Sam Choy
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Sam Choy is a chef, restaurateur, and television personality known as a founding contributor of "Pacific rim cuisine".[1] Choy is an alumnus of the Kapiolani Community College Culinary Arts program.[2] 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.[3]
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 Lagasse,[4] 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.
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[edit] Personal life
Choy is the son of a Chinese father, Hung Sam Choy, and a Hawaiian–German mother, Clairemoana.[5] He is married to Carol, with whom he has two sons, Sam, Jr., and Christopher.[6]
Choy lives in Kona District, Hawaii.[6]
[edit] Publications
- Sam Choy (1995). "With Sam Choy: Cooking from the Heart"
- Sam Choy (1999). "The Choy of Seafood"
- Sam Choy, U'I Goldsberry, & Steven Goldsberry (1999). "Sam Choy's Island Flavors"
- Sam Choy and Catherine Enomoto (2000). "Sam Choy's Cooking: Island Cuisine at Its Best"
- Sam Choy (2001). "Sam Choy Woks the Wok: Stir Fry Cooking at Its Island Best"
- Sam Choy (2001). "Sam Choy's Cooking with Kids"
- Sam Choy (2000). "Sam Choy's Sampler: Hawaii's Favorite Recipes"
- Sam Choy (2002). "Sam Choy's Polynesian Kitchen: More Than 150 Authentic Dishes from One of the World's Most Delicious and Overlooked Cuisine"
- Sam Choy (2002). "Sam Choy's visits Mr. Burkott and his farm in Hawaii"
- Sam Choy (2003). "Sam Choy's Little Hawaiian Cookbook for Big Appetites"
- Sam Choy, Lynn Cook, and Douglas Peebles (2003). "A Hawaiian Luau with Sam Choy and The Makaha Sons"
- Sam Choy and Elizabeth Meahl. (2004). "Sam Choy's A Little Hawaiian Poke Cookbook"
- Sam Choy (2006). "Aloha Cuisine"
- Sam Choy (2009). "Poke"
[edit] Restaurants
- Sam Choy's Breakfast, Lunch, and Crab (Iwilei)
- Sam Choy's (Tumon Bay, Guam)
- Sam Choy's Kai Lanai ( Big Island, Hawaii)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Tsai, Michael (2006-07-02). "Pacific Rim Cuisine". Honolulu Advertiser (Honolulu Advertiser). http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/150/sesq6food. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
- ^ "Sam Choy: Biography". Food Network. http://www1.foodtv.com/celebrities/choybio/0,7213,,00.html. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
- ^ Choy, Sam. "Sam Choy's Island Flavors". Global Gourmet. http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/special/1999/samchoy/. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
- ^ "Emeril Live". Food Network (Food Network). 2007-07-06. http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_em/episode/0,1976,FOOD_9959_49857,00.html. Retrieved 2007-09-19.
- ^ http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/October-2011/Present-at-the-Food-Revolution-in-Hawaii/Original-HRC-Chef-Profiles/
- ^ a b http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/09/29/special/story35.html
[edit] External links
- samchoy.com Choy's restaurant chain
- Food Network biography
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