Monday, May 12, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Based on 9 reviewsGrant Kawasaki Eventually, Grant started a small catering business for small exclusive private parties and then, found the urge to get into retail food service, where he would meet his two future business partners. He has apprenticed with many top chefs and | |
restaurants to develop his own signature style. With the experience of traditional sushi making and French and Japanese cuisine, he influenced a food system that would become the backbone of his entire company. This system is what quickly identified his companies namesakes: Global Foods, Inc. / Sushi Supreme / Gokujo Sushi. The company's specialties are live sushi bar catering, retail take out, restaurant food service, food product development and culinary consulting. Today he operates 2 Marukai sushi locations at Dillingham Blvd. and Ward Market Place. Plus catering statewide along with developing his famous salad dressings and marinades. He will soon be opening several sushi take out franchises, and is in the process of planning full service restaurant locations. See also: www.hawaiiangrowntv.com. | |
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Chef Shannon Akazawa
Born and raised in Honolulu Hawaii, Shannon was always fascinated with business and economics. He later enrolled at the famed University of Indiana at Bloomington where he majored and graduated with three different degrees in: business, economics and sociology.
A keen observation of the growing industry in foodservice and catering gave Shannon an idea to establish his own company after working with several industry giants. He then founded the now famous Sushi Supreme catering service and Gokujo Sushi take out retail systems. Strategically, he partnered with Chef Grant Kawasaki who implemented a professional marketing strategy and a unique world fusion "hybrid" culinary system.
Today Shannon is the head of two of the busiest sushi retail locations in Honolulu. He heads the Gokujo Sushi retail take-out system locations in Marukai Wholesale Mart on Dillingham Blvd, and in the Ward Farmers Market Marukai Marketplace. He is also the co-chair and partner of Global Foods, Inc. and Sushi Supreme. Plans for several take out and conveyor sushi franchise locations are being planned, along with statewide sushi catering services and the highly anticipated salad dressing products from their new company Paradise Dressings Hawaii.
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Chef Norlan Horita
Born and raised on the island of Kauai, Norlan grew up surrounded by world class tourist destinations featuring some of the best culinary institutions in Hawaii. He started his culinary training at the renowned KCC - Kauai Culinary College program and later transfer to the KCC culinary program at the Diamond Head campus in Honolulu.
Chef Norlan met Chef Grant Kawasaki at the UH Manoa campus which started their future careers in the culinary industry. Norlan joined Sushi Supreme, a newly formed company at the time, and together with Chef Shannon Akazawa and Chef Grant Kawasaki, began the building process of what was to become Global Foods, Inc.
Norlan took a brief leave of absence to Washington to pursue a possible venture into the medical industry, but later confirmed that his true calling, skills and passion were in the culinary industry. It was then that he regrouped with Akazawa and Kawasaki to continue to expand and lead their foodservice team and staff towards success. His strengths in culinary expertise, marketing, research & development, training and staff organization enabled Global Foods, Inc. to diversify and create its other specialized subsidiary companies.
Today Chef Norlan is in an anchor position with the corporate foodservice team and is an expert consultant on board the newly formed Zaibatsu Food Group consulting firm along with Akazawa and Kawasaki. He will also be heading most of the neighbor island catering operations along with a key position in research and development with Paradise Dressings Hawaii.
