Culinary Calendar
ALL WEEK
FOOD AND WINE WEEK AT THE KAHALA MANDARIN ORIENTAL HAWAI'I this week includes a guest appearance by chef Bernard Dance of MoÎt & Chandon, private dinners and receptions, cooking classes and demonstrations, menu specials and chef-guided visits to local food purveyors. Four-day/three-night package including accommodations, a gala dinner, brunch, cooking classes, culinary tours and a welcome gift; $1,488. Among events: an evening of stargazing with Barry Peckham of the Hawai'i Astronomical Society, desserts and champagnes, 7-9 p.m. tomorrow ($35); a Culinary Tour of O'ahu, 5:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday ($75); a Night with MoÎt & Chandon, 6:30 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday ($195 includes vertical champagne tasting and six-course dinner); curry cooking demonstration, 12:30 p.m. Saturday ($25); a six-course dinner reception, 6 p.m. Saturday ($125); Sunday brunch with jazz, 10 a.m. Sunday ($45); ornamental edible carving demonstration by Hoku's garde manger chef Warren Sasaki, 1 p.m. Monday (free); All About Ahi class with Hoku's chef Brooke Tadena, 11 a.m. Tuesday ($25; $35 with wine). Information: 739-8704, Food & Wine Week hotline.
SATURDAY
ISLAND FLAVORS, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, a fund-raiser for the University of Hawai'i Department of Tropical Agriculture and the Kapi'olani Community College Food Service program, 'Ohia Cafeteria, Kapi'olani Community College. Tickets: $30; KCC dining reservations, 734-9499.
COOKING WITH ROSEMARY, with instructor Betty Compton, 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Lyon Arboretum. Fee: $22. Registration: 988-0456.
NEW GENERATION COOKING DEMONSTRATION, noon Saturday, Liberty House Ala Moana, The Kitchen, Fourth Floor, with chef de cuisine Steven Ariel and pastry chef Mark Okumura of the Pineapple Room. Cost: $10, including seat, sampling, $25 purchase credit. Seating limited. Reservations: Personal Shopping Service, 945-6437.
SATURDAY - TUESDAy
GOURMET CULINARY WORKSHOPS in celebration of the 5th annual French Festival in Honolulu, Oct. 27-30, Halekulani Hotel, hosted by chef Yves Garnier with chef Bernard La Prince of Hotel Les Roches on the French Riviera. Workshops, in which participants prepare and eat multi-course meals, are 9 a.m.-1 p.m. daily at $150 per person, limited to 12 people daily. As well, special menus created by the chefs will be featured at La Mer Oct. 16-Nov. 4. Registration: 923-2311.
UPCOMING
31ST ANNUAL KONA COFFEE CULTURAL FESTIVAL, Nov. 3-11, Kona, Big Island. Cupping competition, cultural events, more. Information: www.konacoffeefest.com
AN EVENING OF HOPE benefit, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 10. The 10th annual Winter Wine Escape, originally scheduled for November at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel, was canceled after the Sept. 11 attacks. Instead, the resort is sponsoring this one-night benefit dinner and auction in the courtyard of the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel, with net proceeds earmarked for the Windows of Hope Family Relief Fund and the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Guest chefs: Tom Colicchio of Gramercy Tavern and Jimmy Bradley of Red Cat, both in New York. Tickets: $80. Special accommodation/weekend packages will be available. Tickets: (808) 880-3023. Reservations: (800) 882-6060.
