Ready, Set, Eat: Food-A-Go-Go’s Restaurant Week Starts April 5
More than 40 restaurants are featuring special dishes, discounts and prix fixe menus to support Hawai‘i’s agricultural education programs.
April 1, 2021
et out those stretchy pants the first-ever
Food-A-Go-Go Restaurant Week is coming April 5 to 12. Restaurants across Hawai‘i are featuring special dishes or prix fixe menus and donating auction items for two reasons: to support local eateries and raise money for agricultural education in our public schools.
The whole thing is being organized by the Hawai‘i Agricultural Foundation, which introduces farming to elementary school kids and aquaponics to middle and high school students, who also get to visit local farms. The hope is to increase support for buying local produce, and maybe even inspire future farmers.
Every semester, students of Leeward Community College’s Culinary Arts program participate in an event which brings a successful (sometimes world-renowned) chef to the campus for a unique learning experience. The “Culinary Assembly” held in partnership with the Hawaiʻi Culinary Education Foundation consists of a live cooking demonstration by a chef, followed by a question and answer portion and closes with the awarding of scholarships.
Chef George “Mavro” Mavrothalassitis
In February, James Beard award-winning chef George “Mavro” Mavrothalassitis thrilled students with his culinary techniques. Chef Mavro prepared Squab en Papillote with Savoy Cabbage and Foie Gras for students on Zoom.