| Jean-Marie Josselin | |
| Style: | Hawaii regional cuisine and American |
| Restaurants: | Josselin's Tapas Bar & Grill, Koloa, Hawaii, United States |
| 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.[1]
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.[2]
He began working in St. Louis, Missouri in 1982, then moved from restaurant to restaurant.[3] Josselin moved to Hawaii and began making food that fused the cuisines of Hawaii's many ethnic groups in 1985.[4] 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.[5]