Sam Choy

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restaurants = "Sam Choy's Diamond Head" (Kapahulu), "Sam Choy's Breakfast, Lunch, and Crab" (Iwilei)
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Sam Choy is a chef, restaurateur, and television personality known as a founding contributor of "Pacific rim cuisine".cite news | first=Michael| last=Tsai | coauthors= | title=Pacific Rim Cuisine | date=2006-07-02 | publisher=Honolulu Advertiser | url =http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/150/sesq6food | work =Honolulu Advertiser | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-19 | language = English] Choy is an alumnus of the Kapiolani Community College Culinary Arts program.cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Sam Choy: Biography | date= | publisher= | url =http://www1.foodtv.com/celebrities/choybio/0,7213,,00.html | work =Food Network | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-19 | language = English] One of his first jobs as a chef was at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. He would then return to Hawaii, where he eventually opened a chain of restaurants.cite news | first=Sam | last=Choy | coauthors= | title=Sam Choy's Island Flavors | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/special/1999/samchoy/ | work =Global Gourmet | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-19 | language = English]

In 1991, Choy founded the Poke Festival and Recipe Contest.

In 2004, Choy was awarded the James Beard Foundation Award for "Sam Choy's Kaloko" in Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Choy has appeared in several Food TV programs, including "Ready.. Set... Cook!" and "Iron Chef America". He is good friends with Emeril Lagassecite news | first=| last=| coauthors= | title=Emeril Live | date=2007-07-06 | publisher=Food Network | url =http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_em/episode/0,1976,FOOD_9959_49857,00.html | work =Food Network | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-19 | language = English] , who has appeared on Choy's TV show "Sam Choy's Kitchen" on KHNL. Lagasse has also mentioned Choy by name several times in his TV shows; one of those times he was making Poke on his live TV show, and added peanut butter to the Poke - Choy's secret ingredient. Choy has also very recently designed special Hawaiian inspired dishes for American Airlines first class passengers to and from Hawaii.

Publications

* Sam Choy, U'I Goldsberry, & Steven Goldsberry. (1999). "Sam Choy's Island Flavors"
* Sam Choy. (2002). "Sam Choy's Polynesian Kitchen: More Than 150 Authentic Dishes from One of the World's Most Delicious and Overlooked Cuisines"
* Sam Choy, Lynn Cook, and Douglas Peebles. (2003). "Sam Choy & the Makaha Sons' A Hawaiian Luau."
* Elizabeth Meahl. (2004). "Sam Choy's Little Hawaiian Poke Cookbook"

Restaurants

* Sam Choy's Diamond Head (Kapahulu)
* Sam Choy's Breakfast, Lunch, and Crab (Iwilei)
* Sam Choy's (Tumon Bay, Guam)

ee also

* Cuisine of Hawaii
* Iron Chef America
* George Mavrothalassitis
* Poke (food)
* Alan Wong
* Roy Yamaguchi

References

External links

* [http://www.samchoy.com/ samchoy.com] Choy's restaurant chain
* [http://www1.foodtv.com/celebrities/choybio/0,7213,,00.html Food Network biography]