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'', May 22, 2014. ("Renowned Maui chef and restaurateur Beverly Gannon recently celebrated her 65th birthday . . . ") is a

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chef,

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and author. She is one of the dozen chefs credited with the development of

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in the 1990s. Her restaurants on

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include Hali'imaile General Store, Joe's Bar & Grill, and Gannon's. Several of her cookbooks have been published.

Biography

Gannon was born Beverly Shanbaum into a Jewish family in

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.Rob Eshman
"The Soul of Maui"
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'', November 6, 2003. She attended the

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. Beginning in 1973 she worked in the entertainment business as a road manager for

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and a personal assistant for

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. In 1977 she studied at

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, then began a catering business in Dallas.Tom Yoneyama
"Getting their just desserts: Beverly and Joe Gannon's entree into the restaurant business - the Haliimaile General Store - is the talk of Upcountry Maui."
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'', May 1, 1989, via HighBeam Research. In 1980 she moved to Maui with her then-boyfriend

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, a concert tour producer; they married a year later. Bev Gannon resumed her catering business out of her home kitchen in

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, in Maui's Upcountry district. In 1987 the Gannons acquired a lease on the Hali'imaile General Store in nearby Haliimaile and moved her business into the large, rundown 1925 building. The restaurant they opened there in 1988 was an immediate popular and critical success.Lisa Matte
"Makeover suits General Store"
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'', February 6, 2003 via

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.Eric Noland
"Goin' Upcountry: Beyond Maui's Blistering Beaches, Pastoral Charm and Quiet Lifestyle Await"
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'', October 13, 2002 via

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: Joe's in 1995, and Gannon's in 2009. She also provided recipes for the restaurant at the remodeled Hotel Lanaʻi on the island of Lanaʻi. From 1999 to 2010 Gannon also served as the executive chef for Hawaiian Airlines">Lanai">Lanaʻi. From 1999 to 2010 Gannon also served as the executive chef for Hawaiian Airlines. In 2015 Joe's adopted a new menu and was renamed Joe's Nuevo Latino, as Gannon announced plans to continue her business with the involvement of new partners; after the new menu proved to be unsuccessful, Joe's closed in August 2015.Kiaora Bohlool
"Bev Gannon Speaks Out on Why Joe's Closed"
''Maui Now'', August 21, 2015.

References

External links

Bev Gannon Restaurants website {{DEFAULTSORT:Gannon, Beverly Chefs from Hawaii Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Dallas People from Maui American women chefs American cookbook writers American women food writers University of Colorado alumni 21st-century American women