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Big-time chefs, big-flavored food, big-style hotels and big-priced tickets join to raise big bucks for big-dreaming organizations

By Betty Shimabukuro

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 29, 2012

~~<p>Items on Jacqueline Lau's shopping list: 300 pounds of butter, 600 pounds of charcoal, 50 cases of pineapple, 50 gallons of olive oil, 300 pounds of flour. And that's barely the beginning.</p>
<p>Lau, corporate chef for Roy's Restaurants in Hawaii, is overseeing the movement of materials for the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival, four days of drinking and dining that begin Sept. 6. In its second year, the festival is hands down the biggest culinary happening of the year in Hawaii. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being potluck at your house, this event is a 17. Off the scale.</p>
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Items on Jacqueline Lau's shopping list: 300 pounds of butter, 600 pounds of charcoal, 50 cases of pineapple, 50 gallons of olive oil, 300 pounds of flour. And that's barely the beginning.

Lau, corporate chef for Roy's Restaurants in Hawaii, is overseeing the movement of materials for the Hawaii Food & Wine Festival, four days of drinking and dining that begin Sept. 6. In its second year, the festival is hands down the biggest culinary happening of the year in Hawaii. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being potluck at your house, this event is a 17. Off the scale. Login for more...