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Chef shuffle
Hiroshi Fukui, chef at L'Uraku, is leaving the contemporary Japanese restaurant in order to open a new restaurant with master sommelier Chuck Furuya and D.K. Kodama, chef/owner of Sansei Seafood Restaurant and Sushi Bar.Fukui opened L'Uraku in 1996 and along with Kodama has been recognized as a trailblazer in the field of "new-wave" Japanese cuisine.
Plans for the new restaurant have yet to be announced, but the venture will not be another Sansei, Furuya said. Kodama currently operates a Sansei at Restaurant Row and is opening a second Oahu restaurant in Waikiki. He also owns two Sansei restaurants on Maui, plus Vino, an Italian restaurant/wine bar.
Cooking classes
These classes are coming up next month at Kapiolani Community College. To enroll, call 734-9211. Registration runs three weeks in advance.Learning to Luau: KCC alumnus Jason Ganzagan explains how to make kalua pig, lomi salmon and laulau at home, 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 4. Cost is $45.
Pasta!: Chef Keoni Chang teaches how to make pasta from scratch, how to pick the right sauce for the right noodle and how to create a variety of sauces, 8 a.m. to noon Aug. 7. Cost is $45.
Cooking competitions
Do you have a recipe that's worth a few thousand dollars? Write it up, send it in. These national competitions are seeking contestants:Build A Better Burger: Sutter Home Family Vineyards is offering a grand prize of $50,000 for the best beef burger recipe. Deadline for entries is Aug. 31. Ten regional finalists will be flown to Napa Valley, Calif., in October for a cook-off. To enter, visit the Web site, www.buildabetterburger.com, or write for an entry form: Build A Better Burger, Sutter Home Winery, P.O. Box 248, St. Helena, CA 94574-0248 (include a stamped, self-addressed envelope). This contest was won by Maui's Kristine Snyder in 2001.
Search for America's Favorite Side Dish: KFC is seeking recipes for dishes to be served along with fried chicken (no desserts). Top prize is $5,000, and the dish will be served at a local KFC. Submit recipe and a photograph of the dish by Dec. 20. Enter via the Web site, www.kfc.com, or write for an entry form: America's Favorite Side Dish contest, 1900 Colonel Sanders Lane, Louisville, Ken. 40213.
Sensational Smoothie: Use an R.W. Knudsen juice in a smoothie and compete to win a trip for four to Sea World (San Diego or Orlando, Fla.), plus a year's supply of juice. Open to children ages 6 to 18. Submit the recipe and a photo or drawing of your creation Nov. 1. Download an entry form from the Web site, www.knudsenjuices.com.
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