and friends have a new gathering place to celebrate life’s milestones and triumphs with Fairmont Kea Lani’s new private outdoor dining venue.

Chefs at The Westin Kā‘anapali Ocean Resort Villas have crafted the menu for a four-course culinary and wine experience, happening Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 6 p.m.

Gypsy Maui Food Truck is holding a free, family-friendly grand opening at the Boys & Girls Club of Maui Central Clubhouse on Sept. 20, with food deals, free roller derby and more.

The Leeward Haleakalā Watershed Restoration Partnership (LHWRP) is inviting you to a four-course dinner at 6 p.m. on Friday, September 18 in Wailuku, to help support the coalition. Staff will be on hand to talk about LHWRP’s forest conservation work and project sites.

As part of Hawaiʻi Food & Wine Festival Kāʻanapali, Roy’s Golf Classic featured a few new twists this year, including gourmet food along the course and an unprecedented matched donation for IMUA Family Services.

Hawai’i Food & Wine Festival’s Moscow Mule Maui Style event in Kāʻanapali let 100 rookie cocktail-makers compete for creative honors, as they learned about a cocktail that turned three failures into long-lasting success.

Maui resident Shep Gordon, known for his years as a Hollywood agent to the stars, was the special honoree at a signature event of the Hawaiʻi Food and Wine Festival held over the weekend at the Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa.

The second-annual Keokea Ho‘olaule‘a unfolds from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, September 5 at the Keokea Marketplace, featuring four dozen vendors and plenty of food.

Peter Merriman is known as the “original locavore.” In 1985, he and local producers helped spur the farm-to-table movement in Hawai’i. Thirty years later, Merriman’s restaurants remain true to his mission statement, “Do the Right Thing.”

Ann Roberts has been promoted to the new position of Food & Beverage Operations Manager at the Makena Beach & Golf Resort. She’ll help provide leadership in all financial aspects of the resort’s four restaurants and eateries, and assist in all banquet/catering functions, nightly operations and the resort’s food and wine events.

The Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa has promoted Sharon Soriano to Manager of Restaurants and Bars. Soriano has been with the Sheraton Maui since 2012, serving as hosthelp, cashier, waithelp and fountain dispenser.

Hawaiʻi Food & Wine Festival expands to three days on Maui with a range of culinary events, including one called Moscow Mule Maui Style.

In the last signing before he returns to his tour, drummer Mick Fleetwood will be signing his Private Cellar Wine bottles and art prints from his gallery at Fleetwood’s General Store in Lahaina on Tuesday, August 25 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

In what resort leaders call a “well-deserved promotion,” Kurt Lesmerises has moved up from Chef de Cuisine to Executive Chef at Mākena Beach & Golf Resort. He will now oversee all the culinary and banquet programs.

Chef/Owner Beverly Gannon suddenly shut the doors on her longtime restaurant in Wailea. She speaks to Maui Now about what happened, and what happens next.

It’s been three years since legendary drummer Mick Fleetwood opened his restaurant in Lahaina. Now, Fleetwood’s on Front Street has a grand plan to celebrate, all weekend long.

The newly-renovated Joe’s Nuevo Latino in Wailea has closed its doors, effective immediately, as chef Bev Gannon terminates a previous business agreement.