5/1/2010
21st Annual Maui Onion Festival
Whalers Village Fine Shops & Restaurants hosts their signature event, the Maui Onion Festival, in honor of Maui’s most famous export, the Maui Kula Onion. This free, fun, family event is open to the general public featuring a full day of celebrity chefs demonstrating cooking techniques followed by food sampling for the audience, best onion recipe contest, keiki and adult ‘raw’ Maui Onion eating contest, food and product booths, island music and entertainment, and more. Special shopping promotions start April 26 at the more than 90 shops & restaurants at Whalers Village. The 2010 celebrity chefs include Mark Ellman of Malaʻs Ocean Tavern in Lāhaina and Wailea, Roy Yamaguchi of Royʻs Restaurants, D.K. Kodama of Sansei Restaurants and Cane & Taro (Maui), James McDonald of PacificʻO and iʻO Restaurants, and the 2009 Maui Onion Festival Chefs Recipe Contest winner Chef David Paul of David Paulʻs Island Grill in Lāhainā.