Celebrate Kamehameha Day in the Gallery Bar of Hyatt Place Waikiki Beach, where a Hawaiian food pop-up awaits.

Cooking FRESH owner and chef Michi Watarai will offer $10 poke bowls, $8 pork ribs with guava barbecue sauce and $9 slider trios of kalua pork, Kauai grass-fed beef burgers and a fresh catch with cucumber wasabi yogurt sauce. Drink specials will be offered as well.

The event runs 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at 175 Paoakalani Ave. Call 922-3861.

Taste handcrafted sake at 4-course pairing meal

Sake expert Chris Pearce and chef Jonathan Mizukami are collaborating to present a four-course pairing menu at "A Midsummer Night’s Sake," 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 18 at CookSpace Hawaii.

Pearce is the force behind the annual Joy of Sake. Mizukami is executive chef of Vintage Cave Honolulu.

Diners will partake of a tasting menu presented with handcrafted sake.

Cost is $100. Reservations required; visit 808ne.ws/midsummersake. Call 695-2205.

LCC gets $100,000 culinary scholarship

Leeward Community College is the recipient of the $100,000 Nobuye Horio Culinary Scholarship Endowment.

The scholarship, presented by Ruby and Paul Mizue on behalf of Horio’s estate, is designated for local high-school graduates entering the college’s culinary program.

Horio, Ruby’s aunt, was born Nobuye Sato in Waipahu and graduated from Farrington High School in 1941. Though she had no formal training, she built a career in the culinary field.

She worked with her sisters at the Sato family’s saimin stand through World War II, then moved on to numerous restaurants, including Michel’s, Woolworth’s lunch counter and Tropics Restaurant, where she was in charge of making the famous dressing that lines grocery shelves today.

Those interested in contributing gifts to the college can visit uhfoundation.org/givetolcc.

RumFire’s Table 53 proceeds aid charities

A unique fundraising program at RumFire Poipu Beach, in Sheraton Kauai Resort, has raised more than $100,000 for various charities on Kauai.

The Table 53 program donates all proceeds generated at RumFire’s Table 53, a private booth with sunset views and seating for four.

Recipients change monthly. This month’s beneficiary is the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii, which operates sites on Kauai.

To participate, make reservations at 742-4786 and request Table 53.

Sheraton Kauai Resort is at 2440 Poipu Beach Road. Visit sheraton-kauai.com.