Ed Kenney only Hawaii chef to attend James Beard Foundation Chefs Boot Camp for Policy & Change

PRLog (Press Release) - Aug. 14, 2012 - Chef Ed Kenney of Town and Downtown restaurants was honored to be the only Hawaii chef chosen to attend last month’s James Beard Foundation's inaugural Chefs Boot Camp for Policy & Change. The pilot program has been designed to provide chefs with the tools and support they require to lead and advocate for food system change. The Chefs Boot Camp for Policy & Change is envisioned as a model for future gatherings, designed to grow a cohort of effective chef advocates who are dedicated to improving the safety, healthfulness, wholesomeness, sustainability, and equity of America's food system. The two-day boot camp was made possible with financial and programming support from the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Kenney is the executive chef and owner of two Hawaii restaurants, Town and Downtown, and also runs a catering business named Uptown. He is well known among the Hawaii  community for advocating the use of local ingredients and is guided by his own personal mantra of “local first, organic whenever possible, with aloha always.” Ed Kenney sits on the Board of Directors for MA’O Organic Farms, Kokua Hawaii Foundation & Sustain Hawaii. He is also on the Advisory Board for Hogan Entrepreneurs, the Culinary Institute of the Pacific at Kapi’olani Community College, and the Culinary Program at Leeward Community College. For more information, please visit their website at http://www.townkaimuki.com

Kenney will also be one of the featured Hawaii chefs in next months Hawaii Food & Wine Festival. This premier epicurean destination event is held on the lush island paradise of O‘ahu over four-days, featuring a roster of over 50 internationally-renowned master chefs, culinary personalities, and wine and spirit producers.

For additional information on the James Beard Foundation Chefs Boot Camp, please visit
http://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/jbf-holds-inaugural-chefs-...


For additional information on the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival, please visit
http://www.hawaiifoodandwinefestival.com/

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