Chaîne des Rôtisseurs - Chaine des Rotisseurs

island of Maui in their new culinary arts center. The event washeld in conjunction with the Jeune Commis competition. ChrisLinn, the General Manager of Roy’s Poipu Grill and Bar onKauai was the eventual winner and he went on to compete at theNational competition in Miami, Florida. The event will be heldnext year in Honolulu on March 20, 2004 at the KapiolaniCommunity College Culinary Arts School.As was discussed at the regional assemblage on the Big Island inOctober with Echanson National Dan Gulbronson, next year theCourt of Master Sommelier’s will be administering and judgingthe competition. We will again be looking for three localcontestants from the region and the eligibility criteria is asfollows: you must be between the age of 23 and 33 the day of thecompetition and you must be in the wine service or retailindustry. More information can be found on the Chaîne websiteat www.chaineus.org under the heading of Young Sommelier.We do ask all Chapters to submit names of anyone who youmight feel fit these criteria and would like to compete. Theymust have a fairly complete working knowledge of wine andspirits already. We will cover the competitor’s expenses ifselected to compete if coming from a neighbor island. Pleaseemail me at john.doty@jmdbev.com if you have anyoneinterested.Brandy and featured Champagne, domestic sparklers, Cognacsand domestic brandies. It was an educational event of food andwine pairings for the holidays put on by David Gochros, ViceEchanson Honolulu Chapter and myself.Next year we do not have anything specific planned yet forRegional Mondial events, but we will keep you posted. We willtry to take advantage of visiting supplier principles and winemakers.Thanks you for your support this year.**********Please Pay Your National and Regional Dues!You will be billed separately from the National Officeand from your local Bailliage.You should have received your National statement forthe dues. The local dues statement will be coming soon.There have been a couple of chapter specific Mondial events thisyear and I thank the Vice Echansons for their work in puttingthem together. We completed a regional Mondial event on**********November 12, 2003 at the JMD Educational Center for Wine andFood in Halawa Valley. The event theme was called Bubbles and....................................................................................................................................................................................OFFICERS of HAWAII/PACIFIC ISLANDSDr. Robert Lee, Jr. Laurence Vogel Julie Honda John Doty Kusuma CoorayBailli Provincial & Chambellan Provincial Chargée de Presse Echanson Provincial Conseiller CulinaireConsul l’Ordre Mondial denmarkhi@usa.net Provinciale john.doty@jmdbev.com Provincialerleyechaine@yahoo.com JulieHonda@aol.com kusuma@hawaii.edu....................................................................................................................................................................................BAILLIAGES of HAWAII/PACIFIC ISLANDSHonolulu BailliageFred HellekesBailliSunandC@hawaii.rr.comWith the “Salute to the Navy” dinner on September 27, wecompleted the tradition of acknowledging the Armed Forces. Wehad our “Salute to the Navy” dinner at Quarters A, the home ofAdmiral and Mrs. Thomas Fargo. Quarters A and all its historypresented itself just like a movie set, from the valet parking, thered carpet, the receiving line, the beautiful garden setting, and theRoyal Hawaiian Band. The Chaîne honored 67 of our nation’sfinest, headed by Admiral and Mrs. Thomas Fargo, CommanderUnited States Pacific Command. Bailli Délégué Brooks