{"id":28606,"date":"2014-10-20T11:24:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-20T21:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=28606"},"modified":"2021-10-22T14:24:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T00:24:21","slug":"chef-ronnie-nasuti-coming-to-the-leeward-cc-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/10\/20\/chef-ronnie-nasuti-coming-to-the-leeward-cc-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Chef Ronnie Nasuti coming to the Leeward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_28626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28626\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/nasuti-r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"365\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/nasuti-r.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/nasuti-r-178x260.jpg 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Ronnie Nasuti from Tiki\u2019s Grill &#038; Bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tikisgrill.com\/chef-ronnie\/\">Chef Ronnie Nasuti<\/a> of the award-winning <a href=\"http:\/\/tikisgrill.com\/\">Tiki&#8217;s Grill and Bar<\/a> joins the students of Leeward Community College&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/culn\">culinary arts program<\/a> for a special Chef Showcase Dinner on Friday, November 7 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/thepearl\">The Pearl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Chef Showcase Dinner is offered once each semester, providing Leeward culinary students the chance to work along side and learn directly from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8217;s finest chefs. The event is open to the public.<\/p>\n<h2>The menu<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New Zealand farmed king salmon crudo<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212;calamansi, shiso sea asparagus pistou and black lava salt<br \/>\nWine: Birichino Malvasia Bianca<\/li>\n<li><strong><span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> shrimp and day boat scallop sphere<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212;Big Island avocado, green tea blini and uni butter<br \/>\nWine: Domaine Skouras &ldquo;Zoe&rdquo; White Wine<\/li>\n<li><strong>Truffle scented polenta stuffed quail<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212;Hamakua mushrooms, Nalo tatsoi and roasted grapes pignoli<br \/>\nWine: Domaine Fontsainte Corbieres<\/li>\n<li><strong>Island steak and eggs<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212;Kulana grass fed beef tenderloin, Sumida watercress puree, Yukon Gold potatoes and Peterson Farm sous vide egg<br \/>\nWine: Cyriaque Rozier &ldquo;Les Traverses de Fontanes&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Okinawan sweet potato ice cream with Waialua coffee tapioca<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cost: $70 without wine, $85 with wine<\/p>\n<p>Seating is from 6 p.m. Please call (808) 455-0528 for information and reservations.<\/p>\n<h2>About Chef Ronnie Nasuti<\/h2>\n<p>Executive Chef Ronnie Nasuti developed his skills at the Les Dames d&#8217;Escoffier Society and completed a culinary apprenticeship at the Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>When he first came to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, he worked at Horatio&#8217;s (now Kincaid&#8217;s), before moving to the former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royshawaii.com\/\">Roy&#8217;s<\/a> Park Bistro location, learning every station including 24-hour room service and pastry. He then went to the flagship restaurant in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Kai where he trained further under Chef\/Founder Roy Yamaguchi, Corporate Chef\/Partner Gordon Hopkins and Corporate Chef <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Jacqueline Lau. Nasuti went on to become sous chef at Roy&#8217;s <span aria-label=\"Poipu\">Po&#699;ip&#363;<\/span> Bar &#38; Grill on <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span>, then executive chef at Roy&#8217;s <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Kai after fulfilling an opportunity as the executive chef at Chez Michel in Honolulu.<\/p>\n<p>After a proven record of successful and distinguished accomplishments, Nasuti has chosen to hang his hat at Tiki&#8217;s Grill and Bar, steering this favorite destination for locals and visitors alike to a higher level of dining and excellence.<\/p>\n<p>Nasuti, who believes in the farm-to-table movement, brings in island fresh produce, breads, local grass-fed beef and locally caught or raised fish every week. His delicious signature items and dinner specials fuse Hawaiian\/Pacific Island with American cuisine are the result of his dedication to the craft and cooking with locally grown and raised food.<\/p>\n<p>A familiar face in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8217;s culinary scene, Chef Nasuti is a frequent guest on <em>Hawaiian Grown TV<\/em> and regularly represents Tiki&#8217;s at charitable events. An effective and motivational trainer from both the front and back of the house, Nasuti continues to be inspired by working with the best chefs in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chef Ronnie Nasuti joins the Leeward CC&#8217;s culinary arts students  for a special Chef Showcase Dinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[184,65,491],"class_list":["post-28606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-culinary","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-the-pearl","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28606"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150344,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28606\/revisions\/150344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}