Honolulu, Hawaii and raised on the Windward side of Oahu.
He graduated from James B. Castle High School and earned his
Bachelors degree in Nutritional Science from the University of
Hawaii at Manoa. After several years working at odds and ends jobs
in Hawaii, he decided to attend the University of California at San
Francisco where he earned a doctorate in pharmacy and currently
works as an Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist for a large Health
Maintenance Organization.
He started writing for the Nichi Bei Times as a food, wine and
nutrition columnist in their January 2003 issue.
Though he's never cooked professionally, he does frequently tinker
about the kitchen. Successes thus far include winning the Hawaiian
Electric Healthy Recipe contest and being a finalist in the Liberty
House Taro Recipe contest. He does hope to be finalist in the
Cooking Light recipe contest and finish his cookbook someday.
He recently passed the Certified Sommelier examination
administered by the Court of Master Sommeliers.
