Fantastic Daytime Schedule With Tastings, Cultural Excursion & Seminars Set For 2012 Hawai`i Food & Wine Festival

The Second Annual Hawai`i Food & Wine Festival (HFWF) has scheduled an exciting line-up of daytime programs during the four-day event. Held from September 6-9, attendees will experience innovative seminars and educational lunches with celebrity chefs Ming Tsai, Masaharu Morimoto, Roy Yamaguchi, Todd English and Charles Phan among others; master wine tasting with Krug Champagne; and an educational excursion to an 800-year-old restored fishpond and lo`i (taro field).

With over 50 internationally-acclaimed master chefs invited from the United States, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Philippines, and Australia, our four signature events are being held at The MODERN Honolulu, Halekulani, Hilton Hawaiian Village Resort and Spa, and Ko Olina Resort with Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, and JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa. Tickets are on sale now at hawaiifoodandwinefestival.com.

Two of Hawai`is own James Beard Award-winning chefs, Roy Yamaguchi and Alan Wong, serve as event co-chairs for the Festival. Proceeds from HFWF will benefit the Hawai`i Agricultural Foundation, the Culinary Institute of the Pacific, Leeward Community College Culinary Program, Paepae O He`eia and Papahana O Kuaola. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.hawaiifoodandwinefestival.com. For information about VIP and Table packages, please contact Chimaine Pouteau at 808-738-6254 or e-mail: chimaine@gmail.com.

DAYTIME EVENT SCHEDULE:
Thursday, September 6 at He`eia

Kamehameha Schools Presents "Bounty of He`eia II"
8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Price per person $100 (limited seating)

Journey to 800-year-old Hawaiian agricultural sites in the Ko'olau mountains and the shoreline of Kane'ohe Bay. Cultural practitioners will guide you in the art of dry taro pounding, and techniques for preparing poke, awa and steamed moi. The excursion ends with a delicious taste of He'eia's rich bounty prepared by chef Kealoha Domingo.

Friday, September 7 at The MODERN Honolulu

Mix with the Masters: A Delicious Day of Demos, Talks and Lunch
9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Price per person $100 (All Day Pass)
Join our all-star cast of chefs, food producers and celebrity techies for a day of talks and demos, including:

Building a Sense of Plate and Place-- What are the 21st century challenges and opportunities facing landowners, growers and chefs as we rebuild vibrant communities and food systems in Hawai'i? Join Ed Kenney for a conversation that brings together farmers, cultural practitioners, students and chefs who are helping shape the future of food in Hawai'i.

Get Raw & Wild in Hawai`i -- Join Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto and Ming Tsai as they get wild in Hawai'i. The chefs will go mano-a- mano with a live cooking demonstration of fresh Hawai'i fish.

Hawai`i in a Bowl -- Trace and taste the culinary history of Hawai'i in five delicious bowls. Sip, slurp and savor steaming bowls of poi, oxtail soup, pho, poke and more with chefs Charles Phan, Colin Hazama and Ed Kenney!

Battle of the Food Geeks -- From farm to table, geeks are reinventing the future of food and changing the way we interact with the culinary world. In this 'American Idol' style session, 500 Startups (one of Silicon Valley's leading investors) brings their FoodTech entrepreneurs to pitch their innovative startups in front of the world's most venerated chefs, investors, and press including Roy Yamaguchi and Todd English.

Saturday, September 8 at Halekulani

The Five Kings of Champagne Krug...The Ultimate Hand!
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Price per person $200 (Seating limited to 50 guests.)
Krug is the only Champagne House to offer five Prestige Cuv�es that are all different, but of equal quality and distinction. Each Cuv�e c