Last year’s oceanfront Chef Fest gala at the Four Seasons Resort Hualālai.
One of the best food and wine events in the entire U.S., Chef Fest, held each year at the Four Seasons Resort Hualālai, brings together top chefs and mixologists from all over the country for unique dinners, interactive cooking classes, a Champagne brunch (and bocce tournament), a rare wine tasting, a cookout on the beach, and mixology demonstrations.
Thomas Bellec, Four Seasons Resort Hualālai’s executive chef.
Four Seasons Resort Hualālai’s Executive Chef of Thomas Bellec, a 20-year veteran of Four Seasons veteran and member of Les Maitres Cuisiniers de France (Master Chefs of France), will be joined by a star-studded lineup of award-winning guest chefs, including Gabrielle Hamilton (chef-owner of Prune, New York City); Charles Phan (chef-owner of The Slanted Door, Out the Door, OTD, and Hard Water, San Francisco; Rice & Bones, Oakland); Kris Yenbamroong (chef-owner of Night + Market restaurants, Los Angeles); Claude Le Tohic (chef-partner of ONE65, San Francisco); Mashama Bailey (executive chef and partner of The Grey, Savannah); and Jeremiah Stone and Fabian von Hauske Valtierra (chefs and owners of Contra, Wildair and Una Pizza Napoletana, New York City).
Mashama Bailey (executive chef and partner of The Grey, Savannah).
Also in attendance from Four Seasons Hualālai will be Kalani Garcia (executive pastry chef), a Hawaii native, 16-year Four Seasons veteran, and multi-year winner at Big Island Chocolate Festival. Chefs from two other Four Seasons kitchens on the roaster are Cyrille Pannier (executive chef of Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco) and Luca Moriconi, (chef de cuisine at Culina and Vinoteca at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills).
Here is the 2019 Chef Fest schedule of events (subject to change):
