RISE Maui Experiences

Meals Curated by Celebrity Chef Zach Laidlaw

While at Hua Momona Farms, you will sit and enjoy meals curated by Chef Zach Laidlaw, taking in the breathtaking views of Mālekaʻa. His philosophy is straightforward: the best meals begin with the best ingredients, and the best ingredients begin with healthy land. Walk the rows of the farm with Zach, co-founder and lead farmer, and you’ll see exactly what that means. Each dining experience is rooted in what surrounds you, from soil to harvest to plate, expressed through extraordinary multi-course menus that celebrate Maui’s local ingredients and culinary culture. Known from Next Level Chef with Gordon Ramsay and Food Network’s Chopped, Zach brings both culinary mastery and deep agricultural knowledge to every dish he creates. Eating at Hua Momona Farms isn’t just dining. It’s a revelation of what food can taste like when it never had to travel far to reach you.

Grounded in Place

Hawaiian Cultural Ambassador W. Kamaunu Kahaialii brings the islands to life — sharing the origin story of Hā-wai-ʻi and the meaning woven into its name: breath, water, higher power. Reiki master Manesha Sian leads the community in morning rituals designed to reconnect you to the land and to yourself. You’ll travel deep into Kahakuloa Valley to a taro farm where ancient irrigation practices and nearly a thousand years of Hawaiian agricultural wisdom come alive in a single morning. Your guide speaks to the significance of taro not just as sustenance, but as spiritual identity — and how the word ʻohana, family, is rooted in the plant itself. These aren’t excursions. They’re encounters — with a place, with a people, and with a version of yourself you may not have met yet.

More RISE Maui Experiences

Your Ohana is waiting. From the moment you arrive, you’re welcomed into a small circle of people who will travel the week alongside you. It begins on the lawn of the Hyatt Regency Maui at sunset, gathered Island Style with live music from John Cruz, arriving as strangers and leaving as family. As the week unfolds, your Ohana is with you — from an intimate meet and greet with world-class Maui Music & Food Experience artists including Los Lobos, Lisa Fischer, Taimane, and Alejandro Escovedo, to a closing ceremony where the community comes together one last time to reflect on what has risen inside. These connections form naturally, over music, over meals, over moments that don’t fit neatly into a schedule. The most meaningful things at RISE Maui aren’t planned. They’re discovered together.