Recipes
Tropics 98 Recipe Contest Winners Announced
Nine Hawai'i people have been awarded prizes for the best recipes using any of the Tropics seasonings on salads, entrees and pupus. Winners included a grilled shrimp using Tropics Oriental dressing; a Reuben chicken, with Tropics Thousand Island dressing; and a taro salad, using Tropics Somen dressing.
These prize winning chefs - and hundreds of others! - took part in the first Tropics Dream-a-Dish recipe contest. The competition was designed to highlight the growing popularity of Tropics dressings as seasoning for a wide variety of dishes. Contestants competed in three categories; pupus, salads, and entrees.
The three judges for the contest were:
- Chef Eric Faivre, chef of the Village Steak and Seafood Restaurant at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
- Tom Moffat, of FM107.9 6am-9am weekdays.
- Gladis Sato, Instructor at KCC's food service program.
Grand Prize winners were:
- Jeanne Hosaka of Hilo, for best pupu
- Janet Yoda of Honolulu, for best salad
- Judy Barreca of Kailua, for best entree
Other winners included:
- M. Christine Marrows
- Ardis Tanaka
- E. Shan Correa
- Ana Char
- Iris Uehara
- Annie Usui
The three grand prize winners won a two-night stay at the Hilton. Other winners won dinner for two at the Village Steak and Seafood Restaurant.