Cooking is about Love! Maui Chef CJ’s Advice for Future Chefs Video

Cooking is about Love! Maui Chef CJ’s Advice for Future Chefs Video

Cooking is all about love! Do you remember visiting grandmas house for the weekly family meal when you were a child? Do remember how much fun it was sneaking off to the kitchen to help your grandma prepare her favorite family recipes? Cooking begins with Love! Many Maui chef Christian Jorgense at his CJs Deli Diner Kaanapali Maui restaurant.chefs and home cooking enthusiasts agree your earliest connection to food begins when grandparents and parents share their personal cooking techniques and the recipes your family enjoyed together during your childhood. I was no exception! I fell in love with cooking as a child. Not only was I able to enjoy learning from my grandma in her kitchen, since my grandparents owned a restaurant in Denmark I was exposed to the excitement of preparing and serving great restaurant food. I remember watching the diners faces light up as they enjoyed their meal and chatting with my grandparents. I knew I would become a chef and someday own a restaurant and catering business of my own. After culinary training and years of professional chef and catering services at world class resorts, my dream is being fulfilled with my CJ’s Deli & Diner restaurant and Maui catering company!

In a short video clip filmed by friend Cutty, from Cookin’ with Cutty, the Cutty kids visited my restaurant to learn how to cook lasagna and grill their own burgers. Cutty asked if I, as a professional chef, would share advice for kids wanting to get into cooking or to embark on a culinary career. Watch the video for my short explanation about why I opened CJ’s Deli & Diner Comfort Zone and a little about my cooking philosophy:

Thanks to Cutty for shooting and supplying the video clip. Check out Cutty’s website for a full schedule of when his Cookin’ with Cutty television show airs in your area.

Like my Kaanapali restaurant, my overall business motto is to provide ‘Comfort for your Stomach and Comfort for your Wallet’. My Comfort Zone Maui catering company aims to provide a comfortable way for you to obtain catered events and weddings. That means not only providing great food for your wedding or social event on Maui, but providing personable event planning at prices you’ll be comfortable with. “I Plan It, I Book It, I Cook It! One call does it all! One stop Maui catered event planning!”

I personally plan every Maui wedding reception and event, working with the bride, the bride’s wedding planner and corporate event planners. Begin Planning a Maui Catered Event NOW:

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CJ’s Kaanapali Diner Review

My daughter and I visited Maui a couple of weeks ago and came to your restaurant 3 times. I just wanted to thank you for your willingness to meet our gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free requirements. We loved being able to eat out safely and wish we had a CJ’s at home! I just wrote you a stellar review on Trip Advisor. Hope you have a wonderful rest of the summer!

Kelley MacCabe
CJ’s Maui Restaurant Review

Wonderful for a Sunday Brunch since you can order breakfast until 11:00am! Had a ‘custom’ 3 ingredient omelette (I chose mushrooms, feta and spinach) with nicely crunchy on the outside and soft inside home potatoes, yummy. Hubby had the pancakes with fresh fruit! These are light fluffy slightly sweet batter pancakes, not those heavy bland ones (OK I admit it, I had to have a few bites of his breakfast…) Service was fast and friendly :0). The menu is EXTENSIVE, we live here and love it!

Kathy, Lahaina, Maui
CJ’s Deli and Diner Maui Restaurant Review

Fact: CJ’s Maui onion soup will melt your face off it’s so good. Best I’ve ever had. It gets 20 stars.
Alas, it’s not on the menu every day… But when my fiancee and I went this past summer and were lucky to meet Chef CJ in person and mentioned that we had been thinking about the onion soup since the last time we visited two years earlier, he was kind enough to put it on the next day’s menu. We went back the following day and ordered it, and it was amazing, just as we had remembered. Another fact: the onion soup at CJ’s is better than the onion soup at Mama’s Fish House (and at like 1/4th of the price). Really. It’s that good. Part of me wants to reverse engineer CJ’s onion soup recipe, quit my job, and make millions selling onion soup to the mainland masses! (or: CJ, wanna make a deal?)
I think that the loco moco gravy is made from the same goodness. So that’s great too. The potato salad is tasty as well.
The to-go lunch plate is respectable.

Jonny S, San Diego, CA
Maui Chef CJ Prepares Mushroom Soup for Kaanapali Restaurant Guest

On a previous visit to Maui, I had the most delicious mushroom soup at CJ’s Deli and Diner in Kaanapali. When I arrived in Maui this week, I emailed the restaurant and asked what day they might have the soup. The owner and chef, Christian Jorgensen (CJ), promptly replied even though he was on vacation in Vegas. He gave me a number to call to check on the soup of the day. Then when he returned to Maui on Friday, he emailed me to let me know he would have the soup for me on Saturday. When I got there, he was so friendly and the soup was even more scrumptious than I had remembered. I really appreciated how valued he made me feel as a customer.

Linda D.
CJs Maui Restaurant Customer

Good Morning, My wife and I spent last week in Maui. Your early bird special was the best. After we found you, we ate breakfast there every morning. You had two regular coffees that we just loved.

James T Wilson Jr
Maui Restaurant Customer

The best burger I ever had! Great Service! Fantastic Food!! Simply Awesome.

Pat Janostin, Champlin MN
Kaanapali Restaurant Customer Comment

Thanks for all the Good Food. Best we have ad since we hit the island 5 days ago!

Jeff and Myra V., Ontario, Ohio

CJ’s Maui Restaurant Customer Comments on CJ’s Private Luau in her Blog

Aloha, Just wanted to let you know that this post was up last Friday and it will be included (linked) with all of our Hawaii properties. Thank you both for excellent service. You made our trip to Maui very memorable! Feel free to comment on the post. It’s always good to have additional information and your input.

https://www.ciaobambino.com/ciaobambinoblog/index.php/2010/01/photo-friday-special-activities-in-maui/

Nancy Solomon, Travel Writer
CJ’s Maui Restaurant Customer Comment

Aloha, We were in to see you many times during our stay last month in Ka’anapali, couple of things for you:
Need to order some more of your CJ’s roasted Kona Coffee. I see it’s not yet on your website, only the Maui Coffee Co. stuff. We ran out last weekend and are having withdrawls, please help!! Need 2 bags urgently!!
Secondly, your claim about having the best corned beef hash on the island. I think you’ve understated this because it’s the best I’ve had any where in the world! And that covers a lot of ground as I’ve been to every continent multiple times. Just the best anywhere, period!! Don’t suppose you would have that for delivery to Indiana would you? Maybe by the pound(s)?
Great people and even better food, Mahalo CJ’s. Seriously though, please let me know about that coffee. How do we get some ordered and shipped to Indiana?

Bill Clark, Valparaiso, In.
CJ’s Maui Restaurant Customer Comment

​CJ’s Deli & Diner Rocks! Been here several times while visiting Maui – each time we tried different meals and each time we LOVED the food, service and atmosphere. Only suggestion would be to provide regular dinner napkins along with this paper type – because we’re messy!

Aloha and Mahalo from Detroit