ChefZone & Mana Up
ChefZone is proud to partner with Mana Up to add more local products to our shelves. As the cash and carry division of Y. Hata, a 107-year-old family-owned and locally operated organization founded in Hilo, ChefZone is committed to local. We have been dedicated to serving our Foodservice and ‘Ohana Members since opening our doors in 2014. Through this partnership with Mana Up, we feature unique products and brands from local entrepreneurs in Hawaii to strengthen our product offering and show our commitment to the local economy.
What is Mana Up?
Mana Up is a statewide initiative to build up and support our ecosystem of entrepreneurs in Hawaii, providing them with resources and tools to scale globally. As these entrepreneurs continue to grow, they also help to sustain our local community through economic diversification, high-quality jobs, givebacks, investment, and a regenerative culture of entrepreneurship.
Mana Up Entrepreneurs
Hawaiian Pie Company
Hori `Ohana
Honolulu, Oahu
Manoa Chocolate
Dylan Butterbaugh
Kailua, Oahu
Big Island Coffee Roasters
Kelleigh Stewart & Brandon Von Damitz
Puna, Hawaii Island
Kaimana Jerky
Sheldon Cho
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Island
Wai Meli
Kawika Sebag
Paauilo, Hawaii Island
Maui Crisps
Blaine Apo
Kahului, Maui
Swiss Inn Dressing
Kenji Lee
Honolulu, Oahu
Maui Nui Venison
Jake & Ku`u Muise
Honolulu, Oahu
Tea Chest Hawaii
Byron Goo
Honolulu, Oahu
Wai Meli
Paauilo, Hawaii Island
Wai Meli harvests Hawai‘i-grown honey in an effort to promote sustainability in agriculture and to assist in the plight of the honeybee. The unique flowers and nectar the islands have to offer help to create special and delicious honey.
Swiss Inn Dressing
Honolulu, Oahu
Using a traditional family recipe passed down by their grandparents who immigrated from Switzerland, Swiss Inn hopes to share their tangy, creamy dressing with Hawai‘i and the rest of the world.
Hawaiian Pie Company
Honolulu, Oahu
Run by Jan & Joel Hori using long-standing family recipes, Hawaiian Pie Company is a bakery that specializes in melt-in-your-mouth buttery fruit pies and baked goods. Buy them frozen at your local grocery store or at their local shop in Honolulu.
Kaimana Jerky
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii Island
Kaimana Jerky was founded out of love for the ocean and creating unique products through its resources. Though delicious and high-quality protein snacks, Kaimana Jerky fuels people’s mind and body.
Mānoa Chocolate
Kailua, Oahu
Based in Kailua, Mānoa Chocolate is a world-renowned bean-to-bar chocolate factory. Through direct trade of single-origin cacao from around the world and across the Hawaiian Islands, Mānoa Chocolate showcases the unique qualities of each region they source from.
Maui Crisps
Kahului, Maui
Maui Crisps captures the local flavors of the islands by crafting their beef crisps using thinly sliced and dried slices of the highest quality beef. This delicious island snack gives a great, new, and unique style to beef snacks.
Maui Nui Venison
Honolulu, Oahu
Maui Nui Venison creates USDA wild harvested meats from Hawai‘i. By working with suppliers who strive to humanely manage wild and invasive venison and other animals, Maui Nui Venison offers jerkies and fresh meat that contribute to the sustainability of wild food systems in Hawai‘i.
Tea Chest Hawaii
Honolulu, Oahu
Tea Chest is a tea company with a passion for refined taste and a distinct sense of place. Using natural organic and sustainable ingredients, Tea Chest makes a variety of hot and cold brew teas.
Big Island Coffee Roasters
Puna, Hawaii Island
Big Island Coffee Roasters is an award-winning Hawai‘i coffee farm, mill & roaster with premium coffee products from Puna, Kona, Ka‘ū, Hāmākua, Maui & O‘ahu. Distinguished by its unique products, Big Island Coffee Roasters features the Taste of Hawai‘i coffee club and the ‘Espresso Bites’ bar made from 100% Hawaiian coffee and 0% chocolate.