Sometimes referred to as the 'Bourdain of the Big Island', Chef Ellard Resignato was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised on the Jersey Shore.  He is a chef, surfer, fisherman, writer, economist, musician, filmmaker, part-time philosopher and grateful resident of the Big Island of Hawai'i. 

He has been the Executive Producer and Host of the Culinary Edge TV since 2012. 

As a Chef, Ellard has cooked in many different conventional and non-conventional settings with and for great people - with great hearts.
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"I've cooked for the poor in San Francisco for Thanksgiving. I've made meatballs and eggplant parmesan with famous director Francis Ford Coppola. I've cooked traditional Polynesian dishes  with Hawaiian Aunties in the jungles of the Big Island.  And of course I cooked with my Dad who taught me the recipes of my Italian and Ukranian heritage." 

"I love creating beautiful, healthy, eclectic and delicious food in non-traditional settings. And I love to capture the power of the shared meal to bring us together as humans." 
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- Chef Ellard

​Chef Ellard's FULL BIO (.pdf)

Heading out for a surf with Bodyboarder Mike Stewart on the Big Island, Hawai'i

Hugs and lau laus with Auntie Dottie

Sampling a Mini-Curtado on Polk St. in San Francisco

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photo credit Rhianna Mercier

Filming an Imu Demonstration in Pahoa Town

In a crayfish duel with the Director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now in San Francisco

Catching an Ono aboard the Vixen