First ever Food and Wine Festival in Lahaina supports community
MAUI COUNTY (KHON2) – Businesses want to spread the word that Lahaina is open and has places who need your support after the wildfires devastated the community in 2023.Organizers are doing that by debuting a Food and Wine Festival in Lahaina.
Co-owner and Wine Director of Hana Hou Hospitality, Caleb Hopkins and owner of Coco Deck Kitchen and Bar Lahaina Executive Chef, Alvin Savella, joined Wake Up 2Day to share more about this inaugural event in Lahaina.
They told KHON2 they wanted to honor the awesome history of food and wine on Front Street.
Hopkins said Chef Savella and he were working a booth at the Kapalua Food and Wine Festival when Hopkins asked Chef, 'Could we do one of these to showcase Lahaina?' Chef Savella said, 'Can brah.'
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They've partnered with the Lahaina Action Committee to create a festival that will include the entire town.
As Lahaina rebuilds and grows, so will the festival.
They're long-term dream is a festival that has dozens of wine dinners covering all restaurants and price points so everyone can be involved.
Rather than have an exclusive event with just a few extremely high end events, they want to include the whole community.
The festival takes place from February 19-23, 2025.
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For more information you can click here: Malatavern.com or Cocodecklahaina.com.
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