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ing culinary arts — because itisanartform—tobedull. “Emily and I love to cook so much, and I think a lot of people come into the industry, start working and say, ‘This is so bor- ing,’ ” says Mai‘i. “For us, it’s nothing but exciting. It’s exciting every single day because we get to work with so many amazing prod- ucts, especially because we source most of our products locally. They’re not uniform or mass produced. They’re carefully raised and grown. “There are all these de- tails that we love embrac- ing and when we see some of the cooks zoning out, we’re like, ‘Hey, you got to pay attention.’ It’s about just teaching the young cooks to
find those many, many mo- ments of fascination and awe and responsibility to not waste, make good, deli- cious thoughtful food, every day.”
thing else,” she says. “I feel like this is what I was always supposed to be do- ing. I feel very privileged and lucky and grateful to
wake up in the morning and be thrilled to come to work. And that’s not to say that work isn’t hard sometimes or frustrating, but I do feel
like it’s how parents feel about their children. If you ask a parent ‘Are you hap- py about your child?’ They would probably say similar
things: ‘It’s happy some days and frustrating other days, but generally very fulfilled’ — and that’s what it feels like to have Fête.”
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describes to be a “Hawai‘i/ Brooklyn hapa baby,” Mai‘i is a fur-mom to cat Mochi and enjoys spending time on a yoga mat. Down the road, she could see herself publishing a cookbook and opening up a baked goods and sweets shop.
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