Great Chefs Fight Hunger
Friday, April 11 from 4:30 to 9 p.m.
Join us at The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Ho‘okupu Center for a thoughtfully-crafted meal that honors our shared commitment to a brighter, healthier future.
We recognize the important role food plays in our lives. It brings us closer to each other, our families and this ‘āina. Food also innately connects us to the traditions of the past while simultaneously planting seeds for our future. As we come together for Great Chefs® Fight Hunger, we will have the opportunity do just that. Guests will enjoy a multi-course dinner featuring Hawai‘i’s top chefs, select wines and an engaging evening that highlights local ingredients, celebrates pilina and honors our shared commitment to a brighter, healthier future.
This year's lineup of Great Chefs®:
Daisuke Shimauchi
Shiori Okuya
Chris Kajioka
Jason Peel
Robbyne Mai‘i
Michelle Karr-Ueoka
A limited number of tables are available at the following sponsorship levels:
$25,000
Premier
$15,000
Platinum
$10,000
Gold
$7,500
Silver
For assistance with purchasing your table, please contact at events@hawaiifoodbank.org or 808-954-7887.
Reserve your table for Great Chefs® Fight Hunger today!
Tables to the event are sold out, but now there's a way for you to make 2X the impact.
Tables for Great Chefs® Fight Hunger are officially sold out. But thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, we are thrilled to announce a $50,000 Great Chefs® Fight Hunger Match Opportunity in honor of this year’s event. That means if we raise $50,000 by Great Chefs® Fight Hunger on March 9, your gifts will have twice the impact — providing 215,000 meals or more to help nourish our ‘ohana and end hunger tomorrow.
Every $1 donated now helps provide food for more than 4 meals — doubling your impact.
Mahalo to Our Sponsors
Premier Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Anonymous
Silver Sponsors
American Savings Bank
Atlas Insurance
Hawaiian Electric
Kaiser Permanente
Nalo Farms / Malindi Fickle & Jason Brand
RNDC Hawai‘i
The Wilhelm Group
Young Brothers
We’d like to extend a special mahalo to our generous anonymous donor for making this year’s $50,000 Great Chefs Fight Match Opportunity possible.
Mahalo to Our Partners
Event Partners
Wine, beer and spirits for the event generously sponsored by RNDC Hawai‘i.
Cellar Door sponsored by Johnson Brothers of Hawai‘i.
Specialty cocktails by Island Distillers featuring Ashley Hupp – The Paradise Bartender.
Tote bags sponsored by UNIQLO Hawai‘i.
Valet parking provided in partnership with Elite Parking Services and sponsored by UHA Health Insurance.
Special thanks to Hawaiian Airlines Serenaders, Marques Hanalei Marzan, Kealoha Domingo, and our Emcees Ashley Nagaoka and Casey Lund.
Culinary Partners
Farm Partners
Aloun Farms
Kahumana Organic Farms
Mahalo nui loa to all of our local farm partners – not only for helping making this dinner possible but also for your ongoing support to nourish our ‘ohana.
Lucky Draw Sponsors
Halepuna Waīkikī by Halekulani
Hawaiian Airlines
Kamea Hadar
UMI by Vikram Garg
Additional Support
American Savings Bank
Atlas Insurance
Kathryn Ellman
First Insurance Company of Hawai‘i
Gentry Homes
Jana and John Hardy
Hawai‘i Food Industry Association
Jeanne Herbert
Koga Engineering & Construction Inc.
Kualoa Ranch
Servco Foundation
The Queen’s Health Systems
Special Thanks
Aiea Copy Center
Diamond Parking
Elite Parking Services
Erik Kabik Photography
Everyday Evie
Gyotaku
Ha.Ka. Entertainment
Hawaiian Airlines Serenaders
Roy Kimura
Maunalani Design Group
Photography by Travis K. Okimoto
Service Printers Hawai‘i
The Orchid Lei Company
Our Staff and Volunteers
We’d like to extend a special mahalo to Great Chefs Fight Hunger Co-Chairs Chef Jeff Vigilla and Pam Davis,
Denise Hayashi Yamaguchi, Jordan Rabe, Ashley Nagaoka, Casey Lund, Debbie Nākānelua-Richards, Mathew “Manakō” Tanaka,
Tim Moore and Helene Feagaimaalii for making this year’s event possible.
A Culinary Tradition with Lasting Impact
As Hawai‘i Foodbank’s annual culinary fundraiser, Great Chefs® Fight Hunger has been bringing together Hawai‘i’s top culinary talent and our community in support of its mission since its inception in 2005. Last year, Great Chefs® Fight Hunger raised enough to help provide food for over half a million meals. By supporting Great Chefs® Fight Hunger, you will not only provide our community with important nourishment, but you’ll also be helping build invaluable connections — with the past, our ‘ohana, ‘āina, thriving communities, a sustainable future and so much more.
View photos from last year’s the Great Chefs® Fight Hunger:
Questions About Great Chefs® Fight Hunger?
For more information or opportunities to underwrite the event, please contact Cait Dale, director of community giving, at caitlyn@hawaiifoodbank.org or 808-954-7887.