Benchmark, He hui hoʻokipa honua, ua kapa ʻia ʻo James Massey ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele o Culinary Experience no ʻO ka Essex, Vermont's Culinary Resort & Spa. Lawe mai ʻo Mr. Massey ma mua o 16 mau makahiki o ka ʻike meaʻai kupaianaha i ka hale hoʻokipa, kahi waiwai ʻo Gemstone Collection, aia ma Essex, Vermont.
"ʻOliʻoli loa mākou i ka hoʻokipa ʻana iā James i The Essex," wahi a Luna Nui ʻo Ron Droegmyer. "Ke hōʻea mai nei ʻo ia me kahi hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona o ka ʻoihana culinary, a ʻoiai ke hāʻawi nei ke kau kauwela o Vermont i nā huahana hou, nā pipi hānai mauʻu, nā iʻa a me nā kīʻaha akamai i ka papaʻaina o ka hōkele."
Ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo Mr. Droegmyer i ka ʻike nui ʻana o James Massey e pili ana i ka ʻohana mahiʻai a me ka hoʻoilina ʻōiwi ʻAmelika. ʻO Mr. Massey, he chef hoʻokō kahiko, ua kūpaʻa ikaika i ka mahiʻai hoʻomau, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hua ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a me nā ʻenehana ulu e hana i kahi ʻike mahiʻai-a-papaʻaina maoli, e lawe mai ana i nā ana hou i nā māla kaulana o ka hōkele. I ka wā e ʻike pinepine ʻia ai kahi chef alakaʻi, ʻo Massey e ʻimi ana i ka ʻāina a me ka ʻāina, e ʻimi ana i nā ʻike meaʻai hou no nā malihini, kahi kuʻuna e hoʻomau ʻo ia ma The Essex. No ka hoʻomau mau ʻana, ʻike nui ʻo Mr. Massey i ka pono o ka mālama ʻana i ka iʻa a me nā ʻano wai maʻemaʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui ma ka ʻāina ʻo New England.
ʻO ka mea hou loa, ʻo James Massey ka Luna Hoʻokele a me ka mea nona ka Field a me Cellar, kahi hale ʻaina maikaʻi loa ma Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma mua ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele ma ka moʻolelo ʻo Canyon Ranch Resort ma Lenox, Massachusetts.
ʻO ko Mr. Massey ka meaʻai koʻikoʻi e pili ana i nā lumi kuke hale ʻaina ma Arizona, Massachusetts a me Ohio, e mālama ana i nā ʻano meaʻai a me nā mea inu e like me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka papa inoa, ka hoʻolālā hale ʻaina a me ka ʻahaʻaina. Ua paʻa ʻo ia i nā kūlana chef a me nā kūlana hoʻokele kiʻekiʻe i loko o nā keʻena culinary o kekahi mau hōʻailona hoʻokipa kaulana, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Marriott, Hilton, Starwood, Wyndham a me Canyon Ranch, e lawelawe ana ma nā wahi ʻelua o Lenox a me Tucson.
Me kēia ʻano ʻokoʻa, lawe ʻo James Massey i kahi manaʻo ikaika o ka mahiʻai-a-papaʻaina, ka ʻike hohonu o nā mea ʻāpana kūloko, kahi pilina me nā ʻenehana culinary ʻAmelika a me kahi flair cosmopolitan i kona kūlana hou ma The Essex. Loaʻa iā ia ke kēkelē ma ka Business Administration and Management mai ke Kulanui o Arizona. Ke neʻe nei ʻo Massey i kahi o Essex.
ʻO kahi huakaʻi ʻai, ʻo The Essex kahi ʻike gastronomic i kēlā me kēia ʻano o kāna mau meaʻai a me nā mea inu. Aʻo nā malihini i nā mākau hou ma nā papa ma JK Adams a me Chef's Kitchens of Cook Academy. Hoʻokumu ka hale ʻaina Junction lanakila a me ka papa inoa waina i ka honua i kahi ʻike kūʻokoʻa i ka ʻaina maikaʻi. Loaʻa nā meaʻai pāpaʻa maʻamau i loko o ke Tavern convivial a me nā meaʻai hou a me nā sandwiches ma ka Lobby Café.
