Ippy Aiona

Ippy’s Hawaiian BBQ & The Dizzy Pita - Kamuela, HI

Born into the world of restaurants, Chef Ippy Aiona first set fire to his cooking career early at his dad’s Hawaiian restaurant and his mom’s Italian restaurant. With the food industry running through his veins and a culinary degree from Le Cordon Bleu in San Francisco, Aiona ran the gauntlets of cooking competitions with his most recent, Food Network’s BBQ Brawl, seeing him finishing in the finale. Ippy Aiona was placed on the Forbes 30 under 30 list as one of the 30 best in the food industry under 30 years old and his cookbook The Easy Hawaiian Cookbook made it to the Amazon top 100 cookbook list. He has conceptualized and opened many restaurants with his current, Ippy’s Hawaiian BBQ, having a successful 10 year run and his newest concept, The Dizzy Pita, enjoying its first year in business. Finally, Aiona’s recent show Eating Our Roots had its first breakout season and was sponsored by none other than his favorite condiment, Aloha Shoyu.