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Restaurant Insider with Anne Lee
ANNE LEE speaks with
Cattleya lead bartender
KALE FURUYA and
Orchids Level 2 certified sommelier RANDALL PARKER
Photos by
LAWRENCE TABUDLO
Halekulani Hotel is known for luxury and unparalleled service. Award-winning Or- chids is its casually elegant, ocean- front restaurant, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner and the coveted Sunday brunch.
Tucked right in the middle of Or- chids is Cattleya, a wine bar created in January 2019 that has been given a menu refresh curated by Italian-born and -raised executive chef Christian Testa.
Wine offerings are hand-selected by Orchids sommelier Randall Park- er (Level 2 certified) and Cattleya lead bartender Kale Furuya.
I was able to sample a unique wine pairing with incredible tapas while learning more about what this trio has to offer at Cattleya.
AL: Randall, can you tell me how you got into this industry?
RP: I was born and raised in Con- necticut. I moved to Hawaii in 2008 to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa and never left. I started with Haleku- lani in 2019 as a waiter at La Mer and worked my way to Level 2 certified sommelier.
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(From left) Anne Lee, Cattleya lead bartender Kale Furuya, and Orchids Level 2 certified sommelier Randall Parker enjoy wine and tapas from Cattleya.
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