‘Cooking Hawaiian Style’ returns with more local grinds

Lanai Tabura is back with an 11th season of “Cooking Hawaiian Style” on Spectrum OC16.

The show, which airs at 7:30 p.m. Mondays, will continue to present how-to-cook segments with a mix of local entertainers and celebrity chefs.

First up this season was singer Tiara Hernandez, star of the WeTV reality show “The Lylas.” Hernandez walked Tabura through some of her family’s favorites (her brother is Bruno Mars), including her versions of shoyu chicken, loco moco and poke.

Also featured this season:

>> Ma’a Tanuvasa, a former defensive end for the Denver Broncos whose tenure with the team included two Super Bowl championships

>> Chef Sam Choy

>> Singer Ciana Pelekai, a quarter- finalist on “America’s Got Talent”

>> Chef Chris Kajioka of the acclaimed downtown restaurant Senia

>> Craig Katsuyoshi, who took over his grandmother Helen Chock’s restaurant, Helena’s Hawaiian Food

>> Kathy Muneno, former news anchor at KHON who won a regional Emmy Award for a program called “SEARCH Hawai‘i: Where Food Meets Culture”

>> Cody Pueo Pata, a kumu hula, singer, musician and composer

>> Jennifer Zelko Schlueter, manager of government, community and media relations at Hawai‘i Electric Light Co.

>> Mika Miyashima, a multimedia journalist and weekend weather anchor for KITV

>> Chelsea Kea, chef and kitchen manager for Times Supermarkets on Kauai

Main sponsor of the 11th season is Hawaiian Electric Co., with Times Supermarket providing ingredients used in the cooking segments.

The website cookinghawaiianstyle.com lists information on the shows, as well as local recipes, video from past seasons and Tabura’s recommendations for dining out.