| Jean-Marie Josselin | |
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| Culinary career | |
| Cooking style | Hawaii regional cuisine and American |
Current restaurant(s)
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| Website | Jo2 |
Jean-Marie Josselin is a renowned chef who was one of the pioneers of Hawaii regional cuisine. He authored A Taste of Hawaii.
Early life
Josselin was born in Chamonix, France. After an apprenticeship at a local bistro, he decided to move to Paris and train as a chef. He studied at the Lycee Hotelier de Paris and worked at the Montorgueuil until he was approached by an American businessman to work in a restaurant in the United States.
Career
He began working in St. Louis, Missouri in 1982, then moved from restaurant to restaurant. Josselin moved to Hawaii and began making food that fused the cuisines of Hawaii's many ethnic groups in 1985. In 1990 Josselin opened a restaurant in Kapaa, Kauai. He opened several other restaurants, then suddenly sold all of his restaurants and went on hiatus. By 2015, he had opened three restaurants in Kauai and a restaurant in Las Vegas.
References
- Original HRC Chef Profiles Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine Honolulu Magazine
- "Jean-Maarie Josselin". tableagent.com. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
- "Jean-Marie Josselin & JO2". Great Chefs. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
- ^ Zickos, Coco (2015-11-25). "Born To Cook". MidWeek Kaua'i. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
- Moriki, Darin (May 19, 2015). "Chef Jean-Marie Josselin to run the Coco Palms' Seashell Restaurant on Kauai". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-08-18.