Alan Wong is a

chef A chef is a trained professional cook and tradesman who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term ''chef de cuisine'' (), the director or head of a kitche ...

and restaurateur known as one of 12 co-founders (along with

Sam Choy Sam Choy Sr. is an American chef, restaurateur, and television personality known as a founding contributor of Pacific Rim cuisine. Biography Choy is the son of a Chinese father, Hung Sam Choy, and a German–Hawaiian mother, Clairemoana. H ...

, Roy Ambel Yamaguchi,

Peter Merriman Peter Merriman is a chef, restaurateur and one of the 12 founding chefs of Hawaii regional cuisine. In 2011, he and the other Hawaii Regional Cuisine chefs were inducted to the Hawaii Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. As a culinary expert in ...

, Bev Gannon and more) of

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. They came together to form an organization to create a new American regional cuisine, highlighting Hawaii's locally grown ingredients and diverse ethnic styles. In 1994 they all came together and compiled a cookbook, ''The New Cuisine of Hawaii'', to be sold for charity. Wong and Choy are alumni of the Kapiolani Community College Culinary Arts program. Wong had several restaurants in

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, as well as one in

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. In 2009, Wong cooked a luau at the White House for President Obama at the annual White House Congressional picnic for members of Congress and their families. In 2004, Wong appeared as a guest judge on the television cooking competition ''

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'' (the episode, part one of the

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finale, aired on January 24, 2007). The ''Top Chef'' contestants, after enjoying a luncheon hosted by Wong welcoming them to Hawaii, were challenged to cater his birthday luau. In 2007, he was awarded Chef of the Year by ''Santé Magazine''. Also in 2001, ''

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'' ranked one of his restaurants number six in a listing of America's Best Fifty Restaurants. In 1996, he was awarded the

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for Best Chef: Pacific Northwest. In 1994, Wong was recognized by ''Robert Mondavi Winery'' as one of 13 Rising Star Chefs in America.

Other interests

Currently all of Wong's restaurants have closed. The first to open and last to close, Alan Wong's King Street (Honolulu, HI) closed November, 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Alan Wong's Restaurants web site
Retrieved November 11, 2020. His other ventures that have closed include The Pineapple Room (2017), Honolulu, HI, Amasia (2014), Grand Wailea Resort, Maui, Alan Wong's Shanghai (2017) China, and Alan Wong's Hawaii, which was located in Tokyo Disneyland in Maihama, Japan.

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Other interests

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