Chef Robynne Mai‘i of the Chinatown restaurant Fête made history Monday night, becoming the first female chef from Hawai‘i to win a James Beard Award. The Conversation caught up with Maiʻi in her Honolulu restaurant, just as she returned home from her historic win.
Robynne Maii of Fête on Oahu won the 2022 James Beard Award for Best Chef, Northwest and Pacific during the awards ceremony in Chicago on Monday night.