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HAWAII PACIFIC ISLANDS REGION NEWSLETTER FALL 2014ALAN TSUCHIYAMA, Conseiller Culinaire & Professionals Provincial HonoraireGRANT SATO, Conseiller Culinaire & Professionals ProvincialThe Chaîne desRôtisseurs, Hawaii/Pacific Islands Region,held the Jeunes ChefRôtisseurs Competitionin Honolulu atKapiolani CommunityCollege (KCC)Saturday, February 22,2014. KCC CulinaryArts DepartmentAssociate Professor andRegional CulinaireProvincial Chef AlanTsuchiyama organizedthe prestigious islandwidecompetition. Six Jeunes Chef contestants participatedthis year; four young women and two young men. Four ofthe Jeunes Chef contestants were from the Island of Maui andtwo from Oahu.The staff of KCC Culinary Arts Department spent anincredible amount of time to insure competition logisticswere carried out according to Chaîne des Rôtisseursregulations, and much of the competition duties were filledby volunteers.The volunteer tasting judges credentials were impressive.Professionnel du Vin Donato Loperfido, Taste of Italy ; ViceConseiller Gastronomique Chef Vikram Garg, HalekulaniExecutive Chef ; Jeremy Shigekane, The Kahala Hotel &Resort and Christopher Garnier, Roy’s Hawaii Kai,volunteered their professional expertise in support of thecommunity competition. Never forgotten, the purpose of thisevent is to "encourage and promote the culinary expertise ofyoung Chefs," and our professionals didn’t hesitate whenasked to donate their time.Mentors and coaches had worked months to prepare thecompetitors for the testing kitchen’s intense atmosphere.None of contestants seemedfrazzled by the mysterybasket or the timeconstraints, and they allcreated impressiveappetizers, entrees, anddesserts. However, there canonly be one winner and shedisplayed that she had thecutting edge.The Hawaii/Pacific Islands isproud to announce Ms.Melanie Tancinco the winnerof the regional Jeunes ChefRôtisseurs. Melanie is fromthe Island of Oahu and she is employed at the beach-frontSheraton Waikiki which has over 1636 guests rooms. TheSheraton is a busy hotel and Melanie has rolled up hersleeves andworked in all theSheraton Waikikikitchens. One ofMelanie’smentors, ChefColin Hazama,recognized herculinary abilitiesand encouragedher to enter toJeunes Chefcompetition. TheSheraton Chefshave beenextremelysupportive ofMelanie and they trained her fellow competitor Ian Sagayagaas well. Melanie shared, "Training for this prestigiouscompetition took a lot of time, dedication and passion. It wasall blood, sweat and tears till the end".Ms. Tancinco’s long term goals are tobecome an Executive Chef and travelthe world discovering new cuisines.For now, Melanie Tancinco traveledto Miami Beach, Florida May 17 torepresent the Chaîne des RôtisseursHawaii/Pacific Islands Region in theNational Jeunes Chefs Competition.Article written by:KATHRYN NICHOLSONBailli, Kauai/Oahu9