‘Ulu Cooking Contest: Entries Welcome
A breadfruit Cooking Contest will rock taste buds on Saturday, September 24 during the morning hours of the Ho’oulu Ka ‘Ulu – Breadfruit Festival at the Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden in Captain Cook. Contest entrants are encouraged to submit an entry form with recipe(s) via e-mail or snail mail to the addresses provided on the forms, but entries will be accepted until 8:00 am on the morning of the festival. Judging will take place first thing in the morning on the day of the festival. Please be sure to visit the website and carefully read contest schedule, rules and regulations and what time to drop off your entry.
Contest judges will be Celebrity Chefs’ Mark Tsuchiyama of Hualalai Resort, Olelo pa‘a Ogawa of Glow Hawai’i, and Jacqueline Lau of Roy's Restaurants together with food writer and cookbook author Sonia R. Martinez, and KITV weekend anchor Pamela Young.
The contest is open to all Hawai‘i Island residents. First, Second and Third prizes will be awarded in the categories of Appetizers, Soup/Salad/Side Dishes, Main Dish/Entrées and Desserts. One Best of Show and one Healthiest Choice awards will be selected from the first place winners of each category.
An extravaganza of breadfruit tasting will take place following the Cooking Contest judging. First, the general public will be able to purchase tickets for tasting the contest entries after the judging is completed. Then two guest chefs will be demonstrating how to make various delicious breadfruit dishes—Chef Olelo pa‘a Ogawa of Glow Hawai’i and Scott Lutey, Executive Chef of the Eddie Aikau Restaurant and Museum. Throughout the day, Chef Betty Saiki and students from the West Hawaii Culinary Arts School will be preparing breadfruit delicacies and other locally grown foods for sale. Recipes will be made available to the public.
To download the cooking contest entry forms and the rules and regulations, please visit the Ho’oulu Ka ‘Ulu – Revitalizing the Breadfruit website at http://hawaiihomegrown.com/breadfruit-hooulu-ka-ulu and click on the Cooking Contest link.
If you have any questions about the contest please contact Sonia R. Martinez via phone or e-mail 963-6860 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
For more festival information, please contact: Andrea Dean at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or 960-3727
Co-sponsors of this event are The Breadfruit Institute of The National Tropical Botanical Garden and the Hawai’i Homegrown Food Network. The Breadfruit Festival is also sponsored in part by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority’s Kūkulu Ola—Living Hawaiian Culture Program