{"id":32972,"date":"2015-03-24T09:56:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T19:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=32972"},"modified":"2021-09-23T14:54:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T00:54:27","slug":"chef-andrew-le-from-pop-up-to-the-pearl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/03\/24\/chef-andrew-le-from-pop-up-to-the-pearl\/","title":{"rendered":"Chef Andrew Le: From pop-up to The Pearl"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leeward-chef-showcase.jpg\" alt=\"plate of food\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-32980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leeward-chef-showcase.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leeward-chef-showcase-260x173.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/thepigandthelady.com\/\">Pig and The Lady&#8217;s<\/a> Chef Andrew Le works alongside the culinary students at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/\">Leeward Community College<\/a> to present a menu reflecting his unique perspective at the Chef Showcase Dinner on April 10 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/thepearl\">The Pearl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Chef Showcase Dinner is offered once each semester and provides Leeward culinary students the chance to work along side and learn directly from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>&#8217;s finest chefs. The event is open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Chef Le&#8217;s eclectic menu is inspired by Mama Le&#8217;s home cooking and the rich culinary heritage of Vietnam, Asia and the Pacific. Chef Le keeps it agile and playful and serves foods that inspire him on a whim and help promote and support the local food movement.<\/p>\n<h2>The menu <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Salad of Sprouting Seeds: Seasonal fruit, chrysanthemum, otsuji farm lettuces, puffed rice and date vinaigrette<\/li>\n<li>Sashimi: Daily catch, citrus ice, smoked shoyu and wasabi greens<\/li>\n<li>Gnocchi<br \/>\noctopus bolognese, saffron, crispy potato skins, pomegranate and fennel fronds<\/li>\n<li>Shinsato Farm Pork: Chorizo piperrada, olive oil potatoes, leeks braised in espelette and apple cider, hazelnuts, tomato seed vinaigrette and mustard greens<\/li>\n<li>Caramelized Avocado Cake: Local bee pollen, strawberries, pea shoots and corn gelato<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wine pairings by Master Sommelier Chuck Furuya<\/p>\n<h2>Event details<\/h2>\n<p>Seating begins at 6 p.m, with last seating at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Cost for the dinner is $70, with wine the cost is $85.<\/p>\n<p>Please call (808) 455-0298 for information and reservations.<\/p>\n<h2>About Chef Andrew Le<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32978\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32978\" style=\"width: 262px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leeward-chef-showcase-le.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"256\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32978\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leeward-chef-showcase-le.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/leeward-chef-showcase-le-260x254.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Andrew Le<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The term &ldquo;family meal&rdquo; takes on a different meaning for 2012 <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Rising Star Chef Andrew Le. Born and raised in Honolulu to Vietnamese parents, Le had an American upbringing, but a strong connection to his Vietnamese heritage through his mother&#8217;s authentic food.<\/p>\n<p>A 2001 graduate of St. Louis High School, he attended the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciachef.edu\/newyork\/\">Culinary Institute of America<\/a> in New York and completed the program in 2006. Le returned to <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> and immediately landed a job at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chefmavro.com\/\">Chef Mavro<\/a>, under the tutelage of George Mavrothalassitis and Kevin Chong. Soon after Le was named sous chef.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011 Le explored a new restaurant concept that was becoming popular on the mainland&#8212;a pop-up. It&#8217;s at the <a href=\"http:\/\/thepigandthelady.com\/farmers-market\">The Pig and The Lady pop-up and the farmers markets<\/a> that Le, along with Mama Le and the rest of the Le clan, cook up what is essentially a family meal in the truest sense. The Pig and The Lady farmer&#8217;s market stand is selling the family&#8217;s heritage for all to eat, exposing Honolulu diners not just to the family&#8217;s take on Vietnamese staples like pho and spring rolls but also fragrant chicken salads, vegetarian stews and French-inspired soups.<\/p>\n<p>The Pig and The Lady has also found a permanent home in Chinatown.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Kathleen Cabral<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pig and The Lady&#8217;s chef prepares a Showcase Dinner at Leeward Community College on April 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[184,65,491,71],"class_list":["post-32972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-culinary","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-the-pearl","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32972"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148553,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32972\/revisions\/148553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}