Leadership in Food and Beverage Winner: Fresh and local
For the Westin Kaanapali Ocean Resort Villas, using fresh, local ingredients is not a privilege, it's a necessity.
Just ask food and beverage director Brandon Maeda, who sees the three resort restaurants ' Pulehu, An Italian Grill, Pailolo Bar Grill and Ocean Pool Bar Grill ' as platforms to represent the culture of Hawaii, to help local farmers and to help the hospitality industry as a whole.
'We use the food as a vessel to convey important cultural messages, and we use the scale of...