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Customers wait in line at UH-Maui College’s Pa‘ina Market. Photos courtesy UH-Maui College
The University of Hawai’i Maui College’s Pa’ina Market is open to the public again, after culinary students spent weeks making thousands of meals for fire-displaced residents.
World Plate and Paniolo Grill are back open for lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Both are guided by highly experienced chef instructors and run by students in the college’s award-winning Culinary Arts Program.
“For me, personally, as cathartic and rewarding as it was to be able to contribute to our community in need in the wake of the wildfire disaster, I think it has been good for everyone to begin classes again,” World Plate Chef Instructor Gary Johnson said in a news release Thursday. “A lot of students and their families were personally impacted by the fires so being able to return that structure to everyone’s lives has been relieving, I think.
“Most of the students I have in class were part of our relief effort so, in a way, I have some of the most experienced students I have ever had for what would typically be a first-year course,” Johnson added.
Food selections at UH-Maui College’s Pa‘ina Market range from pasta to veggies to salmon.
Starting Aug. 9 and continuing for the following nine weeks, Pa’ina Market was busy with faculty, staff, students, alumni and volunteers cooking and delivering 200,000 home-cooked meals for people displaced by the fires, according to UH-Maui Chancellor Lui Hokoana.
“As we all move forward on our Island’s journey to recovery, it’s truly a blessing to get our students back into their regular curriculum which includes cooking delicious lunches for folks both on campus and off,” Hokoana said.
Currently, Johnson’s class is working through some European-inspired menus. The students are also working on a Korean-inspired menu that will be served the first week of December.
Paniolo Grill Chef Instructor Noel Cleary is also happy to be back to his regular routine, guiding students through ever-changing menus of food he describes as “meant to be delivered fast but definitely not fast food.”
“The focus,” he said, “is on made-to-order gourmet deli sandwiches — hot and cold, classic and creative, served with crispy fries — a salad of the week and a plate lunch of the week.”
Most full lunches at Pa’ina Market are priced below $15. Hot and cold grab-and-go items, special of the day, salad bar and assorted pastries prepared by the college’s baking students are also being served. Cash and credit cards are accepted.
Menus and times are subject to change. The market is closed on UH holidays.
Customers wait in line at UH-Maui College’s Pa‘ina Market. Photos courtesy UH-Maui College 
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