- Sam Choy
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style = Pacific rim cuisine
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restaurants = "Sam Choy's Diamond Head" (Kapahulu), "Sam Choy's Breakfast, Lunch, and Crab" (Iwilei)
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website =Sam Choy is a chef, restaurateur, and television personality known as a founding contributor of "
Pacific rim cuisine ".cite news | first=Michael| last=Tsai | coauthors= | title=Pacific Rim Cuisine | date=2006-07-02 | publisher=Honolulu Advertiser | url =http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/150/sesq6food | work =Honolulu Advertiser | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-19 | language = English] Choy is an alumnus of theKapiolani Community College Culinary Arts program.cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Sam Choy: Biography | date= | publisher= | url =http://www1.foodtv.com/celebrities/choybio/0,7213,,00.html | work =Food Network | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-19 | language = English] One of his first jobs as a chef was atThe Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. He would then return to Hawaii, where he eventually opened a chain of restaurants.cite news | first=Sam | last=Choy | coauthors= | title=Sam Choy's Island Flavors | date= | publisher= | url =http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/special/1999/samchoy/ | work =Global Gourmet | pages = | accessdate = 2007-09-19 | language = English]In 1991, Choy founded the Poke Festival and Recipe Contest.
In 2004, Choy was awarded the James Beard Foundation Award for "Sam Choy's Kaloko" in Kailua-Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaii.
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