Fête – Hawaii/Brooklyn Hapa Baby Restaurant in Historic Chinatown

Host Anne Lee sits down with the Owner and Chef of Fête, Robynne Maii. This Hawaii/Brooklyn Hapa Baby Restaurant located in the heart of Chinatown shares a brasserie feel with a laid-back island sensibility. Fête is rooted in the local farm-to-table movement – a place where seasonality and culinary tradition are celebrated in tandem. A few of the items Chef Maii cooks up for Anne includes a delicious Lamb/Sausage Cavatelli with fresh lamb from the Big Island, Korean Hanger Steak with Ginger Scallion Fried Rice, Kauai Prawns, and more!

Born and raised in Honolulu, Robynne Maii is the Chef and Owner of the award winning restaurant – Fête. Maii has a culinary and pastry arts degree from KCC in Hawaii, a dance degree from Middlebury in Vermont and a master in food studies from NYU. She began her culinary adventure at 3660 on the Rise, cooking under Chef Russell Siu and Padovani’s Bistro and Wine Bar, where she traditioned to full-time pastry cook. In 1999, she moved to New York City where she worked at Union Pacific and at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in their pastry banquet kitchen. She also worked for Gourmet Magazine and has been a cookbook judge for their prestigious James Beard Foundation Awards since 2004. Chef Maii returned to Hawaii to open Fête in 2015 – where classic techniques meet island flavors and ingredients at their best. For more information on Fête, visit fetehawaii.com

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