Yuhi Fujinaga, who is a graduate of KCC’s Culinary Institute of the Pacific, helms the new Bar Basque in New York City, which just garnered two stars (very good) from New York Magazine‘s Adam Platt.
Writes the pithy reviewer (he’s one of my favorites): “the menu at Bar Basque is tightly focused and surprisingly well executed by a young Hawaiian chef named Yuhi Fujinaga.” (Sigh, I wonder if outlanders will ever grasp the difference between being Hawaiian and being from Hawai‘i.) Fujinaga has been in New York since 2002 and has worked under Christian Delouvrier at Lespinasse and Alain Ducasse at Alain Ducasse at the Essex House (!), both now closed (hmmm, is there a pattern here?). Congratulations Mr Fujinaga.
Eatizen Jane 
Food Network Star Casting in Honolulu!
Food Network Star, Food Network’s hugely successful culinary reality series is currently casting for season 8. We are looking for people who are full of life, passionate about cooking, and knowledgeable about food to meet us in person at our open casting call. Please help us reach out to any chef, home cook, caterer or culinary enthusiast who might be interested in becoming the host of his or her own cooking show on Food Network!
The details of our event are as follows:
Date: Tuesday, August 30th 2011
Time: 10am-2pm
Location: Sheraton Waikiki
2255 Kalakaua Ave. Honolulu, HI 96815
For additional information please visit http://www.foodnetworkstarcasting.com or email us at fns8honolulu@gmail.com