Mille Fête

James Beard award-winning chef, Robynne Maii, and husband, Chuck Bussler, partner with pastry chef extraordinaire, Katherine Yang, founder of Gigi Blue, in creating Mille Fête–a refined seasonal bakery by day and wine bar by night, featuring biodynamic, low-intervention selections, favorite amari, and small bites.

Guests can expect a continuation of Fête’s dedication to “preparing and cooking things we crave” with an homage to Robynne and Katherine’s favorite tastes they’ve experienced in their travels and living in New York City. True to Fête’s culinary ethos, Mille Fête’s menu embraces the best local ingredients Hawaii has to offer while remaining faithful to the classics.

Much more than a conventional bakery, Mille Fête will feature an assortment of adored bread–Fête’s sourdough loves, pillowy kopitiam, piquant lardo bread studded with pancetta and Portuguese sausage, and Okinawan sweet potato rolls. Also, “snacking” cakes including Chantilly-stuffed deviled chocolate cake enrobed in chocolate affectionately named “bells”, calamansi coffee cake, and olive oil citrus cake to name a few. Cookies are unique and personal–a local twist on NYC’s black and whites using lilikoi pulp (passion fruit), crisp kakimochi cookies featuring rice three ways, sublime brown butter sablés sandwiched with Laie vanilla salted caramel. Frozen desserts will include all of Fête’s favorites–Rocky road, raspberry lychee rose, mango goodie, kulolo. Savory treats also abound taking form in baked baos, hand pies, and sandos using house-made corned brisket, kalua pig, ahi confit to name a few. Rounding out the offerings will be an assortment of what Robynne and Katherine refer to as “gourmandise.” Delicious items to have on hand for spontaneous good eating and indulgence.

Mille Fête emerges as a distinctive bespoke bakery, transcending convention while celebrating the art of good eating and gracious hospitality. A place where one can tuck in for a quick respite or bite. And also being the answer for hosting a fête at home or bringing hostess gifts to someone else’s fête. Mille Fête will offer breads, sweet and savory pastries, ice creams and sorbets, cookies, and gourmandise. Furry-friends love fêtes too, and can join in on the fun with treats made with locally-sourced ingredients.

Mille Fête–a bakery for thousands of celebrations that will appeal to all ages and palates.