Patisserie La Palme D'Or
                 Chef Profiles
Name:  Junko Hajime, Chef

Working at La Palme D'Or since:  January 2007

Previous training and/or employment:  Junior college in Food & Nutrition;
worked at a cake shop in Kobe, Japan

Personal goals:  Sorry it's a secret.

Favorite things to do/hobbies:  Surfing...I want to make many more friends
here in Hawaii before I leave in January 2010.
Name:  Akiko Kimura, Executive Chef

Working at La Palme D'or since:  July 2009

Previous training and/or employment:  Osaka Abeno Tsuji School of Culinary
Arts

Goals:  Keep baking even when I get old.

Favorite things to do/hobbies:  Eating delicious food, shopping, looking at
beautiful sights of the beach and mountains and relaxing.
Name:  Shigeki Higashi, Chef

Working at La Palme D'Or since:  October 2008

Previous training and/or employment:  2 years at Tuji Cooking School; worked
at Friand in Osaka, Japan for 3 years; and worked at Chat Noir in Osaka,
Japan for 3.5 years

Personal goals:  I want to own my own food company.

Favorite things to do/hobbies:  Shopping and listening to music.
Name:  Hikaru Hatano, Chef

Working at La Palme D'Or since:  September 2008

Previous training and/or employment:  Kyohayashiya Shinjuku Isetan
Ptitmond

Personal goals:  Too much...I'm thinking

Favorite things to do/hobbies:  Snowboarding, skateboarding, shopping, going
on trips, eating and cooking
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