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CHEF COREY WAITE Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel
The Palette of Chef Corey Waite
Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel's Executive Chef Corey Waite on the Big Island of Hawaii didn't plan on a career in cooking--he wanted to be an artist. "I started cooking in restaurants to put myself though commercial art school,” he says. "Then I started loving being in the kitchen more than school, and my career just took for from there."
And if I never have a Picasso on my wall, at least I have had the pleasure of tasting some of his delicious creations at the Mauna Kea Resort.
Waite oversees all food preparations for the resort's distinct and award-winning restaurants--The Batik, The Pavilion and The Garden restaurants in the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel and the Coast Grille, Bistro, Ocean Terrace and Hakone restaurants in the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel.
A nine-year veteran of Hawaii, Waite believes that his art training benefited his career as a chef. "I have a channel for my creativity," he says. I can be creative with colors and textures, so that the food doesn't just taste good; the presentation is artful and appealing, too. Waite uses a lot of fresh local Hawaiian ingredients and enjoys adding Asian techniques.
If you are in the mood for an art museum, but you are hungry, you won't find a more artistic experience than one of Corey Waite's meals at the Mauna Kea Resort.
Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel
Prince Resorts Hawaii
62-100 Kauna'oa Drive
Kohala Coast, Hawaii (Big Island) 96743
www.hapunabeachprincehotel.com
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