Profiles: Mike Nevin
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| Advertiser library photo June 2001 |
Director of food and beverages and chef, Pavilion Cafe at the Honolulu Academy of Arts
- Born: Erie, Pa.; in Hawai'i 15 years
- Culinary background: Former owner of Napa Valley Grocery and Il Fresco restaurant, Honolulu. "My style of cooking is American, influenced by Italy and France. I love to cook oxtail stew, grilled long eggplant with chili peppers."
Favorites
- Meal: "Lots of fresh crab and Domaine Tempier wines"
- Cookbook: " 'Chez Panisse' cookbooks"
- Cooking show: "Molto Mario"
- Kitchen tool: : "Utility knife"
- Comfort food: "Roast chicken"
- When I'm really hungry, I grab: "a piece of cheese."
- When I'm not cooking or working, I like to: "travel, hike and play with my dogs."
- When I go out to eat, I like to go to: "Sun Tak for quality and value; Dew Drop Inn for the food and people."
- If I could invite any three people to dinner, I would invite: "Andy Rooney, Chief Joseph and Jacques Pepin."
- My dream job in the culinary world is: "to cook for friends."
