Business View Magazine Dec-2022

84 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 12 okyo-born chef Roy Yamaguchi has been putting his well-trained hands to work in Hawaii for over three decades. Known for his thoughtful, eclectic, and innovative Hawaiian inspired cuisine, Mr. Yamaguchi has earned a number of prestigious achievements for his work including the James Beard Best Pacific Northwest Chef Award, California Restaurant Writers Association California Chef of the Year Award, Forbes FYI Gault-Millau Top 40, Conde Nast Traveller Top 50 Cuisines in America, Nation’s Restaurant News Fine Dining Hall of Fame, Culinary Institute of America’s Augietm Award, and Honolulu Magazine’s John Heckathorn Dining Excellence Award, among many others. The first of Roy’s Restaurants, Roy’s Hawaii Kai, was established in 1988. Today Mr. Yamaguchi proudly owns 10 locations, each with their own flair, spread throughout Hawaii: six for Oahu (Roy’s Hawaii Kai, Roy’s Waikiki, Roy’s Ko Olina, T