The 4 Seasons Maui Meals & Wine Traditional Gala.
The Four Seasons Maui Wine & Food Classic is returning to the shores of Maui after a two-year hiatus. The acclaimed competition, which was named Robb Report’s “Better of the Finest New Wine Pageant” in 2019, was developed in collaboration with “wine therapist to the celebs,” Christian Navarro, the president and principal of Wally’s Wine & Spirits. Whereas the weekend festivities provide friends the chance to attach with an all-star lineup of vintners, producers, and hobnob with celeb cooks, the competition is returning with a bunch of feminine trailblazers price noting throughout the business.
One of many solely main female champagne homes, Laurent-Perrier, famend Chef Rashida Holmes of Bridgetown Roti, and Kim Westerman of Hedonic Coffee shall be intersecting their champagne, culinary, & espresso experience with the tradition, neighborhood, and traditions of Hawaii. By completely different activations and touchpoints for attendees all through the vacation weekend, every model is bringing its distinctive contact to the island by curated meals & wine experiences not like every other. “We’re thrilled to welcome such spectacular culinary giants and memorable wine and spirits producers to work alongside our proficient group of cooks and sommeliers on the property for an unforgettable weekend,” says 4 Seasons Resort Maui Basic Supervisor, Ben Shank.
The trailblazers share how they’re bringing their experience to the island of Maui over Labor Day weekend.
Bridgetown Roti
Chef Rashida Holmes of Bridgetown Roti.
Chef Rashida Holmes is understood for turning her years of culinary expertise right into a Caribbean meals pop-up in Los Angeles most well-known for her roti. Tapping into her household roots with eclectic and mouth-watering Caribbean flavors, that she describes as “a love letter to West Indian avenue meals” has drawn vital culinary acclaim from the New York Instances, Wall Avenue Journal, Bon Appetit, and the Los Angeles Instances, to call a choose few. This shall be Holmes’ first time on the competition (and in Maui), and he or she is taking inspiration from each the Caribbean and Hawaiian Islands for her pop-up lunch going down oceanside on the property.
“My inspiration all the time comes from my Bajan background, however I additionally love smoking as a cooking methodology! I really feel whenever you work with hearth, wooden, and coals it has a releasing feeling. Every part is all about time, temperature, and seasoning, and feels each historical and authentic. It’s simply one among my favourite methods to prepare dinner. And the beachside setting makes us really feel linked to our ancestors who constructed empires on the sand and sea,” she explains.
Chef Rashida Holmes together with her well-known Roti.
“Hawaii and the Caribbean tradition and cooking share frequent island historical past. The produce you’ll find there and in Hawaii are so comparable, and each areas have heavy affect from the cultures which have come by over the millennia. So for me and the Wine & Meals Traditional, it’s all about exploring what Hawaii and Maui has to supply and profiting from the unbelievable native seafood and fruit that Hawaii is understood for, whereas additionally bringing my distinctive Caribbean flavors to the social gathering!”
Hedonic Espresso
Hedonic’s HA’I NALU KONA Mix at The 4 Seasons Maui.
Hedonic espresso is named a “espresso for wine lovers,” providing folks the identical sensory nuances of espresso in the identical means they method wine. Founder, Kim Westerman, has been a long-time sommelier and have become a licensed espresso Q-grader in 2016. As soon as Kim received deeper into the sensory realm of espresso, she started to note the crossover with wine in each cup. A few of the identical sensory properties she discovered have been aroma, fundamental tastes (candy, tart, bitter, salty, umami), acidity, physique, texture, taste, and end. The espresso being featured on the Traditional shall be 100% Kona Espresso grown by smallholding farmers within the famend Kona rising area and shall be served all through the competition.
“This espresso is licensed as a major grade, which is the best attainable high quality certification. I selected this espresso to parallel the Newton Cabernet Sauvignon that’s fashionable on the DUO wine checklist at 4 Seasons Resort Maui. It is roasted to medium-dark, which brings out notes of black cherry, cacao, and slate. Company can even strive the home mix I developed solely for the property, in addition to a really small-production natural-processed Bourbon espresso from Ka’u (one other coffee-growing space on the Huge Island),” Westerman defined.
Founding father of Hedonic Espresso, Kim Westerman.
Not solely did Westerman make sure the espresso was native to Hawaii, she labored carefully with Aunty Wendy Tuivaioge, a trusted cultural advisor and Director of Hawaiian Packages on the 4 Seasons Resort Maui, to create a reputation with cultural connection and resonance to the Hawaiian Islands. “All of us agreed that the metaphor of a wave represents the espresso effectively. The identify “Hokua Nalu” means “crest of a excessive wave” in Hawaiian, and it signifies the espresso’s construction and harmonious boldness that remind us of the waves crashing out in entrance of the property, steps from Wailea Seaside. Hawaiians have many alternative phrases for numerous sorts of ocean waves, and Hokua Nalu appears to suit this espresso completely,” she shared.
Laurent Perrier
Laurent Perrier Winery.
Since 1812, Laurent Perrier has been one of many few feminine and family-owned champagne homes on the earth. Because the presenter of the Brunch & Bubbles, Laurent Perrier shall be that includes 4 wines curated for the delicacies of the island. “Our vineyard is household owned and honors the Hawaiian spirit of Ohana. Our wines are contemporary and stylish and have stunning acidity that compliments the delicacies of the islands. Whether or not it’s our La Cuvee NV brut paired with conventional Poke, our Cuvee Rose paired with Kalua Pig or our Demi-Sec paired with Lilikoi Malasadas,” shared Michelle D. DeFeo, President of Laurent-Perrier US. “The 4 Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea exemplifies luxurious at its best as does the Home of Laurent-Perrier. Laurent-Perrier can also be happy with being “chosen by the very best” – and we have been chosen not simply by the 4 Seasons, but additionally by Wally’s incomparable Christian Navarro to be a part of this distinctive occasion.” Laurent Perrier shall be that includes the Extremely Brut, La Cuvée Brut, Cuvée Rosé Brut and Grand Siécle Iteration No. 25 which is their status cuvée from a mix of wine from 2006, 2007, 2008 that mixed create “the right yr”.
Laurent Perrier at The 4 Seasons Maui.
The competition may even characteristic a trio of luminary L.A. cooks main The Icons Dinners together with two Michelin-star Chef Wolfgang Puck of Wolfgang Puck, Chef Josiah Citrin of Melisse, and “Godfather of L.A. Eating,” Chef Joachim Splichal, Founding father of Patina Restaurant Group, along with James Beard nominated Chef Sheldon Simeon of Tinroof, Wally’s Government Chef Ryan Kluver, and 4 Seasons Resort Maui culinary duo, Government Chef Michael Patria and Government Pastry Chef Alexandre Chersouly.
To enrich the weekend of culinary occasions, Navarro’s checklist of winemakers, champagne homes, and spirits embody powerhouses corresponding to Opus One, Shafer Vineyards, Patrimony, Champagne Laurent-Perrier, Champagne Billecart-Salmon, Marciano Property, DAOU “Soul of a Lion,” Aleksander Wine, El Cristiano, and extra. The Traditional will happen from September 2 – 4, 2022 throughout the 4 Seasons Resort Maui.
Attendees can buy tickets for the Opening Evening Gala, The Icons Dinners, and Brunch & Bubbles whereas the Wally’s Starlight Lounge and Lunch with Chef Rashida Holmes can be found on a first-come-first-serve foundation.
