A trip to Waimea Valley is always a treat, and it will be especially so for Easter this year. For the first time, its annual Easter Brunch & Egg Hunt will be catered by the North Shore’s own Ke Nui Kitchen.

A fixture at the area’s community events but also an upscale catering and private chef service, Ke Nui has planned extensive brunch offerings, including a tostada station offering smoked shredded pork, chicken, black beans, pup tostadas, shredded cabbage, pico de gallo and grilled corn salad.

The de rigueur omelet bar will offer fillings that include bacon, turkey chorizo, ham and crab; nine vegetable options including roasted poblano peppers; cheddar, mozzarella and goat cheeses; and Hollandaise, salsa verde, or crema for ladling.

Some people are all about the meat at a buffet, and Ke Nui Kitchen will offer prime rib, ham, house-made breakfast sausage and bacon. Seafood options will include shrimp cocktail, roasted salmon and smoked salmon with cucumber.

Carbs to go along with the protein will include a papas bravas preparation of potatoes; savory bread pudding, kabocha mash, and wild or white rice.

Rounding out the menu – and bellies, no doubt – will be lentil-beet, Pupukea green, and fruit salads; pastries including scones, coffee cake, bread and croissants; and desserts including lilikoi cheesecake, lemon meringue tartlets, and mini chocolate cupcakes with Kona coffee buttercream.

Waimea Valley Executive Director Richard Pezullo said around 350 people are expected, with about 30 percent visitors but mostly locals. “We try to do things to attract our local community into the valley,” he said.

The annual brunch and egg hunt will offer two seatings, at 10 a.m. and noon, with the hunt for 1,500 candy- and toy-filled plastic Easter eggs to begin at 11:30 a.m. Keiki are separated by age to give the wee ones their own space for the hunting activity, Pezzulo said. “We give them a little area closest to our pavilion so their parents can keep an eye on them.”

Waimea Valley volunteers also will be on hand to help herd the young‘uns.

The brunch cost ($42.95 for adults, $22.95 for kids 4-12) includes admission to the park.

Waimea Valley also hosts farmers markets and summertime film screenings, which are well-attended. This year, the summer film series starts the first week in June and lasts a couple months, giving kids something to do while school’s out.