Culinary Calendar
SATURDAY
- SEVENTH ANNUAL KONA BREWERS FESTIVAL, 2:30-6:30 p.m. on the lu'au grounds at King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel, featuring 30 Hawai'i and mainland breweries, plus nearly 30 local restaurants presenting tastings; $35 in advance, $40 at the door; tickets at Kona Brewing Co. and various Kona locations, as well as at Hawaiian Style Homebrew and The Liquor Collection on O'ahu. Information: (808) 331-3033 or konabrewingco.com
- WINE TASTING AND DISTRIBUTOR BLOWOUT SALE, 1-4 p.m., Matters of Taste at Gentry Pacific Design Center, 560 N. Nimitz. Music, pupu, pre-buy sale from five of Hawai'i's largest distributors; $10. Information: Alex, 538-0597.
SUNDAY
- HAWAII UNCORKED: A Celebration of Wines, wine tastings, food and wine matching, seminars, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sheraton Waikiki Grand Ballroom; fund-raiser for Hawaii Public Radio; $65 general public, $55 HPR members and those purchasing with American Express cards; additional charges for seminars. Tickets: 955-8821.
MONDAY
- GREAT ESTATES KENDALL JACKSON WINE DINNER, special menu pairing by Sam Choy's Diamond Head executive chef Elmer Guzman with Kendall-Jackson Great Estates wines, featuring guests from the winery, Gary Patzwald, wine maker, and Christophe Davis, education director; 6 p.m.; $60; seating limited to 50 in ballroom configuration. Reservations: 732-8645.
COMING UP
- EAST-WEST CENTER ANNUAL FUNDRAISING DINNER, featuring the cultures and cuisines of India with five guest chefs from the Hotel Taj Mahal in Mumbai (formerly Bombay); 6 p.m. March 15; includes silent auction and speaker Ratan Tata of Tata Industries; tickets $100 per person or table sponsorships from $1,000 to $10,000; reservations, Gary Yoshida, 944-7196.
- MASTER CHEF SERIES, Padovanni's Restaurant, Alana Doubletree Waikiki Hotel, featuring Sean O'Connell, executive chef, Shintaro Restaurant, Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas; special fixed-price menu March 23 and 24; $100 exclusive of liquor, seating from 5:30 p.m. 946-3456.
Send items for the Culinary Calendar to Taste, The Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802. Call: 535-2412. Fax: 525-8055. E-mail: taste@honoluluadvertiser.com.
