{"id":1038,"date":"2016-10-20T14:22:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T00:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/workable-level.flywheelsites.com\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2016-10-24T00:55:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T10:55:58","slug":"the-diamond-head-cip-at-length","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kapionews.com\/index.php\/2016\/10\/20\/the-diamond-head-cip-at-length\/","title":{"rendered":"The Diamond Head CIP At Length"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Kayla Valera<\/a> | Staff Writer<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The Culinary Institute of the Pacific first broke ground September of last year- the date of\u00a0 <\/span>completion set\u00a0<\/span>to be by December 2016. Though as one can see by driving past the supposed location near Monsarrat Drive, the buildings won\u2019t be finished by the end of this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNow [construction] has been extended to January 19, 2017,\u201d said Conrad Nonaka, the director of the CIP. \u201cBecause classes begin at the beginning of the semester, and we can\u2019t move classes halfway, the anticipation is to have the building begin teaching in the Fall of 2017. So that\u2019s next August. The students will be transferred from the culinary program (at KCC) to the new facility.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The project has been in the works for 20 years though only came into fruition as of last year due to complications of committed funds. The state, through the legislature and governor, along with the floating revenue bonds, were the two sources that contributed the most ($10 million each) to fund the CIP endeavor. Other benefactors include the Conrad N. Hilton grant ($5 million), the U.S. Commerce EDA grant ($2.4 million), as well as some private cultivation donors ($3.6 million). Once the funds were secured for Phase 1 of the project, the CIP commenced with construction, which covers 7.8 acres of Diamond Head.<\/span><\/p>\n

Laying out the entirety of the culinary facility, the institute will include two culinary labs (one Asian and one multifunction American\/European lab), as well as one baking and one pastry lab. It also includes classrooms, a competition demo theater, faculty offices, and a signature restaurant. <\/span><\/p>\n

Similar to the 220 Grille within KCC\u2019s cafeteria, the signature restaurant will be a training ground for culinary students where they will apply their learning in a professional environment. Though the restaurant will be more of a signature restaurant where it will be open to the public and run like a normal business. Profit generated from the business will go toward the education program to further support culinary education.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll I know is that it\u2019s a new building,” said Malachi Akau, a second year culinary arts student at KCC.<\/p>\n

Upon showing him the layout plan of the new institute Akau\u00a0responded: “I just love it. Everything there looks fresh, all the equipment looks new. The dining room looks top class to me, even though my goal is to open up a simple cafe restaurant. That place looks amazing, I\u2019d be excited to go there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The design of the competition demo kitchen (Illustration Courtesy of Ferraro Choi)<\/p><\/div>\n

Given this mammoth project, the CIP hopes that aspiring students from other University of Hawai\u2018i community colleges take advantage of this facility, not just those who already attend KCC. In order to enroll into the CIP, it\u2019s advised that students first refer to the Culinary Institute of the Pacific website under the Degrees and Certificate Programs<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to see how certain degrees from a UH community college meet the requirements of\u00a0the classes that are available\u00a0at the institute.The CIP at Diamond Head\u00a0provides\u00a0short-term advanced professional courses. The certificate\u00a0offered at the CIP\u00a0will be an Advanced third year professional certificate, though that may only be achieved after receiving an associate degree from a\u00a0UH community college or other\u00a0accredited institution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Registration will start at the same time as the fall registration for all UH campuses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

An additional benefit that arises from the construction of the institution is that its parking facility will be open to all KCC students and faculty. After the completion of Phase 1, there will even be an upper-deck parking lot tiered around the mountain\u2019s slope whose plans will be developed further in the next phases of the project.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the Diamond Head CIP pilots this new initiative for UH culinary students, the goal is for each community college within the UH system to have their own institute and be named according to their corresponding college. But since such plans aren’t conclusive\u00a0yet, the Diamond Head CIP will be referred to as the “University of Hawai\u2018i Culinary Institute of the Pacific” to avoid any confusion amongst students.<\/span><\/p>\n

There will be a steering committee comprised of department chair coordinators from each of the seven community colleges that will represent the CIP Hawai\u2018i initiative overall. However, each community college’s respective chancellor will be in charge of his or her\u00a0own CIP once it opens on each campus implements its own. Louise Pagotto, chancellor of KCC, will be in charge of the Diamond Head CIP.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to be an analyst opportunity of learning, because of where the world is moving toward in culinary education and what we offer to the community to enjoy,” Nonaka said. “I really believe that it will be beneficial to the students, the future students, and professionals in the industry, to become better leaders.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

To read all of Kayla’s\u00a0stories click here<\/a>. Kayla\u00a0can be reached at kvalera@hawaii.edu.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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