Sam Choy

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Sam Choy is a chef, restaurateur, and television personality known as the co-founder (along with Alan Wong) of Hawaii Regional Cuisine. Choy and Wong are alumni of the Kapiolani Community College Culinary Arts program.

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.

Contents 1 Publications 2 Restaurants 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Publications

• Sam Choy, U'I Goldsberry, & Steven Goldsberry. (1999). Sam Choy's Island Flavors
• Sam Choy. (2002). Sam Choy's Polynesian Kitchen: More Than 150 Authentic Dishes from One of the World's Most Delicious and Overlooked Cuisines
• Sam Choy, Lynn Cook, and Douglas Peebles. (2003). Sam Choy & the Makaha Sons' A Hawaiian Luau.
• Elizabeth Meahl. (2004). Sam Choy's Little Hawaiian Poke Cookbook

[edit] Restaurants

Sam Choy's Diamond Head (Kapahulu) Sam Choy's Breakfast, Lunch, and Crab (Nimitz Highway)

[edit] See also

• Cuisine of Hawaii
• Iron Chef America
• George Mavrothalassitis
• Poke (food)
• Alan Wong
• Roy Yamaguchi

[edit] External links

• samchoy.com Choy's restaurant chain