Meet Our Chefs

Our chefs offer a new type of French-Italian fusion cuisine that transcends genre, drawing on elements of four styles of cuisine — French, Italian, Hawaiian and Japanese.

Our main chefs are all from Japan. Their sensibilities and experience provide delicately and carefully prepared dishes that cannot be found anywhere else in the local dining scene in Hawaii.

Chef Chikayoshi Nishihara

"Based on the concept of Italian food in Hawaii, our menu is inspired by the local cuisine of the oceanfront and the southern regions of Italy and France. We use ingredients not only from Hawaii, but also from the U.S. mainland and Japan, creating dishes that bring out the best of the ingredients."

[Background]

Chef Chikayoshi began his culinary career at the age of 23, when he was impressed by the delicious taste of a French-Italian restaurant he happened to dine in. At the age of 24, he joined Bernini Honolulu and has been working here ever since.